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Rev. Al Sharpton

Al Sharpton (credit: AP)

Sharpton To Headline NAACP Education Rally

Tuesday evening, Rev. Al Sharpton will be coming to Norwalk to rally support for a homeless woman who is facing criminal charges because she sent her child to a school in a district where she did not reside.

2011/06/07

Controversial billboard on Sixth Ave and Watts St (Photo/Juliet Papa)

Girl’s Mom Sues Over ‘Defamatory’ SoHo Anti-Abortion Billboard

Tricia Fraser filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Texas-based group Life Always, which put up the billboard earlier this year before it was taken down.

2011/04/26

Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., center, the only Muslin in Congress, becomes emotional as he testifies before the House Homeland Security Committee on the extent of the radicalization of American Muslims, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Muslim Congressman Breaks Down At Radicalization Hearing

Rep. Peter King’s hearings took an emotional turn when Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, tried to speak of the heroism and patriotism of Mohamad Salman Hamdani, a New York City EMT who died on 9/11.

2011/03/10

Rep. Peter King  (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Rep. King: Islamic Radicalization Hearings Will Be Fair

“The reasons the hearings are focusing on the Muslim community, the president’s own national security advisor said al Qaeda is attempting to radicalize the Muslim-American community,” King said.

2011/03/09

Rep. Peter King  (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Interfaith Rally Protests Rep. King’s Hearings On US Muslims

A coalition of over 100 interfaith, nonprofit and governmental organizations plans to rally in New York City against a planned congressional hearing on Muslims’ role in homegrown terrorism.

2011/03/06

Handguns

New Yorkers March, Rally In Effort To Stop Gun Violence

The smiling faces of loved ones lost to gun violence decorated signs, shirts and buttons as the crowd marched to Times Square.

2011/02/27

Al Sharpton (credit: AP)

NY Leaders Meet Sharpton To Mark King Holiday

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Gov. Andrew Cuomo were among those scheduled to participate in Sharpton’s annual event at held at his National Action Network headquarters in Harlem.

2011/01/17

Al Sharpton (credit: AP)

Sharpton Announces Book Deal, Capital Plan

The working title is “Mountain Highs and Valley Lows” and additional details are scheduled to be announced later this month.

2011/01/03

(Photo/Edward Reed, nyc.gov)

Mayor Wants Overhaul Of Juvenile Justice System

“The current system is not helping our kids. It isn’t helping tax payers and it isn’t helping public safety,” Mayor Bloomberg said.

2010/12/21

Rev. Al Sharpton (L-Getty Images), Commissioner Ray Kelly (R-Getty Images)

Sharpton, NYPD Team Up To Get Guns Off Streets

Sharpton and police Commissioner Ray Kelly on Friday announced they would host a summit on gun violence in December.

2010/11/19

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