Former Mayor David Dinkins isn’t buying the notion that you can only see Harlem’s political clout in the rear-view mirror.
Or that today’s crop of Harlem politicians doesn’t measure up to Dinkins and fellow members of the so-called “Gang of Four” that long dominated Harlem politics. Continue reading
New surveillance cameras monitoring motorists driving in and out of the new First and Second Avenue express bus lanes began operating Monday, threatening to slap scofflaw drivers with steep fines for blocking the designated corridors. Continue reading
A prominent Harlem pastor accused of sexually abusing children in the 1980s has resigned.
The Archdiocese of New York says whether Monsignor Wallace Harris will be formally removed from the priesthood will be decided by the Vatican’s internal affairs office.
He was the highest-ranking black cleric in the archdiocese and once considered for appointment as a bishop. Continue reading
News
A day after New York Gov. David Paterson began using his line-item veto on certain additions to the state budget, he defended his actions and vented frustration at lawmakers.
“I’m done talking to legislative leaders,” Paterson told The Associated Press. “I am not going to operate in this process any more. I am doing the vetoes. As far as I am concerned, this budget process is over.” Continue reading
Community
Thousands of marchers and a rainbow of floats filled the streets of New York and other U.S. cities Sunday as people celebrated gay pride, part of a full weekend of events marred by a shooting death Saturday at a street party in San Francisco. Continue reading
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Tagged Constance McMillen, Fifth Avenue, Gay Pride, Gov. David Paterson, greenwich village
Politics
Gov. David Paterson and his budget staff released the latest budget extender late Friday. They say they hope they’ve crafted a measure that would have enough support to pass in the state Senate and avoid a government shutdown Monday night.
As part of the negotiations to craft the 11th weekly budget extender since April 1, Senate Republicans said they’d provide some yes votes if the governor accepted a number of new budget cuts that they have proposed. Continue reading
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Tagged Gov. David Paterson, Robert Megna, ruben diaz, Sens. Pedro Espada, State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli
Gov. David Paterson is proposing to close 41 parks and 14 historic sites, along with another 23 parks and one historic site that would experience “service reductions.”
No, you didn’t just misread that.
If the Legislature approves these cuts, 78 of our state’s most treasured places would either shutter or suspend services (such as closing swimming pools, canceling July 4th events and ending sports programming).
Parks are not only a nicety, but an economic necessity: Continue reading
A member of Gov. David Paterson’s Cabinet is resigning after a report that the governor and state police had contact with a woman who reported a domestic dispute with a top aide.
Criminal Justice Services Commissioner Denise O’Donnell says she is quitting because state police Superintendent Harry Corbitt had assured her his agency was not involved.
A police report discusses a confrontation between the aide, David Johnson, and a woman over a Halloween costume.
A Paterson spokesman denies anyone tried to keep the woman from pursuing a domestic violence case against Mr. Johnson. Continue reading
Politics
Race may not matter after all in a hypothetical Democratic primary matchup between Gov. David Paterson and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, despite the warning of Harlem Democrat Rep. Charles Rangel that racial polarization could devastate the party.
Most black Democrats – 51 percent to 24 percent – would support Cuomo over New York’s first black governor in a potential contest for the state’s most important job, according to a new Quinnipiac poll released today.
Politics
Has Obama asked beleaguered and unpopular NY Governor David Paterson to drop out of the race to keep his seat? That’s what the New York Times is reporting. If true, this is fairly extraordinary. It’s highly unusual for a president to step in and tell a governor who is not facing something like a crippling scandal or imminent indictment that his time is up. And when it’s the first black president telling one of only two black governors to clear the way for someone else…that definitely falls into the category of Stories You Never Expected To Read.
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