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Trump also blamed the crisis on Puerto Ricans and their stagnating infrastructure, echoing earlier tweets from September 30, when he said that Puerto Rican leaders want «everything done for them.»

The governor was joined in Puerto Rico by more than a dozen New York lawmakers and public health leaders who offered advice on how to restructure an economy burdened with $ 72 billion of debt that Puerto Rican leaders do not believe they will be able to repay.

That is not the only time that Puerto Rican leaders have come together to help the Dominican community with their political aspirations.

But even some New York Puerto Rican leaders say the decision to honor López Rivera was misguided.

In this fight, the Puerto Rican leaders have been very helpful and have tried to do everything possible to open doors to help Dominicans.

In a recent interview on the Perez Notes, Mr. Rangel's campaign manager, Moises Perez, claimed Puerto Rican leaders were unanimously backing his candidate.

Several key Puerto Rican leaders within the congressional district have already thrown their support to Rangel.

On June 29, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said that federal officials would work with Puerto Rican leaders to address financial challenges.

The parade was started in 1958 by Puerto Rican leaders in the city.

Puerto Rican leaders are embroiled in a sharp disagreement over whether the island commonwealth should continue to participate in the National Assessment of Educational Progress, an exam in which their students have struggled.

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There is also a heart - versus - mind paradox for Puerto Ricans, who are aware that years of mismanagement and corruption from their political leaders have brought them to this juncture.

I am truly honored to have earned the support of such dedicated leaders in New York's Puerto Rican community, and look forward to building on the work we've started.»

That is how activists, union leaders and New Yorkers of Puerto Rican heritage characterized the Financial Oversight Board during a rally in lower Manhattan on Mon..

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Earlier this week, Massey said for the first time that he won't participate in the June 11 Puerto Rican Day Parade for its inclusion of convicted felon Oscar Lopez Rivera, a leader of the FALN terrorist group during the 70s and 80s.

Brushing off Mayor de Blasio and other leaders who say López Rivera should not be honored at the Puerto Rican Day Parade, Mark - Viverito joined the former FALN militant as he was feted at an official parade reception Friday night at the New York Hilton in Midtown.

López Rivera served 35 years in prison for conspiracy to overthrow the US government as a leader of the FALN, a Puerto Rican nationalist group.

These are some of the Democrats already moving: Mr. Kaminsky, a former prosecutor who is rumored to be eyeing a run for Mr. Skelos» Senate seat; Mr. Kavanagh, the leader of the reform caucus that emerged during the speaker's race; Mr. Perry, the chairman of the powerful Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus; Mr. Mosley, who took on his seat from now - Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and almost got the Caucus nod Mr. Perry did; Marcos Crespo, new Bronx Democratic chairman and close friend of Mr. Heastie; Mr. Blake, a former Obama staffer from the resurgent Bronx; and Ms. Rozic, who at the time of her election was the youngest woman ever elected to the Assembly.

There is a new controversy over the Puerto Rican Day Parade's plan to honor a former leader of a group blamed for terror bombings in the 1970s.

So there is no reminder that at least if only for a short time Puerto Ricans or a Latino from Puerto Rico for a short time had the title of Senate Majority Leader.

A Nevada Senate candidate disinvited City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito from her fundraiser after learning the speaker supported clemency for the jailed leader of a violent Puerto Rican nationalist group, it was reported Wednesday.

Controversial onetime convicted terror leader Oscar Lopez Rivera may have declined the Puerto Rican Day Parade's «National Freedom Award,» but he was still at the head of the event Sunday — with the City Council speaker right by his side.

They have been at odds over the Puerto Rican Day Parade committee's decision to honor Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera, the one - time leader of a violent group behind more than 100 bombings across the U.S., including one that killed four people in Lower Manhattan in 1975.

On Tuesday, Joseph Connor stood outside the landmark, to denounce plans to honor the FALN's former leader, Oscar Lopez Rivera, at the Puerto Rican Day Parade on June 11.

Rangel, whose father is Puerto Rican, received a wave of endorsements from Hispanic leaders with Puerto Rican backgrounds, including Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., East Harlem Assemblyman Robert Rodriguez, and State Sen. Jose Serrano Jr..

MANHATTAN — A former leader of a group implicated in the 1975 bombing at Fraunces Tavern that killed four people will no longer be honored at this year's Puerto Rican Day Parade, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday.

According to Diaz, who chairs the Senate's Puerto Rican / Latino Caucus, Sampson has appointed Sen. Martin Malavé Dilan to serve as assistant minority leader for Senate Policy and Administration; Sen. José Peralta to serve as Senate Democratic Conference minority whip; and Sen. Adriano Espaillat, to serve as chair of Senate Minority Business Development and as the ranking member of the Senate Housing Committee.

The Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus today will call on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to include Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in the closed - door budget talks with the other legislative leaders.

There is a new controversy over the Puerto Rican Day Parade's plan to honor a former leader of a group blamed for terror bombings in the 1970s as a Republican candidate for mayor is demanding that Mayor Bill de Blasio bow out of the march.

You should know that the result of that race could have been completely different IF every single leader of the Dominican community would have joined the efforts of New York Puerto Ricans to get Linares elected.

Three more companies pulled out of the Puerto Rican Day Parade Tuesday because of its plan to honor a leader of the bloody FALN terrorist group.

There are many Puerto Rican entertainers, athletes and business leaders who have contributed greatly to our city and nation and would have been a more appropriate and less divisive choice,» she said.

If this rumor is true, as a Puerto Rican and a follower of the New Progressive Party (PNP) that sympathizes with the Statehood of Puerto Rico, I believe that it will be a great mistake for Governor Cuomo to travel to Puerto Rico and not meet with the leaders of the New Progressive Party and with the Federation of Mayors.

The Puerto Rican - born Espada has tried to paint his flip - flopping among political parties, which resulted in his being named majority leader, as a move to empower Latinos, but apparently their not seeing it that way.

Among those writing letters to hotel management are the eight - member state Senate Independent Democratic Conference, the leader of the mainline Democratic Conference, and the chairman of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus, a powerful voting bloc at the Capitol.

Local victims of bombings by the terror group FALN watched in disgust Sunday as one of the murderous organization's former leaders led Manhattan's Puerto Rican Day Parade — riding out in front as the guest of honor with his fist thrust defiantly in the air.

Controversial onetime convicted terror leader Oscar Lopez Rivera may have declined the Puerto Rican Day Parade's «National Freedom Award,» but he was still at the head of the event Sunday...

Serrano Silent on Oscar Lopez Rivera / National PR Parade Controversy New York's senior Puerto Rican elected official has been strangely silent about the drama surrounding the National Puerto Rican Parade's controversial selection of ex-FALN leader Oscar López Rivera for the first - ever «National -LSB-...]

Also at noon, members of the Puerto Rican community, activists, union leaders, and the Hedge Clippers, will rally against Trump because of his opposition to debt relief that would help 3.5 million Americans facing a humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico, Trump International Hotel and Tower, 1 Central Park W., Manhattan.

A Nevada Senate candidate disinvited NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito from her fundraiser after learning the speaker supported clemency for the jailed leader of a violent Puerto Rican nationalist group.

Also at noon, Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus members; Victor Dempsey, brother of Delrawn Small; Brooklyn NAACP; family members of victims of police shootings; and community leaders, react to the road rage shooting of Small and call for a partnership to effect immediate and meaningful criminal justice reform, corner of Atlantic Avenue and Bradford Street, Brooklyn.

He'll be marching in the Puerto Rican Day Parade, but Mayor de Blasio on Wednesday refused to say whether he supports organizers» decision to honor FALN leader Oscar Lopez Rivera.

The two statewide Democrats — not known for having an especially warm relationship — graced the stage at the Casita Maria Center in the impoverished Hunts Point - Longwood neighborhood alongside Bronx leaders like Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo, Assemblyman Marcos Crespo and Congressman Jose Serrano and Puerto Rican Gov. Alejandro Garcia - Padilla, and in front of an undulating ocean of union placards.

Though Monserrate and Espada were absent from Sunday's Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan, embattled Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (D - St.

The convicted felon was a leader of the Puerto Rican nationalist group Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional, or FALN, which claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings in the 1970s and»80s.

Former terror leader Oscar López Rivera will not be honored at this year's Puerto Rican Day parade, after the ex-FALN chieftain decided to turn down the award in the face of a widespread parade boycott.

The New York State Assembly Puerto Rican / Hispanic Task Force has held an annual conference here for 24 years, attracting lawmakers, lobbyists and labor leaders with 85 - degree weather, pristine beaches, and unparalleled networking opportunities.

Latino elected leaders joined liberal anti-charter school activists on the steps of City Hall to demand that Success Academy Charter Schools return an $ 8.5 million donation from hedge fund manager John Paulson because of his role in the Puerto Rican debt crisis — where the government is slashing education spending in a desperate effort to balance its books... [Click here to read more]

It's Sinatra Week on «American Idol,» Frank Jr. «s in town for «The Legacy of Sinatra Birthday Gala» and another Frank, Valli, just met Junior at Patsy's when he was inducted into Jersey's Hall of Fame... D. Paterson, all smiles, doing late - night Puerto Rican food churrasco, skirt steak with Sen. Majority Leader John Sampson on E. 57th.

When he arrived in Albany in 1997, there was tension between black and Hispanic legislators, dating to the 1985 mayoral campaign, when Harlem leaders refused to endorse Herman Badillo, who was Puerto Rican, and instead backed Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell Jr..