Rangel: ‘No Question in My Mind’ Race a Factor in Eric Garner’s Death
Congressman Charlie Rangel (Photo: Getty Images). Congressman Charlie Rangel broke with Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and Mayor Bill de Blasio by declaring he is positive race was a factor in the...
View ArticleBill Bratton: Minority Communities Want More Policing
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty). Police Commissioner Bill Bratton argued on the air this morning that New York’s communities of color are crying out for more policing–even...
View ArticleCharles Barron Wants Robert Mugabe to Visit Albany
Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe, addresses the United Nations (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images). Charles Barron famously hosted Zimbabwe’s repressive President Robert Mugabe at City Hall as a...
View ArticleMr. Barron Goes to Albany
Charles Barron, a bombastic former councilman, is headed to the State Assembly. (Photo: Getty) One day during the last of his three terms in the City Council, Brooklyn Rep. Charles Barron—a...
View ArticleBratton Dismisses ‘Incendiary’ Pols, Protesters, in Wake of Brooklyn Shooting
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton speaking to reporters tonight about a police shooting. (Photo: Jillian Jorgensen) As many are focused on the grand jury’s decision in the police shooting of an unarmed...
View ArticleTens of Thousands Protest Eric Garner Death, NYPD in ‘Millions March’
The families of Ramarley Graham and Kimani Gray led the Millions March (Photo: Will Bredderman). As Rev. Al Sharpton marched in Washington, D.C. with the families of Eric Garner and Michael Brown—black...
View ArticleCharles Barron Is Thinking About Becoming a State Senator
Charles Barron, the Black Panther, may want to replace John Sampson.
View ArticleNext Week/This Week: Il Mio Cuomo
Don't let the photo fool you: these guys aren't "friends" again yet.
View ArticleAssemblyman Charles Barron Will Not Run for State Senate—for Now
Charles Barron told the Observer he was best positioned to fight Bill de Blasio and Andrew Cuomo from his current seat in the Assembly.
View ArticleCharles Barron Rolls Out Bill to Abolish Grand Juries for Cops
The Black Panther-turned-"elected activist" would have police tried in California-style preliminary hearings instead of grand juries.
View ArticleDemocrat ‘Strongly Considering’ Bid Against County Candidate for Brooklyn...
Samuel Pierre said he was "99.9 percent sure" he would run against Roxanne Persaud for John Sampson's vacant seat.
View ArticleBrooklyn Power Couple Go to War With Democratic Machine in State Senate Race
Inez Barron and Operation P.O.W.E.R. will back Mercedes Narcisse against Roxanne Persaud and Frank Seddio's county organization.
View ArticleBill Bratton Has Some Advice for Ted Cruz: ‘Shut Up’
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton told Ted Cruz to "shut up" on the subject of preventing terrorism.
View ArticleAfter NYPD Shooting, Brooklyn Lawmaker Warns ‘Violence is Inevitable’
"You think Ferguson went up in flames? You think Baltimore went up in flames?" Charles Barron said. "The flames across America nobody will be able to douse, if we don't start getting some justice."
View ArticleWho’s Running and What’s at Stake in Today’s Most Important State Primary Races
State primaries might get overlooked amid the presidential hubbub, but they will determine the fate of New York for the next two years.
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