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Room Eight (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
... Herbert says he is working with Assembly members William Boyland, Karim Camara, and State Senator Eric Adams to craft legislation to form 'Gang Free Zones', similar to Drug Free Zones around schools. He said he is looking for city council members to draft similar legislation in NYC. Herbert wants this done during the council's next legislative session; he does not want to wait until...
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A Blog For All (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Two New York legislators have decided that they're going to burnish their anti-war credentials by proposing legislation that will require the state to bring home those National Guard troops deployed to Iraq and to prevent future deployments.Bill Perkins (D-Manhattan) and Eric Adams (D-Brooklyn) unveiled the measure yesterday at a news conference. They joined Military Families Speak Out,...
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Atlantic Yards Report (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
... with approving quotes from the Rev. Al Sharpton, Assemblyman Darryl Towns, and State Senator Eric Adams, and others. (Other black leaders were more , citing Barclays' , not-necessarily-worse-than peers , which caused some uproar last year but has quieted down considerably. ) The first grant, of $150,000, was announced as going to Out2Play, Inc, a non-profit dedicated to building and...
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brownstoner (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
... again. "[This plan] shows the highest level of disrespect to the community," said State Senator Eric Adams, vowing to challenge DHS in court. (In addition to Adams, reps of Mayor Bloomberg, Councilmember Avella, and Senator Montgomery were also in the audience.) Letitia James closed out the meeting calling for the closure of the Peter Young shelter, which is around the corner...
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Room Eight (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
... Darryl Towns and Hakeem Jeffries. Also there (I am told) were state senators John Sampson and Eric Adams. Simcha Felder is looking to follow suit soon. He told me in an interview recently that he will be endorsing the congressman as soon as the venue is worked out. A few weeks ago, Dr. Kendall Stewart told me that he (too) will be endorsing the congressman, when I interviewed him...
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Yeshiva World News (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Various community leaders - representing the Chasidic community - joined together with NYS Senator Eric Adams and came out to support NYC Council member David Yassky, who is running for NYC Comptroller. Among those attending the fundraiser were Rabbi David Niederman head the UJO, Special Assistant to the Superintendent of the New York State Police Rabbi Bernard Freilich, [...]
