Statements

  • Statement on the organizing within and outside of Delaney Hall

    June 4, 2026
    Statement on the Organizing within and outside of Delaney Hall  Media Contact: immigrantjustice@socialists.nyc, press@socialists.nyc Organizing within Delaney Hall On May 22, over 300 brave people—many of them New Yorkers—detained at for-profit immigrant detention facility, Delaney Hall, launched a hunger and labor strike to protest the tortuous conditions they are experiencing. In the detainees’ regular letters…
    Read more: Statement on the organizing within and outside of Delaney Hall





  • NYC-DSA responds to Zohran endorsement of Kathy Hochul: We must tax the Rich

    February 6, 2026
    NYC-DSA responds to Zohran Endorsement of Kathy Hochul “NYC-DSA does not believe that Governor Kathy Hochul has risen to meet this moment, in which working people face unprecedented threats. As Governor, she has consistently sided with her billionaire donors while offering working-class New Yorkers crumbs. And in a moment of historic threats to working people,…
    Read more: NYC-DSA responds to Zohran endorsement of Kathy Hochul: We must tax the Rich





  • NYC-DSA STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH LEQAA KORDIA, CONDEMNS NYPD’s VIOLATION OF SANCTUARY LAWS

    May 13, 2025
    STATEMENT May 13, 2025 Contact: press@socialists.nyc  NYC-DSA STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH LEQAA KORDIA, CONDEMNS NYPD’s VIOLATION OF SANCTUARY LAWS NEW YORK, N.Y. – The New York City Democratic Socialists of America (NYC-DSA) stands in solidarity with Leqaa Kordia. We reaffirm our commitment to defending free speech, and condemn the ongoing criminalization by NYPD and ICE of…
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  • STATEMENT: DEMOCRATS HANDED THE NLRB TO TRUMP. AMBITIOUS, WORKER-LED ORGANIZING IS THE WAY FORWARD.

    December 12, 2024
    On December 11, the US Senate rejected Biden’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) nominations, handing control of the Board to Trump–a likely-preventable outcome. Democrats’ reluctance to prioritize securing a pro-worker majority on the NLRB underscores the party’s ambivalent commitment to the working class. While a Trump NLRB will be bad for workers, unions can still…
    Read more: STATEMENT: DEMOCRATS HANDED THE NLRB TO TRUMP. AMBITIOUS, WORKER-LED ORGANIZING IS THE WAY FORWARD.





  • NYC-DSA Council Members Vote Yes on City for All Housing Package

    December 6, 2024
    NYC-DSA stands with Socialist Council Members Tiffany Cabán and Alexa Avilés who, together with Council allies, secured $5B for working class New Yorkers 
    Read more: NYC-DSA Council Members Vote Yes on City for All Housing Package





  • The Democratic Party Failed Us. Only A Working-Class Agenda Can Defeat Trump.

    November 6, 2024
    After running one of the most venomous campaigns in U.S. political history, Donald Trump has again won a presidential election. He reached unprecedented lows with a toxic stew of fascism, nativism, and demonization of immigrants and trans people, while uplifting oligarchs like Elon Musk–the richest man in the world–who seek a return to the Gilded…
    Read more: The Democratic Party Failed Us. Only A Working-Class Agenda Can Defeat Trump.





  • Statement: NYC-DSA Stands Against Fascism

    November 4, 2024
    New York City Democratic Socialists of America (NYC-DSA) stands in opposition to the growing fascist movement in the United States and to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
    Read more: Statement: NYC-DSA Stands Against Fascism





  • Statement: NYC-DSA calls for Indicted Mayor Eric Adams to Resign

    September 25, 2024
    New Yorkers deserve better. Eric Adams must resign. Tonight’s unprecedented indictment of Eric Adams indictment is the logical conclusion of a mayoralty that has treated New York City as a playground for millionaires and billionaires at the expense of everyone else.
    Read more: Statement: NYC-DSA calls for Indicted Mayor Eric Adams to Resign





  • STATEMENT: Socialist Council Members Vote NO on Eric Adams’ Austerity Budget

    June 30, 2024
    Today, three Socialist New York City Council Members will vote “NO” on Mayor Eric Adams’ dangerous and shortsighted FY25 budget: Tiffany Cabán, Alexa Avilés, and Shahana Hanif. We applaud these council members for standing with the thousands of working class New Yorkers who have tirelessly organized for months to impact a budget process that is…
    Read more: STATEMENT: Socialist Council Members Vote NO on Eric Adams’ Austerity Budget





  • STATEWIDE PROTESTS DEMAND SCHUMER CALL FOR CEASEFIRE

    November 29, 2023
    This afternoon, in honor of International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, activists, interfaith and religious leaders, elected officials, workers, students, and community members staged demonstrations at all seven of Senator Chuck Schumer’s offices in New York State. They called for a ceasefire and end of military aid to Israel, representing 20,000 New Yorkers…
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  • Statement: Peace Now, End Occupation & Apartheid

    October 10, 2023
    NYC-DSA believes in peace, equality, and freedom for all Palestinians and Israelis. We deeply mourn the loss of life in the region and unequivocally condemn all hatred and the killing of all civilians. Our sympathy and condolences go out to those who have lost loved ones or have loved ones in harm’s way. On Saturday,…
    Read more: Statement: Peace Now, End Occupation & Apartheid





  • Statement: Socialists in Office condemn New York’s failure to support immigrants and asylum seekers

    September 18, 2023
    In response to Governor Hochul & Mayor Adams’ policy proposals and rhetoric towards asylum seekers, twenty legislators in NYS including Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Senator Julia Salazar, and Councilmember Tiffany Cabán released the following statement:  We do not accept New York City and State officials’ cruel response to asylum seekers, and the scapegoating of those new arrivals…
    Read more: Statement: Socialists in Office condemn New York’s failure to support immigrants and asylum seekers





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