Sarah Strochak @sarahstrochak.bsky.social Postdoc at the Eviction Lab at Princeton University; studying housing and poverty policy.
Incoming Assistant Professor of Poverty Policy at University of Wisconsin, Madison (Fall 2026)
PhD NYU Wagner/NYU Furman Center
Tamara Velasquez🇲🇽 @tamaravelasquez.bsky.social Urbanist. PhD student at Rutgers University. Researching gentrification in CDMX. Fluent in Spanglish.//
Urbanista, Doctorante en Estudios Urbanos, Chilanga en Brooklyn. Estudio temas de gentrificación en CDMX.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social Democratic nominee for Congress in NY-10. Dad Lander. Love unions, justice, seltzer, and NYC. #FightDontFold
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Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social mobilizedbyinjustice.com
Political Scientist UT Austin
Jovanna Rosen @jovannarosen.bsky.social Associate Prof at Rutgers. community development, urban inequality + social innovation. Book: Community Benefits
mollie bryant @molliebryant.bsky.social I cover housing & criminal justice for nonprofit news site StreetlightNews.org in OKC. Previously: Oklahoma Watch, JXN Clarion Ledger & Amarillo Globe News. bryant@streetlightnews.org and molliebryant.70 on signal
Yu Wang @yuw97.bsky.social Ph.D. student @bloustein.rutgers.edu
Soo Yeon Lim @soolim.bsky.social PhD Candidate @bloustein.rutgers.edu. Lives in urban peripheries, green landscapes, politics of urban development, and Asian cities. Running🏃♀️ and swimming 🏊♀️ became part of the dissertation journey 📚.
Dominik Doemer @dominik-d.bsky.social Director of Communications for @scholars.org. Making research matter, one media hit at a time.
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ritti ✨ @ritti.bsky.social minister of concepts
Sumathy Kumar @sumathy.bsky.social Organizing in NY. Tenant power and socialism 🌹
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov This account is maintained by federal staff to share services and legislation relevant to constituents of NY-14.
House the Future @housethefuture.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/housethefuture
Daniel Atonna @danielatonna.bsky.social Poughkeepsie Councilmember, democratic socialist, and AM Moreno staffer 🌹 Join DSA, WFP, and For the Many ✊
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Richard Kim @richardkimnyc.bsky.social Editor in Chief, @thecity.nyc
Esther Wang @estherxlwang.bsky.social Freelance writer and editor | Formerly: @hellgatenyc.com senior editor
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Arya Sundaram @aryasundaram.bsky.social NYC race + migration reporter for Gothamist/WNYC • past lives @nytimes.com @texastribune.org • words also in @theatlantic.com @theguardian.com @nymag.com • whatsapp/signal = 512-650-8767
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Carl E. Heastie @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 83rd Assembly District, #TeamCowboys
Kathleen Romig @kathleenromig.bsky.social 📊 Director of Social Security and Disability Policy at @centeronbudget
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Dr. Tracie Marcella Addy @traciemaddy.bsky.social Founding Director; Institute for Teaching, Innovation, & Inclusive Pedagogy; Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social SNAP/WIC/Child Nutrition at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Come for the corgi pictures, stay for the food assistance policy.
Emily Dore @emilydore.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine. Studying social and economic policies, gender, and health along the life course.
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
Renters United Maryland @rentersunitemd.bsky.social Renters United Maryland is a statewide coalition working to ensure all residents have access to safe, stable, and affordable housing. http://rentersunitedmaryland.org | Take action http://linktr.ee/rentersuniteMD
Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social Tenant rights, social movements, organizing against authoritarianism.
Assistant Professor @sjsu
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Rebecca Risman @rebeccarisman.bsky.social
Heather Vogell @heathervogell.bsky.social Reporter, ProPublica. The space industry, business & politics, and other things. Signal: HeatherVogell.55
Jessica Ramos @jessicaramosqns.bsky.social Mom. Renter. Straphanger. Queens Kid. Labor Democrat. State Senator. Candidate for Mayor. #VamosRamos 🇨🇴🇺🇸
Alexander Matthew Payne @keysandcompounds.bsky.social Ph.D Student at http://chembio.triiprograms.org
Interested in the history of life, language, and science.
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NLIHC @nlihc.org The National Low Income Housing Coalition is dedicated to achieving public policy that ensures people with the lowest incomes have affordable homes.
Poverty & Race Research Action Council @prrac.bsky.social PRRAC is a civil rights organization dedicated to promoting research-based advocacy addressing structural racial and economic inequality. Based in Washington, D.C. PRRAC.org
National Coalition for the Homeless @nationalhomeless.bsky.social he National Coalition for the Homeless is a network of individuals & organizations united by a commitment to ending homelessness.
rebekah @rebeks.bsky.social housing policy / she/her / pdx / communist / murp student housingauthority.substack.com ~ #orleg
Patrick Spauster @patrickspauster.com Covering housing and homelessness in NYC for @citylimitsnews.bsky.social. urban planner and NY Liberty diehard 🏀🗽
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Kate Lowe (she/hers) @kateontransport.bsky.social Mobility justice/transportation equity/urban planning and policy. Chicago!!! Proud union member (UIC United Faculty). Day job @ @uiccuppa.bsky.social
Joie @jkichton.bsky.social tenant • disrupter • eater
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Brandon Weiss @bweisslaw.bsky.social Law Prof @ American University Washington College of Law. Writing & teaching about property, housing, community dev, ethics, legal ed. Dad to 🦉 & 🦕 expert.
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David Stein @davidstein.bsky.social Assistant Prof of History, UCSB. Former fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. Social movements & political economy—civil rights movement; economic policy; inflation; mass incarceration.
New York Communities for Change @nychange.bsky.social One of the largest and most uncompromising community organizations in the country. Jobs. Housing. Public Safety. Climate Action. Immigrant Power. Join us.
Carolyn Whitzman @cwhitzman.bsky.social Senior housing researcher, University of Toronto School of Cities. Author, “Clara at the Door with a Revolver”(2023), “Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis” ( 2024).
Thomas Silverstein @tsilverstein.bsky.social Executive Director at @prrac.bsky.social; adjunct clinician; Wizards/Nats/LFC; crossword solver; early morning dog walker
In These Times @inthesetimes.com A publication committed to informing and advancing movements for social, economic, racial and environmental justice. Founded in 1976.
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Andrew Rumbach @andrewrumbach.bsky.social Urban & regional scientist. Co-lead of the Climate & Communities program @urbaninstitute. Research & policy analysis on disasters, disaster recovery, precarious housing, land use, and adaptation. Sourdough enthusiast. https://andrewrumbach.substack.com
Caroline Nagy @carolinenagy.bsky.social Associate Director for Housing at AFR, working on corporate landlords and climate change+insurance. Appalachian Ohioan living in upstate NY, friend to all dogs. Personal account: my dumb takes are mine not AFR's.
City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social A nonprofit newsroom committed to in-depth reporting & commentary on New York City housing, homelessness, and other pressing issues. www.citylimits.org
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Daniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social Personal account. Housing Director at Impact for Equity, a law and policy center in Chicago. Former policy director, Chicago Dept of Housing. Book "The Battle of Lincoln Park" on the origins of gentrification in Chicago.
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Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social your new neighbor from your old neighborhood. dean. writer. left-hander & occasional photographer. known to frequent the new yorker and columbia journalism school.
Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite
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Lisa K. Bates c o m m a Ph.D. @lkb-pdx.blacksky.app
Mark Polk @handle.invalid Biophysics for cancer therapies in the Chodera Lab at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Views are my own.
Word Up Community Bookshop / Librería Comunitaria @wordupbooks.bsky.social Collectively run non-profit bookshop & arts space in Washington Heights NYC 🗽 Check out our new space Recirculation!
Rachel Lopez @rlopez.bsky.social Law prof writing on intl law, human rights, crim law, & participatory law scholarship.
Things I've written:
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Jinkx Monsoon @thejinkx.bsky.social Hecate’s champion
Phillip Pantuso @phillippantuso.bsky.social deputy managing editor for news @timesunion.com | tips, upstate gossip to phillip.pantuso@timesunion.com | depressed Tottenham fan
Sharon Parrott @sharonparrott.bsky.social President of Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, formerly OMB/HHS, Nats fan, mom.
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
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Lt. Governor Antonio Delgado @delgadoforny.bsky.social Lt. Governor of New York.
Dad. Husband. Colgate & Harvard Law alum. FKA AD the Voice.
Times Union @timesunion.com Getting to the heart of stories that matter in NY's Capital Region, Hudson Valley and beyond. Got a question? We're glad you asked: timesunion.com/ask
Errol Louis @errollouis.bsky.social 3X Emmy-Winning Political Anchor at Spectrum News. TV Shows, Podcast and @nymag column are all on my Linktree: https://linktr.ee/errollouis?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=7570b834-52c5-4c14-b563-0c8c928c
WNYC @wnyc.org
NYC Planning @nycplanning.bsky.social Official Bluesky of the NYC Department of City Planning.
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Matthew J Dolliver, PhD @drmatthewjdolliver.bsky.social Criminologist. Opinions are my own. Retweets do not equal endorsements. May not reply to DM‘s.
The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social The Center for the Humanities at The Graduate Center, CUNY.
Zellnor Myrie @zellnor.bsky.social NY State Senator, running for NYC Mayor in 2025. Son/attorney/recovering sneaker addict.
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Linda B. Rosenthal @lindabrosenthal.bsky.social New York State Assemblymember (D/WF, Upper West Side/parts of Hell's Kitchen). Chair of Assembly Committee on Housing.
Office of NYC Comptroller Mark Levine @nyccomptroller.bsky.social Official account of NYC Comptroller. Working to hold NYC government accountable and secure a more just and sustainable future.
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Ritchie Torres @ritchietorres.bsky.social Congressman (#NY15). Born and bred in the Bronx. Grew up in poverty. Product of public housing. https://Torres.nyc/
aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social south richmond hill kid, @socialists.nyc @socialistmajority.com patriot 🌹
Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social First Black Congressman for NY16 2020-2024. Life long educator. Fighting for jobs and education not bombs and incarceration. Author. Unlocking our unlimited potential.
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Yuh-Line Niou @yuhline.bsky.social Zoe and Samson’s mom
Running for State Senate District 27
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Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social Democratic Socialists of America is the largest and fastest growing socialist organization in the USA. 🌹 Posts are not official statements.
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Tiffany Cabán @tiffanycaban.bsky.social Queer. Latina. Abolitionist. NYC Council Member repping Queens. Local Progress Board Member.
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State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal @bradhoylmansigal.bsky.social NYS Senator representing the West Side of Manhattan “from the gay bars to Zabar’s” 🏳️🌈 dad; husband
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Julia Salazar @juliasalazar.bsky.social NY State Senator in Brooklyn & Queens. Chair of NYS Senate's Crime Victims, Crime & Correction Committee. Democratic socialist. Forever optimist (#LGM) 🇨🇴🏳️🌈
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Genevieve 👁️ @atgenevieve.bsky.social campaigns @housingjustice4all.bsky.social- A Andrew Epstein @andbeps.bsky.social comms, zohran for nyc. former chief of staff in the nys assembly. licensed by the city of new york to handle food and give tours.
Sasha Perigo @sashaperigo.bsky.social Strategic communications consultant with some housing know-how. Former freelance journalist, housing columnist @sfexaminer.bsky.social and organizer @dsasf.org. 🌹🏳️🌈
Ruthy Gourevitch @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social tenant and climate research and such with @cplusc.bsky.social
Oakland Tenants Union @oaktenantsunion.bsky.social The Oakland Tenants Union is an organization of housing activists. OTU's core values are to protect and expand tenant rights and interests. We've been fighting for tenants rights since 1989!
National Housing Law Project @nhlp.bsky.social Leading housing & legal advocacy nonprofit, advancing housing rights & preserving affordable housing with our thousands-strong membership of advocates across the country, the Housing Justice Network. 🏙️www.nhlp.org
Next City @nextcity.org Next City’s journalism centers marginalized voices while amplifying solutions to the problems that oppress people in cities.
Miriam Axel-Lute @miriam-mjoy.bsky.social Parent, Shelterforce editor (all things housing!), contra dancer, singer, poet, queer, anti-racist, small-city lover, believer in good trouble and being just instead of nice, though am nice by nature/nurture. Mask TF up. Opinions are mine, not my org's.
Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social Co-founder and Co-Executive Director of Indivisible
This account surrounds hate and forces it to surrender
Eric Dunn @corpkiller.bsky.social (he/him/él)
Director of Litigation for National Housing Law Project (opinions my own)
Also into calisthenics, OSR role-playing games, language learning, some cooking. Go Blue.
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ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
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David F Brand @davidfbrand.bsky.social I’m a reporter covering housing for @wnyc.org and @gothamist.com | In a previous career, I was a licensed social worker
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