Politics

Jul
23
Jabari Brisport Declares Victory In NYS Senate Democratic Primary In District 25

Jabari Brisport Declares Victory In NYS Senate Democratic Primary In District 25

Jabari Brisport. (Photo via his campaign)BROOKLYN – Results are starting to finally come in a month after the June Primary
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Jul
22
Absentee Votes Allow Emily Gallagher, Phara Souffrant Forrest Declare Victory Over Incumbent Assemblymen

Absentee Votes Allow Emily Gallagher, Phara Souffrant Forrest Declare Victory Over Incumbent Assemblymen

Emily Gallagher (left) and Phara Souffrant Forrest (right).BROOKLYN – Almost a month after elections, Emily Gallagher finally declared victory in
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Jul
21
Joycelyn Taylor Is Running For Mayor:  From Pink Houses To Gracie Mansion

Joycelyn Taylor Is Running For Mayor: From Pink Houses To Gracie Mansion

Joycelyn Taylor [https://taylorfor2021.com/] grew up in the Pink Houses in East New York. Back then, hers was one
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Jul
15
Local Politicians Plan To Celebrate Restaurant Re-Opening Despite Pandemic Restrictions

Local Politicians Plan To Celebrate Restaurant Re-Opening Despite Pandemic Restrictions

Councilwoman Farah Louis announced she and at least 75 other people would celebrate the reopening of Suede Restaurant in East
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Jul
14
NYC Schools Can Open If Local Infection Rate Stays Below 5%

NYC Schools Can Open If Local Infection Rate Stays Below 5%

Governor Andrew Cuomo delivers coronavirus briefing. Governor’s Press office.By Reema Amin and Alex Zimmerman, originally published in Chalkbeat
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Jul
10
Brooklyn Elected Officials Need to Stand up for Secular Education in Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas (OPINION)

Brooklyn Elected Officials Need to Stand up for Secular Education in Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas (OPINION)

Naftuli Moster.By Naftuli Moster Imagine being in a college-level biology class and hearing the word “molecule” for the very
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Jul
10
Your Absentee Vote May Not Count

Your Absentee Vote May Not Count

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerThousands of absentee ballots in Brooklyn and across the city are likely to be invalidated by the
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Jul
09
Uncertainty And Lack Of Leadership Takes School Reopening From Hopeful to Terrifying. OPINION

Uncertainty And Lack Of Leadership Takes School Reopening From Hopeful to Terrifying. OPINION

Photo by Element5 Digital on UnsplashBy Justin Krebs A 9-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio. Small groups of kids working together consistently. Loads
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Jul
08
Wary Candidates Brace for Brutal Absentee Ballot Challenges in Record-Size Count

Wary Candidates Brace for Brutal Absentee Ballot Challenges in Record-Size Count

By Claudia Irizarry Aponte, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/7/7/21316921/absentee-ballot-challenges-nyc-primary-2020] in THE CITY [https://www.
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Jul
02
“Social services, not policing” – These Brooklyn Women Move Toward a New City Council

“Social services, not policing” – These Brooklyn Women Move Toward a New City Council

Watching the city council debate the budget at Occupy City Hall. Photo by Sandy Nurse, with permission.As New Yorkers,
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