 | Olean CSEA attendind Olean Common Council Meeting Olean CSEA 6202 attends City Of Olean Common Council meeting to show thier support for a contract http://www.oleancsea6202.com |
 | Oneida Common Council, November 25, 2008 Oneida New York Common Council meeting on Novmber 25, 2008 regarding a petition to oppose purchase of former Herb Philipson's store |
 | SCANNER AUDIO - NYPD POLICE SHOOT-OUT !! - The New York City Police Department was established in May 1845, which along with the Boston Police Department, was among the first modern police forces in the United States. At the time, New York City's population of 320,000 was served by an archaic force, consisting of one night watch, one hundred city marshals, thirty-one constables, and fifty-one police officers. Peter Cooper, at request of the Common Council, drew up a proposal to create a police force of 1,200 officers. John Watts de Peyster was an early advocate of implementing military style discipline and organization to the force.The state legislature approved the proposal which authorized creation of a police force on May 7, 1844, along with abolition of the nightwatch system. Under Mayor William Havemeyer, the NYPD was reorganized on May 13, 1845, with the city divided into three districts, with courts, magistrates, and clerks, and station houses set up. The NYPD was closely modeled after the Metropolitan Police Service in London, which in turn used a military-like organizational structure, with rank and order. In 1857, a new Metropolitan police force was established and the Municipal police abolished. The Metropolitan police bill consolidated the police in New York, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Westchester County (which then included The Bronx), under a governor-appointed board of commissioners. Mayor Fernando Wood and the Municipals, unwilling to be abolished, resisted for several months. Throughout the years, the NYPD has been involved with a number of riots in New York City. In July 1863, the New York State Militias were absent to aid Union troops, when the 1863 Draft Riots broke out, leaving the police who were outnumbered to quell the riots. The Tompkins Square Riot occurred on January 13, 1874 when police crushed a demonstration involving thousands of unemployed in Tompkins Square Park.Newspapers, including The New York Times, covered numerous cases of police brutality during the latter part of the 19th century. Cases often involved officers beating suspects and persons, using clubs, who were drunk or rowdy, posed a challenge to officers' authority, or refused to move along down the street. Most cases of police brutality occurred in poor immigrant neighborhood, including Five Points, the Lower East Side, and Tenderloin. Beginning in the 1870s, politics and corruption of Tammany Hall, a political machine supported by Irish immigrants infiltrated the NYPD, which was used as political tool, with positions awarded by politicians to loyalists. Many officers and leaders in the police department took bribes from local businesses, overlooking things like illegal liquor sales. Police also served political purposes such as manning polling places, where they would turn a blind eye to ballot box stuffing and other acts of fraud. The Lexow Committee was established in 1894 to investigate corruption in the police department. The committee made reform recommendations, including the suggestion that the police department adopt a civil service system. Around the turn of the century, the NYPD began to professionalize under leadership of then Police Commissioner, Theodore Roosevelt. The NYPD also began to emphasize training, and took advantage of technological innovations such as fingerprinting. The economic downturn of the 1970s led to some extremely difficult times for the city. The Bronx, in particular, was plagued by arson, and an atmosphere of lawlessness permeated the city. In addition, the city's financial crisis led to a hiring freeze on all city departments, including the NYPD, from 1976 to 1980. This was followed by the crack epidemic of the late 1980s and early 1990s that was one factor that caused the city's homicide rate to soar to an all-time high. By 1990, New York set a record of 2,262 murders, a record that has yet to be broken by any US major city. Petty thefts associated with drug addiction were also increasingly common. |
 | Common Council Caucus 12/1/2008 Kingston, New York |
 | MELLO TESTA FOR UTICA COMMON COUNCIL PRESIDENT. FAMILY Please vote for Mello Testa for Utica Common Council President on Tuesday November 6, 2007. For more info on Mello's accomplishments, endorsements, political resume, contact info, and much more please visit http://mellotesta.com/ |
 | Roswell Rudd & Li Xiaofeng "The STARTLE of Something New!" Roswell Rudd, jazz trombonist, and Peking Opera singer/actor/writer Li Xiaofeng met for the first time in Xian, China. Li did a command performance for Roswell and Roswell reciprocated. Roswell and Li suddenly were into it together and want to continue to explore whatever it is. Roswell worked off Li's energy and pure emotional content since they do not share a common spoken language. Liu Sola, one of China's great composer/singers put them in contact with each other. Filmed by Verna Gillis With support from the Asian Cultural Council in New York httt://www.roswellrudd.com filmed by Verna Gillis in Xian in May, 2007 |
 | NYC Council Webcasting Hearing 10/29/08 Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - Council Member Gale A. Brewer (D-Manhattan), Chair of the NYC Council Technology in Government Committee held a hearing regarding Introduction 533-A which amends the City Charter to require that all public meetings be webcast. Council Member Brewer has been examining the benefits of webcasting since 2006, but efforts to require the City to move forward with webcasting of public meetings gathered new attention after former Governor Spitzer issued his Executive Order 3 in 2007, 'Promotion of Public Access to Government Decisionmaking.' The Executive Order requires all state agencies and authorities to webcast their public meetings. Nearly six years ago, the Council developed a pilot program to stream and archive stated Council meetings with the goal of creating a more open, efficient, and effective government. Currently, one can only view Council proceedings through NYC-TVs Channel 74 (Council 51). While Channel 74 covers certain City Council hearings and meetings, it does not offer the flexibility and accessibility that web enabled on demand video would provide. Intro 533-A has been revisited to analyze the benefits of webcasting and archiving Council meetings in order for New York City residents and all other interested parties to watch the proceedings. Intro 533-A requires all New York City Council committee hearings, stated meetings, and public meetings of city agencies and their committees to be broadcast digitally on the web. Furthermore, the broadcasts shall be archived and made accessible to the public on the citys website for not less than one year from the date of the original broadcast. Witnesses (w/timecodes) 00:04:18 Paul Cosgrave - Comissioner, DoITT 00:20:10 Christopher Long - DoITT 00:32:18 Robert Feldman - Total Webcasting 00:05:12 Chris Rynders - Granicus Inc. 01:16:19 Susan Lerner - Common Cause / NY 01:21:19 Rachael Fauss - Citizen's Union 01:24:51 Joshua Breitbart - People's Production House 01:32:29 Joly MacFie - ISOC-NY 01:36:16 Kayza Kleinman - Jewish Community Council for Coney Island PUNKCAST1470 |
 | Will the Youth Vote Matter? Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/22/The_Youth_Vote_and_the_2008_Election Youth vote activist Justin Rockefeller examines the impact of new technologies on younger voters, and argues that new levels of participation among this demographic may have positive benefits for Barack Obama's Presidential campaign. ----- On July 22nd 2008, The Century Foundation (TCF) hosted the second installment in its summer 2008 public policy lunch series for New York City interns with a forum, "The Incredible Youth Vote: Will the Youth Vote Have the Strength to Decide the 2008 Presidential Election?" TCF gathered a panel of experts to lead an interactive discussion with nearly 100 young people from the NYC area on the potential political power of the youth vote, and the various legal and social factors that election year after election year keep this demographic of voters from actively engaging in the political process. Forum speakers included, Tova Wang, Vice President of Research for Common Cause and Democracy Fellow at The Century Foundation; Justin Rockefeller, Co-founder and National Program Director of GenerationEngage, Maya Enista, Chief Executive Officer of Mobilize.org, Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director of the Pew Hispanic Center; and Ben Adler, Staff Writer for Politico - The Century Foundation Justin Rockefeller is co-founder and national program director of GenerationEngage (www.GenerationEngage.org), a nonpartisan youth-civic-engagement initiative that connects young Americans particularly those who fall outside the boundaries of university campuses to one another, to political leaders, and to other civic organizations. He has received, on behalf of GenerationEngage, two awards: the 2007 Common Cause Andrew Heiskell Youth Democracy in Action Award, and the 2008 Edwin Powell Hubble Medal of Initiative. He serves on the boards of The Alliance for the Arts, Population Council, Japan Society, and the Rockefeller Family Fund, and was appointed by the governor to the New York State Commission on National and Community Service. In addition, he serves on the National Leadership Council of GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network), on the Executive Committee of The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, and on the advisory boards of America Forward and Children for Children. |
 | Dr. John P. Morgan - Air date: 04-16-01 Dr. John P. Morgan was a physician and professor of pharmacology at the City University of New York Medical School. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of medicine in 1965. Following training in internal medicine (at Syracuse) and clinical pharmacology (at John Hopkins University and the University of Rochester), he began a career in academic pharmacology and medicine at the University of Rochester. He began his position at City College in 1977, where his teaching included the topics of pharmacology, clinical pharmacology and drug policy. His book, Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts (The Lindesmith Center, New York, 1997) reviews the latest scientific and medical research and debunks the common marijuana myths. Dr. Morgan published approximately 100 articles, book chapters and books, largely focused on the clinical pharmacology of psychoactive drugs. His research and writing involved issues such as urine testing in the American workplace, medical marijuana, the socio-pharmacology of crack-cocaine, alcohol prevalence during national prohibition, and physician prescribing practices. Dr. Morgan was a member of numerous professional associations, including the American Society of Addiction Medicine, the American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and the American Council on Science and Health, and he served on the advisory board of the Drug Policy Alliance. NORML expresses its sincere condolences to the friends and family of John P. Morgan, MD, and recognizes his service to NORML's Board of Directors (1996-2005) and NORML's Advisory Board (2005-2008). |
 | Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum, 2008 (English version) 2-4 June, 2008, Bonn, Germany Television Spot,Television Trailer, international broadcaster, journalism, intercultural dialogue. Latest News: Already more than 400 registered participants! So, hurry up! The Global Media Forum will bring together around 800 renowned representatives from the fields of media and politics, culture and economics, peace building and science who want to shape new solutions for peace and conflict prevention. Main topics are: Worldwide deployment-- what can and must Europe do to prevent conflicts? Crisis prevention via media intervention Crouching tiger, hidden dragon - economic development, political stability and the role of the media in Asia How can the truth survive? In Africa journalists are often caught between the fronts Reading between the lies - perception and prejudice in the Middle East Many international organizations are actively supporting the Global Media Forum. KAS, GTZ, BICC, InWent, FOME, CPJ/New York, Reporters Without Borders Berlin/Paris, IPI/Vienna, AMIC/Singapore, ABU/Kuala Lumpur, AIBD/Kuala Lumpur, UNHCR/Geneva, DART Center Cologne/London, Search for Common Ground/Washington, the Academy for Communication and Information of the German Army, UN Peacebuilding Support Office/New York, IFJ/Brussels, INSI/London, ... Some of the invited or confirmed keynote speakers/experts include: Dr. Shirin Ebadi, Peace Nobel Laureate, Iran, Angelina Jolie, Goodwill Ambassador to the UNHCR (tbc), Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. Dimitrij Rupel, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, President of the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council, Rama Yade, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights, France (tbc), Andreas Krautscheid, Minister for Federal Affairs, Europe and Media of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Sondhi Limthongkul, CEO Manager Group, Thailand, Dan Austin, Director, Voice of America, ... The Deutsche Welle Academy organizes on Tuesday, June 3rd, a one day symposium on the theme of Journalistic training in conflict-related situations Dozens of speakers will deliberate on the following topics: Opportunities through education Quality Journalism: Journalistic training in conflict-related settings: challenges, trends and strategies Bonn Network: Enabling rapid action in conflict situations Media Diversity - Training for a digital world Impact on Peace and Conflict: What journalists and peacebuilding practitioners need to know about it Online registration for the GMF 2008 will be closed on May 28. A video trailer on the conference and a picture gallery are now available An international photo exhibition on the theme of "Child Soldiers" will be officially opened during the Global Media Forum Participants can register online at http://www.dw-gmf.de/conference_2008/314.php Press accreditation is only available via fax. The fax form can be downloaded as a PDF document at http://www.dw-gmf.de/download/Press_eng.pdf Please fax your press accreditation request along with a copy of valid press credentials to +49 (0)228 429 2140 For all other information on the conference and the full programme schedule: www.dw-world.de/globalmediaforum The event is sponsored by: Foundation for International Dialogue of the Savings Bank in Bonn, Federal Foreign Office, the State Government of North-Rhine Westfalia, DHL, City of Bonn, VT Communications and Blatzheim Networks Telecom, Cologne Conference Secretariat Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum Organisation: DW -- MEDIA SERVICES GmbH Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 3 53113 Bonn, Germany Phone: +49.228.429-2142 Fax: +49.228.429-2140 gmf@dw-world.de |
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