Jeffries Defiant & Optimistic In State of District Address By Kimari Clarke U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Canarsie, East New York, Ocean Hill, East Flatbush, Bergen Beach, Gerritsen Beach, Marine Park, Mill Basin, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Brighton Beach, Coney Island) last night vowed to lower drug costs, crush gentrification and defeat the intolerance that has been plaguing the nation at […]Read More
At last week’s annual meeting of the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators in Albany, Our Time Press was fortunate to encounter Judge Betty Staton and arrange the following interview. Here Judge Staton, President of Legal Services, Brooklyn Legal Services, discusses the importance of this year’s Census. David Mark Greaves, OTP: […]Read More
By Joan M. Hagans Dedicated leaders of faith turned out in great numbers determined to galvanize Brooklyn residents to be counted in the upcoming U.S. Census. The Faith Summit and luncheon was held in the Lillian Minkin Ballroom at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, its sponsor. Several elected officials joined forces with the faith leaders as […]Read More
By Kings County Politics The executive leadership of the Vanguard Independent Democratic Association, Inc. (VIDA), one of the longest-standing political clubs in Brooklyn, has announced its 2020 slate to send two of its senior members as candidates to the state legislature. VIDA selected Assemblymember Tremaine S. Wright (D-Bed-Stuy, Northern Crown Heights) to fill the seat for the […]Read More
The arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but the courage and sacrifice of activists and freedom fighters obtains and maintains justice for our communities. Center for Law and Social Justice Founding Executive Director Esmeralda Simmons, Esq., has been on the frontlines of the fight for civil and human rights her entire storied […]Read More
By Stephen Witt, Kings County Politics Longtime State Sen. Velmanette Montgomery (D-Fort Greene, Boerum Hill, Red Hook, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Sunset Park, Gowanus, Park Slope) made official on Saturday the often-heard rumors – after 35 years she will step down at the end of her term this year. Montgomery made the announcement at the TWU Local 100 headquarters on […]Read More
“Anti-Semitism needs to be addressed — it’s been on the rise for the past year or two, it’s horrible — bail reform has been around for six days.” – Public Advocate Jumaane Williams State Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein, whose district covers Borough Park and Midwood, just introduced legislation to amend the new law, seeking to give […]Read More
By Stephen WittKings County Politics Stonewall House, named for the 1969 Stonewall Inn Uprising in 1969 which many consider the kickoff to the modern American gay civil rights movement, is at 112 St. Edwards Street, just north of Myrtle Avenue and Fort Greene Park in the heart of NYCHA’s Historically Black Ingersoll Houses. The 17-story […]Read More
