By The Admin on September 4, 2010
NBC New York
- Nicole Paultre Bell, the fiancée of Sean Bell–the unarmed man who was killed by NYPD the day before his wedding — is considering running for a vacant City Council seat representing Queens, according to published reports.
Paultre Bell, who lives in the Rockaways, controls Sean Bell’s estate. Both Politico and The New [...]
Posted in New York, State & Local News
By The Admin on August 24, 2010
New York Daily News
- Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel shot back Monday night at President Obama’s unsolicited advice for him to “end his career with dignity.”
“Frankly, he has not been around long enough to determine what my dignity is,” Rangel said of Obama during a fiery candidates’ forum at the Convent Avenue Baptist Church in Harlem.
“For [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections, New York, White House | Tagged Barack Obama, Charles Rangel
By The Admin on August 23, 2010
Hundreds of impassioned demonstrators — all waving American flags, but separated into two groups by police — descended on the site of the proposed mosque near ground zero, with opponents chanting, “No mosque, no way!” and supporters shouting, “We say no to racist fear!”
The two leaders of the construction project, meanwhile, defended their plans on [...]
Posted in National Politics, New York, Policy & Issues
By The Admin on August 23, 2010
Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino said he would transform some New York prisons into dormitories for welfare recipients, where they could work in state-sponsored jobs, get employment training and take lessons in “personal hygiene.”
Paladino, a wealthy Buffalo real estate developer popular with many tea party activists, isn’t saying the state should jail poor people: [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections, New York
By The Admin on August 19, 2010
Wall Street Journal
- With a critical primary vote scheduled before a verdict in his House ethics trial, judgement for Rep. Charles Rangel will come first from the voters. That verdict will likely hinge on old alliances, long-running rivalries and the changing face of his upper Manhattan district.
The 80-year-old Rangel is facing a Sept. 14 primary [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections, New York | Tagged Adam Clayton Powell IV, Charles Rangel
