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Ryder Kessler

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Ryder Kessler

@ryderkessler

Democrat for Assembly District 66. I love New York more than anything—and that means fighting for its future • 🏳️‍🌈

New York, NY

Joined February 2009

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Ryder Kessler
@ryderkessler
Jun 24
Losing is painful, especially after such a strong campaign. Still, my overwhelming emotion today is gratitude. For all of you—who put your time, money, and trust into me and into this fight. Our movement for a better, more inclusive New York is far bigger than any one primary.
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Ryder Kessler
@ryderkessler
Aug 20, 2024
Truly remarkable that New York City is the best city in the world and New York State is the best state in the union, and yet we somehow are being governed by the Democratic Party’s third string
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Ryder Kessler
@ryderkessler
Apr 18, 2020
Replying to @McHenryJD
Rachel Berry when she can’t win a Tony in the Glee universe because there aren’t actually Tonys in 2020
Ryder Kessler
@ryderkessler
Aug 30, 2022
We will do literally anything before housing people. We will destroy our public space. We will erect hostile architecture. We will content ourselves with our neighbors being forced out of our communities, to our shelters, to the margins of our cities, to our jails. Shameful.
southpaw
@nycsouthpaw
Aug 29, 2022
A New Jersey town cut down all the shade trees in its central square to dissuade unhoused people from spending time there. app.com/story/news/loc…
Ryder Kessler
@ryderkessler
Aug 30, 2022
Genuinely cannot believe this is a car on my idyllic west village street. It is a f***ing TANK, and I don’t want to live in a war zone.
Ryder Kessler
@ryderkessler
May 19, 2022
Boggles the mind that folks get incensed about the presence of diners on the sidewalk — but don’t rally about ending this status quo state of the streetscape 🚮
Ryder Kessler
@ryderkessler
Feb 12, 2022
Riding the 6 uptown yesterday, I joined 3 million other New Yorkers back on city trains — and the 94% of residents in our district who don’t drive to work. It’s time to reshape our streets — and shift more trips from cars to trains, buses, and bikes.
Ryder Kessler
@ryderkessler
Jun 1, 2022
78% of Manhattan households don't own cars. In the 66th Assembly District, 94% of residents don't commute to work by car. Where's the relief for families and working people who rely on crumbling public transit?
Governor Kathy Hochul
@GovKathyHochul
Jun 1, 2022
New Yorkers are feeling pain at the pump, so today we’re cutting the state gas tax through the end of the year — now delivering over $600 million in direct relief.  From the Hamburg Town Board to the Governor’s office, I’ll always fight to get New Yorkers the relief they need.
Ryder Kessler
@ryderkessler
Jul 25, 2022
Front of NY absentee ballot return envelope: “No postage necessary if mailed in the United States” Back of NY absentee ballot return envelope: “Did you…put postage on this return envelope?” Leave it to our election administrators to always keep it clear for New York voters!
Ryder Kessler
@ryderkessler
May 30, 2019
Replying to @emilynussbaum
But explaining *why* there were a lot of gay panic jokes in Friends doesn't mean they weren't homophobic. I was watching Friends earlier today—I love it!—but it always bums me out how high the gay-panic-jokes-per-episode rate is.
Ryder Kessler
@ryderkessler
Apr 2, 2022
Same energy
Ryder Kessler
@ryderkessler
Jun 7, 2024
The last 72 hours have been equal parts exhausting and energizing. Our state is terribly governed. Why? Those in power assume that New Yorkers who want transformative change aren't worth attending to. But it's been inspiring to see as-yet-invisible powerhouse rising... ⬇️
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Ryder Kessler
@ryderkessler
May 30, 2019
Replying to @ryderkessler and @emilynussbaum
As a closeted 8-to-18-year-old watching, the laughing *at* gay panic nuance was lost on me—but the gay-is-scary content certainly wasn't. And Friends was a worse offender than the other sitcoms I watched then: Golden Girls, Murphy Brown, Seinfeld. It's a legitimate complaint.
Ryder Kessler
@ryderkessler
Jul 7, 2022
Replying to @notthechips
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