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64:20

Brooklyn Republican Club Launches with MAHA,...

Firsthand Report ·

2025/02/28

On February 27, 2025, supporters gathered in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn for the first meeting of the Donald J. Trump Kings County Republican Club. Founder Jimmy Wagner, New York State Senator Stephen Chan, and Brooklyn Republican Party Chair Richard Barsamian spoke at the event, along with Republican candidates for City Council Athena Clarke and Luis Quero.Numerous New York City workers who lost jobs under the City’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates attended and spoke at the event, including

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52:51

Health Information Systems Are Converging into an...

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2025/02/25

Episode notes and sources:The Common Health CoalitionThis organization is dedicated to “reimagining” the health system as “one in which the nation’s health care and public health systems work hand in hand.”New York State Department of Health Health Equity PlanThis 2024-2025 plan is “designed to be a guide and action plan for all staff in the New York State Department of Health.” No One You Know is subscriber-supported. You can support my work by becoming a paid subscriber for just $5/mo or $50/yr

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61:42

How Will RFK Jr. and MAHA Leaders Protect Civil...

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2025/02/15

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services this week. The voters he brought with him when he joined forces with Donald Trump were a key factor in the President’s success. Many of them are medical freedom advocates, civil liberties supporters, and critics of our current health systems.Those systems are on the brink of transformative changes that are the culmination of decades of legal, regulatory, and technological developments. The changes promise to bring us

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8:38

Special Report: NYC Goes to DC for RFKJR

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2025/02/03

Last week, the Senate Finance Committee and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. As the hearings began on Wednesday, January 29th, small groups of protesters gathered on the streets of the capital to voice opposition to RFK Jr.’s confirmation, holding signs and handing out stickers and canes—a reference to polio. One of them talked with me about his

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 56: Teacher and Medical...

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2025/01/27

“Full congressional investigation and hearings into employee vaccine mandates in New York City, leading to reinstatement . . . a process that is friendly to bring you back, not getting doors slammed in your face and just getting tricked and getting treated terribly . . . back pay, and an apology: That's what I think would begin the process of some healing in New York City.” - Michael KaneThe New York Mandate Podcast is subscriber-supported. To receive new episodes and support my work, please

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 55: Special Education...

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2024/11/04

“It was closer to the edge and closer to being on the street than any situation I'd been in in my life. They made economic warfare on us, it's not an exaggeration to say—like, everything short of physical assault, everything short of seizing you and locking you up was done to us.” - GarrettThe New York Mandate Podcast is subscriber-supported. To receive new episodes and support my work, please consider becoming a subscriber.In this episode of the New York Mandate podcast, I talk with Garrett, an

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Attorney Jimmy Wagner Argues for Eight NYC Teachers...

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2024/09/13

This week on September 11, attorneys presented oral arguments before New York State’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, in a combined judicial review of lower-court decisions involving eight New York City workers adversely affected by the City’s 2021 COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Attorney Jimmy Wagner argued for the eight petitioners-appellants, who were tenured teachers employed by the New York City Department of Education and were put on leave without pay and fired for refusing to comply with the

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 54: Attorney Scott...

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2024/09/06

“Any time a group of people stands up for their rights . . . it's always important, even when it doesn't feel like it's accomplishing anything. But then on top of that, we're actually seeing results and we're seeing positive rulings and developments. There's some light at the end of the tunnel, and there's real hope that while maybe not every plaintiff will get what they deserve, the movement as a whole will have made the changes that we needed to see in the law.” - Scott LloydThe New York Mandate

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116:31

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 53: Hospitality...

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2024/07/23

“For anyone who thinks that oh, you know, I had a choice whether to be vaccinated or not and that would be just fine, that’s not true. You would definitely lose your job. And if you’re affiliated with a union, depending on your union . . . you would not be represented at all. . . . Where is my justice? Where is my case? No one is actually advocating for me and for my coworkers. I have coworkers who still have not returned to work.” - HermioneThe New York Mandate Podcast is subscriber-supported. To

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Court Hears Oral Arguments in Miraglia et al. v. New...

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2024/07/20

Attorneys made oral arguments at a lengthy July 18 hearing in Miraglia et al. v. New York City Department of Education et al. Attorney Austin Graff argued for the petitioners, 51 Department of Education employees who were adversely affected by the DOE’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, while five lawyers represented respondents in the case, the DOE, United Federation of Teachers (UFT) and Council of Supervisors and Administrators (CSA).Nineteen of the petitioners attended the proceedings in Staten Island

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 52: Attorney Austin...

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2024/07/04

In this episode of the New York Mandate Podcast, I talk with attorney Austin Graff about Miraglia et al. v. New York City Department of Education et al. The lawsuit led by Graff is being brought by 51 people who worked for the DOE and were put on leave without pay, terminated, and subjected to other adverse effects of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for DOE employees. The respondents include not only the City and the DOE, but also the workers’ unions, the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) and the

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 51: Post-Hearing...

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2024/06/26

In this episode of the New York Mandate Podcast, I talk with social worker Diane Pagen and Bravest for Choice members Matt Connor, Tim Heaton, and Jack Wei Lin after a June 24, 2024 New York City Council Civil Service and Labor Committee hearing at City Hall in Manhattan.At the hearing, council members heard testimony in support of Resolution 5 from 17 municipal workers who were put on leave without pay and lost jobs under the City’s vaccine mandate. Resolution 5 calls on the New York State

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143:52

VIDEO: New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 8: Sanitation...

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2024/04/19

“I think we need a labor party. I think that the only thing that's going to break the Democrat-Republican nonsense and the Third Way politics that they've created is by creating a third party that focuses on the most important thing about being an American: having a job, having a stable job.” - Danny HulkowerApril 2024 UPDATE: This is a video version of the previously published audio-only version of our conversation. Danny is one of the petitioners-respondents in the Garvey v. NYC lawsuit, for which

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VIDEO: New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 10: Sanitation...

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2024/04/18

“As Christians, we believe God owns our body, bought with a price. First Corinthians, chapter six tells us that this is a temple of the holy spirit. We believe that Christ shed his blood on that cross, and he bought us with the most valuable price there ever could be. And that was his blood, his life. . . . I'm not going to do anything to violate what's God's property. I'm to be a manager of what's God's. So my body is not my own. I've been bought with a price and I have to manage that very

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 50 Teacher and...

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2024/04/08

“We are creative beings, and we can figure out a way through. So this is my way through, and it’s a process. I’m not through, but I’m going through the process. . . . I’m hoping that this, what I’m going through right now, will push my kids through to a moment that they might need some inspiration to recreate themselves in an unforeseen situation.” - Moe OlivierThe New York Mandate Podcast is subscriber-supported. To receive new episodes and support my work, become a subscriber.In this episode of

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 49: FDNY Lieutenant...

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2024/03/08

“One of the things that I’m wrestling with is . . . how committed should I be to this career that I love so much when we’ve been treated this way—and the lack of decency in our return to work and the lack of decency for the people that are still out of work now. . . . I think a lot of us try to answer that question: To what extent am I going to remain committed to a city that’s treated people this way, or an agency that’s treated people this way, or my neighbors who segregated me from society? To

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152:43

New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 48: Social Worker Diane...

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2024/02/26

“I want to live in a place that has real participatory society that isn’t top down and isn’t run by gangsters. I feel like New York is run—it’s like Boss Tweed all over again. You don’t have any say. There’s a lot of bullying and a lot of just not caring about people and not being respectful of the trust that your citizens have put in you. . . . So I don’t want to live in a place like that, even if it’s my place.” - Diane PagenThe New York Mandate Podcast is subscriber-supported. To receive new

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 47: New York State...

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2023/12/23

“As an unvaccinated person, they're saying to me that there's something possibly wrong with you, that you're sick, you're ill, you have to prove your innocence. You have to prove that you are worthy of continuing to participate in society, which I find to be a complete reworking of the social contract that I was born into.” - Addison ReevesIf you think it’s important for people to hear Addison’s story, please share it!In this episode of the New York Mandate Podcast, I talk with Addison Reeves, who

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 46: Attorney Austin Graff

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2023/11/17

“I don't think we've seen the end of the vaccine litigation. I think it's just starting. . . . Courts go back and forth—it depends upon the judge, depends upon the court—but they're sticking to the COVID vaccine as being a mandate of employment and a requirement that employees just have to live with, unfortunately.” - Austin GraffThis post is public, so feel free to share it!In this episode of the New York Mandate Podcast, I talk with Austin Graff about labor laws and employees’ rights in the

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New York Mandate Podcast, Ep. 45: Cosmetologist and...

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2023/10/02

“I always feel that I’m in the company of some really kickass, strong people that are very brave. Even though they’ve lost everything, they’re still fighting. It’s not just me and my little group of people. There are other people out there that are in the same position that I am—probably thousands. Millions, maybe.” - ShellieThe New York Mandate Podcast is subscriber-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a subscriber.In this episode of the New York Mandate Podcast, I

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