New York State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi has endorsed both tech entrepreneur and environmentalist, Jessica Haller, and Mino Lora, founder and executive director of the People’s Theater Project, in the District 11 City Council race, for which a special election is being held on March 23rd. In the context of the announcement, Biaggi said Haller […]
City Council candidate Daniel Padernacht, lawyer and chair of Bronx Community Board 8’s Traffic & Transportation committee, has been endorsed by Local 46 of the Metallic Lathers Union and Reinforcing Ironworkers in his bid to win the District 11 City Council seat in the Northwest Bronx, for which a special election is taking place on […]
On Wednesday, March 10, the Associated Musicians of Greater New York Local 802, AFM announced its endorsement of Eric Dinowitz, teacher and Democratic male district leader for the 81st Assembly District, who is running for City Council in the 11th District, for which a special election is being held on March 23. Local 802 […]
Yesterday, March 8, on International Women’s Day, State Sen. Gustavo Rivera, City Councilman Brad Lander, and The Jewish Vote (TJV) announced ranked choice endorsements of certain progressive women candidates ahead of the Bronx special elections on March 23 in District 15 and District 11. According to a joint press release, with early voting starting […]
Congressman Adriano Espaillat, who represents New York’s 13th congressional district (NY-13), released a statement on Thursday, March 4, to encourage high school students throughout New York’s 13th congressional district to submit entries to this year’s Congressional Art Competition. The national contest is open to high school students from around the district to showcase their […]
As the District 11 City Council special election, scheduled for March 23, draws closer, Mino Lora, an educator and executive director of the People’s Theatre Project, has picked up a series of additional endorsements. One of six remaining special election candidates running, Lora got the backing of two progressive women’s groups and a labor union […]
Following the opening of the new COVID-19 vaccination site at Bronx High School of Science, located at 75 West 205th Street, in Jerome Park, a long line of people were seen all along Goulden Avenue for about a quarter of a mile, as they waited patiently to get vaccinated on Sunday, Feb. 26. As reported […]
Carlton “Chucky” Berkley, a retired NYPD detective, who is seeking election in the 11th City Council District, is someone who doesn’t accept that the status quo has to remain as it has always been. As a case in point, Berkley doesn’t accept that the winner of the district’s upcoming special election has to be from […]
The following article is an extended version of the story that appears in our latest print edition. Shanti Sledge was 24 when he took the courageous step to return to education after a seven-year absence, attempting, once more, to obtain his high school diploma, having dropped out of public school in his mid-teens. “I […]
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