Topic: Charles Barron

Racist??? Dreadlocked Dummy Hung From A Tree In Brooklyn

Hip Hop Wired - 116 days ago
A dummy with dreadlocks is causing controversy in New York and leaving some residents to shout cries of racism.. NBC New York reports that a...

City council members play hooky at meetings

NY Daily News - 195 days ago
City council members are paid more than $100,000 to represent New Yorkers - but some often don't show up.. . Councilman Charles Barron missed 28%...

The bids are rigged

NY Daily News - 206 days ago
When city government puts contracts or grants out to bid, New Yorkers have every right to expect that all qualified applicants will have the same...

Barron: Deals with my pal are legit

NY Daily News - 222 days ago
Brooklyn City Councilman Charles Barron on Thursday defended his relationship with East New York nonprofit director Andre Mitchell, a longtime...

Pol's secret $3 million deal for pal

NY Daily News - 223 days ago
Brooklyn City Councilman Charles Barron steered $3 million from a big developer to a community group run by a longtime political aide, the Daily...

Alleged, racially-profiled NYPD misconduct caught on video

The Grio - 223 days ago
Lawyer of hip-hop party goers, Kenneth Montgomery, said aggressive officers became enraged when their alleged racially-profiled attack was caught...

NY city councilmen among 24 arrested in school protest

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News - 379 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Twenty-four people, including two members of the New York City Council, were arrested on Monday at a protest over plans to close two dozen city schools, authorities said.Charles Barron and Jumaane Williams, City Council members from Brooklyn, were ...

NY governor candidates _ all 7 _ to debate

AP News - 484 days ago
Crowded field: NY governor candidates _ all 7 _ set to debate tonight at Long Island collegeA former madam and a candidate who named his party "Rent is 2 Damn High" will be among the seven candidates in the first debate in ...

NY groundbreaking for college building near WTC

AP News - 805 days ago
NYC groundbreaking to replace college building destroyed on 9/11 near World Trade CenterOfficials broke ground Tuesday on a replacement for a college building that sat empty for years after a World Trade Center tower collapsed into it on Sept. 11, leaving ...

Charles Barron endorses Tulani Kinard for City Council

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 859 days ago
The article reports on the decision of New York City Council Member Charles Barron, along with his wife, Assembly Member Inez Barron to endorse Tulani Kinard for the New York City Council (41st District) against incumbent Darlene Mealy. Barron also highlights the ...