Could the Barron political dynasty be overthrown?
Charles Barron is vying to win his wife Inez Barron’s New York City Council District 42 seat, which she is leaving this year due to term limits. The majority-Black district encompases East New York and its subsections such as Spring Creek and Starrett City. Charles Barron previously won the same seat in 2001. His wife won the Assembly seat in 2008 and they swapped seats when Charles was term-limited out of the City Council in 2013, with Inez running successfully to replace him and Charles then replacing her in the Assembly.
But some have grown tired of the Barrons’ seat swapping, particularly local politicos who say the district is in need of new leadership, pointing to the neighborhood’s high rates of poverty and unemployment, and a recent upward trend in shootings as some of the most pressing issues in the district. Others remember the iconoclastic, radical couple known for generating their share of controversy, for their
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Six thousand miles from the rockets and the riots, the violence flaring in Israel and Gaza is roiling the New York City mayoral race.
Candidates for Hizzoner of The Big Apple tweeted solidarity with Israel this week, drawing praise from Israel supporters and condemnation from Israel opponents.
At 6:11 p.m. Monday night, as Israelis cowered under a Hamas rocket barrage, Ray McGuire, a longshot Democratic candidate for New York City mayor, tweeted, “In the last 24 hrs, over 100 rockets were fired at Israel by terrorists in Gaza. Millions of Israelis are currently under threat. The United States & the entire international community must stand unequivocally with Israel. On this Yom Yerushalayim, I stand proudly with Israel,” and
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New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang s cash relief proposal is gaining attention in upstate New York.
One thousand low-income households in Monroe County would receive $500 monthly payments under a two-year pilot program proposed by Democratic state Sen. Jeremy Cooney.
Cooney has endorsed Yang s bid for the Democratic nomination for mayor. The bill backed by Cooney, a freshman lawmaker, would help build data and anaylsis for potentially expanding direct relief payments for qualifying families, he said. The review would potentially include the effect the income has on health, stress levels and mental health for the participating families.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) Across the state, there’s a new debate – whether or not businesses should be allowed to require the COVID-19 vaccine for employees and customers.
Public schools have required vaccines for things like measles, rubella, and other diseases for decades, but the COVID-19 vaccine is slightly different because of how it was approved for use. By law, you can t mandate a vaccine approved under an Emergency Use Authorization, said Governor Andrew Cuomo during a press conference.
The state government can’t mandate it for anyone, but some local private businesses are. Private businesses have the right to control their premises and to set a standard,” says NY Senator Jeremy Cooney. “As long as it s not discriminating against any sort of group or violating any civil rights.