Rangel's Q&A: 'Not One Scintilla of Evidence'
The only thing better than hearing Rep. Charlie Rangel go back and forth with reporters about his ongoing ethics trial is hearing him do it as he refers to himself in the third person.After appearing...
View ArticleRangel Defends Himself Against Ethics Charges
He rambled. He challenged. He even said death may come sooner than he’d like. But Rep. Charles Rangel’s 30-minute speech on the House floor today was the most detailed and passionate defense he’s...
View ArticleNY Rep. Charles Rangel Defends Himself Against Ethics Charges
New York Congressman Charles Rangel delivered a twenty-minute speech on the floor of Congress Monday afternoon, defending himself against thirteen charges of violating ethics rules. He told colleagues...
View ArticleRangel, The Campaigner
David Dinkins' middle-finger to hecklers sums up how Rep. Charles Rangel feels about the ethics probe, the 80-year-old congressman said at a press conference this morning, where he sought to put the...
View ArticleRangel Wins Democratic Nomination, Defying Detractors
Incumbent Congressman Charlie Rangel triumphed over state Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV and three other challengers to win the Democratic nomination for his seat in New York's 15th district. The...
View ArticleOpen Phones: Rangel's Punishment
A House Ethics Panel has found Charlie Rangel guilty of violating 11 Congressional ethics rules. Now the committee is meeting to decide what punishment it will recommend.What do you think should happen...
View ArticleWhy Rangel Walked Out
An ethics panel of eight House members deliberated over two days before delivering a sad but unsurprising blow to 20-term New York congressman Charles Rangel. The 80-year-old democratic representative...
View ArticleEthics Panel Considers Rangel Punishment Today
Rep. Charlie Rangel is expected to appear in person when the ethics panel reconvenes today at noon to decide what punishment the 20-term lawmaker should face for violating 11 congressional ethics...
View ArticleEthics Committee Chief Counsel Recommends Censure for Rangel
The House ethics committee's chief counsel has recommended censure, to punish Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel for violating House ethics rules."I respectfully submit that this committee should recommend to...
View ArticleRangel Apologizes for Embarrassing Colleagues, Chief Counsel Recommends Censure
Updated 3:15pm Nearly in tears, Rep. Charlie Rangel asked members of the ethics panel to treat him fairly.“What the press has done to me, my family and my community is unfair,” said Rangel, saying news...
View ArticleEthics Panel Recommends Censoring Rangel
The House ethics committee is recommending that 20-term Harlem Congressman Charles Rangel be censured. They deliberated for about three hours before reaching their decision. The final vote was...
View ArticleIn Rangel's Defense
I began working for Charlie Rangel in his now infamous rent-controlled campaign office in the summer of 2006 as an intern still in high school. I have continued to proudly work for him, as well as...
View ArticleTop of the Hour: Censure for Rangle, Morning Headlines
His peers in the house have voted to censure New York Congressman Charlie Rangel; is the long drama finally over?
View ArticleMy List of 2010's Most Fascinating
With just a few hours to go this year, let me add my picks for the most fascinating people of 2010 to the mix:10. President Barack Obama, because he's the most successful president of the 21st...
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The Queen of Soul performs for Rep. Rangel birday fundraiser bash
If you've got a few hundred bucks to spare and the night of the 10th free, why not join the city's most prominent Democratic politicians in celebrating Manhattan congressman Charles Rangel's...
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Rangel talks reelecting, Obama and the credit downgrade with WNYC's "It's A...
Alec Hamilton/WNYC "It's A Free Country" reporter Alec Hamilton sat down with Congressman Charles Rangel ahead of his big birthday fundraising bash tonight. From WNYC:Congressman Charlie Rangel, the...
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Former Governor Hugh Carey remembered
Governor Hugh Carey's casket arriving at St. Patrick's Cathedral (Colby Hamilton/WNYC)At a solemn but celebratory ceremony held at St. Patrick's Cathedral this morning, friends, family and former...
View ArticleRedistricting round-up: McEneny, Silver say no congressional lines this week
It doesn’t look like new congressional lines will be revealed any time soon. <p>"There is no agreement yet on the Congress,” <a...
View ArticleEspaillat Hopes to Seize on Demographic Shifts in Rangel Challenge
Members of the Barack Obama Democratic Club packed into a room in Manhattan’s Church of the Intercession last week. The church, located on West 155 Street, is almost directly in-between the northern...
View ArticleRep. Towns Retirement Signals Power Shift in Brooklyn
When Brooklyn Congressman Ed Towns announced Monday that he was ending his thirty-year long tenure in Washington, he did it with a whiff of indignation. “I believe firmly that we would have won a 16th...
View ArticleEspaillat Caps a Solid Week With Correction Officers' Endorsement
State Senator Adriano Espaillait picked up another campaign endorsement on Friday, a day after receiving the backing of his colleague in the Bronx, State Senator Gustavo Rivera.The Espaillat campaign...
View ArticleRangel Extols Virtues of Obama's New Immigration Policy, Experience
Charlie Rangel sang the praises of President Obama's new immigration policy Monday, a week before the incumbent congressman from New York's 13th District faces four opponents in the Democratic...
View ArticleMeet Williams, Johnson and Schley - the Other CD-13 Candidates
While most headlines about New York's 13th Congressional district race are crowded by incumbent Charlie Rangel and State Senator Adriano Espaillat, three more candidates are reminding voters that they...
View ArticleMeng Wins, Rangel Hangs On in Key Primary Races
New York went to the polls Tuesday to select their parties' nominees for the Congressional elections in November. In the only statewide race, Manhattan lawyer Wendy Long defeated Congressman Bob Turner...
View ArticleAs Margin of Victory Narrows, Espaillat and Rangel Turn to Court
The battle to represent upper Manhattan and the Bronx continues – this time in court. A hearing to examine the vote counting process in the 13th Congressional District race will be held in New York...
View ArticleEspaillat Withdraws Court Petition Over Vote Count For Now
State Senator Adriano Espaillat is temporarily withdrawing his request that the courts supervise the recount in his race to unseat Congressman Charles Rangel.Espaillat’s lawyers got permission from a...
View ArticleRangel Rallies Supporters Ahead of Count, Court
Flanked by supporters and draped in symbolism, Congressman Charles Rangel stood before the statue of his predecessor, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., in Harlem on Wednesday saying that Independence Day made...
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Judge: Certify, Don't Send, Contested Rangel Primary
State Senator Adriano Espaillat scored a legal win Thursday when a Bronx court ordered that the Board of Elections has to preserve all of the ballots cast in last week's contested primary for the 13th...
View ArticleRangel's Lead Widens in Primary Ballot Count
Rep. Charles Rangel's lead over his Democratic primary challenger continued to widen Friday as the New York City Board of Elections spent a second day counting absentee and affidavit ballots.Rangel was...
View ArticleLocal Politics Heating Up
Azi Paybarah, political reporter for Capital New York,discusses the headlines in local politics, from the Rangel-Espaillat race likely getting settled to the ongoing lockout of ConEd workers.
View ArticleNYC Elections Board Certifies Rangel Victory
It's official. The commissioners of NYC Board of Elections have certified all the results from the June 26 primary, including naming incumbent Congressman Charles Rangel the winner of the Democratic...
View ArticleCouncil Holds Hearing to Review June Primary Snafus
With a little more than a month before the September 13 primary, the City Council is holding an oversight hearing Wednesday to assess problems that arose with the vote count during the most recent...
View ArticleWith Newcomers Scarce, Thompson Backed by Black Political Establishment
Democratic mayoral candidate Bill Thompson got a nod from two powerful members of the city’s African American political establishment on Monday – but absent from the event were members of the newer...
View ArticleRangel on Weiner: "Of Course He Can Be Effective"
Some words of encouragement for embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner from a fellow New York Democrat who's no stranger to controversy. Representative Charles Rangel said Friday that Weiner can still be an...
View ArticleRep. Rangel Announces He'll Run Again
Congressman Charles Rangel says he'll run for a 22nd term despite his conviction on House ethics charges.In a statement released Tuesday night, the 81-year-old Rangel made it official, putting to rest...
View ArticleNY Senator Espaillat Announces Run Against Rangel
New York State Sen. Adriano Espaillat has announced he will run against Rep. Charles Rangel.The Democrat said in a statement he believes people of the 13th Congressional District "are searching for...
View ArticleAfter Long Count, Espaillat Concedes Race to Rangel
New York State Senator Adriano Espaillat conceded victory to Congressman Charles Rangel for the second time on Monday in the democratic primary race for the 13th Congressional District.Espaillat had...
View ArticleProfile: Charles Rangel and the Drug Wars
In March 1971, New York City faced a growing heroin epidemic. That year, Charles Rangel — then just 41 years old — was part of a delegation of newly-elected black congressman who won a closed-door...
View ArticleCharles Rangel, 83, Seeks 23rd Term in Congress
Charles Rangel, a Democrat representing New York's 13th district, has announced he's seeking a 23rd term in office.The 83-year-old represented Harlem for more than four decades. He now represents Upper...
View ArticleA Rematch for Historic Uptown Seat
Rep. Charles Rangel has a three-way primary fight on his hands in his bid for a 23rd term.The Harlem Democrat will face State Senator Adriano Espaillat for a second time. Rangel, who announced in his...
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Puerto Rican Voters Could Elect the First Dominican Congressman
When New Yorkers line Fifth Avenue for the 57th Annual Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday, Congressman Charles Rangel and State Senator Adriano Espaillat will both be there. The two are facing off in a...
View ArticleNo Mayoral Endorsement for Uptown/Bronx district
Mayor Bill de Blasio said he's staying out of the heated Democratic primary for the 13th Congressional District in upper Manhattan and the Bronx.Rep. Charles B. Rangel is facing off with State Sen....
View ArticleThe Meaning of Change in NY-13
The meaning – and merits – of change was a theme the three Democrats vying to win the upcoming primary in New York's 13th congressional district kept returning to in Wednesday night's debate at Lehman...
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Rangel vs. Espaillat: A Test For Progressives
At a campaign stop outside the Dyckman Street subway station in Inwood early Wednesday morning, State Sen. Adriano Espaillat greeted voters with a handshake, his blue striped shirt and tie as crisp as...
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Rangel Declares Victory
With 100 percent of the returns in, Rep. Charles Rangel is ahead of State Sen. Adriano Espaillat 47.4 percent to 43.6 percent in a primary election to secure the Democratic nomination for the 13th...
View ArticleResults in Primary Race Show Ethnic Divide
The Associated Press has called a closely contested Democratic primary in New York's 13th Congressional District for Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel. Rangel defeated state Sen. Adriano Espaillat in...
View ArticlePoliticians Keep Fundraising, Even Without Campaigns
For most politicians, retiring essentially means never having to ask another person for money to fund expensive campaigns.One soon-to-be-retiree, Rep. Charles Rangel, continues to raise money — despite...
View ArticleMeet the Candidates: NY District 13
Representative Charlie Rangel, who has served in the House continuously since 1971, is retiring. Which means there's an open seat in District 13.Hear from eight of the nine candidates running for...
View ArticleThis Week in Politics: Race to Replace Rangel Gets Real
In New York's upcoming congressional primary, we're guaranteed to see change in a district that hasn't seen a new representative in decades. After nearly a half-century in office, Congressman Charles...
View ArticleWright Concedes to Espaillat in NY13
The long, divisive Democratic primary battle to succeed retiring Congressman Charles Rangel ended with a symbolic meeting at Sylvia’s on Thursday afternoon.Assemblyman Keith Wright, who ran with the...
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