By Laura Kusisto and Jack Mirkinson
The Tea Party movement has come to Brooklyn, courtesy of an activist from Manhattan.
John Press is an author with a doctorate in history from New York University, who was fed up with the excesses of the Bush and especially the Obama administrations and had begun going to Tea Party events. [...]
After failing in his 2008 bid to unseat longtime Congressman Ed Towns, former “Real World” star Kevin Powell plans to run for the seat again this year. The official campaign kickoff will be April 26, the Observer reports.
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Brooklyn legislators continue to push back against Gov. David Paterson’s proposed budget, but they know cuts are coming.
Even as supporters go down like dominoes, Gov. David Paterson’s Brooklyn base is holding firm. Christopher Alessi brings us the voices of the embattled governor’s final supporters.
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Three Brooklyn residents weigh in on the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to place the Gowanus Canal on the Superfund site list.
The black political establishment of Harlem is weighing whether to continue supporting embattled Governor David Paterson, a Brooklyn district leader told the Ink earlier today.
Charles B Rangel has stepped down as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee after an ethics panel told him off for accepting corporate-sponsored trips to the Caribbean.
Rep. Steve Israel, a Democratic congressman from Long Island, has urged Gov. Paterson not to run for reelection after a report in the New York Times of a domestic abuse complaint against a top aide.
Read Chris Alessi’s story on a town hall, where only two Arab-Americans said they’ve seen improvement in immigration policy since President Obama took office.
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Queens Senator Hiram Monserrate who was expelled from the State Senate last week by a 53-8 vote found the support of of five Brooklyn Democrats to keep him in the legislative body. Monserrate was expelled due to charges of domestic violence although the case is yet to go to trial. The Brooklyn Senators were backing [...]
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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