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Courtesy of CAAAVIn the wake of calls for justice for indicted NYPD Office Peter Liang [/asian-american-activists-call-for-multi-city-rallies-in-support-of-indicted-nypd-officer-liang/] , more than fifty Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) groups from across the country have released an open letter [http:
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Activists Victor Moses and Cuiyu Wu attend Equality for Flatbush’s fundraiser at Bar Chord on Sunday, March 22.Equality for Flatbush [https://www.facebook.com/EqualityForFlatbush] organizers are well on their way to raising the $12,000 they need to launch a combination neighborhood storytelling platform and housing justice
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Maria and Chubby Campanella (Source: theicecreamgirl.com)The street co-naming ceremony for Angelo “Chubby” Campanella [/chubby-ice-cream-man-campanella-memorialized-street-co-naming/] last Sunday capped off a quiet, 5-year battle in which Maria “the Ice Cream Girl” Campanella beat back City Hall smugness to get her
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Lou Powsner (Courtesy of Community Newspaper Group, Dan Bush)I didn’t know Lou Powsner, but in the six years of reporting local news around Southern Brooklyn, his name has rolled off source’s tongues and echoed in public meetings more times than I can recall. As a longtime community
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Source: NYPost.comJust as Congressman Anthony Weiner wasn’t permitted a peaceful resignation [/video-weiner-resigns-at-press-conference-heckler-denies-chance-at-dignified-departure/] from the Ninth Congressional District, his replacement Bob Turner wasn’t permitted a peaceful inauguration. A former Marine dragged an Occupy Wall Street supporter out