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NYC Sanitation Commissioner Talks About Trash

Patrick Delices October 19,2019

Commissioner Garcia

Athletes are famously known not only for their athleticism,...

SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATE MICHAEL HILLER TO ANNOUNCE 2020 RUN AGAINST CONGRESSWOMAN YVETTE CLARKE

Special To The ... September 23,2019

Reportedly, Michael Hiller will today announce his intention of running against Congresswoman Yvette Clarke in 2020.

Today, social justice advocate Michael Hiller will...

Comptroller Stringer's Open Letter to Workers: You Have Labor Rights Regardless of Immigration Status

Scott Stringer September 06,2019

Dear New Yorker:

As many of you may know, my office enforces state and local prevailing wage laws. That means that if you have done...

In Powerful Ceremony Evoking African Ancestors, Schenck Park is Renamed Sankofa Park African Burial Ground

Amadi Ajamu July 23,2019

Power to our African ancestors! Rev. Daughtry...

Commissioner O'Neill, Fire Officer Daniel Pantaleo -- New York Public Advocate Williams Demands

Special To The ... July 18,2019

NYPD Commissioner O'Neill.

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PROSECUTED MOUNT VERNON MAYOR RICHARD THOMAS ACCUSES LOCAL CITY COUNCIL OF ATTEMPTING AN “ILLEGAL TAKEOVER”

Special To The ... July 18,2019

Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas, who recently pled guilty to stealing campaign funds, and who must resign by the end of September, is accusing the Mount Vernon City Council of trying to...

New York Senate Majority Leader Announces New Public Election Financing Appointees To Counter “Dark Money” That Influences And Misinforms Public

Special To The ... July 04,2019

New York Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins released a statement yesterday warnin about the corruptive influence of "dark money" in New York politics...

“New...

Tiffany Cabán’s Candidacy For District Attorney Threatens To Upset Queens Mass Incarceration Exploitation Machine

Colin Benjamin July 01,2019

Cabán’s campaign has some Whites worried about the dismantling of Queens incarceration machine...

Tiffany Cabán’s grassroots campaign in the Democratic primary race for...

Working Families Party Director Says Tiffany Cabán’s Probable Upset Win In Queens District Attorney Primary Race Has Turned Queens “Upside Down”

Special To The ... June 27,2019

Working Families Party Director lauds Tiffany Caban's probable win--which isn't definitively confirmed with 3,000 ballots still to be counted...

In response to Tiffany...

BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT RUBEN DIAZ JR. TO HOLD HEARING ON BRONX JAIL PROPOSAL

Special To The ... June 24,2019

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. will hold hearing tomorrow about Mayor de Blasio's Mott Haven jail plan...

On Tuesday, June 25, 2019 (TOMORROW), Bronx Borough...

Attorney General James' Statement On President Trump’s Delay Of Impending ICE Raids

Special To The ... June 22,2019

Attorney General James says Trump is using migrant families "as pawns in a game of political chess."

New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following...

Adoptee Rights Bill Passes After Decades Long Struggle

Special To The ... June 22,2019

Assemblyman Weprin helped spearhead passage of Clean Bill of Adoptee Rights bill which now heads to Governor Cuomo's desk...

The Clean Bill of Adoptee Rights, A5494/S3419,...

Queens District Attorney Candidate Mina Malik: “I Have Already Done The Criminal Justice Reform Everyone Is Talking About”

Colin Benjamin June 21,2019

Former Special Counsel Mina Malik, to then Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson, said she is the best candidate to be the next Queens District Attorney because “I have already done the...