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"Folks talking about my voice can step right off," tweeted the Democratic New York lawmaker.
At an MSNBC town hall, the freshman congresswoman vowed to build a base strong enough to challenge the "market fundamentalists."
The congresswoman said she won't disclose the location of her current home due to safety concerns.
A South Bronx school started by a child welfare agency has gradually found answers for educating youth in foster care.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
“I don't want to go to a different country. I want to live in my country. Why am I forced to now leave my own home because of this racism and this fear?” Sondos al-Silwi is planning to move to Yemen so that she and her infant daughter can be with her husband. Why? Because of Trump’s Travel Ban.
The Nonhuman Rights Project has filed a legal petition aimed at moving Happy from the New York City zoo to a sanctuary.
Meet Amanda Septimo, the 27-year-old South Bronx native running for State Assembly in the poorest congressional district in the US. Her run for office is nothing if not personal, inspired not by years of political neglect and failed legislation in her community. At a moment where the progressive party has the spotlight in New York City, Amanda is hoping that the systemic poverty plaguing her district becomes part of the outrage.
Authorities said a 14th person is still wanted in the teen's stabbing outside a New York City bodega.
This is no classic Bronx tale.
John Cardillo tried to discredit the progressive newcomer by questioning her upbringing. It did not go well.