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Sen. Klein, second from left, seen with Mayor de Blasio, Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz and Borough President Ruben Diaz at a recent event. Klein's deep institutional support and hefty war chest have given his re-election bid an air of inevitability.
Even as his re-election quest took on an air of inevitability, Sen. Jeff Klein spent $700,000 during the month of August on his race against Oliver Koppell, who has raised questions about the help one nonprofit is giving the senator.
Councilman Fernando Cabrera’s challenge to Sen. Gustavo Rivera may not live beyond this week. But the larger mission of this pastor-politician, whose record includes common-sense policy and ties to conservative religious groups, will survive.
A judge recently found one prosecutor’s conduct so bad he banned her from his courtroom forever. But she’ll face no internal discipline from her office, which lacks a formal system for punishing rule violations.
Oliver Koppell faces long—but, supporters insist, not impossible—odds in his quest to unseat Sen. Jeff Klein and steer the State Senate back to Democratic control.
Defendants in New York don’t get to see all the evidence against them. After several wrongful convictions, pressure is building to follow the Lone Star’s lead and fix the system.
The mayor lauds the borough’s “progressive values,” but the buzzword’s application to Bronx politics is uneven at best—a fact that may complicate the mayor’s ability to execute his agenda.
The developer of a proposed ice-center and its community allies are no longer attempting to sway Councilman Fernando Cabrera to support their plan for the Kingsbridge Armory.
The councilman is trying to build pressure against the plan to turn the long-vacant Kingsbridge Armory into an ice sports center.
Fernando Cabrera says he still hopes to support the plan to build an ice sports center in the historic Kingsbridge Armory, but has concerns about traffic and funding.
North Central Bronx hospital gave little notice when it closed its labor & delivery service in August. Now there are signs the service may return, but community members haven’t been given a due date.
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