Brooklyn Electeds Flock to Obama Rally at City Hall

How many black elected officials from Brooklyn were at the rally for Barack Obama on the City Hall steps this afternoon?

Enough that State Senator Bill Perkins of Harlem muttered to himself at the podium, “Oh man, we’re going to have to mix this up a bit.” He then introduced state Senator Eric Adams–who’s from Read More

Obama Channels Haile Rivera

Bronx resident Haile Rivera is getting some more mileage out of his dinner with Barack Obama, courtesy of this three minute video the campaign just posted on their web site.

Rivera’s Dinner with Obama

Haile Rivera, a Bronx-based food bank employee, City Council aspirant andsupporter of Barack Obama, is back from a dinner in D.C. that the senator had with four low-dollar contributors.

Rivera seems to have been mesmerized by Obama, which I guess is bound to happen when you get to have dinner with a presidential candidate Read More

Haile’s Dinner Party Date with Obama

Barack Obama has selected 2009 City Council candidate Haile Rivera of the Bronx as one of the winners of his "Dinner with Barack" competition, the Obama campaign just announced.

"This dinner is about hearing from the everyday experts like Haile on how we can work together to change the problems like our broken education Read More