[[{“fid”:”348″,”view_mode”:”full”,”type”:”media”,”attributes”:{“height”:”333″,”width”:”630″,”style”:”width: 320px; height: 169px; border-width: 4px; border-style: solid; margin: 6px; float: left;”,”title”:”HJ- City Talk 3.11.13″,”class”:”media-element file-full”}}]] City Talk is CUNY TV's forum for politics and public affairs. City Talk presents lively discussion of New York City issues, with the people that help make this city function. City Talk is hosted by Professor Doug Muzzio, co-director […]

Washington’s renewed push for immigration reform comes fast on the heels of an election that positioned Latinos as the new deciders. But in all the post-election buzz and the Beltway’s bipartisan agreement that overhauling immigration is the best way to snag Latino votes, it’s easy to lose sight of the big picture. Immigration is, of course, […]

In the ongoing discussions about immigration Black immigrants continue to be largely unseen and unheard, scholars, activists and others say. But, the Congressional Black Caucus has vowed to ensure that Black immigrants are given a place in the current conversation. “Black immigrants have contributed a great deal to our economy and culture, and the Congressional […]

WASHINGTON –Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) issued the following statement today after House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan released this year’s version of the House Republican budget: “Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan released the 2014 Republican budget, “A Path to Prosperity: A Responsible, Balanced Approach.” Contrary to its title, the Ryan budget does not […]

Shortly after he formally took office, close to a thousand supporters turned up at the Pratt Institute to fete Congressman Hakeem Jeffries at a party billed as his district inauguration. In front of a packed crowd at Memorial Hall that included the most prominent Democrats in the crowded mayoral field, and with a few hundred […]

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On the day before the US Supreme Court was to hear a challenge to the 1965 Voting Rights Act, US Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus spoke out on the House floor to call on the country’s highest court to preserve the 48 year old law. Jeffries (D-East New York-Flatlands) […]

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A Brooklyn Congressman is defending his borough against comments made by the head of the National Rifle Association. In an editorial in the Daily Caller last Wednesday, Wayne LaPierre painted a hellish, crime-ridden picture of South Brooklyn after Hurricane Sandy, saying saying, “Looters ran wild in South Brooklyn. There was no food, water or electricity. […]

Brooklyn, NY – Today, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) released a letter recently sent to Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association, in response to his outrageous claims regarding the conditions of southern Brooklyn in the immediate aftermath of Superstorm Sandy: “Wayne LaPierre’s continued exercise of his First Amendment right to share baseless […]