Mayor Expands Local ‘Living Wage’ Law
By SINDY NANCLARES AND ANNA DITUCCI-CAPPIELLO Mayor Bill de Blasio appeared in a Bronx playground on Tuesday to sign an executive order to expand the …[read more]
Month: September 2014
It’s Dog Meet Dog at MSG
By JENNIFER SZULMAN Every dog has its day. At least that was the case for the two new breeds that will now be contenders for …[read more]
City Council Committee Wants DOE to Hasten
By SALVATORE ROMANO The City Council Education Committee expressed displeasure on Tuesday at the slow pace replacement of toxic PCB lighting fixtures in schools. The …[read more]
New Traffic Lights for Dangerous Corner
BY STEPHANIE RAMSARUP The installation of new traffic lights and speeding cameras in Remsen Village is causing a stir amongst its residents. Two hundred-fifty accidents …[read more]
Poll Interpreter Fired for Influencing Voters
According to an official at Queens-Politics.com, a Korean American interpreter at P.S. 20 in Flushing, Queens was expelled by a poll coordinator earlier this evening …[read more]
Three Mexican Women, Transitioning to America
BY ELIZABETH ELIZALDE Growing up, I was forced to lie about my identity my ethnicity, my culture…everything that has helped to make me the woman …[read more]
Road Rage and Race Play Roles in Brooklyn Trial
By JENNIFER SZULMAN & SAMAIRAH KHAN A black postal worker took the stand in a Brooklyn hate crime trial on Tuesday and described how he …[read more]
The Pulsing Heart of Afro-Carribean Culture
By DESIREE JACKSON The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, the nation’s leading Afro-Caribbean cultural center, held a ground-breaking ceremony on Tuesday in East Harlem …[read more]
Pelosi in NY Nixes Boots on the Ground
By MARCO POGGIO U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday the United States should not deploy combat troops in the fight against the Islamic State of …[read more]
Campaign Advances Vs. Crime in Public Housing
By JULIAN CANTRES The success of the de Blasio Adinistration’s campaign to reduce crime and violence in the city’s public housing projects was trumpeted Tuesday …[read more]