Sheila Lewandowski

A great time in Long Island City as we honored a longtime friend, Sheila Lewandowski, upon her transition from The Chocolate Factory Theater, which she led for over 20 years. Excited to see what you'll do next @S_Lewandowski!

I'm honored to celebrate @TheChocoFactry at tonight’s gala and recognize @S_Lewandowski, whose leadership has made the arts more inclusive and helped secure $75M for cultural organizations in this year’s Council budget. Our city is richer because of your leadership and love.

I attended Trump’s inauguration yesterday. Here are my thoughts:

“Israel has reached the conclusion that they could get away with this huge land grab because of the lack of international action..”#EthnicCleansing of#Palestinians Israel announces largest West Bank land seizure since 1993 during Blinken visit wapo.st/3vl1LAH

The arts are an integral part of New York’s identity, culture, and character. I’m at @StormKingArtCtr to announce new grant funding for arts and culture organizations across our state. Watch live: twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Congrats to the @TheChocoFactry award recipients especially @QnsBPRichards Thank you Borough President for your support of Culture & The Arts. Great seeing @JuanArdilaNYC, presumptive leader NYS Assembly D37 and @S_Lewandowski - thank you for everything you do for all of us!!!

🧵 Thank you to the @TheChocoFactry, @S_Lewandowski, & Brian Rogers for inviting us to their first annual gala! We were happy to support the theater with $12,000 to help keep vital arts and culture programming alive in our district. (1/2)

@OsseChi @juliej_won hope you can join us Councilmember Won as we rally for #culture4All #artsed @ny4ca1

Come join us tomorrow to rally for Arts & Culture in NYC! Our City is as amazing and fruitful as it is because of our cultural institutions, organizations, and creatives. Thus, our City government must provide our Cultural Community with the funding they deserve in this budget!

The world views with reverence a comedian turned statesman and views with contempt a statesman turned sour comedian. #Ukraine #Russia

Just a friendly reminder that Fernando Cabrera and Erick Salgado are just as anti-abortion as they are anti-LGBTQ+.

🪡 I'm thrilled to announce to you all that I will be the chair of the NY City Council Committee on Cultural Affairs,Libraries, and International Intergroup Relations. It’s an honor to serve in the Council in any capacity, but I'm especially excited to take on this new role.

First public stop in #SOMOSPR2021 for @ericadamsfornyc is the @ny4ca reception: “This is not about me, this wasn’t about Eric Adams, it was to send a message out to our city and country.”

Incredibly excited to join Sheila, Brian, and the entire @TheChocoFactry board as they formally launch their new space in #DutchKills. I’m proud to be a continued supporter of the arts and to have allocated nearly $3 million to make their dream of a permanent location a reality.

When you legalize basement apartments you: 1) subject them to regulations to make them safe 2) create an almost unfathomable amount of affordable housing in the middle of a housing crisis 3) can do more intense enforcement on the dangerously unsafe ones

As more scenes of flooding come in (these from #LIC constituents @S_Lewandowski & Cosme of @CASAENRIQUE), the @NYCMayor has declared a state of emergency in NYC. Thinking of all those trapped somewhere, either inside a subway car or a flooded basement apt. Stay safe everyone.

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@amitsinghbagga Thank you @amitsinghbagga!

We all agree — every neighborhood deserves a community center, and a place where artists can create, rehearse, perfect, perform, and share — and together, we’ll build a district and a borough where that is possible for all of us!

So much #Pride in our #LGBTQ and local businesses at today’s @CourtSquareCA Return of Summer Block Party! 🌈