News

NY CONGRESSWOMAN VELAZQUEZ PUSHES LEGISLATION TO PROMOTE JOB AND ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING IN PRISONS
Special To The ... November 20,2019

On Monday, at a press event at New York City Hall, House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) and House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)...

“ERASE RACISM” ORGANIZATION CALLS ON POLITICAL LEADERS TO ADDRESS HOUSING DISCRIMINATION ON LONG ISLAND
BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ WILL HOST ANNUAL PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE & CULTURE CELEBRATION
BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ: NEW YORK’S LOTTERY SYSTEM TARGETS POOR MINORITIES AND MUST BE REFORMED
CENTRAL PARK FIVE EXONEREE DR. YUSEF SALAAM WILL SPEAK AT LEHMAN COLLEGE ABOUT THE “WOLF PACK” NEW YORK PRESS
REV. SHARPTON RESPONDS TO FORMER MAYOR BLOOMBERG’S APOLOGY FOR STOP-AND-FRISK POLICING

Business

NYC Earns F-Grade for Dismal Spending With Black-owned Businesses; Also, All MWBEs Got Mere $1 Billion Of $20.5 Billion, Says Comptroller Stringer's Report
Special To The ... November 19,2019
 
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BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ PLEASED YANKEES WILL ALLOW LOCAL BUSINESSES TO CONTINUE SELLING ITS MERCHANDISE
BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ JR. ANNOUNCES RESOLUTION INCREASING MINORITY AND WOMEN BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN PENSION FUND
MAYOR DEBLASIO LAUNCHES NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZING 2020 CENSUS COMMITTEES AND $19 MILLION INVESTMENT FOR “CENSUS EDUCATION”

Crime

ANTI-SOLITARY CONFINEMENT ADVOCATES WILL PROTEST AGAINST MAYOR DE BLASIO AT GRACIE MANSION
Special To The ... November 18,2019

Kalief Browder who suffered in solitary confinement during his period of unjust incarceration at Rikers Island eventually committed suicide.

On Tuesday, November 19 at 7:30...

AS NEW YORK STATE INITIATIES BAIL REFORMS CITY COUNCIL ALLOCATES $7 MILLION FOR SUPERVISED RELEASE PROGRAM EXPANSIONS
SHARONNE SALAAM, MOTHER OF YUSEF SALAAM FRAMED IN THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE CASE, FIGHTS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ADVOCATES CELEBRATE NEW BALLOT MEASURE THAT WOULD PUNISH POLICE WHO LIE
CENTRAL PARK FIVE, INNOCENCE PROJECT, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES PROMOTE PACKAGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS
BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ ISSUES REPORT ON MARIJUANA JUSTICE IN NEW YORK STATE

Politics

NEW YORK STATE SENATOR PARKER INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ALLOW VOTING RIGHTS TO INCARCERATED NEW YORKERS
Special To The ... November 11,2019

State Senator Kevin Parker recently introduced legislation to afford people in prison at a state or local correctional facility the right to vote in state elections. The legislation,...

MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR WARREN: PUBLIC ADVOCATE WILLIAMS IS A “RELENTLESS ADVOCATE FOR JUSTICE” WHO DESERVES RE-ELECTION
ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES ANNOUNCES EARLY VOTING ELECTION PROTECTION HOTLINE
NY ASSEMBLY SPEAKER HEASTIE RELEASES STATEMENT ON NEW YORK’S FIRST EARLY VOTING PERIOD
FAMILIES OF NEW YORKERS KILLED BY POLICE TESTIFY TODAY TO REPEAL POLICE SECRECY LAW AT NYS SENATE
NYC Sanitation Commissioner Talks About Trash

Transit

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATES DECRY GOVERNOR CUOMO’S NEW PLAN TO OVERPOLICE TRANSIT SYSTEM
Special To The ... November 11,2019

NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, center, stands with transportation advocates fighting against Governor Cuomo's plan to hire more MTA police.

Transit riders, street...

RIDERS ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES “DAYS OF ACTION” CAMPAIGN
TRANSIT ADVOCATES TO GOVERNOR CUOMO: MORE MONEY IS NEED TO UPGRADE NYC BUS LINES
RIDERS ALLIANCE: GOVERNOR CUOMO’S MTA BRONX BUS REDESIGN INADEQUATE
BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ JR. SPEAKS TO BRONX COMMUTERS ABOUT NEW BUS LINE PLAN
BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ “THRILLED” ABOUT PLANNED PENN STATION TRAIN ACCESS TO EAST BRONX

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