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Emily Gallagher

@EmilyAssembly
Assemblywoman, neighborhood organizer + democratic socialist, representing Greenpoint + Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Tweets by Emily + team!
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY
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    Emily Gallagher
    @EmilyAssembly
    Jan 20
    Beautiful, democratically-controlled, permanently affordable housing for all isn’t a pipe dream: it’s social housing, and I’m fighting to bring it NY. We can have housing that allows people to live with dignity and supports our climate goals. But we have to organize for it.
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    Emily Gallagher
    @EmilyAssembly
    Aug 13
    No one should be arrested—much less jailed—for stealing a tube of toothpaste. Incarceration separates people from their jobs, support services, & loved ones. It perpetuates cycles of poverty & crime. That’s a fact, no matter how much fear mongering the right wing media does.
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    Emily Gallagher
    @EmilyAssembly
    Aug 12
    A single-payer healthcare model makes sense economically and morally. We don't have it because a handful of insurance, healthcare, and pharma oligarchs get obscenely rich off the current system. We need Medicare For All and the New York Health Act while we wait.
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    More Perfect Union
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    Aug 11
    A new study shows that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and over $1 trillion every year. The new research out of Yale shows that reductions in administrative overhead, lower pharmaceutical prices, less fraudulent billing, and fewer emergency care trips would lead