Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with new_york www.salem-news.com 2013 Tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews assembled on New York City streets to protest against the existence of the State of Israel, and to condemn it's current "evil decree" to draft yeshiva students. The mass demonstration took place in Federal Plaza Square in lower Manhattan, where a huge platform had been set up for several hundred rabbis and leaders of communities. http://salem-news.com/articles/june182013/orthodox-jews.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june182013/orthodox-jews.php Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:00:00 PDT Should a public university be transformed into a corporate welfare project? That’s the key question surrounding “Tax-Free NY,” a new plan zealously promoted by New York State’s Democratic Governor, Andrew Cuomo, with nation-wide implications. http://salem-news.com/articles/june102013/suny-changes-lsw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june102013/suny-changes-lsw.php Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:03:00 PDT As one of only two Assemblymembers with a professional background in healthcare, I feel compelled to discuss my recent affirmative vote for A.6357. In a representative republic, such as ours, my voice and votes have been consistent with the values of my district. Voting on this bill last year was one of the most difficult decisions I have experienced as a legislator. http://salem-news.com/articles/june102013/katz-mmj-op-ed.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june102013/katz-mmj-op-ed.php Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:40:00 PDT News is spreading throughout the Big Apple state that a rather unpublicized medical cannabis (aka "Marihuana") bill went forward and was passed for the 4th time by an unofficial vote of 95-38 on Monday, June 3rd 2013. The bill will now go forward to the New York Senate for a final decision and be enacted into state law. http://salem-news.com/articles/june092013/new-york-mmj-jg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june092013/new-york-mmj-jg.php Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:09:00 PDT A sellout standing room only meeting in London on Tuesday April 30 heard experts on the 9/11 and 7/7 attacks, and their preliminary reaction to the official statements on the Boston bombings. This was one of the largest ever UK meetings to air doubts about the official 9/11 story and organisers say that the public's interest in finding out the real 9/11 story continues to grow... http://salem-news.com/articles/may022013/london-truth.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may022013/london-truth.php Thu, 02 May 2013 17:02:00 PDT We have finalised the speakers list for the April 30 meeting, it's a weekday evening in Conway Hall, central London. Given the usual refusal of the media to give us publicity, it vital that as many as possible help with distributing leaflets. http://salem-news.com/articles/march152013/london-truth.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march152013/london-truth.php Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:49:00 PDT An article from seven years ago on the questions behind what actually crashed into the Pentagon September 11th 2001, prompted a good deal of feedback on Salem-News.com. The main points, once clearly understood, are startling. It all comes down to contradictions in the official government story of the Pentagon attack. http://salem-news.com/articles/march142013/missing-plane-911-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march142013/missing-plane-911-tk.php Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:30:00 PDT I had a friend ask the other day if I'd heard about the strange circumstances behind the crash of the Boeing 757 jet into the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001. What he told me sent a chill down my spine, I almost wish I could have gone longer without knowing it. http://salem-news.com/articles/march132013/pentagon-question-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march132013/pentagon-question-tk.php Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:40:00 PDT Tony Rooke has persuaded the courts that the BBC must answer the allegation that, in covering up information on the 9/11 attacks, they are colluding with terrorism. Many truth activists are planning to attend the three hour hearing in front of a judge at Horsham magistrates court this Monday 25 February at 9.00am. http://salem-news.com/articles/february232013/911-bbc-ih.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february232013/911-bbc-ih.php Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:20:00 PST Bin Laden’s statements in this interview are markedly different from those made in the alleged Osama video tapes. In this interview, Osama bin Laden expresses his views regarding the loss of life on 9/11. http://salem-news.com/articles/january072013/bin-laden-interview.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january072013/bin-laden-interview.php Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:47:00 PST 2012 was the year that doubts over the official story of the 9/11 attacks finally became firmly established in the corporate media in the US. Skeptics in the Muslim world gained a new voice at governmental level with the call by President Morsi of Egypt for a new independent 9/11 investigation. In Italy Supreme Court President Francesco Imposimato said he would be petitioning the International Criminal Court to pursue an investigation into the possible involvement of rogue elements in Washington in the attacks. http://salem-news.com/articles/january072013/truth-advances-911-ih.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january072013/truth-advances-911-ih.php Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:38:00 PST Eleven years ago, this past September 11th, I was on the 42nd floor of Tower 2. I did temp work as an "office bitch" for some insurance company. I only started a few months earlier. http://salem-news.com/articles/january062013/surviving-911-db.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january062013/surviving-911-db.php Sun, 06 Jan 2013 23:08:00 PST Officials near Rochester, NY are trying to determine why a suspect lured a police officer and firefighters to an ambush where the men were shot to death. Ronald W. Nesbitt. the Webster, New York Supervisor, reports that, "A senseless violent act claimed the lives of two distinguished members of our community and sent two others to the hospital". He says early Christmas Eve morning, four members of the West Webster Fire Department responded to a house fire on Lake Road. http://salem-news.com/articles/december242012/firefighter-ambush.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december242012/firefighter-ambush.php Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:17:00 PST Svante Myrick, the mayor of Ithaca, NY, announced on Tuesday that he thinks it's time to legalize marijuana. The 25-year-old elected official's announcement comes one month after voters in Colorado and Washington strongly approved measures legalizing marijuana. http://salem-news.com/articles/december042012/ithica-marijuana.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december042012/ithica-marijuana.php Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:41:00 PST We’re okay. Power never went out. The damage in New Jersey and New York is severe, especially along the coastline. We’re a good 40 miles west of the coast. Whole communities on and near the coast are destroyed. Railroad cars were washed-up on the NJ turnpike. http://salem-news.com/articles/november022012/sandy-mark-ro.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november022012/sandy-mark-ro.php Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:38:00 PDT Hurricane Sandy-crippled NYC subway creaks back to life, neighboring New Jersey stunned by destruction. New York City moved closer to resuming its frenetic pace by getting back its vital subways Thursday, three days after a superstorm... http://salem-news.com/articles/november022012/sandy-aftermath-pk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november022012/sandy-aftermath-pk.php Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:26:00 PDT AccuWeather.com reports Hurricane Sandy may turn out to be the most expensive storm to hit the U.S. 15 states received damage and power outages affected over 8 million people -- yet the National Hurricane Center did not issue hurricane warnings north of North Carolina. http://salem-news.com/articles/november012012/bloomberg-sandy.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november012012/bloomberg-sandy.php Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:53:00 PDT Hustle, hustle--not so dandyComing ill winds of Ms SandyMay be blowy, quite insaneSpinning every weather vane.Water torrents, lots of floodingFields soaked and roads a-muddingBroken windows, watch them shatterRainfalls more than pitter-patter. http://salem-news.com/articles/november012012/sandys-landfall-cc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november012012/sandys-landfall-cc.php Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:13:00 PDT The Coast Guard rescued 14 people from life rafts in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras N.C., Monday. Sadly, two remain missing. http://salem-news.com/articles/october302012/coast-guard-rescue.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october302012/coast-guard-rescue.php Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:49:00 PDT AccuWeather.com reports an extremely rare and dangerous storm, "Sandy," is moving in from the Atlantic. Inundations have already occurred and will get worse into Monday night. According to Expert Senior Meteorologist Steve Wistar, "Sandy is unfolding as the Northeast's Katrina in terms of impact." http://salem-news.com/articles/october292012/sandy-unfolds.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october292012/sandy-unfolds.php Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:20:00 PDT Anti-Muslim posters in subway stations in New York and Washington, DC, have drawn muted reactions from Muslims, but Christian and Jewish organizations have countered with ad campaigns of their own. And a United States congressman even called for a boycott of the capital's metro system. http://salem-news.com/articles/october162012/subway-hate-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october162012/subway-hate-tk.php Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:06:00 PDT Rohingya Concern International (RCI) actively participated under the banner of Burma Task Force/New York in the demonstration held on September 27, 2012 while Burmese President Thein Sein was delivering a speech at Asia Society/NYC. In his speech RCI- President said that Rohingyas are bona fide citizens and an imdegenous people of Burma/Myanmar. http://salem-news.com/articles/october082012/burma-protest.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october082012/burma-protest.php Mon, 08 Oct 2012 11:29:00 PDT He was chased by an unmarked police car as he drove home. His tearful mother is demanding justice for her son. 'They are going to pay for this,' she said. 'We want justice.' The shooting, which occurred at 5:15 a.m., was the latest in a series of episodes in which police officers fatally shot or wounded civilians. http://salem-news.com/articles/october072012/we_did_not_find_a_weapon.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october072012/we_did_not_find_a_weapon.php Sun, 07 Oct 2012 10:59:00 PDT The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) has filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York challenging the New York Police Department’s use of sidewalk arrests. The group says persons are targeted for false arrest based on their association with or proximity to dissent and protest. http://salem-news.com/articles/september212012/occupy-arrests.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september212012/occupy-arrests.php Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:50:00 PDT An outspoken critic of the obesity epidemic is taking direct aim at New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg over his proposed ban on large-size soda drinks. It is an issue that the Board or Health will vote on today – saying it’s a clear overreach of government intervention and will do absolutely nothing in the fight against obesity. http://salem-news.com/articles/september132012/ny-soda-ban-ss.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september132012/ny-soda-ban-ss.php Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:11:00 PDT Uncomfortably buried in the New York Times today is an "opinion" piece with significant new revelations about the 9/11 attacks. (1) Journalist Kurt Eichenwald has obtained access to a series of top secret summer 2001 Presidential Briefings from the CIA to President Bush and apparently to the top CIA officials who authorised them. http://salem-news.com/articles/september112012/bish-cia-nytimes-ih.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september112012/bish-cia-nytimes-ih.php Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:29:00 PDT Author and Researcher Mark H. Gaffney leads the discussion on America’s new enemies. The attacks of September 11, 2001 are still traumatic for nearly every American, says Author Mark H. Gaffney, but nearly a decade of distance should help comprehend the events of that day better. http://salem-news.com/articles/september112012/talk-911.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september112012/talk-911.php Tue, 11 Sep 2012 01:19:00 PDT How many western soldiers want to stake their lives to capture global resources for corporations in which they would not have one red cent to share? Their life is not worth even a cent. When they die, the US and NATO bugle will blow; if they survive, they will beg. http://salem-news.com/articles/september102012/911-asia-as.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september102012/911-asia-as.php Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:22:00 PDT Its eleven years since the world changing events of 11 Sept 2001, used to justify wars abroad and erosion of civil liberties at home. http://salem-news.com/articles/september082012/eleven-years-after-ih.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september082012/eleven-years-after-ih.php Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:34:00 PDT It is not an everyday story, not by any means. Verla Benson of Salem, who is 62-years old, is rehearsing Sylvain Émard's Le Grand Continental. She has incredible support from family; one of whom is proclaimed as “one of the strongest, hottest contemporary dancers of his generation" by dance critic Lewis Segal. http://salem-news.com/articles/august312012/verla-benson-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august312012/verla-benson-tk.php Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:20:00 PDT