Rangel 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...
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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 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 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 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...
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