In this Jan. 31, 2017 file photo, demonstrators call out Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. during a protest in his Brooklyn neighborhood in New York. Emboldened by a wave of outrage against President Donald Trump, groups of liberal activists are targeting Democratic incumbents they consider too accommodating to the new administration.
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Trottenberg: Safer 111th Street “Tremendously Important” But Let’s See How CB 4 Votes
Days after a member of Queens Community Board 4 said a protected bike lane on 111th Street won’t be necessary because undocumented immigrants will be deported , Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg called the project “tremendously important” but stopped short of saying the city will definitely proceed with it. Longtime CB 4 member Ann Pfoser Darby said at a meeting on Tuesday that immigrants living in Corona will be sent “back home,” making bike lanes superfluous, and later doubled-down on her statement .
President Trump takes on the media
The White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, has taken to slapping journalists who write unflattering stories with an epithet he sees as the epitome of low-road, New York Post-style gossip: “Page Six reporter.” Whether the New England-born spokesman realizes it or not, the expression is perhaps less an insult than a reminder of an era when now President Donald Trump mastered the New York tabloid terrain – and his own narrative – shaping his image with a combination of on-the-record bluster and off-the-record gossip.
Law & disorder: ISIS plea, Amber Alert dad, mom allegedly snorts heroin top week’s events
A Mariners Harbor man who allegedly hid a knife in case the FBI showed up has admitted he was trying to help the foreign terrorist group ISIS. Fareed Mumuni, 22, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS and attempting to murder federal officers during his appearance in Brooklyn federal court Thursday.
Federal judges to hear arguments defending Trump travel ban
Federal judges on opposite coasts are due Friday to hear legal arguments defending President Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries. The ban is sure to reverberate through the courts on a likely path to an appeals court or the U.S. Supreme Court.
Catholic Priest Urges Trump Protesters to Commit Suicide
A Catholic priest who posted a meme suggesting those protesting President Donald Trump’s actions should commit suicide said the controversial message was meant to be funny. Rev. Philip Pizzo, of the largely immigrant St. Benedict Joseph Labre Roman Catholic Church in Queens, New York, shared a social media post that said those against Trump should jump off a building, the New York Post reported .
A New York Judge Just Put a Temporary Halt to Part of Trump’s Muslim Ban
On Friday, January 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries . The following night , a federal judge in Brooklyn temporarily halted the deportation of immigrants – including refugees – from those countries.
Two Iraqis file lawsuit against Trump order banning travellers, refugees
Iraqi immigrant Hameed Darwish speaks with Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez after being released at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, US, on January 28, 2017. Photo – Reuters Iraqi immigrant Hameed Darwish speaks with Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez after being released at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, US, on January 28, 2017.
Actors, mayors rally at inauguration eve Trump demonstration
Actors Robert De Niro, Sally Field and Mark Ruffalo joined hundreds of other people outside a Donald Trump building on Thursday for a pre-inauguration demonstration organizers said was meant to energize those concerned about the Republican president-elect’s policies. The event, staged in front of Trump International Hotel and Tower near Central Park in Manhattan, was a rally for city residents who have vowed to pursue their own policies on health care, the environment and other issues during the Trump administration.
Why One Brooklyn Community Went for Trump
Voters mark their ballots, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in the Boro Park neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The neighborhood has a diverse population, including many orthodox Jews.
Report: A.G. Loretta Lynch will leave office without resolving Eric Garner case
Attorney General Loretta Lynch will likely leave office without completing the investigation into Eric Garner’s death in police custody, the Washington Post reports . Lynch authorized the Department of Justice to move ahead with the case after prosecutors in Brooklyn and Washington, D.C. disagreed on whether there was enough evidence to bring civil rights charges, but she made the decision too late for the department to get resolution, the article said.
2017: Staten Island’s future begins now
It all starts with the new American president. Republican Donald Trump is set to take the oath of office as the nation’s 45th chief executive in a couple of weeks, the first time we’ve had a new occupant of the Oval Office since 2009.
U.N. anti-Israel vote finds contempt from both sides of House
The vote by the United Nations Security Council to condemn Israeli settlements on the West Bank has drawn sharp criticism from Brooklyn lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in the House of Representatives. On Dec. 23, the 15-member Security Council voted to adopt a non-binding resolution, stating that establishing Israeli settlements in The U.S., which in the past has blocked anti-Israel resolutions by vetoing them, abstained this time around.
Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to Israel sparks hot debate
If President-elect Donald Trump wanted to show he planned to obliterate President Barack Obama’s approach to Israel, he might have found his man to deliver that message in David Friedman, his pick for U.S. ambassador. The bankruptcy lawyer and son of an Orthodox rabbi is everything Obama is not: a fervent supporter of Israeli settlements, opponent of Palestinian statehood and unrelenting defender of Israel’s government.
Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to Israel sparks hot debate
If President-elect Donald Trump wanted to show he planned to obliterate President Barack Obama’s approach to Israel, he might have found his man to deliver that message in David Friedman, his pick for U.S. ambassador. The bankruptcy lawyer and son of an Orthodox rabbi is everything Obama is not: a fervent supporter of Israeli settlements, opponent of Palestinian statehood and unrelenting defender of Israel’s government.
Trumps pick for ambassador to Israel sparks hot debate
If President-elect Donald Trump wanted to show he planned to obliterate President Barack Obama’s approach to Israel, he might have found his man to deliver that message in David Friedman, his pick for U.S. ambassador. The bankruptcy lawyer and son of an Orthodox rabbi is everything Obama is not: a fervent supporter of Israeli settlements, opponent of Palestinian statehood and unrelenting defender of Israel’s government.
Trump’s pick for ambassador to Israel has all sides on edge
If President-elect Donald Trump wanted to show he planned to obliterate President Barack Obama’s approach to Israel, he may have found his man to deliver that message in David Friedman, his pick for US ambassador. The bankruptcy lawyer and son of an Orthodox rabbi is everything Obama is not: a fervent supporter of Israeli settlements, opponent of Palestinian statehood and unrelenting defender of Israel’s government.
The Enduring Monologues of Ruth Draper
Ruth Draper was born in New York in 1884. When she was very young, she entertained her siblings by sitting on a window seat in the nursery of her family’s brownstone, on East Forty-seventh Street, and imitating grownups they knew, among them the tailor who made their clothes.
Everyone should be treated with respect — unless you’re a Republican :0
Thursday, Ivanka Trump and her family were accosted by Dan Goldstein, a lawyer from Brooklyn, who yelled at her that her father, who has yet to take office, was “ruining the country.” It wasn’t a spontaneous outburst.
Illegal immigrant, deported 4 times, steals $1.6 million in gold
An illegal immigrant who has been deported multiple times from the United States is believed to have stolen gold flakes valued at $1.6 million in a New York City heist. The diminutive 53-year-old native of Ecuador, Julio Nivelo, who also goes by David Vargas and other aliases, was captured on a surveillance camera video on September 29 but only released by New York Police today.