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Sunday, September 28, 2014

Blogger Louis Flores debuts Progress Queens, a new Web site about news and politics

Progress Queens : News and Politics The evolution of online news The Internet has allowed for many Web sites to publish news online, ...

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Teachout Wu Cuomo Mark-Viverito Bratton Whistleblower Fired NYPD Eric Garner - Twawking Tweets Episode 2

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Twawking Tweets - Episode 2 - Top NY political tweets on Twitter New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito fires an NYPD whi...

Monday, September 15, 2014

In Jackson Heights, NYPD arrest and handcuff man, aggravating his injuries

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Commissioner Bratton and Mayor de Blasio say we have community policing, but the police can't even speak Spanish to communicate with th...

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Mark-Viverito fires Council whistleblower for disputing Commissioner Bratton's stats on NYPD use of force

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City Council aide Artyom Matusov was fired for exposing a misrepresentation by Commish Bratton that "implied the percentage of arrests...

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Rousing 2011 #OWS speech reminds us of role of St. Vincent's Hospital on 9/11

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Read your lipservice on 9/11, but we have no full-service hospital below 14th Street since St. Vincent's closed. #Rudin @Partnership4N...

Crucita Alvarado - Missing Person - Coney Island

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Call 911 or (800) 577-8477 Tomorrow will mark one month since Crucita Alvarado was last seen. She has been missing since Tuesday, Aug. 12,...

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Did de Blasio's endorsement, and lingering anger over LICH closure, cost Peter Sikora the election ?

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Press won't even mention voter anger over closure of Long Island College Hospital as factor in rejection of de Blasio endorsement, Sikor...

Monday, September 8, 2014

Twawking Tweets - Pilot Video - NY Democratic Primary for Governor

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"Twawking Tweets" - Pilot Video " Twawking Tweets " is a pilot video for a TV show that gives voice to voters'...

Friday, September 5, 2014

Teachout and Wu sue State Democratic Party, Cuomo, and Hochul

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The New York State Democratic Party is violating campaign finance laws by funneling money to prop up the Cuomo-Hochul ticket in next week...

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Past NYPD experience with video cameras shows pattern of editing to thwart accountability for misconduct

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The NYPD have a history of manipulating their own videos, as a 2004 City Council report found Excerpt from Chapter 7 of "Roots of...

Like a young Richard Nixon, Christine Quinn trying to make a political comeback

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PUBLISHED : THURS, 04 SEPT 2014, 05:05 PM UPDATED : THURS, 04 SEPT 2014, 09:10 PM Political bloggers fear that Christine Quinn is organizi...

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

After early ridicule, Tim Wu calls out de Blasio as "accomplice" in Hochul's voter deception

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Gov. Cuomo's running mate, Kathy Hochul, supports the Keystone XL energy pipeline, which the fracking industry needs to keep expanding t...

Monday, September 1, 2014