An archive of tweets by Mark Levine, Chair of NYC Council Health Committee

Jan 27 -- We begin in NYC parks

Levine is spearheading a drive to cancel contracts signed with the Trump Org because "it's just a matter of profound offense to most New Yorkers"

https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1221909742752272384
Jan 29

Levine chairs a Health Committee hearing about pesticide exposure in NYC city parks

https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1222576438710358022
Feb 1

NYCs first possible COVID case

Levine's official stance as Chair of the Health Committee is how little risk there is, how prepared NYC is, and primarily how important it is to go to restaurants in Chinatown to fight prejudice

https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1223724600346992640
Feb 5

Levine, in his official capacity as Chair of the Health Committee, downplays COVID19 risk and suggests flu is much more deadly

He also endorses the now infamous WaPo "Get a grippe" article

https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1225104814692020225
Feb 9

Levine, in his official capacity as Chair of the Health Committee, suggests that concerns about COVID19 are matters of "fear mongering" while continuing to officially endorse gathering in "huge crowds" and patronizing restaurants in Chinatown

https://twitter.com/the_germinat0r/status/1243408823806611459
Feb 27, Levine:

- suggests NYers be scared of Mike Pence
https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1233044988818317312

- wants Federal intl travel restrictions
https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1233049029900226562

- again officially endorses gathering in large crowds (alongside Chuck Schumer)
https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1233209667096121347
Feb 29, Levine:

- Shares the infamously false Politico Hoax article

- Complains about political spin around COVID
https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1233783727555317760

- Uses false Hoax article in political attack
https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1233785243695505408

- Can't process Trump discussing COVID cases
https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1233873633963106305
Mar 1, Levine:

- Advises against mask wearing
https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1234132439091613698

- Continues endorsing NYers have large gatherings and focuses on the unparalleled importance of going to restaurants in Chinatown
https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1234205574927130624
https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1234216947576967168
Mar 5

Levine, in his official capacity as Chair of the Health Committee, advises NYers to NOT limit any activities, including specifically to continue:

- travel
- public gatherings
- public transit use
- restaurant / business patronage

https://twitter.com/SydneyKashiwagi/status/1235671753508061184
Mar 6 - 7

- "NYC's family's get it: the #coronavirus outbreak is a cause for concern, not panic"
https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1235926627114192896

- Cuomo State of Emergency doesn't change "the risk level for the public, which our health leaders continue to rate as low."
https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1236354769364619264
Mar 8 - 9, Levine:

- importantly suggests that COVID isn't "Trump's Katrina" but rather that Puerto Rico was "Trump's Katrina"

- says there is no risk to students being in public schools (young children are "entirely spared")
https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1237010760137617408
Mar 11

Despite his own official statement on Feb 27 requesting exactly this, Levine complains that Trump suspending international travel is something "Literally no one has been calling for"

https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1237928249465978882
Apr 6

Levine announces mass graves being dug in NYC parks for COVID19 casualties

"orderly temporary internment" in trenches

https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1247156159896748032
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