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Civil rights leaders launch 'UnMaskHateNY' campaign as city grapples with 'alarming' rise in antisemitism
"UnMaskHateNY will hold those who engage in this harmful conduct accountable and make all of our communities safer."
Gov. Hochul smoked on menthol cigarettes ban by fellow Buffalo Dem, Eric Garner's mom
"I understand the impetus of the policy is to get people to stop smoking, which is a good thing," said Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes.
Hochul accused of double standard for banning flavored cigs but not cannabis
Merchants who sell cigarettes accuse Gov. Kathy Hochul of a double standard by proposing a law to ban flavored tobacco while allowing flavored-infused and fruity-scented marijuana products.
Eric Adams chokes up over rapper's murder ahead of meeting to discuss crime-fighting plan
Mayor Eric Adams got choked up Thursday while discussing the shooting murder of an 18-year-old rapper gunned down in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn last weekend.
Head of New York's NAACP endorses Hochul in 2022 election bid
Hazel Dukes -- president of New York's chapter of the civil rights group -- praised the newly minted chief executive as multiple local politicians consider launching campaigns to oust her...
NAACP head Dukes slams ranked choice voting, urges overhaul of Elections board
The head of the NAACP in New York slammed the new ranked-choice voting system as "voter suppression" while calling for an overhaul of the bumbling New York City Board of...
Cuomo gets the COVID-19 vaccine at Harlem Church
It was the first shot in weeks that hasn't threatened his political career. Gov. Andrew Cuomo was publicly vaccinated against COVID-19 on Wednesday following a lovefest at a predominantly black...
NAACP chief rips Corey Johnson for failing to back ban on menthol cigarettes
The head of one of New York’s top civil rights groups castigated City Council Speaker Corey Johnson Monday for failing to back a menthol cigarette ban as he moves to...
The war on charter schools has resorted to hiring race-baiters
Hazel Dukes and Bertha Lewis, notorious New York City race-baiters, claim that public-school reformer Eva Moskowitz is running a “kindergarten-to-prison pipeline” that contributes to the “mass incarceration” of blacks, Hispanics...