Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Jo Hamilton, ex-official involved in St. Vincent's Hospital condo conversion, fined for ethics violations

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Jo Hamilton was on the take Jo Hamilton , former member of Manhattan Community Board 2, which rubber-stamped and fast-tracked the demolitio...
Sunday, November 16, 2014

"Vote for Cuomo, Not the Homo" Flyer resurfaces

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This mailer is reportedly from the 1982 gubernatorial campaign, but the discriminatory slogan actually dates back to the 1977 Democratic Par...
Thursday, November 13, 2014

Communities United for Police Reform replaces BerlinRosen as public relations firm as CPR ramps up NYPD criticism of de Blasio

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BerlinRosen is closely linked to the de Blasio administration. It's lobbyists regularly counsel Mayor de Blasio. BerlinRosen even repres...
Friday, November 7, 2014

El Diario : Activists call for a commission to investigate NYPD corruption, including at Internal Affairs

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Five governmental offices with jurisdiction over NYPD are asked to create a new commission, modeled after Knapp and Mollen "Activ...
Sunday, November 2, 2014

Progress Queens issues endorsements in New York governor race, ballot proposals

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Hawkins is endorsed over Cuomo On ballot proposals, voting no on fake redistricting reform Progress Queens has endorsed Howie Hawkins...
Thursday, October 16, 2014

In spite of legal troubles, Lawrence Schwartz still at Governor Cuomo's side

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Lawrence Schwartz remains at governor’s side, in spite, or perhaps because, of legal problems with AEG and Moreland Lawrence Schwartz ...
Sunday, October 12, 2014

Seeking to recruit disenchanted Democratic Party voters, Green Party candidates Jones and Jimenez visit to Queens

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Overflow crowd greet Greens at Flynn's Garden Inn in Woodside Greens reach out to reform-minded voters turned off by Gov. Cuomo...
Thursday, October 9, 2014

Did de Blasio set back police reform by stalling meeting with city's District Attorneys ?

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de Blasio finally agrees to meet with District Attorneys after seven months of stalling The Brooklyn District Attorney won't prose...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Financial irregularities at the Corona-Elmhurst Center for Economic Development remain enshrouded in a mystery

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With seemingly endless public corruption scandals in Queens, one goes overlooked The Queens District Attorney, the State Attorney Gener...
Sunday, September 28, 2014

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

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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,...