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U.S. representatives and city council members expressed their support for Columbia’s graduate workers’ efforts to unionize at a community forum on Wednesday.
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2016-12-29T13:00:05Z
Voters in Morningside Heights and West Harlem showed overwhelming support for incumbent Democrats on Tuesday, with some New York State Legislature and Congressional candidates receiving over 80 percent of the vote.
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2014-10-20T10:10:03Z
Morningside Heights and West Harlem residents turned out in droves to vote on Tuesday, re-electing local Democrats and overwhelmingly supporting President Barack Obama, CC '83.
While crowds at local polling stations had thinned out by Tuesday evening, voters said there were large lines earlier in the day. Democratic incumbents, including Rep. Charles Rangel, swept the polls in Tuesday's elections, which were much less contested than the Democratic primaries this summer.
Rangel, who has represented Harlem for 41 years, defeated activist Craig Schley in a landslide, giving him two more years in office. Rangel had previously beaten Schley and a slew of other candidates in the June primary, but Schley decided to run against him in the general election as well, this time on the Republican ticket.
The win puts an end to a closely watched campaign for Rangel, who has been caught up in several fiscal and ethics scandals. He was also running in a district with a majority-Hispanic voting-age population for the first time due to redistricting.
Josephine Azcona, TC '92, who voted Tuesday evening at Riverside Church, said she was disappointed by her options in the congressional race. She voted for Schley over Rangel, she said, "because of all the shit" that Rangel did.
"It was the first time I voted Republican," Azcona said. "It's not fair—I wish there were more choices."
Meanwhile, State Senator Adriano Espaillat, who also challenged Rangel in the Democratic primary and lost by a narrow margin, came out on top in his bid to retain his Upper Manhattan state senate seat, garnering more than 90 percent of the vote and securing the seat for two more years. Rep. Jerry Nadler, who represents Morningside Heights in the House of Representatives, was also elected to another two-year term.
Local State Assembly members Daniel O'Donnell, Keith Wright, and Herman Farrell all ran unopposed, securing their seats for the next two years. State Senator Bill Perkins also ran unopposed and will continue to represent District 30, which includes parts of Morningside Heights and Harlem.
Matico Josephson voted with his father at 390 Riverside Drive, where he grew up. He said that he waited in line for at least half an hour.
"There were about 100 people here until late afternoon," Josephson said. "There was already a long line at 9 a.m., maybe as early as 8. It was long all day long."
Obama referenced the long lines across the country in his victory speech Tuesday night, saying that "we have to fix that."
At Columbia's Wien Hall, lines had declined by Tuesday evening.
"Up until 12, it was pretty full," poll worker Heungman Kwan said. "It's slowed down a little but it never stops—people always keep coming."
Anna Rosen, who lives on 111th Street, took her daughter Annabelle with her to 390 Riverside to vote on Tuesday evening. Rosen said that her daughter voted in a mock election on Monday at school.
"It was good, I'm excited," Rosen said. "She just went [to vote] with her dad about an hour ago. She's going through the process."
Rosen added that the vote scanners were "very easy and effective."
"We literally just walked in and walked out," she said.
Some voters, though, criticized the dim lighting in the voting booths.
"The lights are bad, the text is too small, so the system for old people is really terrible," Lauren Taylor, BC '70, SSW '74, and GSAS '12, said.
For most Morningside Heights and West Harlem residents, Obama was the easy choice for president. Fatima Dierro, who wasn't old enough to vote in 2008, cast her ballot for Obama, saying that it took her between 15 and 20 minutes to vote.
"I'm looking forward to the results," Dierro, who voted at 390 Riverside around 8 p.m., said. "I'm not nervous. Obama's got this."
Even though Azcona voted against Rangel, she remained solidly Democratic in her presidential choice.
"My man is Obama," she said, breaking into a wide grin.
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... While crowds at local polling stations had thinned out by Tuesday evening, voters said there were large lines earlier in the day. Democratic incumbents, including Rep. Charles Rangel, swept the polls in Tuesday's elections, which were much less contested than the Democratic primaries this summer.
Rangel, who has represented Harlem for 41 years, defeated activist Craig Schley in a landslide, giving him two more years in office. Rangel had previously beaten Schley and a slew of other candidates in the June primary, but Schley decided to run against him in the general election as well, this time on the Republican ticket.
The win puts an end to a closely watched campaign for Rangel, who has been caught up in several fiscal and ethics scandals. He was also running in a district with a majority-Hispanic voting-age population for the first time due to redistricting.
Josephine Azcona, TC '92, who voted Tuesday evening at Riverside Church, said she was disappointed by her options in the congressional race. She voted for Schley over Rangel, she said, "because of all the shit" that Rangel did.
"It was the first time I voted Republican," Azcona said. "It's not fair—I wish there were more choices."
Meanwhile, State Senator Adriano Espaillat, who also challenged Rangel in the Democratic primary and lost by a narrow margin, came out on top in his bid to retain his Upper Manhattan state senate seat, garnering more than 90 percent of the vote and securing the seat for two more years. Rep. Jerry Nadler, who represents Morningside Heights in the House of Representatives, was also elected to another two-year term.
Local State Assembly members Daniel O'Donnell, Keith Wright, and Herman Farrell all ran unopposed, securing their seats for the next two years. State Senator Bill Perkins also ran unopposed and will continue to represent District 30, which includes parts of Morningside Heights and Harlem.
Matico Josephson voted with his father at 390 Riverside Drive, where he grew up. He said that he waited in line for at least half an hour.
"There were about 100 people here until late afternoon," Josephson said. "There was already a long line at 9 a.m., maybe as early as 8. It was long all day long."
Obama referenced the long lines across the country in his victory speech Tuesday night, saying that "we have to fix that."
At Columbia's Wien Hall, lines had declined by Tuesday evening.
"Up until 12, it was pretty full," poll worker Heungman Kwan said. "It's slowed down a little but it never stops—people always keep coming."
Anna Rosen, who lives on 111th Street, took her daughter Annabelle with her to 390 Riverside to vote on Tuesday evening. Rosen said that her daughter voted in a mock election on Monday at school.
"It was good, I'm excited," Rosen said. "She just went [to vote] with her dad about an hour ago. She's going through the process."
Rosen added that the vote scanners were "very easy and effective."
"We literally just walked in and walked out," she said.
Some voters, though, criticized the dim lighting in the voting booths.
"The lights are bad, the text is too small, so the system for old people is really terrible," Lauren Taylor, BC '70, SSW '74, and GSAS '12, said.
For most Morningside Heights and West Harlem residents, Obama was the easy choice for president. Fatima Dierro, who wasn't old enough to vote in 2008, cast her ballot for Obama, saying that it took her between 15 and 20 minutes to vote.
"I'm looking forward to the results," Dierro, who voted at 390 Riverside around 8 p.m., said. "I'm not nervous. Obama's got this."
Even though Azcona voted against Rangel, she remained solidly Democratic in her presidential choice.
"My man is Obama," she said, breaking into a wide grin.
news@columbiaspectator.com
2014-10-20T10:10:03Z
Morningside Heights and West Harlem residents turned out in droves to vote on Tuesday, re-electing local Democrats and overwhelmingly supporting President Barack Obama, CC '83.
While crowds at local polling stations had thinned out by Tuesday evening, voters said there were large lines earlier in the day. Democratic incumbents, including Rep. Charles Rangel, swept the polls in Tuesday's elections, which were much less contested than the Democratic primaries this summer.
Rangel, who has represented Harlem for 41 years, defeated activist Craig Schley in a landslide, giving him two more years in office. Rangel had previously beaten Schley and a slew of other candidates in the June primary, but Schley decided to run against him in the general election as well, this time on the Republican ticket.
The win puts an end to a closely watched campaign for Rangel, who has been caught up in several fiscal and ethics scandals. He was also running in a district with a majority-Hispanic voting-age population for the first time due to redistricting.
Josephine Azcona, TC '92, who voted Tuesday evening at Riverside Church, said she was disappointed by her options in the congressional race. She voted for Schley over Rangel, she said, "because of all the shit" that Rangel did.
"It was the first time I voted Republican," Azcona said. "It's not fair—I wish there were more choices."
Meanwhile, State Senator Adriano Espaillat, who also challenged Rangel in the Democratic primary and lost by a narrow margin, came out on top in his bid to retain his Upper Manhattan state senate seat, garnering more than 90 percent of the vote and securing the seat for two more years. Rep. Jerry Nadler, who represents Morningside Heights in the House of Representatives, was also elected to another two-year term.
Local State Assembly members Daniel O'Donnell, Keith Wright, and Herman Farrell all ran unopposed, securing their seats for the next two years. State Senator Bill Perkins also ran unopposed and will continue to represent District 30, which includes parts of Morningside Heights and Harlem.
Matico Josephson voted with his father at 390 Riverside Drive, where he grew up. He said that he waited in line for at least half an hour.
"There were about 100 people here until late afternoon," Josephson said. "There was already a long line at 9 a.m., maybe as early as 8. It was long all day long."
Obama referenced the long lines across the country in his victory speech Tuesday night, saying that "we have to fix that."
At Columbia's Wien Hall, lines had declined by Tuesday evening.
"Up until 12, it was pretty full," poll worker Heungman Kwan said. "It's slowed down a little but it never stops—people always keep coming."
Anna Rosen, who lives on 111th Street, took her daughter Annabelle with her to 390 Riverside to vote on Tuesday evening. Rosen said that her daughter voted in a mock election on Monday at school.
"It was good, I'm excited," Rosen said. "She just went [to vote] with her dad about an hour ago. She's going through the process."
Rosen added that the vote scanners were "very easy and effective."
"We literally just walked in and walked out," she said.
Some voters, though, criticized the dim lighting in the voting booths.
"The lights are bad, the text is too small, so the system for old people is really terrible," Lauren Taylor, BC '70, SSW '74, and GSAS '12, said.
For most Morningside Heights and West Harlem residents, Obama was the easy choice for president. Fatima Dierro, who wasn't old enough to vote in 2008, cast her ballot for Obama, saying that it took her between 15 and 20 minutes to vote.
"I'm looking forward to the results," Dierro, who voted at 390 Riverside around 8 p.m., said. "I'm not nervous. Obama's got this."
Even though Azcona voted against Rangel, she remained solidly Democratic in her presidential choice.
"My man is Obama," she said, breaking into a wide grin.
news@columbiaspectator.com
... While crowds at local polling stations had thinned out by Tuesday evening, voters said there were large lines earlier in the day. Democratic incumbents, including Rep. Charles Rangel, swept the polls in Tuesday's elections, which were much less contested than the Democratic primaries this summer.
Rangel, who has represented Harlem for 41 years, defeated activist Craig Schley in a landslide, giving him two more years in office. Rangel had previously beaten Schley and a slew of other candidates in the June primary, but Schley decided to run against him in the general election as well, this time on the Republican ticket.
The win puts an end to a closely watched campaign for Rangel, who has been caught up in several fiscal and ethics scandals. He was also running in a district with a majority-Hispanic voting-age population for the first time due to redistricting.
Josephine Azcona, TC '92, who voted Tuesday evening at Riverside Church, said she was disappointed by her options in the congressional race. She voted for Schley over Rangel, she said, "because of all the shit" that Rangel did.
"It was the first time I voted Republican," Azcona said. "It's not fair—I wish there were more choices."
Meanwhile, State Senator Adriano Espaillat, who also challenged Rangel in the Democratic primary and lost by a narrow margin, came out on top in his bid to retain his Upper Manhattan state senate seat, garnering more than 90 percent of the vote and securing the seat for two more years. Rep. Jerry Nadler, who represents Morningside Heights in the House of Representatives, was also elected to another two-year term.
Local State Assembly members Daniel O'Donnell, Keith Wright, and Herman Farrell all ran unopposed, securing their seats for the next two years. State Senator Bill Perkins also ran unopposed and will continue to represent District 30, which includes parts of Morningside Heights and Harlem.
Matico Josephson voted with his father at 390 Riverside Drive, where he grew up. He said that he waited in line for at least half an hour.
"There were about 100 people here until late afternoon," Josephson said. "There was already a long line at 9 a.m., maybe as early as 8. It was long all day long."
Obama referenced the long lines across the country in his victory speech Tuesday night, saying that "we have to fix that."
At Columbia's Wien Hall, lines had declined by Tuesday evening.
"Up until 12, it was pretty full," poll worker Heungman Kwan said. "It's slowed down a little but it never stops—people always keep coming."
Anna Rosen, who lives on 111th Street, took her daughter Annabelle with her to 390 Riverside to vote on Tuesday evening. Rosen said that her daughter voted in a mock election on Monday at school.
"It was good, I'm excited," Rosen said. "She just went [to vote] with her dad about an hour ago. She's going through the process."
Rosen added that the vote scanners were "very easy and effective."
"We literally just walked in and walked out," she said.
Some voters, though, criticized the dim lighting in the voting booths.
"The lights are bad, the text is too small, so the system for old people is really terrible," Lauren Taylor, BC '70, SSW '74, and GSAS '12, said.
For most Morningside Heights and West Harlem residents, Obama was the easy choice for president. Fatima Dierro, who wasn't old enough to vote in 2008, cast her ballot for Obama, saying that it took her between 15 and 20 minutes to vote.
"I'm looking forward to the results," Dierro, who voted at 390 Riverside around 8 p.m., said. "I'm not nervous. Obama's got this."
Even though Azcona voted against Rangel, she remained solidly Democratic in her presidential choice.
"My man is Obama," she said, breaking into a wide grin.
news@columbiaspectator.com
2014-10-11T17:20:02Z
Incumbents Rep. Charles Rangel and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, CC '69, earned the Broadway Democrats club's endorsements Thursday night. For Rangel, it's a sign that there is still strong support in the neighborhood for the 83-year-old, 22-term congressman.
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2014-08-24T13:34:56Z
In today's paper, Jillian Kumagai reports that New York's redistricting plan has resulted in new congressional district boundaries---meaning that Rep. Charles Rangel will no longer be our representative:
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2014-08-08T08:01:17Z
Federal, state, and city officials joined local activists Saturday to protest the controversial residential development planned on the north plot of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine's campus.
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2014-03-18T11:00:03Z
Ever wanted to ask a question to an Upper West Side politician? Thanks to a new website, local residents can now do just that.
2013-10-19T02:58:02Z
Morningside Heights' congressman, Jerrold Nadler, CC '69, will travel to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday to hear the oral arguments in the case to overturn the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act.
Nadler served as the lead House sponsor of the Respect for Marriage Act to overturn the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act and helped file the congressional amicus brief on behalf of plaintiff Edie Windsor, his constituent.
In 2009, Windsor was forced to pay more than $363,000 in federal estate taxes when her partner of more than 40 years, Thea Spyer, died, because their marriage was not legally recognized due to DOMA. Spyer and Windsor had wed in 2007 in Canada.
"I am thrilled to be able to take part in this historic day and to support my constituent," Nadler said in a statement Tuesday. "Having the government add to Edie's heartbreak and stress by treating her wife—a woman with whom she had spent nearly half a century—as a complete stranger is shameful."
Upper West Side leaders have lauded Nadler's involvement in the case.
"I expect nothing less from my congressman," Daniel Marks Cohen, a State Democratic Committee member on the Upper West Side, said. "He is representing his constituents well."
City Council candidate Marc Landis called DOMA "an oppressive act that added insult to injury" and praised Nadler's effort.
"Congressman Nadler's efforts are incredibly important because the kinds of questions that DOMA raises are kinds of questions that no one should have to face," he said.
Nick Prigo, an Upper West Side Democratic district leader, said, "As a progressive Upper West Side Democrat, I'm proud that it is our own Congressman Nadler that is leading the way in the repeal of DOMA."
Christian Zhang contributed reporting.
Correction: An earlier version of this story identified Cohen as a Democratic district leader. He is actually a State Democratic Committee member. Spectator regrets the error.
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... Nadler served as the lead House sponsor of the Respect for Marriage Act to overturn the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act and helped file the congressional amicus brief on behalf of plaintiff Edie Windsor, his constituent.
In 2009, Windsor was forced to pay more than $363,000 in federal estate taxes when her partner of more than 40 years, Thea Spyer, died, because their marriage was not legally recognized due to DOMA. Spyer and Windsor had wed in 2007 in Canada.
"I am thrilled to be able to take part in this historic day and to support my constituent," Nadler said in a statement Tuesday. "Having the government add to Edie's heartbreak and stress by treating her wife—a woman with whom she had spent nearly half a century—as a complete stranger is shameful."
Upper West Side leaders have lauded Nadler's involvement in the case.
"I expect nothing less from my congressman," Daniel Marks Cohen, a State Democratic Committee member on the Upper West Side, said. "He is representing his constituents well."
City Council candidate Marc Landis called DOMA "an oppressive act that added insult to injury" and praised Nadler's effort.
"Congressman Nadler's efforts are incredibly important because the kinds of questions that DOMA raises are kinds of questions that no one should have to face," he said.
Nick Prigo, an Upper West Side Democratic district leader, said, "As a progressive Upper West Side Democrat, I'm proud that it is our own Congressman Nadler that is leading the way in the repeal of DOMA."
Christian Zhang contributed reporting.
Correction: An earlier version of this story identified Cohen as a Democratic district leader. He is actually a State Democratic Committee member. Spectator regrets the error.
eva.kalikoff@columbiaspectator.com | @EvaKalikoff
2013-10-19T02:28:02Z
Congressman Jerrold Nadler discussed last week's Republican budget proposal and State Senate redistricting in a rare appearance at a Community Board 7 meeting Tuesday night.
Nadler, CC '69, who represents much of Manhattan's West Side and parts of Brooklyn, took a hard line against Republicans in Washington, D.C. and Albany. CB7 halted its meeting for Nadler, who spoke to about 75 mostly supportive attendees and board members.
Nadler criticized the budget proposal which Republicans in the House of Representatives passed last week with no Democratic votes as "huge tax cuts not balanced by unspecified loopholes."
"What you haven't read is that the degree of cutting spending is incredible," Nadler said. "When I say cutting spending, I mean everything you can think of."
"This budget, over a couple of decades—I mean this is the blueprint—would reduce the federal discretionary budget to about 3.5 percent of the GDP. It's now 12.5 percent," he added. "If we pass anything like it, it will drastically reduce what people depend on from government."
Nadler also attacked the Republicans' proposed multi-year transportation funding bill. Nadler called the bill—which includes a 35 percent reduction in transportation funding, and which he said chips away at environmental impact regulations—very partisan.
Last week, Congress passed a stopgap bill that extended transportation funding for 90 days due to deadlock on the multi-year bill.
"Transportation was always the one bipartisan area in Congress," Nadler said. "That was true whether the Republicans or Democrats were in control."
But Nadler predicted that House Republicans would need Democratic support for their final transportation bill because some Republicans have opposed any federal transportation funding, arguing that it should be left entirely to the states.
"That's a debate that was held between Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay in the 1830s," Nadler said. "And Henry Clay won that debate."
Turning his attention from Washington to Albany, Nadler also attacked the new lines for State Senate districts that the body passed last month, calling them "absurd."
"They're very artfully gerrymandered by Republicans for Republican purposes," Nadler said. "Some of the gerrymanders don't have a real purpose—they just make it difficult for anyone to represent the district."
The Manhattan Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit later this week, with plaintiffs alleging that the Senate lines are unconstitutional.
"From a legal point of view, this is very interesting," Nadler said. "There's a reasonable chance the Senate lines will be thrown out and the court will redraw them."
As a result of national Congressional redistricting last month, Nadler's district gained more of the Upper West Side and Morningside Heights. Nadler, who was first elected as a democratic district leader on the northern end of the Upper West Side and later represented the neighborhood in the State Assembly, said he was "glad to be getting back to the 90s and higher."
casey.tolan@columbiaspectator.com
... Nadler, CC '69, who represents much of Manhattan's West Side and parts of Brooklyn, took a hard line against Republicans in Washington, D.C. and Albany. CB7 halted its meeting for Nadler, who spoke to about 75 mostly supportive attendees and board members.
Nadler criticized the budget proposal which Republicans in the House of Representatives passed last week with no Democratic votes as "huge tax cuts not balanced by unspecified loopholes."
"What you haven't read is that the degree of cutting spending is incredible," Nadler said. "When I say cutting spending, I mean everything you can think of."
"This budget, over a couple of decades—I mean this is the blueprint—would reduce the federal discretionary budget to about 3.5 percent of the GDP. It's now 12.5 percent," he added. "If we pass anything like it, it will drastically reduce what people depend on from government."
Nadler also attacked the Republicans' proposed multi-year transportation funding bill. Nadler called the bill—which includes a 35 percent reduction in transportation funding, and which he said chips away at environmental impact regulations—very partisan.
Last week, Congress passed a stopgap bill that extended transportation funding for 90 days due to deadlock on the multi-year bill.
"Transportation was always the one bipartisan area in Congress," Nadler said. "That was true whether the Republicans or Democrats were in control."
But Nadler predicted that House Republicans would need Democratic support for their final transportation bill because some Republicans have opposed any federal transportation funding, arguing that it should be left entirely to the states.
"That's a debate that was held between Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay in the 1830s," Nadler said. "And Henry Clay won that debate."
Turning his attention from Washington to Albany, Nadler also attacked the new lines for State Senate districts that the body passed last month, calling them "absurd."
"They're very artfully gerrymandered by Republicans for Republican purposes," Nadler said. "Some of the gerrymanders don't have a real purpose—they just make it difficult for anyone to represent the district."
The Manhattan Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit later this week, with plaintiffs alleging that the Senate lines are unconstitutional.
"From a legal point of view, this is very interesting," Nadler said. "There's a reasonable chance the Senate lines will be thrown out and the court will redraw them."
As a result of national Congressional redistricting last month, Nadler's district gained more of the Upper West Side and Morningside Heights. Nadler, who was first elected as a democratic district leader on the northern end of the Upper West Side and later represented the neighborhood in the State Assembly, said he was "glad to be getting back to the 90s and higher."
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