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Who Will Win? Voting Machines Battle in Brooklyn for City Contract

The systems arrive in response to last year's federal court ruling that ordered the laggardly New York state to comply with the Help America Vote Act of 2002. The ruling requires the state to ensure accessibility for disabled voters, and to upgrade ...

From JULIE BOLCER, Village Voice,  18 Feb 2009

Gillibrand Meets With Gov, Clinton, Schumer; Talks Guns, Light Rail

Soon-to-be Senator Kirsten Gillibrand attended a lunch in midtown on Sunday afternoon with new Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Senator Charles Schumer and Governor David Paterson, after which the celebrated hunting advocate was left to face ...

From JULIE BOLCER, Village Voice,  26 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Caroline Kennedy,  Kirsten Gillibrand,  Charles Schumer,  U.S. Senate

MTA Hearings, Like Subway, Overcrowded with Long Delays

More than 200 attendees registered to comment for three minutes each before the MTA Board of Directors in the first of eight public hearings on the proposed fare and toll increases, service reductions and station changes. The drastic measures, which ...

From JULIE BOLCER, Village Voice,  15 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Eliot Spitzer,  Roger Toussaint

U.N. (But Not the U.S.) Comes Out Big for Gay Rights

During a panel Wednesday evening at the LGBT Center in the West Village, LGBT rights activists from eight countries hailed the importance of the symbolic statement. "For us in the former Soviet Union, I feel often that LGBT people are invisible and ...

From JULIE BOLCER, Village Voice,  18 Dec 2008

Bushwick Rallies Against Hate Crimes

"These attacks represent the worst kind of violence, the worst form of hatred, the worst form of bias that we have seen in recent years," said Ana Maria Archila, co-executive director of Make the Road New York, which helped organize the event. "But ...

From JULIE BOLCER, Village Voice,  15 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Marty Markowitz,  Bill DeBlasio,  John Liu,  Diana Reyna,  David Yassky

Bloomberg, Baba Wawa Endorse Each Other Over Breakfast

Michael Bloomberg seemed to be pitching for the women's vote at the New York Women's Agenda's Star Breakfast in Midtown this morning. "I was very impressed, as you should know, perfectly honestly, I feel right at home," Bloomberg said about the crowd ...

From JULIE BOLCER, Village Voice,  9 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Barbara Walters,  Michael Bloomberg,  The View

At Forum, Maloney "Absolutely" Wants Clinton Seat, Pelosi Defends Rangel, Palin

In the boosterish spirit of the event, Pelosi and Maloney each found positive things to say about Governor Palin's Vice-Presidential run. "I think both Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin made a tremendous impact on the political life of America, each ...

From JULIE BOLCER, Village Voice,  2 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Sarah Palin,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Mark Green

Thousands Protest Prop 8 at Mormon Temple

Thousands demonstrated in front of the Manhattan Mormon Temple Wednesday evening to denounce the church's anti-gay stances, then marched toward Columbus Circle to spotlight efforts to legalize gay marriage in New York. NYPD officers on the scene placed ...

From JULIE BOLCER, Village Voice,  13 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Corey Johnson,  Matthew Shepard,  Whoopi Goldberg,  Christine C. Quinn,  Facebook Inc.

Obama Win Bittersweet for Gay Rights Supporters

Barack Obama's ascension to the White House on Tuesday was historic, sweeping and decisive. So it stings the morning after to see that his triumph co-exists with the approval of proposals nationwide to ban gay rights. "It's mostly glass half-full, but ...

From JULIE BOLCER, Village Voice,  5 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party

Mavericks Squadron and Chromczak Debate in Brooklyn

Conventional wisdom may say that Democrat Daniel Squadron won the NY25 State Senate District when he beat longtime incumbent Martin Connor in the primary, but he and his opponent, Republican John Chromczak, gave at least a veneer of competition to the ...

From JULIE BOLCER, Village Voice,  29 Oct 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party

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