DRUM - Desis Rising Up & Moving

06/10/2026

Those who platform genociders, march alongside genociders, or cannot condemn genociders SHOULD NOT be taken seriously.

On May 31, several of New York’s most high profile Democratic leaders marched with the architects of the ongoing genocide in Gaza at the Israel Day parade. After the parade, several officials condemned Bezalel Smotrich’s attendance, but Smotrich was only one of several war criminals who have cheered on the destruction of Gaza.

Instead of shaming Mayor Mamdani for boycotting the parade, New York’s so-called Democratic leaders should listen to their constituents, including Palestinians and anti-Zionist Jewish New Yorkers calling for a stop to funding Israel’s war crimes.

06/10/2026

🚨Today: Street Vendor Project Workers Justice Project - Proyecto Justicia Laboral DRUM - Desis Rising Up & Moving and Laundry Workers Center members rally and made a press conference at the NYC City Council calling for a new funding initiative to implement recently passed landmark protections and laws for gig workers and street vendors. We are urging investments to support 100,000+ workers in delivery, rideshare, street vending, laundry, and other low-wage sectors—expanding outreach, workers’ rights education, organizing support, and access to resources so workers can learn about their new rights, come forward without fear, and thrive in NYC. ✊🏾

06/04/2026

Do you like walking? History? Jackson Heights?!

Join for DRUM’s Jackson Heights Walking Tour! A radical introduction to the neighborhoods rich living history of organizing! The tour is 5 stops and lasts about 2 hours.

Tour dates:
Friday, June 12, 3pm
Saturday, July 11, 12pm

Get your tickets now bit.ly/wt-drum

05/20/2026

BREAKING | Thanks to sustained pressure from New Yorkers and over 100 organizations including labor unions, community-based organizations, parents, students, and civil liberties experts, all opposed to the “buffer zone” bill, City Council Speaker Menin will not call for an override vote of the Mayor’s veto.

At a time when free speech is under attack across this country, New York should not be expanding NYPD’s discretion to suppress dissent.

If Intro 175-B had passed, it would have disproportionately impacted Black and Brown students, immigrants, and workers. More police will never make Black and Brown students safer at school. It’s clear that the intent of this bill or any other bill that the Speaker will propose like Intro 175-B are about silencing voices, not increasing safety.

We are opposed to Speaker Menin’s proposal for a new bill that she has signaled that she will rush through City Council. Instead of listening to school communities and learning lessons from this failed veto override process, the Speaker is choosing to follow a path which will lead to the same opposition from New Yorkers.

City Council members should know that communities are organized and watching. We’ll continue to show up and urge them to block any bill that would increase police presence and chills free speech.

05/19/2026

Intro 175-b would undermine free speech and the right to protest in NYC at a time they are under attack federally

We are thankful to our council members who have voted against this unconstitutional bill, and we look forward to them to hold the line against the veto override

This afternoon we visited ’s office to leave messages to appreciate him for voting no on Intro 175-b and protecting his constituents right to protest.

05/18/2026

Happy Heavenly Birthday, Sean 🕊️ We know true justice would mean you'd be here, celebrating with your family today. You are missed dearly. 🕊️

was killed by NYPD in 2006, on what should have been his wedding day, when he was only 23 years old.

05/18/2026

Join us for our Poetry Workshop Closing Event as we reflect on the histories of our indentured ancestors through poetry and art.

Together, we will create a space grounded in creativity and community.

📍 RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3Rmh5WPQ5dfbosLtbD-6UbFtgcwvcDLq17AqJYJQGBY-uFw/viewform

📅 May 31st
⏱️ 5-7 PM

05/12/2026

BREAKING—A Mayor committed to working class New Yorkers, partnered with robust movements, filled a $12 billion budget gap left behind by the previous administration.

For the first time in decades, we are seeing that despite resistance from Albany, a mayoral administration with a will to deliver can make things happen through cost saving solutions, a pied-à-terre tax on the rich, and without cutting essential services.

We don’t need to be stuck with annual political games around funding of libraries and schools. In a time of unprecedented corporate profits, tax cuts for billionaires on the federal level, and economic uncertainty for working people, Albany must .

05/11/2026

05/08/2026

No increases on all leases!

Yesterday we rallied with hundred of tenants outside the Rent Guidelines Board preliminary vote where it was announced:

PRELIMINARY RANGE PROPOSAL: 0-2% on 1 year leases, 0-4% on 2 year leases

This is a historic moment--the city's FIRST TIME EVER in the history of NYC proposing 0% increases on both 1 AND 2 year leases. But our fight must go on.

2.4M tenants need a rent freeze!