President Joe Biden will nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, according to a tweet from the POTUS account Friday morning. This selection will make Jackson the first Black woman to be nominated to the nation’s highest court.
“I’m proud to announce that I am nominating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court,” Biden said in the tweet. “Currently serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C....read more ››
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s gubernatorial campaign gained a huge boost Thursday afternoon as she secured the state Democratic Party’s formal backing in its nominating convention.
Hochul won the party’s endorsement handily, receiving nearly 86 percent of the vote from its more than 400 committee members. Due to the convention’s rules, Hochul is automatically on the ballot for receiving over 25 percent of the vote and the party’s designee going...read more ››
Black History Month has its roots in 1926, when the organization now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (asalh.org) initiated the first "Negro History Week," according to the Library of Congress. In 1975, President Gerald Ford issued a message on the observance of Black History Week, and in 1976, ASALH expanded the observance to the month of February. Since then, U.S. presidents and Congress have...read more ››
2022 THEME
2022- Black Health and Wellness
The theme for 2022 focuses on the importance of Black Health and Wellness. This theme acknowledges the legacy of not only Black scholars and medical practitioners in Western medicine, but also other ways of knowing (e.g., birthworkers, doulas, midwives, naturopaths, herbalists, etc.) throughout the African Diaspora. The 2022 theme considers activities, rituals and initiatives that Black...read more ››
Today is Martin Luther King Day and a perfect time to ask County Executive Bellone where he stands. He needs to sign the Redistricting bill that the legislature and many of us supported that creates more of an opportunity for diverse representation in our county. He should sign it today, on Martin Luther King Day as a matter of fact!!!
County Executive Bellone needs to stand with the NAACP and our allies and not forget – like Laura...read more ››
Chad Lupinacci, elected Huntington Town supervisor in 2017, didn't make it to this Election Day ballot. Lupinacci is finishing his term, politically derailed by personal controversy, after a longtime aide accused him of sexual misconduct.
The result is an open race among the Republican, Deputy Supervisor Edmund J. Smyth; Democrat Rebecca L. Sanin, who’s president and chief executive of the Health and Welfare Council of Long Island; and...read more ››
ALBANY — Early voting, which will include weekend and evening hours, begins Saturday and extends through Oct. 31 at select polling sites in counties statewide.
Voters will be able to cast ballots on local races and on five statewide ballot proposals.
Here's how to participate in the increasingly popular method of casting ballots for the Nov. 2 election:
In Suffolk County, early voting begins Saturday and Sunday with polls...read more ››
REBECCA L. SANIN
Democratic
BACKGROUND:
Sanin, 42, lives in Huntington Station. She is also running on the Working Families Party line. She is president and CEO of Health and Welfare Council of Long Island, and a former Suffolk County assistant deputy county executive.
Sanin has focused on building environments of "continuous" improvement, including securing federal investments for Long Island, and playing a hands-...read more ››
TOWN OF HUNTINGTON, NY — Town of Huntington residents are gearing up to head to the polls for Election Day on Nov. 2, where they will be voting on the Huntington Town Council. Democratic challenger Jennifer Hebert is running against fellow Democrat Joseph Schramm Jr. and Republicans Dave Bennardo and Salvatore Ferro.
Patch reached out to all candidates to hear where they stand on important issues affecting the community.
Here...read more ››
9/11: 20 years later
This Sept. 11 will mark the 20th anniversary of the tragic attacks on the World Trade Center that claimed nearly 3,000 American lives. This week I am proud to welcome my colleague, Legis. Tom Donnelly, retired decorated FDNY lieutenant, a 37-year volunteer member of the Deer Park Fire Department and chair of the Public Safety Committee, to share his reflections and personal experience on this significant...read more ››
