Bill De Blasio

Racist Cop Added To Stop And Frisk Lawsuit

Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Howard Wolfson, Michael Daragjati, Nypd, Bill De Blasio, Ny News, Michael Bloomberg, Nypd Scandals, Nypd Stop and Frisk, Racist Cop, Kendrick Gray, Stop and Frisk, New York News, New York News

A black Staten Island man is suing a white NYPD officer for falsely accusing him of resisting arrest. From The New York Daily News: [Kendrick] G...

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Shocking New NYPD Stop And Frisk Data Reveals Racial Disparities

The Huffington Post | Christopher Mathias | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Nypd, Ray Kelly, Bill De Blasio, Ny News, Nyclu, Chrstine Quinn, John Liu, Nypd Scandals, Nypd Stop and Frisk, Stop and Frisk, New York News, Scott Stringer, New York News

A report [see below] from the New York Civil Liberties Union reveals in startling new details just how disproportionately the NYPD stops and frisks mi...

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Official Skewers Walmart's Lobbying

The Huffington Post | Alice Hines | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Walmart Nyc, Walmart Lobby, Bill De Blasio, Walmart Scandal, Walmart Bribery, New York Mayoral Election, Six Degrees of Walmart, Public Advocate, Business News

In the latest effort by politicians to exact retribution from Walmart for allegedly bribing officials in Mexico, New York City's public advocate, Bill...

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FRONTRUNNER

Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Christine Quinn, Ray Kelly, Bill De Blasio, Ny News, Nyc Mayor Race 2013, John Liu, Tom Allon, New York News, Nyc Mayor Race, Bill Thompson, Scott Stringer, New York News

The 2013 race to succeed three-term New York City Mayor Bloomberg has a frontrunner. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) has a 20 p...

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Co-op Votes Not To Have A Vote On Israeli Boycott

AP | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Christine Quinn, Video, Park Slope, Ny Restaurtants, Bill De Blasio, Ny News, New York Restaurants, Park Slope Food Coop, Israeli-Divestment, New York News, Park-Slope-Food-Coop-Israel, Scott Stringer, New York News

NEW YORK -- A New York City co-op's proposed boycott against Israeli products to protest the Israeli government's policies toward Palestinians has bee...

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Unhappy Anniversary

Bill de Blasio | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Super Pac, Corporations, Bill De Blasio, Corporate Personhood, Citizens United, Securities and Exchange Commission, New York City, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Bill de Blasio

Today marks the unfortunate two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling that opened the floodgates for undisclosed spending in ...

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New York's Worst Landlords And Buildings List

Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: New York Real Estate, NY Real Estate, Astor Suite, Public Advocate, Bill De Blasio, Worst Rentals, Bill De Blasio Public Advocate, Worst Landlords, New York News

Thinking of moving? While most of us city dwellers may not be Russian billionaires purchasing $88 million penthouses, at least we can can now dig up t...

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On Our Way to Climbing Everest

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Russell Simmons, Buddy Roemer, Joe Stiglitz, Great 28 Debate, Occupy Wall Street, Zuccotti Park, Los Angeles, Get Money Out, Bill De Blasio, Campaign Finance Reform, Mad as Hell, Politics News
Dylan Ratigan

The most critical thing Occupy Wall Street achieved is this: they lit the match that reignited a national conversation about the link between global inequality and government corruption.

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Ray Kelly Comments On Racist NYPD Facebook Group

The Huffington Post | Christopher Mathias | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Paul Browne, Nypd, Ray Kelly, Bill De Blasio, West Indian Day Parade, Ny News, Nypd Scandals, New York News, Letitia James, Marty Markowitz, Scott Stringer, New York News

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly broke his silence Tuesday regarding 70 pages-worth of racially charged comments by NYPD officers from the Facebook group...

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WATCH: Councilman Denounces NYPD For Detaining Him During Parade

Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Nypd, Ray Kelly, Bill De Blasio, West Indian Day Parade, Michael Bloomberg, Ny News, Jumaane Williams, New York News, Kirsten John Foy, New York News

A city councilmember and a city aide who were detained by the NYPD during Monday's West Indian Day parade in Brooklyn say the incident never would hav...

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Amanda Terkel

Corporations That Got Massive Tax Breaks Spent Millions In 2010 Elections

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Boeing, General Electric, Corporate Political Contributions, Bill De Blasio, Exxon Mobil, Bank of America, Elections 2012, Exxonmobil, Exxon, Corporate Tax Breaks, Chevron, Corporate Taxes, Ge, Bill De Blasio Public Advocate, Politics News

This story has been updated. WASHINGTON -- The top five recipients of large federal corporate tax breaks in 2009 are also among the biggest spender...

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Dick Grasso vs. Eliot Spitzer In Next Mayor Race?

Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Weiner Mayor, John-C-Liu, Ray Kelly, Raymond Kelly, Grasso Mayor, Eliot Spitzer, Richard Grasso, Nyc Mayor 2013, Ny News, Spitzer Mayor, New York City Mayor, Anthony Weiner, Bill De Blasio, Dick Grasso, New York News, Scott Stringer, Christine-C-Quinn, New York News

The race for the next Mayor of New York is really starting to heat up. Last night Dick Grasso, former chief of The New York Stock Exchange, made a "...

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City, Craiglist Release "NYC's Worst Landlords Watchlist"

AP | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: New York Landlords, New York Real Estate, Bill De Blasio, Ny News, Craigslist, New York Tenants, New York Renters, New York Craigslist, New York Apartments, NY Real Estate, New York News, Worst Landlords, New York News

(AP) NEW YORK -- Renters in New York City now have a leg up on lousy landlords as they peruse available apartments and houses on Craigslist. "NYC's...

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They're Off!

Henry J. Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christine Quinn, Anthony Weiner, Andrew Stein, Nebold Morris, Bill De Blasio, John Liu, Carol Bellamy, 2013 Mayoral Election, Paul O'Dwyer, David Dinkins, Paul Screvane, Scott Stringer, New York News
Henry J. Stern

Considering political campaigns as conducted on a four-year cycle, we are now in the second lap of the race to succeed Mayor Bloomberg.

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$10M Pledge For Tutors? 'We're Gonna Find The Money Someplace'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mayor Bloomberg Schools, Cathie Black, Bill De Blasio, Ny News, Mayor Bloomberg, Michael Mulgrew, Public School Tutors, Video, New York News

Mayor Bloomberg is directing $10 million to provide tutors for students who are falling behind. From Gotham Schools: Nearly six months after the cit...

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In Wake Of Giffords Shooting, City Officials Look To Boycott Glock

Posted 05.25.2011

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Public officials are calling for the NYPD to boycott gun manufacturers who produce high-capacity magazines like the one that injured Rep. Gabrielle Gi...

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Wal-Mart Moving To New York Would Kill Jobs: Report

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart East New York, Walmart Nyc, Bill De Blasio, Ny News, Walmart New York, Wal Mart Nyc, Wal-Mart, Bill De Blasio Public Advocate, New York News

Wal-Mart moving into New York City would cause wages to drop, according to a new report. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio says Wal-Mart setting up shop...

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New Group Pressures Companies To 'Promise' They Won't Spend On Campaigns

The Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizens United, Corporations, 2010 Elections, Caps, 527s, Corporate Personhood, Political Donations, Bill De Blasio, Coatlition for Accountability in Political Spending, Democrats, Republicans, Elections 2010, Politics News

The Coalition for Accountability in Political Spending, spearheaded by New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio (D), aims to secure promises from ...

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Will Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, New York Daily News, Bill De Blasio, Michael Bloomberg, The New York Times, Bloomberg, John Liu, Media, Bill Thompson, New York City, New York News
Will Schwartz

Within hours of winning their elections, Bill De Blasio, our future public advocate, and John Liu, our comptroller-elect, each demonstrated their own distinct styles of ineptitude.

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Bill De Blasio And Deborah Kenny Square Off On Cathie Black Debate (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Schools Chancellor Cathie Black, Deborah Kenny, Nyc Schools Chancellor, Bill De Blasio, NYC Schools, Cathie Black, Video, Education News

Voices on all sides of the debate continue to spar over Mayor Michael Bloomberg's appointment of Cathie Black to replace Joel Klein as New York City s...

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Amanda Terkel

Revere America: George Pataki's Group To 'Repeal And Replace ObamaCare'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elections 2010, Repeal Obamacare, George Pataki, NYC Public Advocate, Carol Shea-Porter, Melanie Sloan, Parker Collier, 501c4, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Obamacare, Revere America, Independent Expenditures, Health Care Reform, Repeal Health Care, Ann McLane Kuster, Bill De Blasio, Health Care, Campaign Finance Reform, Bill De Blasio Public Advocate, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Revere America is one of the biggest outside spenders this election season, dropping $2.5 million so far in an effort to "repeal, reform...

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Bill de Blasio, Citizens United Avenger, Asks Companies To Pledge Against Unbridled Campaign Spending

Mother Jones | Suzy Khimm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizens United, Goldman Sachs, 2010 Elections, New York City, 527s, Supreme Court, Target, DISCLOSE Act, JP Morgan, Political Donations, Bill De Blasio, Business, Wall Street, Campaign Finance Reform, Elections 2010, Politics News

The Supreme Court may have opened the floodgates for corporate campaign spending, but Bill de Blasio, New York City's public advocate, is doing his pa...

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City Website Exposes Worst New York Slumlords

nydailynews.com | By Ben Chapman and Erin Einhorn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alan Fein, Slum Lords, Slum Lords New York, Bill De Blasio, Chris Grijalva, Public Advocate, Slum Lords Nyc, New York News

Now they can't hide. Not Alan Fein, whose Bronx tenants live with urine-soaked hallways, crackhead squatters and filth so severe that one tenant was ...

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Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied

Henry J. Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Matthew Goldstein, New York City Council, Term Limits, Mayor Bloomberg, Bill De Blasio, William Gladstone, Edmund Burke, New York News
Henry J. Stern

The Charter Revision Commission voted last night to postpone by 11 years the effective date when a two-term limit would take effect, even if the voters approve it in referendum this fall.

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Historic Unionization Agreements for our Superintendents and Porters

Rey Camacho | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vantage Properties, Osvaldo "Ozzie" Lo Verme, Bill De Blasio, New York Real Estate, Union Agreement, Vincent Addeo, Neil Rubler, District 15, Julissa Ferreras, Real Estate, Local 808, Vantage Management Services, Rey Camacho, Local 447, Property Management, New York News
Rey Camacho

Vantage Management Services, LLC has announced two groundbreaking agreements with labor unions representing superintendents and porters in small buildings throughout Upper Manhattan and Queens.

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