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Spike Lee Throws Porcupine Freedom Festival in Bed Stuy
Filmmaker Spike Lee, walked around among the crowd taking pictures of people at his Born Day Prince Party at the Bed Stuy Restoration Center on Fulton and Marcy Ave yesterday.
One Year Anniversary of the Death of Kalief Browder
A group of around 34 people turned up at Columbus Circle to say #ShutDownRikers and to remember the short life of Kalief Browder who was arrested at the age of 16 for allegedly stealing a backpack in May of 2010.
Attorney: Who is the Serial Killer? The NYPD.
Retired NYPD Detective Graham spoke at a press conference outside DA Ken Thompson’s office at 350 Jay St. this week for Nicholas Heyward Jr., a 13 year old honor student who was killed by the NYPD in 1994 while playing with friends
VIDEO: Stop the AIM Pipeline
Senator Schumer can influence the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the rest of the Senate to reject this pipeline at the federal level. They were gathering to tell Schumer that they need him to.
PHOTOS: March Against Monsanto in New York City
New Yorkers rallied and marched today as part of the International Day of Action against GMO’s, Monsanto and to call for GMO labeling in New York and across the nation.
VIDEO: Protesting NY Election Fraud on a Grand Scale
The hearing room at the BoE filled up with voters, activists and poll workers who will eventually get a chance to speak. “The fact that they were denied the right to vote undermines democracy and undermines the fundamental principles of this nation”
New York State Political Corruption Strikes Again
Corruption, an issue which has plagued New York state politics since the early 1900s, has reared its ugly head again, because for the second time in two years, a major influential politician has been convicted of bribery and extortion charges.
VIDEO: Protests Target NYC Board of Elections Fraud
Fraud allegations are now dragging the NYC Board of Elections into biggest crisis in decades
Year in Jail For $2.75 and No Jail Time For a Murderer?
Attorneys are speaking out against the DA’s recommendation of no jail time for the cop, Peter Liang, who fired a shot that killed Akai Gurley in the Pink Houses stairwell while he was using the stairs because the elevator was out of service.