President Obama said that he hopes the long career of Congressman Charles Rangel will end in dignity. So do we. That means the congressman should step down, now, and avoid a public trial in the House. He has become an embarrassment to New York and a poster child for a Republican Party intent on Read More
Congressman Charles Rangel spent years preparing for the legislative role of a lifetime, that of chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. Through the late 1980s and into the 1990s, as his seniority grew, political observers in New York watched closely as Mr. Rangel moved closer to his goal. The Republican Congressional Read More
Representative Charles Rangel showed his teeth to another reporter who was interested in his “alleged violations” this morning at an event in Harlem. This time it was CBS 2 veteran and former Daily News City Hall bureau chief Marcia Kramer.
“Marci, you are such a professional,” said Mr. Rangel. “I don’t want to see Read More
Among the allegations against U.S. Representative Charles Rangel of Harlem is that he accepted shady discounts on four rent-stabilized apartments in Lenox Terrace, historically one of Harlem’s poshest addresses.
In 1968, the Times Magazine called the building, located at West 132-135th Streets between Lenox and Fifth Avenue and owned by the Olnick Organization, “Harlem’s Best Read More
“What are you talkin about? You just trying to make copy?” Charles Rangel shot back at Luke Russert after he asked if Mr. Rangel was woried about losing his job. “Well you’re young,” Mr. Rangel continued. “I guess you need to make a name for yourself” — that part is already taken care of— Read More
Five members of New York’s congressional delegation–along with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer–this morning called on the State Department to hold off on granting visas to members of the Gaza flotilla.
“It’s imperative that the State Department investigate anyone who was on that ship who applies for visa to Read More
Here is Chris Shelton of the CWA yesterday slamming Rep. Mike McMahon as “the Judas from Staten Island,” for voting against health care reform.
Rep. Charlie Rangel is looking on and laughing, but he later came to McMahon’s defense and said he’s sure fences would be mended.
But the vote may, counter intuitively, boost Read More
Rep. Mike McMahon was called “the Judas from Staten Island” by Communications Workers of America International Vice President Christopher Shelton, for voting against the health care reform bill.
Shelton and others, including Rep. Charlie Rangel and Nydia Velazquez, spoke at a rally on the City Hall steps to “celebrate” the passage of the controversial bill. Read More
Charlie Rangel told reporters he’s not thinking much about Harold Ford Jr.’s possible senate candidacy because, “Notwithstanding the press, it’s not on the political calendar, and there’s nobody here that can put it on the political calendar.”
Speaking outside the National Action Network headquarters in Harlem this afternoon, Rangel said he was supporting Kirsten Gillibrand Read More
