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by Clement Tan The director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs today exhorted Latino Americans to participate fully in the 2010 Census data collection, as Census forms begin to trickle into American homes this week. At an event......

I'VE NEVER BEEN interested in "Survivor," but the new, racist "Survivor" — that, I was psyched about. If "Battle of the Network Stars" made good TV, weekly competitions between poorly fed "tribes" of African Americans, whites, Asians and Latinos...

ALBANY N.Y. (WPIX) -- Governor David Paterson is expected to introduce legislation this week that will legalize same-sex marriage, according to a government source. If the bill passes, New York will be the fifth state to legalize gay marriage. As...

Jose Torres, a former light heavyweight world champion and Olympic silver medalist, died Monday of a heart attack at his home in Ponce, Puerto Rico, said his wife, Ramonita. He was 72. Torres won the light heavyweight title in 1965 by stopping Willie...

Breast cancer survivor and "cancer vixen" Marisa Acocella Marchetto is partnering with New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, American Cancer Society and St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan to launch a "No Breast Left Behind" campaign, which will...

Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke 11th Congressional District of New York Yvette D. Clarke is a Brooklyn native whose roots are firmly planted in her Jamaican heritage. A product of the New York City Public School System, Rep. Clarke received a...

NEW YORK (AP) - The New York City Council has approved Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal to change term-limits law, clearing the way for the billionaire independent to run for a third term. By a vote of 29-22, the council passed the bill that gives...

NEW YORK, N.Y. (WPIX) -- New York City's horse drawn carriages could soon be replaced by eco-friendly Model T replicas. That's one suggestion being discussed by the New York City Council anyway. Animal rights groups have fought for years to put an end...

The political backlash against the sorting of players on "Survivor" by race has begun. Members of the New York City Council's Black, Latino and Asian Caucus are calling on CBS, which airs the unscripted series, to dump "Survivor: Cook Islands," which...

Which was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion by a power player? 1) Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia), who compared GOP presidential tactics to those of segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace. 2) Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who said Barack Obama...

Now the phone lines are fully burning. With Gov. David A. Paterson having said he chatted with Caroline Kennedy about the U.S. Senate seat to be vacated by Secretary of State designee Hillary Rodham Clinton, Christine Quinn, Democratic speaker......

by Mark Silva President Barack Obama is "the urban president,'' a first in modern times, schooled in New York City, trained in community organization in Chicago, resident of the South Side. And now he has a director of urban affairs.......