City Council
NYC Mayoral Race: Can the Eric Adams Campaign Redeem Black Political Independence?
Mayoral candidate Adams. Photo: Krystal97/Wikimedia Commons [Commentary: NYC Mayoral Elections 2021] Eight years ago, Black voters in New York were the laughing stock of ...
As NYC Council-member Crystal Hudson Would Introduce Black Agenda
Crystal Hudson. Crystal Hudson is running to represent New York City’s 35 Council District, which covers Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, plus parts ...
CUNY Union Joins Growing Call to Defund NYPD
[CUNY\Defund NYPD] PSC\CUNY: “The Professional Staff Congress Calls for Defunding the NYPD and Redirecting Resources to Education, Public Health and Other Community Needs.” Photo: ...
NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE WILLIAMS DEMANDS MORE AID FOR HOMELESS
[NYC Homelessness] Williams: “The executive budget also includes $60 million in cuts to the Department of Homeless Services…I find this ironic and alarming given ...
MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR WARREN: PUBLIC ADVOCATE WILLIAMS IS A “RELENTLESS ADVOCATE FOR JUSTICE” WHO DESERVES RE-ELECTION
[New York News\Public Advocate Election] Senator Elizabeth Warren: Long before this job, and even before he was elected to represent Brooklyn on the City ...
#CLOSE RIKERS ADVOCATES WILL MARCH ACROSS BROOKLYN BRIDGE TO RALLY AT CITY HALL
[New York News\# Close Rikers Campaign] The City Council will vote on Thursday to approve the largest land use action in the history of ...
DEPUTY BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT TESTIFIES AT CITY COUNCIL AGAINST PROPOSED MOTT HAVEN JAIL
[Criminal Justice News] Deputy Bronx Borough President Scott-McFadden: “I am here on behalf of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. to discuss the de ...
BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ: PROPOSED MOTT HAVEN JAIL WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BRONX
[New York News] Bronx Borough President Diaz Jr.: “It is unfortunate that the City Planning Commission has declined to listen to the serious concerns ...
BALLET HISPANICO CELEBRATES HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WITH EVENTS THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER
[Entertainment News] Eduardo Vilaro, Artistic Director & CEO of Ballet Hispánico: “We celebrate our Latinidad on a daily basis, but it is vital that ...
MAYOR DE BLASIO’S TIMID LEADERSHIP ON POLICING HAS FAILED BLACK AND LATINO NEW YORKERS—AND THE NYPD
[Black Star News Editorial] Mayor Bill de Blasio words of condolences after suicide of police officer are empty without action… Photo: Wikimedia Commons
