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East Flatbush Homeowners Demand Mutual Respect from Asylum Shelter

By Mary Alice MillerResidents say they came seemingly overnight, bringing with them littering, loitering, human waste, loud music at night, harassment of children, and violation of private property. The former location of the Church of God of East Flatbush is now an asylum shelter...
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Trump Impeached

View From HereBy David Mark Greaves President Donald J. Trump will be impeached at last. He attempted to bribe a foreign power to have them interfere in the coming presidential election.  This is exactly the kind of “high crime” the Founding Fathers spoke about.  And...

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Cuomo Outlines Plans for New York State of State Speech Calls For Growing The Economy

Governor Andrew Cuomo this week delivered his 2012 State of the State Address in...
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Food Prices Under Microscope in the 10th Congressional District

Rev. Taharka Robinson has made it his mission to address hunger and soaring food...
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Cuomo calls to end fingerprinting for food stamps – Governor and Mayor at odds over issue

Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday called for the end of the controversial Bloomberg administration...
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People line up in the cold outside housing court

It was 10 am Tuesday, and the bitter cold on the first official business...
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2011 in Review By The Our Time Press Staff

January Medgar Evers College restrained from evicting Center for NuLeadership The new administration of Medgar...
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New allegations against agency running women’s shelter Residents say they are being kept from permanent housing

Activism at the New Providence Women’s Shelter on 225 East 45th Street is a...
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City throws lump of coal to people waiting for social services help No plans to address long lines in front of jobs center on...

The city last week denied that the growing lines of people waiting in the...
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Department of Education to shutter two Bed-Stuy schools Vann slams Bloomberg Administration for not keeping local community in the loop

City Councilman Al Vann this week slammed the Department of Education’s decision to shutter...
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Tens of Thousands March for Voting Rights

Marvin Bing, a member of the AFL-CIO Special Committee on Labor-Community Partnerships, sends us...
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Rhonda Lewis on Leaving the Bridge Street Development Corp.: Message to the Community

After ten years as president & CEO of Bridge Street Development Corporation (BSDC), I...
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Judge Rules Law Against Prison Gerrymandering Must Stand

Judge Eugene P. Devine issued a major blow to Senate Republicans who wished to...
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Racist Facebook police rant has community in uproar

Bloomberg and Commissioner Kelly remain silent pending internal investigation-- Once...
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Helped Me Find My Voice

by Hortensia Gooding On Dr. Norma Raybon, Spelman College "To inspire" originally carried a literal sense...
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By David Mark Greaves It is widely acknowledged, and has been for some time, that...
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Kristen Clarke Named General Counsel of the NAACP

The NAACP today announced that Kristen Clarke, one of the nation's most respected civil...
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Glyne’s Fulton St. Barber Truck

Interviewed by Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbattsTell us a little about yourself.My name is Glyne Maccup....