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The C'est Vrai : Week In Review is a newsletter of important political articles that are culled from the database that powers the C'est Vrai computer-assisted reporting Web app. Photo Illustration/Progress New York

December 2, 2018

C’est Vrai : Week In Review : 02 December 2018

C’est Vrai : Week In Review : Amazon.com lobbied the New York City Council for a procurement contract that, if won, may provide the online retail giant with more compensation. #AmazonHQ2

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November 4, 2018

As REBNY ramps up efforts to stop or gut SBJSA, two politicians renounce campaign donations from the real estate industry

Council Speaker Corey Johnson adopts a REBNY talking point, saying that the SBJSA must not be passed as-is, just as two prominent politicians renounce real estate donations.

When the Feds let Political Machines use smooth transitions of power to avoid accountability

Will the Queens Machine be able to avoid the consequences of a long of corruption, so long as it puts into effect a smooth transition of power to another Congressional lawmaker ? Photo Illustration/Progress New York

September 1, 2018

Some mob families have succession plans. So does the Queens Machine.

EDITORIAL : Any political transition of power that lends legitimacy to the ways that the Queens Machine has been allowed to corrupt democratic functions will fail to restore the public’s dwindling faith in Government institutions.

Rahm Emanuel notoriously used insider access as a way to enforce a centrist control over the idealistic political supporters of then-President Barack Obama (D). 2015-03-23 Rahm Emanuel, Gesticulating CC BY 2.0 Daniel X. O'Neil

July 23, 2018

Ocasio-Cortez team arranging private meetings with activists : sources

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign team are arranging private meetings with activists as she comes under fire for backtracking on issues, recalling the role of Rahm Emanuel in silencing critics for a former, once-progressive torch-bearer, Barack Obama.

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July 21, 2018

Despite Trump’s deportation machine and crisis over family separations, for-profit ICE jail in Queens goes overlooked

One way that the Queens Detention Facility could be put on the social agenda would be to make its closure an issue in the much-speculated maneuvering to succeed Richard Brown as Queens District Attorney.

June 18, 2018

Joe Crowley’s complicity in Apartheid Israel’s crimes : the Queens party boss finally faces a challenge to his shameful record on Palestine

EDITORIAL : U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley has not been held to account for his support for Apartheid Israel’s war crimes and crimes against humanity against the people of Palestine, until now : challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is bringing up the subject.

June 8, 2018

Before a primary challenge to Joseph Crowley, Board of Elections makes changes to voting in Queens — even after civil rights probes

In response to multiple questions about the activities of Joseph Crowley and the Queens Democratic Party county committee, including about its possible role in interfering with voting rights and elections and the way campaign money is raised, the office of U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue is remaining mum.