Colby Hamilton

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NYC's Embattled Comprtroller Liu Backs Formerly Embattled Congressman Rangel for Reelection

Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Calling Congressman Charles Rangel someone who generations of Americans and New Yorkers look to “as a role model”, New York City Comptroller John Liu announced his support for Ran...
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Queens Congressional Candidates Square Off in Fresh Meadows

Friday, June 01, 2012

Five candidates for the 6th Congressional district faced off on Thursday night in Queens at a debate in Fresh Meadows. Huddled into the back room of the Christ Lutheran Church, th...
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This Week in Politics: Campaign Endorsements, 2004 GOP Arrests Return, and A Brooklyn Senate Race Finale

Friday, June 01, 2012

On This Week in Politics, WNYC political reporters run down some of the top political stories from the week that was, providing insight and analysis on local, state and nation...
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Rangel to Receive Puerto Rican Lifetime Achievement Award

Friday, June 01, 2012

Los Premios Latino Espanol (The Global Spanish Latino Awards) are set to endow Congressman Charles Rangel--whose Puerto Rican ancestry has been the subject for a series of recent arti...
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Espaillat, TWU Call on MTA to Improve Workplace Safety After Alleged Licking Incident

Friday, June 01, 2012

The day after calling on MTA CEO Joseph Lhota to take action against a supervisor who allegedly licked a female employment, State Senator and 13th Congressional district candidate ...
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Councilwoman Crowley, Citing Poor National Economic Report, Calls on More Jobs Investment

Friday, June 01, 2012

City Councilwoman and Queens Congressional candidate Elizabeth Crowley weighed in on the anemic jobs report out this morning. The economy had its worst job showing in the past year...
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Bloomberg, Koch Lend Support to Rangel Reelection Efforts

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Call it the New York City Mayors for Rangel: Mayors Michael Bloomberg and Ed Koch both lent their support to Congressman Charles Rangel's reelection campaign on Wednesday, the campaign announced.

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Cuomo's Approval Rating Now Second Only to Post-9/11 Pataki

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Governor Andrew Cuomo's sky-high approval rating has reached a new zenith: at 71 percent, Cuomo's now second only to former governor George Pataki's approval rating just after September 11, 2001.

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Former Public Advocate Mark Green Endorses Lancman Campaign

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

It's a day of dueling endorsements: Just hours after Assemblywoman Grace Meng's campaign received the backing of Congressman Gary Ackerman, her assembly colleague Rory Lancman sto...
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Ackerman Backs Meng's Bid for Congress

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Congressman Gary Ackerman, whose retirement created the open seat in the 6th Congressional district in Queens, announced Tuesday he was supporting Assemblywoman Grace Meng's campaign for Congress.

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Koch Prefers Kelly for Mayor, But Quinn 'Capable'

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Former Mayor Ed Koch is, in his typical outspoken style, upfront about his choice for mayor in 2013. He sized up the potential field — focusing on who he thinks can keep the city on track.

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Rory Lancman Wants to Be The Next Queens Liberal Lion In Congress--updated

Friday, May 25, 2012

Assemblyman Rory Lancman wants to be the next in a line of Queens liberal lions that stretches from Senator Charles Schumer to, most recently, former congressman Anthony Weiner: high...
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Once a Challenger, Powell Now Endorses Rangel for Congress

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The event was a public endorsement of Congressman Charles Rangel by his former primary opponent, Adam Clayton Powell IV. But standing below the statue of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., at the corner of 125th Street and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard, next to Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.’s son, Rangel introduced his endorser by way of heaping praise on the man he beat in 1970 to get into Congress: Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

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NY Dems Pick New State Party Co-Chairs

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner and Manhattan Assemblyman Keith Wright have been asked by Governor Andrew Cuomo to serve as the co-chairs of the state Democratic Party.

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Liu: NYC Income Gap Double National Average -- updated

Monday, May 21, 2012

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New York City Comptroller John Liu released a report Monday showing the city’s top 1 percent of earners account for a third of all income in New York City—nearly twice the national average.

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This Week in Politics: Stop-and-Frisk, Carrion Endorses, and Disability Agency Clears the Senate

Friday, May 18, 2012

On This Week in Politics, WNYC political reporters run down some of the top political stories from the week that was, providing insight and analysis on local, state and national political issues that touch New Yorkers.

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Elizabeth Crowley Positions Herself as Queens' Blue-Collar Congressional Candidate

Friday, May 18, 2012

She’s the worked-with-my-hands candidate in the race, who also happens to share one of the city’s most potent political family names.

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Minimum Wage Hike is Up While Cuomo's Ratings Are Down in New Siena Poll

Monday, May 14, 2012

Voters support increasing the state’s minimum wage and are wary of the current campaign finance proposal, while the Cuomo popularity bubble loses a little air and the state legislatur...
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Kelly Lags Behind Leading Democratic Mayoral Candidates: Poll

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has been an earlier leader in the polls for mayor. But a new Quinnipiac University survey finds Kelly behind the top three Democratic contenders in head-to-head match ups.

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