NY City Council Unveils Plans To Implement Police Accountability Inside NYPD And Redefine Public Safety
Photo: Wikimedia Commons The New York City Council Friday announced it will introduce a legislative package of 11 bills and…
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RIDERS ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES “DAYS OF ACTION” CAMPAIGN
[New York News\Transit] The Riders Alliance will share stories highlighting the role that the current limited Fair Fares program is…
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS CELEBRATE CITY COUNCIL VOTE THAT PAVES WAY TO CLOSING RIKERS ISLAND
[New York News\Mass Incarceration] Elena Weissman, Director, Bronx Freedom Fund: “In solidarity with the CLOSErikers campaign, we applaud the Council…
NEW YORK LEGISLATORS HAIL DOUBLING OF CERTIFIED MINORITY AND WOMEN’S BUSINESSES UNDER MAYOR DE BLASIO’S ADMINISTRATION
[News From Mayor’s Office] Mayor de Blasio: “If our economy isn’t inclusive, then it’s not working as it should.” Photo:…
Leaders Hail U.S. Supreme Court’s Repudiation of Trump’s Bid to add Citizen Question in Census 2020
Egg on his face. Trump is repudiated by SCOTUS in Census ploy. Photo: Gage Skidmore Elected representatives and activist…
Melissa Mark-Viverito Is First Latina Speaker Of NY City Council
Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito Melissa Mark-Viverito today became the first Latina elected Speaker of the New York City Council, a post…
TRIBUTES: NELSON MANDELA
Roslyn Brock, Chairman of the NAACP Board of Directors: “The Honorable Nelson Mandela embodied the hopes, dreams, aspirations and values…
STOP-AND-FRISK: Appeals Court Okays Bloomberg’s Apartheid-Style Policing For Now
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. Apartheid-style policing wins for now The NAACP and New York elected officials…
Bill Lynch, Recalled As Champion Of Underdogs Everywhere
Tributes from friends and associates continue to come for political master strategist Bill Lynch who died Friday from complications of…