NYCHA Can Win This - Queens Against Crowley 2018

With NYCHA in crisis, help defeat Joseph Crowley on June 26th and bring reform to Public Housing. NYCHA Can Win This for Queens and the Bronx With NYCHA in crisis, it's time to #FireBossCrowley Hi there, You might have read yesterday that the city settled a Federal probe into the mismanagement of NYCHA, yet no one was held accountable. For years federal funding to NYCHA has been dwindling, and corporate Democrats like Joe Crowley have avoided taking blame, even as they work to privatize affordable housing through Section 8. Please check out this excerpt from our recent article about how NYCHA residents could stop the games and get actual reform: For decades corrupt politicians have completely ignored the needs of NYCHA. Everyone – from Rudolph Giuliani to Michael Bloomberg to Andrew Cuomo to Bill de Blasio to Joseph Crowley – has taken NYCHA residents for granted. Periodically, politicians have given a few crumbs to public housing residents, by fixing up a playground or putting in security cameras, and then counted on the votes of public housing residents come election time. Politicians show up to public events for photo-ops with after school programs, pretend to be on the side of working class and low-income families, and then they go and meet with lobbyists to pass legislation for Big Real Estate and Wall Street to exploit public assets for private profit. THE STATE OF NYCHA Despite what the Democrats in power say, NYCHA is in a complete crisis. Just yesterday, a settlement was reached demanding that the city pay $2.2 billion dollars after a federal probe into lead paint issues, repairs backlogs, negligence, and more. This comes after former head of NYCHA, Shola Olatoye, stepped down for lying about her knowledge of false inspection certificates – where the agency knowingly and deliberately sat on information for months while thousands of families were exposed to lead paint. A crime for which probably no one has been held responsible. Read the Full Post On June 26th help elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and defeat Joe Crowley, the Corrupt Queens Party Boss, to bring real reform to NYCHA. Follow us on social media for more updates. Paid for by Blue America PAC and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Facebook.com/BlueAmerica Don't like these annoying emails? Unsubscribe.

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Fighting for reform and accountability in Queens. #FireBossCrowley and vote for #AlexandriaOcasioCortez. 

View this email in your browser Introducting Queens Against Crowley Fighting For Reform And Accountibility In Queens #FireBossCrowley Hi there, We wanted to welcome you to our new blog and website. Please check out the excerpt from a page we published yesterday:   A brief, recent history of the corruption of the Queens Machine, and of other County Committee chairs In the twenty years that Joseph Crowley (Establishment-NY) has now been in the U.S. Congress and in the twelve years he has been chair of Queens Democrats, he has ascended to become chair of the House Democratic Conference. Word amongst lobbyists is that Crowley is within reach of becoming Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives should the establishment Democrats take back control of the House. As voters go to the polls on June 26 for the Democratic Party primary and as Democrats actually consider Crowley for House Speaker, let's look back at how Queens Democratic Party leaders have used their power. Read more On Tuesday, June 26, help elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and defeat Joe Crowley, the corrupt Queens party boss. Learn more at Queens Against Crowley. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for more updates. Queens Against Crowley   Paid for by Blue America PAC and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Facebook.com/BlueAmerica Copyright © 2018 Queens Against Crowley, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Queens Against Crowley 7522 37th Ave # 420 Jackson Heights, NY 11372-6538 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

Queens Against Crowley 2018

Help defeat Congressman Joseph Crowley on June 26th and bring reform to Queens and the Bronx. Introducting Queens Against Crowley Fighting for reform and accountibility in Queens #FireBossCrowley Hi there, We wanted to welcome you to our new blog and website. Please check out the excerpt from an article we published earlier today: A brief, recent history of the corruption of the Queens Machine, and of other County Committee chairs In the twenty years that Joseph Crowley (Establishment-NY) has now been in the U.S. Congress and in the twelve years he has been chair of Queens Democrats, he has ascended to become chair of the House Democratic Conference. Word amongst lobbyists is that Crowley is within reach of becoming Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives should the establishment Democrats take back control of the House. As voters go to the polls on June 26 for the Democratic Party primary and as Democrats actually consider Crowley for House Speaker, let's look back at how Queens Democratic Party leaders have used their power. Read the Full Post On June 26th help elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and defeat Joe Crowley, the Corrupt Queens Party Boss. Follow us on social media for more updates. Paid for by Blue America PAC and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Facebook.com/BlueAmerica Don't like these annoying emails? Unsubscribe.

#Fast4FOIA Day 18 - YouTube Video

Today is Day 19 of the #Fast4FOIA. I began a liquids-only fast on February 27 to peacefully protest how the U.S. Department of Justice violates the Freedom of Information Act. This fast is expected to last about 22 days ; it may end sooner, if, before the end of 22 days, the DOJ files its Answer to the Complaint in my FOIA Lawsuit. In January, I filed a lawsuit under FOIA to obtain records of the speeches of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara because no records were ever released in response to my FOIA Request.

If this fast runs for the full 22 days, then I will have exceeded the longest fast undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi. There were two fasts, which Gandhi undertook, which were tied for the longest at 21 days.

I am posting daily reports on the #Fast4FOIA blog and posting daily videos on the #Fast4FOIA YouTube Channel. I am providing direct links to select vidoes, where you can see the progression of my weight loss on this liquids-only fast.

#Fast4FOIA - Week 2 Update Here is a list of my YouTube videos : Day 17 [I show you how my belt on the fifth notch has become loose.] Day 11 [I show you that I began to wear my belt on the fifth notch.] Day 07 [I show you how my belt on the fourth notch has become loose.] Day 04 [I show you how my belt at the third notch fits me too loose.] I have experienced severe hunger pains at different points in this fast, but I have remained faithful to my liquids-only regimen. Everything I have consumed is documented on the #Fast4FOIA blog. (I am only consuming coffee, sometimes iced tea spiked with extra lemon or lime juice, low-calorie Gatorade for minerals, Campbell's chicken broth soup, and prune juice to induce bowel movements. I can see myself reaching Day 22 of this fast, if it is necessary. All of this, because the DOJ believes it can violate FOIA without any consequences. I can't believe I'm writing this, but it looks like I should make it to Day 22, and, if so, I will have outlasted U.S. Attorney Bharara.* I have the utmost respect for the Assistant U.S. Attorneys in the public corruption unit, but I cannot accept that the U.S. Attorney's Office, which is so celebrated for fighting corruption, can violate FOIA so openly. * In my last newsletter, I complained that there was an apparent conflict of interest in U.S. Attorney Bharara overseeing this FOIA Lawsuit. I had applied for permission to file a letter motion, requesting his recusal. Now, because U.S. Attorney Bharara was removed from office by President Trump, I don't have to make such a filing. This lawsuit is not going to go forward like the DOJ thinks. It already isn't. I'm still looking for pro bono counsel. If anybody would like to volunteer to help me, I would be very grateful. But much more than my own gratitude, all the people filing FOIA Requests with the DOJ would be grateful, because there is a chance here to help bring the DOJ into compliance with FOIA. Louis Flores louis.flores@progressqueens.com (929) 279-2292

RELATED #Fast4FOIA Day 12 - FOIA Lawsuit over records of speeches of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara (NYC : Nes & Analysis) #Fast4FOIA - Day 12 (YouTube) #Fast4FOIA Blog (Tumblr) Judge Koeltl assigned to oversee FOIA lawsuit over speeches given by U.S. Attorney Bharara (Progress Queens) EDITORIAL : DOJ and Manhattan Federal Court begin to put the fix in second FOIA Lawsuit (Progress Queens) Preet Bharara gives a public speech before the press, but there is no recording or transcript. Why ? (Progress Queens)

#Fast4FOIA Day 12 - FOIA Lawsuit over records of speeches of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara

#Fast4FOIA Day 12 - YouTube Video

The liquids-only fast that Louis Flores is on is expected to last 21 days, but it may end sooner, if the U.S. Department of Justice files it Answer to the Complaint in the lawsuit before the completion of the 21 days. Friday was Day 12 of the #Fast4FOIA started by reporter and activist Louis Flores on 27 February. The fast began as a peaceful protest against the DOJ for its record of violating the Freedom of Information Act. In January, Flores filed a lawsuit under FOIA to obtain records of the speeches of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, because no records were ever released in response to a FOIA Request made by Flores. Even though Flores has protested outside the U.S. Attorney's Office, the DOJ refuses to settle this lawsuit. The DOJ has a pattern and practise of violating FOIA. News reports have revealed that the DOJ fought to defeat improvements to FOIA under the Obama administration. In prior litigation between Flores and the DOJ, the DOJ admitted that it waits for the makers of FOIA Requests to file lawsuits before the DOJ process FOIA Requests in clear violation of the spirit of FOIA.

RELATED #Fast4FOIA - Day 12 (YouTube) #Fast4FOIA Blog (Tumblr) Judge Koeltl assigned to oversee FOIA lawsuit over speeches given by U.S. Attorney Bharara (Progress Queens) EDITORIAL : DOJ and Manhattan Federal Court begin to put the fix in second FOIA Lawsuit (Progress Queens) Preet Bharara gives a public speech before the press, but there is no recording or transcript. Why ? (Progress Queens)

Dalida's Tintarella di Luna in Las Vegas hotel commercial

The Venetian Las Vegas, a luxury hotel, features "Tintarella di Luna" in its TV ad campaign

Use of European music continues in American advertising Zambezi, the advertising agency working for The Ventian Las Vegas, has been expanding the broadcast of its novel TV ad campaign for the luxury hotel in Las Vegas. The whimsical ad features the Italian song, "Tintarella di Luna," recorded by pop singer Mina. The song's popularity exploded across Europe in the 1960's after it was covered by French pop icon Dalida, who recorded the song in French, Spanish, and English. Mina's original Italian 1959 version is availabe on YouTube. The use in American TV advertising of European songs from the 1950's to today continues it recent upswing. In 2013, a TV commercial campaign by Google for its Chromecast Web video and music interface for HDTV units used an instrumental version of one of French pop singer Dalida's most successful songs, "La Danse de Zorba," which, in turn, was a cover of Mikis Theodorakis's "Zorbas." Another 2013 major TV commercial for an American product used a hit French song for its soundtrack. Verizon Android Island commercial used "Comment te dire adieu" for its soundtrack. Still yet another 2013 TV commercial, this time for Netflix, used a song, "Hey Now," from one of French pop music's most successful disk jockeys, Martin Solveig. Solveig's hit, recorded in English, shows the broadening appeal of European music in English-speaking cultures.

RELATED Italian song "Viva La Pappa Col Pomodoro" in Heineken commercial (NYC : News & Analysis) Netflix TV commercial uses "Hey Now" by Martin Solveig (NYC : News & Analysis) Chromecast commercial features "La Danse de Zorba" by Dalida (NYC : News & Analysis)