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More loose threads: Councilman Ruben Wills and the case of the missing member item | Capital New York
Tug at a loose thread and everything starts to unravel. Such is the case of the investigation of State Senator Shirley Huntley and her dispensing of state grants to nonprofits controlled by relatives and staff. Chris Bragg reports that state … Continue reading
Dems plot Gregory Meeks’ replacement – NYPOST.com
Dems plot Gregory Meeks’ replacement – NYPOST.com. EXCLUSIVE Queens Democratic leaders are so worried that the ethical and criminal probes surrounding Rep. Gregory Meeks will bring him down, they held a secret meeting to pick his successor. The clandestine cabal … Continue reading
The Week That Was – TW2 Minority Review, Special Election Edition
Special Election News: The Weekly Standard’s John McCormack writes, “[i]n a phone call going out to Latino households in New York’s 9th congressional district, Democratic state senator Ruben Diaz slams Democratic candidate David Weprin and endorses Republican Bob Turner in … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged john mccormack, jose peralta, rev. ruben diaz, ruben wills, same-sex marriage, special election, weekly standard
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The Week That Was – TW2 Minority Review, September 9
The Syracuse Post-Standard profiled NYS Assemblyman Samuel Roberts, one of two Central NY freshmen assemblymembers. Roberts represents the 119th district covering the towns of Salina, DeWitt, Onondaga and the city of Syracuse. The paper wrote that Assemblyman Roberts went to … Continue reading
The Week That Was – TW2 Minority Report, August 18
It was a slow August week as eyes focused on Wall Street’s wild roller coaster ride, jobless numbers and President Obama’s bus tour. The week ended with the USDA rejecting Mayor Bloomberg’s ill-conceived obesity-prevention pilot project banning the purchase of … Continue reading
Posted in African Americans, Government, Politics
Tagged charles rangel, david weprin, food stamps, Nanny state, obesity, pedro espada, Peter Koo, ruben wills
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