NYC Council and Speaker Adams: Call for a Ceasefire Now!

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Dear Speaker Adrienne Adams and the New York City Council:

We are grief stricken by what has unfolded in Palestine and Israel since October 7th and we stand firmly with people around the world who share the conviction that all life is precious and that no human being is disposable. The current crisis in Gaza is taking place in the context of a decades-long occupation, ethnic cleansing and state violence.

We write to you as organizations in New York City that build power in communities facing economic exploitation, eviction and displacement, disparate health outcomes, police brutality, incarceration and deportation. We are committed to social and economic justice here in NYC, throughout our country and around the world. The principles which are foundational to our fight for justice in our city also lead us to call on you now to take action as a Council and call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and an end to U.S. supply of arms to Israel. The ongoing genocidal assault on Gaza has already taken the lives of over 33,000 people and is causing massive famine.

This is taking place thousands of miles away, but it has a direct connection to our local communities, including over 50,000 Palestinian New Yorkers. New York City should play a leadership role nationwide. We are home to the headquarters of the United Nations, where on March 25 the Security Council voted 14-0 in favor of a resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza for the rest of Ramadan.

Nationally, two-thirds of voters and at least 77% of Democrats, support an immediate and permanent ceasefire. Around the country, nearly 100 city councils (including Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, and Oakland) have voted in support of resolutions calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Yet, our Council has yet to act.

We thank the 18 members of our City Council who have called for a ceasefire and sent a powerful message to our Members of Congress, the White House, and to our local communities. We now call on the remaining members of our Council to do the same.

We also call on Speaker Adams to make a public commitment by the next stated meeting on April 18th to introduce a resolution.

This is a pivotal moment in history and you have the power and responsibility to speak out. History demands that we act, that we act now and that we act together.

Signed,

NYC 4 Ceasefire

Alliance for Quality Education

Altruisa

Arab American Association of New York

Asians 4 Palestine NYC

Bangladeshi-Americans for Political Progress (BAPP)

Bronx Neighbors 4 Palestine

Brooklyn for Peace

Council on American-Islamic Relations, New York (CAIR-NY)

Dancers for Palestine

Doctors Against Genocide

DRUM - Desis Rising Up & Moving

Families for Freedom

HCW for Palestine NYC

Hindus for Human Rights

IfNotNow NYC

Immigrant Defense Project

Jewish Elders Affinity Group

Jews for Racial and Economic Justice

Judson Memorial Church

Majlis Ash-Shura: Islamic Leadership Council of New York

Make the Road NY

Malikah

Mamas 4 A Free Palestine

MAS Brooklyn

MAS Youth Center

MAS Sheepshead Bay

MAS New York

Mekong NYC

Middle Church

MORE-UFT

Move the Money-NYC

Muslim Community Network Inc

New Economy Project

New York Collective of Radical Educators

New York Communities for Change (NYCC)

New York Progressive Action Network (NYPAN)

New York Young Communist League

NY 10 Neighbors in Solidarity with Palestine

NYC Democratic Socialists of America

NYC Educators for Palestine

NY District CPUSA

Protect Palestine

Raising Imagination

Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP)

Rise and Resist

Rockaway for Ceasefire

Rockland for Palestine

Shoresh US

Southeast Asian Defense Project

Staten Island 4 Palestine

Teachers Unite

Theatre of the Oppressed NYC

VOCAL-NYC

Working Families Party - Queens Chapter

World BEYOND War

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Send the Speaker’s office an email *this week* to SpeakerAdams@council.nyc.gov calling on her to introduce a resolution calling for ceasefire and an end to U.S. supply of arms to Israel (template below)

On April 18th, the morning of the City Council meeting, call the Speaker’s office at (212) 482-6731 between 9AM - 12PM and ask her to take action at the stated meeting on the resolution (script below)

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Dear Speaker Adams, I write you from [ORGANIZATION] which is a signatory to the letter calling on you to introduce a resolution calling for a ceasefire and an end to U.S. supply of arms to Israel. As an organization that fights for [XYZ] our fight for justice also implores us to call on you now. We urge you to take action by the stated meeting on April 18th, over six months into an ongoing genocide taking place before our eyes.

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I am calling upon Speaker Adams to take action TODAY at the City Council meeting and introduce a resolution calling for a ceasefire and an end to U.S. supply of arms to Israel. It is long overdue, and we expect action now!

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