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Staten Island District Voter Map Challenged in Court
October 27, 2025 / Staten Island Politics Government & Media NYC, Staten Island News NYC, Staten Buzz NYC.
A lawsuit, representing four Staten Island voters, was filed in court this week, challenging the current U.S. House of Representatives electoral district for Staten Island. The suit contends that Black and Latino voters are disenfranchised, as the voting district doesn't account for the recent influx of Black and Latino voters to Staten Island in recent years. Currently the district is represented by Nicole Malliotakis who is a Republican.
Staten Island Voting District for the U.S. House of Representatives Challenged in Court
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lawsuit-challenges-the-boundaries-of-the-only-gop-held-congressional-district-in-new-york-city/ar-AA1Pii3i?ocid=BingNewsSerp
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Your Health - Flu & CoVid Season is Here - You Don't have to be a Victim
Acting NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Michelle Morse Provides an Update on NYC Respiratory Diseases, the Updated Vaccines to Prevent them & Vaccine Access
October 22, 2025 / NYC Health, NYC Community Issues Schools News NYC, NYC News NYC, Gotham Buzz NYC.
Click this link to view a video of Acting NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Michelle Morse providing an update on flu, RSV and CoVid diseases, and the vaccines you can use to keep them at bay.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LHaBx2AaEouKbVoT3gyTauTB4EwL1JKm/view
In the talk video referenced above, there is also information about vaccine access for those who may not be able to afford vaccinations on their own, as NYC and NYS have allocated funds to reduce / remove financial barriers to those who wish to be vaccinated but may not be able to afford the shots. In the video they also mention the NYC Health Map link where visitors can find locations where they may obtain access to vaccines, made affordable or free for eligible applicants. But please call 311 to find out how to go about qualifying first. Click this link to view the NYC Health Map, which also includes quite a bit of other health related information.
The image above or at right shows that the respiratory illness season has begun, including CoVid 19, the Flue and RSV. Flu and RSV are on the rise - but from very low levels currently - while CoVid 19 has been declining. Generally things look good as of this posting.
https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/services/health-map.page
Flu, CoVid 19 & RSV in NYC - Currently Updated Chart of Data
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doh/respiratory-illness-data/index.html
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ICE Raid in Chinatown - Letitia James Opens Portal for ICE Complaints & Data
California Passes No Secret Police Law [aka no Masks by Law Enforcement] & Chicago Judge Mandates the Wearing of Body Cams by ICE Agents Operating in Chicago
October 22, 2025 / NYC Issues. Manhattan Community Issues Schools News NYC / Manhattan News NYC / Manhattan Buzz NYC.
On Tuesday, October 21, 2025 there was an ICE raid in Chinatown. Masked ICE agents arrested several street vendors allegedly selling counterfeit goods along Canal Street in Chinatown. ICE reported that several had police records, but this was not confirmed in the reports I read.
The photo above or at right, was taken earlier this year of goods being sold along Canal Street in Chinatown, not far from where the ICE raid took place this past week.
ICE Raid in Chinatown Sweeps Street Vendors
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/22/chinatown-ice-arrests-raid-counterfeiting-street-vendors/
A number of New Yorkers protested the raid which created a scene. In response to ICE's incursion into local law enforcement - as it is still unclear whether the vendors were here legally or illegally - was not aided nor done in tandem with the NYPD.
In order to ensure the protection of New Yorkers' rights, Attorney General [aka AG] Letitia James, set up a Federal Action Reporting Form so that people can notify the AG of actions by ICE agents of actions they believe may not be in compliance with NYS laws.
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2025/attorney-general-james-launches-portal-collect-photos-and-videos-ice-activity
NYS - Federal Action Reporting Form
https://ag.ny.gov/federal-actions-form
It's worth noting that the State of Californai has passed a No Secret Police Act that bans the wearing of masks by all law enforcement agents, unless there are extenuating circumstances. This seems a good law - as law enforcement agents should not ashamed to the work they do. And assuming they're doing their jobs properly - which is enforcing the law - they should be proud of the work they do, and so should the community.
California Passes a No Secret Police Act - Effective January 1, 2026
https://legalnewsfeed.com/2025/09/21/california-enacts-no-secret-police-act-to-ban-masked-law-enforcement-operations-by-2026/
And in Chicago, Illinois, a judge mandated that all ICE agents there, are now required to wear body cameras. This too seems a good idea, as it should protect the citizens of Chicago from unlawful use of force by ICE. And conversely, it should also protect the ICE agents by enabling them to demonstrate in court, that they followed the law.
Judge Orders ICE to Wear Body Cams in Chicago
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/federal-immigration-officers-in-chicago-area-will-be-required-to-wear-body-cameras-judge-says/ar-AA1OBwyV
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Local Republican Group Chat includes Racist, Sexist, Nazi-Supportive Texts
Vice President Vance Fails to Effectively Condemn Them, in a Manner Reminiscent of Trump's Response to Charlotteville in 2017, Instead Defending the Young Republicans as if Children, while Citing the Inexcusable Texts in 2022 by a Democratic Attorney General Candidate in Virgina
Mother Used to Tell me "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right"
It's Time for 'We, The People' to Lead by Example, as Current Electeds Do Not
October 15, 2025 / National Politics. NYC Politics Government & Media NYC, NYC News NYC, Gotham Buzz NYC.
Just over a week ago, the texts from a group chat of Young Republicans were released. They contained a number of racist, sexist remarks, with one of the participants even telling the group that he 'loved Hitler'. And there were NYC / NYS Republicans who participated in the group chat.
At right is a video of Donald Trump in 2013 telling the interviewer that a government shutdown is "tremendously negative mark on the president". Like most of the things he says, it was another meaningless remark, designed to suit his purposes at that time.
J.D. Vance response to this news wasn't impressive, as he dismissed the chat, comparing their indiscretion, to that of under age kids. This was reminiscent of Trump's response to the Charlottesville tragedy in 2017, wherein a number of Trump supporters openly expressed their support of the White Nationalist march in Charlottesville. At one of the events surrounding the march, one of the anti-march protesters was killed by one of the white nationalist supporters when he ran his car through a crowd. Trump's response to this incident was that, "... there are good people on both sides ...". While he may be right - that there are some good people on both sides - this skirts the issue of the violent behavior by one of the white nationalists, which resulted in someone's death.
Vance also skirted the issue of bad behavior, by pointing out, accurately, that in 2022 the current Virginia Democratic Attorney General candidate had texted something, to a Republican colleague, about putting two bullets into the body of someone he didn't like, instead of putting them into anyone else. This was also an incredibly stupid comment by a government official.
Nothing violent happened in connection with the texts by the Virginia AG candidate in 2022, nor in connection with the texts of the Young Republicans, which were recently discovered and publicized.
Doing the Right Things. My Mother used to tell me that two wrongs don't make a right, and I believe this statement to be generally - but possibly not always - true. I think we all - We, The People - need to do a better job of acting like adults, meaning calling out people when they make inappropriate comments as well as for inappropriate behaviors, since our 'leaders' aren't leading by example. In a democracy we all share some small part of the credit and blame, through our actions and inactions. Democracy is a conversation and a civilly negotiated compromise. Authoritarianism is "My way or the highway" and what anybody else thinks or does, doesn't matter.
Vice President J.D. Vance Reacts to Young Republicans' Racist, Sexist, Nazi-loving remarks
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/republican-hitler-group-chat-nazi-politico/
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