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NYPD Arrests Protestors For Obstructing Traffic On Closed Street

October 21, 2015 Keegan Stephen, www.photographyisnotacrime.com ,
By Keegan Stephen for PINAC - New York City Black Lives Matter activists took to the streets Monday night for Jeremy McDole, a 28-year-old disabled man who was shot & killed by four Wilmington Delaware police officers as he sat injured in his wheelchair last month. New York City police officers took to the streets as well to violate the protesters’ Constitutional rights to petition the government for redress of grievances. NYPD danced on the grave of the 4th Amendment too, arresting people for “Obstructing Vehicular Traffic” on a street they had closed to vehicular traffic.

Group Of NYC High Schools Ditched Most Regents Exams

October 17, 2015 Helen Zelon, www.villagevoice.com ,
By Helen Zelon for The Village Voice - Of all the students in New York City public high schools, about 60 percent end up with diplomas. And of those graduates, about 60 percent — roughly one in every three that start high school — eventually graduate from a four-year college. Those numbers are an improvement from the turn of the millennium, when only half of city high school students graduated, despite less stringent requirements. But one group of city schools routinely outstrips these less-than-lofty numbers. The 28 schools in the New York Performance Standards Consortium network boast graduation, college-going, and college retention rates that routinely top city, state, and national averages, with a student body that is as diverse in income and ethnicity as the city as a whole.

Indigenous Women Fulfilling Prophecy Of Eagle And Condor

October 17, 2015 Leila Salazar-López, www.amazonwatch.org ,
By Leila Salazar-López for Amazon Watch - On September 27th, I witnessed and participated in a ceremony of indigenous women leaders who gathered in Lanape territory in the East Meadow of Central Park, New York, in order to sign a historic Treaty in defense of Mother Earth. This is the first time that a Treaty has ever been signed between indigenous women of the North and South. Attendees included women from Abya Yala (North and South America), such as Casey Camp (Ponca Pa’tha’ta), Pennie Opal Plant (Yaqui, Choctaw, Cherokee), Crystal Lameman (Beaver Lake Cree), Patricia Gualinga (Kichwa de Sarayaku), Gloria Ushigua (Sapara) and Blanca Chancoso (Kichwa de Otavalo).

NYPD Officer Convicted Of Lying About Photographer’s Arrest

October 16, 2015 Brendan O'Connor, www.gawker.com ,
By Brendan O'Connor for Gawker - NYPD officer Michael Ackermann was convicted Thursday on a felony charge of falsifying a record to justify the 2012 arrest of a New York Times photographer in the Bronx, the New York Times reports. On August 4, 2012, according to the Times, the photographer, Robert Stolarik, was taking pictures of police arresting a young black woman in the Bronx for a story about the use of stop-and-frisk tactics in the 44th Precinct. Officer Michael Ackermann claimed that Stolarik—who had previously been arrested during Occupy Wall Street—had interfered with the arrest by repeatedly shoving the camera’s flash in his face: Stolarik was charged with obstructing government administration and resisting arrest.

FERC Gets An Earful From Sabal Trail Pipeline Opponents

October 5, 2015 Carlton Fletcher, www.albanyherald.com , ,
By Carlton Fletcher for The Albany Herald - ALBANY — The complaints offered by 34 opponents of the Sabal Trail pipeline — plus the one comment in support of the project — were duly noted Monday evening by representatives of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. They listened patiently, a stenographer taking down comments to make them part of the official record of the event, as citizen after citizen made one point resoundingly clear: None wanted the pipeline or its accompanying compressor station. “I am here tonight because I am my brother’s keeper,” Gladys Joyce Jordan Jones told the FERC representatives. “I am here because of the school children of this community. I’m here because the people of Indian Creek, the people of Willow Wood, the people of Countryside Village are afraid.

NY Opt Out Leaders Protest Phony Cuomo Commission

September 30, 2015 Diane Ravitch, www.dianeravitch.net ,
By Diane Ravitch - The New York State Allies for Public Education, representing more than 50 grassroots groups across the state, denounced Governor Cuomo’s commission to review and revise the Common Core standards and tests. Yet th Cuomo commission includes no parent who opted out, no early childhood educator, but many who served on Cuomo’s last, failed commission. NYSAPE describes the commission as”donor-driven,” chaired by the same banker who chaired the last Cuomo commission on standards and tests. Opt out leaders promise to refuse the tests next spring. “The Cuomo Commission consists of many members from his first unproductive Commission and will again be led by the same businessman, Richard Parsons, despite the public’s outcry for an educator-led process. . ."

Police Crackdown On Movement Cost NY $1.5 Million Over 4 Years

September 23, 2015 Aaron Morrison, www.ibtimes.com , ,
By Aaron Morrison in International Business Times - Paul Manheim strained Thursday to elicit excitement for a special occasion in Manhattan’s busy Financial District. “It’s our fourth birthday,” he told several passers-by, who didn't seem bothered by the low-key afternoon gathering. Manheim and other activists were expected to march Thursday night in celebration of the Occupy movement’s fourth anniversary at Zuccotti Park in New York City. The park was once the site of a two-month-long encampment staged by about 200 protesters whose anti-Wall Street message helped spawn similar groups around the world before it was driven out by city police. Four years ago, activists' calls for economic policy reforms that favor the 99 percent of Americans over the richest 1 percent started a national conversation about inequality. As some activists debate whether the movement harnessed immense media attention, it garnered real political influence.

Community Moves From Resistance To Focus On Solutions

August 24, 2015 Grassroots Big Splash, www.grassrootsbigsplash.com , ,
By Grassroots Big Splash - We started to not just focus on the environmental damages that fracking does and start trying to present solutions. In 2013 the events continued to support and provide a platform against fracking and dangerous LPG storage in nearby Seneca Lake. We wanted to offer solutions and education about how to remedy these problems as well. In the Summer of 2013 the Big Splash Sustainability Fair was born. A platform for renewable and sustainable business that was accessible to everyone. The events we transformed into two day, family oriented, solutions based activism. There were solar and wind exhibits, up-cycled jewelry and clothing, local and farm fresh food and produce. The two day events allowed people a little more of a get away and was a lot like sustainability summer camp. This is where we are today as well. We are growing and learning all of the time. Basically, we will continue to support local economy, the communities we visit and live in, and the environment.

Black Lives Matter Protesters Commemorate Michael Brown In NYC

August 11, 2015 Ashoka Jegroo, www.wagingnonviolence.org , , , , ,
By Ashoka Jegroo in Waging Non-Violence - Hundreds of protesters hit the streets of New York City, along with cities across the United States and overseas, for multiple actions on August 9 in memory of Michael Brown, who was killed one year ago in Ferguson, Missouri by police Officer Darren Wilson. Brown’s death at the hands of Wilson last year sparked riots, protests and the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement. To commemorate the death of Brown, multiple U.S. cities, including the town of Ferguson itself, held rallies and marches. Activists in New York City held three separate actions, ensuring that streets from downtown Brooklyn up to the Bronx would see protesters taking them over. And in addition to remembering Brown and the town of Ferguson, the protesters used the occasion to draw attention to the city’s police problems and other incidents of police violence against people of color since Brown’s death.

Not All Fracking Is Banned In New York

July 29, 2015 Scott Waldman, www.capitalnewyork.com , ,
By Scott Waldman in Capital New York - A proposal to use gelled propane instead of water in fracking has led to a rare bit of agreement between some environmental groups in New York and the natural gas industry: They agree it could be exempt from the state's current fracking ban. The state completed a fracking ban in late June, but proponents as well as opponents agree that the gelled propane proposal could expose loopholes in the state's prohibition. The state's final ban is on high-volume hydraulic fracturing, which uses large volumes of water mixed with sand and chemicals to create fractures in rock that release gas. The gelled propane proposal, for test wells on a hay and corn farm in Tioga County in the Southern Tier, uses liquefied petroleum gas and sand instead of water to split the rock. The propane is recaptured as a gas when it rises back to the surface.

NY Moves Toward $15 Minimum Wage For Fast Food Workers

July 23, 2015 Kevin Zeese, www.PopularResistance.org , , ,
By Kevin Zeese for Popular Resistance - The raising of the minimum wage in New York for fast food workers is a hard won victory of workers and their allies. As Huffington Post reported: "We did it," Jorel Ware, a member of Fight for $15 and a McDonald's worker from the Bronx, said at a press conference after the hearing. "The Fight for $15 has shown me what's possible when workers stick together." Of the wage board, Ware added, "I want to thank them for understanding what it's like to live in poverty." Under pressure from progressives, Cuomo ordered the state's labor commissioner to convene the wage board earlier this year and asked its members to determine an appropriate statewide wage for the fast-food industry. A press release from the Fight for $15 declared: "When the Board’s three members announced their $15 decision to a packed hearing in Lower Manhattan, workers erupted in cheers, chanting, “We work, we sweat, put $15 in our check.”

Eric Garner’s Death Remembered With A Week Of Actions

July 18, 2015 Ashoka Jegroo, www.wagingnonviolence.org , , , , , , ,
By Ashoka Jegroo in Waging Non-Violence - After a week of actions, Black Lives Matter activists in New York City are set to march today to commemorate Eric Garner, the Staten Island man who was killed by police last year on July 17. His death — along with that of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and the ensuing non-indictments of the police officers responsible in both incidents — sparked months of nationwide protests and the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement. Garner’s family recently accepted a $5.9 million settlement from the city, which Comptroller Scott Stringer noted was not an admission of liability. For Garner’s family though, the settlement is far from the end of the fight. “Don’t congratulate us,” Gwen Carr, Garner’s mother, told CNN. “This is not a victory. The victory will come when we get justice.”

Eric Garner Family Reaches Settlement Of $5.9 Million

July 13, 2015 Kelly McLaughlin, www.dailymail.co.uk , , , , , , ,
By Kelly McLaughlin in The Daily Mail - As the family of Eric Garner awaits closure a year after the father-of-six's untimely death, the police officer who put the 43-year-old in a fatal chokehold said that he can't wait to get back on the job. Though he's been stripped of his gun and is receiving death threats, 30-year-old Daniel Pantaleo wants to keep working for the New York City police, his lawyer said. 'The unbelievable part is this has not soured him one bit on doing law enforcement,' his lawyer Stuart London told the New York Daily News. 'It hasn't diminished his desire to help the citizens of this city.' Garner's widow, however, is enraged that there is even a possibility Pantaleo could get his job back.

Protest At Gov. Cuomo Fundraiser At Home Of Billionaire

July 13, 2015 Laura Weir, www.27east.com , ,
By Laura Weir in 27 East - Highway Behind the Pond in East Hampton was the scene of a large gathering on Saturday as hundreds of protesters were dropped off in busloads from New York City in an attempt to crash what was said to be a $5,000-a-plate fundraiser for Governor Andrew Cuomo at the lavish home of billionaire hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb. The Hedge Clippers, a group critical of the way money and politics collide, was joined for the protest by other progressive organizations, including Strong Economy for All Coalition, New York Communities for Change, Alliance for Quality Education, VOCAL-NY and Long Island Progressive Action Coalition.

‘Royally Screwed’: Activists Eviscerate Gov. Cuomo After Rent Laws Deal

June 29, 2015 Ross Barkan, www.observer.com , , , ,
By Ross Barkan in The Observer - Telling reporters that they were “royally screwed,” tenant activists and a Democratic city councilman blasted Gov. Andrew Cuomo today for failing to bolster rent regulations as much as they had hoped. Gathered outside Mr. Cuomo’s Midtown office, the activists from left-leaning groups including Make the Road New York, New York Communities for Change and Crown Heights Tenant Union called the Democratic governor a Republican, said he had done the equivalent of urinating on them, and even claimed he would be arrested before he sought re-election in 2018. “The deal that is about to be voted on is worse than the deal in 2011. They have done absolutely nothing to help tenants in New York City,” said Councilman Jumaane Williams, a Brooklyn Democrat and chair of the Council’s housing and buildings committee.
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