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"By going on a hunger strike in front of City Hall, there was no way you could ignore what we were doing to our bodies in the service of this fight."
Ocasio-Cortez pointed out that the drivers' fight for medallion debt relief began more than two years ago, with a proposal that was derided as "naive, 'too expensive,' and unfeasible."
\u201c2 years ago (clip below) we began our fight for justice & relief for NYC taxi drivers targeted in predatory medallion schemes.\n\nThe plan was called na\u00efve, \u201ctoo expensive,\u201d & unfeasible.\n\nBut we kept going: called hearings, ran numbers, organized.\n\nToday, @NYTWA drivers won. \ud83d\ude95\ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffd\u201d— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 1635977684
"Next time folks wonder why I'm stubborn, it's because we're constantly told our requests are impossible or unreasonable until we wind up accomplishing it anyway through hard work and organizing," tweeted Ocasio-Cortez. "When we organize people, the people win!"
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"By going on a hunger strike in front of City Hall, there was no way you could ignore what we were doing to our bodies in the service of this fight."
Ocasio-Cortez pointed out that the drivers' fight for medallion debt relief began more than two years ago, with a proposal that was derided as "naive, 'too expensive,' and unfeasible."
\u201c2 years ago (clip below) we began our fight for justice & relief for NYC taxi drivers targeted in predatory medallion schemes.\n\nThe plan was called na\u00efve, \u201ctoo expensive,\u201d & unfeasible.\n\nBut we kept going: called hearings, ran numbers, organized.\n\nToday, @NYTWA drivers won. \ud83d\ude95\ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffd\u201d— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 1635977684
"Next time folks wonder why I'm stubborn, it's because we're constantly told our requests are impossible or unreasonable until we wind up accomplishing it anyway through hard work and organizing," tweeted Ocasio-Cortez. "When we organize people, the people win!"
"By going on a hunger strike in front of City Hall, there was no way you could ignore what we were doing to our bodies in the service of this fight."
Ocasio-Cortez pointed out that the drivers' fight for medallion debt relief began more than two years ago, with a proposal that was derided as "naive, 'too expensive,' and unfeasible."
\u201c2 years ago (clip below) we began our fight for justice & relief for NYC taxi drivers targeted in predatory medallion schemes.\n\nThe plan was called na\u00efve, \u201ctoo expensive,\u201d & unfeasible.\n\nBut we kept going: called hearings, ran numbers, organized.\n\nToday, @NYTWA drivers won. \ud83d\ude95\ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffd\u201d— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 1635977684
"Next time folks wonder why I'm stubborn, it's because we're constantly told our requests are impossible or unreasonable until we wind up accomplishing it anyway through hard work and organizing," tweeted Ocasio-Cortez. "When we organize people, the people win!"