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By Mary Alice Miller Brooklyn district attorney Charles Hynes began his tenure in elected office after he was named special prosecutor in the 1987 Howard Beach case. Now he faces the prospect of having his career end with yet another special prosecutor. Ken Thompson, candidate for Brooklyn DA, has written a letter to Gov....
Boys and Girls High School hosted 1,400 boys from Eagle Academy schools in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Southeast Queens and Newark, NJ for an All-Male Youth Summit organized by the Eagle Academy Foundation. The summit — part pep rally, part networking party, and part sports tournament – was the culmination of a weeklong celebration of...
Hundreds packed the Mt. Zion Church of God, and then marched to SUNY Downstate where they were greeted by hundreds more. Chanting “Health care is a right! Fight, fight, fight!” and “Cuomo, Cuomo hear our cry! We won’t let you privatize!” the Coalition of Faith, Labor and Community Leaders came together to demand that...
A coalition of labor unions, community activists and elected officials have filed a lawsuit against City Point, a commercial and luxury housing complex rising from the site of the former Albee Square Mall in Downtown Brooklyn. The lawsuit demands that all construction at City Point stop pending a new Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that...
What a difference four years makes. In 2009, Councilman Al Vann was challenged by seven candidates – including Robert Cornegy — after Vann’s council vote to overturn term limits giving Bloomberg and himself an additional four years on the City Council. Though he publicly endorsed former Comptroller Bill Thompson for mayor, Vann’s own run...
Lost in the national debate over Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) is discussion of amnesty imposing serious harm on African-Americans, particularly descendants of the United States chattel slavery system. Three members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (in their individual capacities) wrote a letter to the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) stating the “effect of...
It has been three months since Brooklyn sent one of our best and brightest to Washington, D.C. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is settling in to his new role after emerging victorious from a contentious primary against Councilman Charles Barron for the seat held by retired Congressman Ed Towns. “It is a tremendous opportunity to represent...
Bill de Blasio is waging an aggressive campaign for mayor against presumed front-runner City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. Reminiscent of 2009 when de Blasio and others railed against Quinn’s role in overturning term limits despite two referenda, this year the public advocate is making his case for change with every Quinn misstep. For months,...
Cyber Security is among the top issues that Homeland Security considers “our first and last line of defense for the nation,” said Rep. Yvette Clarke. The ubiquitous use of laptops, desktops and smart phones bring a host of national security issues with them, from privacy to identity theft and hacking. “We have to be...
Flanked by the diversity of the Brooklyn Democratic machine, Eric Adams declared his candidacy for Borough President under a crisp, clear sky. “This is a pivotal moment for Brooklyn. We have to turn our popularity into prosperity and leave no one behind,” Adams told the crowd of supporters. “After three decades as a police...
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