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Office of Congressman Gregory Meeks
Rep. Gregory Meeks started off the year with a new role on the world stage. Just weeks before 2020 ended, he was elected to chair the House Foreign Affairs Committee – the first Black man ever to hold the position. Since then, Meeks has opposed a constitutional referendum in Haiti, passed a resolution condemning China’s actions in Hong Kong and proposed strengthening economic ties between Africa and the U.S., all while managing local politics back in the world’s borough in his continued role as chair of the Queens County Democratic Party.
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Candidates competing in the Democratic primary are banking on support in New York’s traditional battleground areas. But the advent of a new ballot system has scrambled political conventions.
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New York City mayoral candidate Kathryn Garcia speaks to the media in Astoria, Queens in New York City. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Fight for battleground areas underway in mayor’s race, as new voting system upends norms
The weather is warmer, the pandemic restrictions are looser and New York City’s mayoral hopefuls have wasted no time closing their Zoom screens and hitting the streets to reach voters in person for the home stretch of the race.
They’re visiting shops along bustling thoroughfares in the Bronx, addressing parishioners at churches in Southeast Queens and lining up for pictures with children on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. But little ground has been so heavily
NYPL 2011 Summer Reading Progam begins Thursday, June 9
The Seward Park Library kicks off the 2011 Summer Reading Program on Thursday, June 9 at 11am. The free festivities will include music, a magic show, face painting, arts and crafts, magna drawing and traditional Mexican dance. Special guests include the NYPL President Dr. Paul LeClerc and NYC School Chancellor Dennis Walcott. For a full schedule of the day’s events, visit the NYPL’s calendar. To sign up for the summer reading program, visit www.summerreading.org.
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