What You Should Know By State Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz 32nd Senatorial District Oscar Rivera Lopez & Mark Gjonaj’s Assembly District You should know that since Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj, has been elected to the seat previously occupied by Council Member […]
Serrano Silent on Oscar Lopez Rivera/National PR Parade Controversy New York’s senior Puerto Rican elected official has been strangely silent about the drama surrounding the National Puerto Rican Parade’s controversial selection of ex-FALN leader Oscar López Rivera for the first-ever “National […]
What You Should Know By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Created the Problem, and then Left his Friends Hanging Out to Dry You should know that when I was growing up in La Cuchilla Hato Tejas in […]
El Barrio Democratic district leader and 9/11 first responder, John Ruiz says he wants to be the first ex-firefighter elected to the City Council. He has branded his campaign, “From 9/11 to City Hall.” On Monday, Ruiz announced his candidacy for […]
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama shortened sentences for 209 people and pardoned 64. Among them: William Ortiz, a Bronx, man, convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin. His prison sentence commuted to expire on May 17, 2017. Chelsea […]
by Ana Lopez Prominent supporters of imprisoned Puerto Rican independence activist Oscar López Rivera, who turned 74 years old last week in his thirty-fifth year behind bars, will deliver 100,000 petitions to the White House this afternoon, Wednesday, January 11. Grammy-award […]
Drug Sentence of Bronx Man Commuted by Obama On Monday, President Obama commuted the sentences of Corey Jacobs, of the Bronx , along w/ 231 others, including 78 who were granted presidential pardons. Mr. Jacobs, a Mt. St. Michael Academy graduate was […]
Brad Lander’s ‘Spouse Donors’ | Seth Barron Brad Lander of Park Slope raised eyebrows recently when he called backers of Yungman Lee, who is challenging Nydia Velazquez in the Democratic primary, “scumbags.” Lander refused to retract the insult, saying […]
Polanco Politics: Oscar Lopez Rivera is a Terrorist by Juan Carlos Polanco, Esq., MBA Oscar Lopez Rivera is a terrorist and should not be celebrated. Scrolling through my Facebook timeline and walking the halls of where I teach at the City […]
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