Chutzpah Award: The Legislature's Black, Hispanic and Asian Caucus calls upon the Justice Department to reject the State Senate lines which its own Assembly members voted for 21-8 (with two excused absences).
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Chutzpah Award: The Legislature's Black, Hispanic and Asian Caucus calls upon the Justice Department to reject the State Senate lines which its own Assembly members voted for 21-8 (with two excused absences).
The attached story, from 2002 (and several others I've found in my research), has made me revise my take on Queens hack Jeff Gottlieb's laughable, boss-blessed run for Congress.
For over a decade now, Gottlieb has thrown his hat into the ring for every race for an open seat in Queens, even when the seat was going to disappear, or wasn't really open.
Our long term history of mutual long-term spite kept me from noting that Gary Tilzer deserves kudos for being the first to b
On Pesach, we always bring out the good Silver.
I recently wrote a column giving up some of the street rumors relative to upcoming races. There have been some changes since then: so let‘s get to work (a la Ed Schultz/lol).
We have spoken before of developing a unified world religion or at least one where people can pick and choose aspects of different religions that appeal to themselves in their spiritual quest. The question is where to start with unification. What will the first step be? The answer lies in the Judeo-Christian tradition. The holiest day for Christians is Easter with attention also being paid to certain days prior to Easter like Good Friday.
I visited a kosher supermarket on McDonald Ave last Sunday to stock up for our week of De-Nile.
COLIN CAMPBELL (2/8/12): Earlier today, Liz Benjamin reported Councilman Erik Dilan is raising money for a federal office, suggesting