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City Councilman Proposes Allowing Non-Citizens To Vote In Local Elections

The measure sponsored by Queens councilman Daniel Dromm would allow legal non-citizen residents of New York City to vote in municipal elections. They would not be able to cast a ballot in state or federal elections.

2013/05/09

Stage 4 cancer patient Beverly McClain speaks in favor of legalizing medical use of marijuana in New York, April 25, 2013. (credit: Rich Lamb/WCBS 880)

New York State Lawmakers Push For Medical Marijuana Law

State Sen. Diane Savino said if enacted, New York would have the most highly regulated, tightly controlled medical marijuana law in the nation.

2013/04/25

Ejeris Dixon and City Council member Daniel Dromm speak to the media on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. (credit: Alex Silverman/WCBS 880)

NYPD: Recent Murders Of Gay Men Not Related, Different Suspects Involved

“It appears that the cases are not related with different suspects involved,” NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne told reporters Tuesday.

2013/02/12

Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens - Oct. 1, 2012 (credit: Peter Haskell / WCBS 880)

Queens Communities Concerned About Overdevelopment In Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

There are proposals to expand The U.S.T.A. National Tennis Center with two new stadiums, build a 25,000-seat professional soccer stadium, and build a mall – all in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.

2012/10/01

City Councilman Wants To Silence Ice Cream Trucks In Jackson Heights

According to a City Councilman Daniel Drumm, a staple of summer is giving the cold shoulder to peace and quiet in one Queens neighborhood.

2012/08/03

New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (file / credit: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Christine Quinn, Cast Of ‘Wicked’ Marches In Queens Pride Parade

The Queens Pride Parade & Multicultural Festival took place on 37th Street in Jackson Height on Sunday. Newlywed Christine Quinn marched in the parade, as did the cast of the hit Broadway show “Wicked.”

2012/06/03

Civil Liberties Groups Charge Over-Policing In NYC Schools

Numbers released by the New York Police Department show that about five public school students were arrested every school day during the last three months of 2011.

2012/02/22

Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicle. (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

City Council Investigates Allegations Of Abuse At Immigration Detention Centers

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio calls the treatment of immigrants held in city detention centers run by the Geo Group a ticking time bomb.

2011/12/13

Councilman Daniel Dromm with Jena Liang in Elmhurst on Nov. 2, 2011 (credit: Handout)

Daughter Of Missing Queens Woman Urges Police To Reopen Case

Nearly a decade ago, Jena Liang came home to her Elmhurst apartment to find her mother gone and blood stains on the floor and ceiling. Police records showed strong evidence of foul play but no body was ever found.

2011/11/02

Peter Shearer (L) and Dan Gallagher (R) (credit: CBS 2)

Proposals Follow Passage Of Marriage Equality Act

Dan Gallagher and Peter Shearer were dating for 14 years, but it took only 30 seconds to pop the question, in the middle of the New York Lesbian and Gay Pride Run no less.

2011/06/25

Colin Cunliffe, left, and Brewter Mccall, right, of Manhattan, celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York State outside the Stonewall Inn on Christopher St, Friday, June 24, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

New Yorkers Celebrate Same-Sex Marriage Legislation

Activists are calling it a major victory in civil rights as celebrations continue around New York City today after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a same-sex marriage bill into law.

2011/06/25

Parents, Community Leaders Upset With School Overcrowding in Queens

Parents of children in school districts 24 and 30 in say problems with overcrowding have gone too far.

2011/05/10

Gays Celebrate Repeal Of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

City Council Member Daniel Dromm, and openly gay veteran Denny Meyer held a news conference in Jackson Heights Saturday praising Congress for the repeal vote.

2010/12/18

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