Campaign News






01/19/2012

Our Time Press: Hakeem Jeffries enters 10th Congressional District race, by Kaia Zawadi

PolitickerNY: Jeffries Grabs Grocery Worker Union Endorsement, by David Freedlander

PolitickerNY: Where They Stand: NY-10 Candidates Weigh In On SOPA, by David Freedlander

Canarsie Courier: Jeffries To Run Against Towns For 10th Congressional Seat, by David Rybstein

01/16/2012

The New York Times – The Local Fort Greene/Clinton Hill: Jeffries vs. Towns: Clash of Titans or A Case of Ho-Hum?, by Joe Stepansky, CUNY J-School

Capital New York: Announcing his campaign, Hakeem Jeffries talks loudly about Obama and quietly about Ed Towns, by Reid Pillifant

01/15/2012

Politicker NY: Hakeem Jeffries Announces Congressional Run, by Colin Campbell

Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Patch: Jeffries Throws His Hat in Ring For Towns’ Seat, Saying, ‘We Deserve More,’ by Paul Leonard

The Brooklyn Paper: Hakeem Jeffries announces bid for Congress, by Aaron Short

The New York Times – The Local Fort Greene/Clinton Hill: Jeffries Attacks GOP — But Not Rep. Towns — In Campaign Kick-Off, by Mary Shell, CUNY J-School

City Hall News/The Capital’s City & State Blog: Jeffries Refuses To Attack, Name Opponents During Campaign Kick-Off, by Chris Bragg

10/21/2011

Capital New York: Hakeem Jeffries musters a Bookeresque coalition for Congress: Reformers, machine and all, by Reid Pillifant

10/19/2011

City Hall News: Heard Around Town, by City Hall

Bed-Stuy Patch: Powell Passes on 2012 Race for Congress, by C. Zawadi Morris

The L Magazine: Aw, Kevin Powell Isn’t Running for Congress Anymore, by Mark Asch

10/18/2011

Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Patch: Martin Luther King and Occupy Wall Street; Hakeem Jeffries v. Ed Towns and More, by Chris Owens

The Brooklyn Paper: Towns and out? Rep. Ed is so low on cash that some think he’s plotting retirement, by Dan Macleod

10/17/2011

Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Patch: Towns Reelection Bid Running Out Of Gas?, by Paul Leonard

City Hall News: Heard Around Town, by City Hall

New York Daily News: New York Dems, led by Charles Rangel and Joseph Crowley, piling up campaign cash, by Alison Gendar

10/16/2011

Capital NY: With challengers circling, Towns reports 11k on hand, by Reid Pillifant

10/15/2011

Capital NY: Team Hakeem: McCall, Ravitch and charter school advocates help jumpstart Jeffries, by Reid Pillifant

10/14/2011

Capital NY: Team Hakeem: McCall, Ravitch and charter school advocates help jumpstart Jeffries, by Reid Pillifant

Capitol Tonight: Assem. Jeffries Talks Running for Congress, by Liz Benjamin. Hakeem Jeffries is considered an up and comer in the state assembly. But he says it might time to move on- and he’s looking to Washington to do it.

10/13/2011

New York Times: Assemblyman Appears Ready to Join Race for Congress, by Kate Taylor

The Local/Fort Greene: Hakeem Jeffries Surprises Politicos With Move Toward Congressional Run, by Chester Soria

10/09/2011

Crain’s New York Business: Living-wage war heats up over study, by Jeremy Smerd and Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

10/06/2011

Crain’s Insider: Jeffries to Take It to Towns, by Jeremy Smerd and Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

The Brooklyn Paper: Hakeem — the dream! Jeffries to fight Rep. Towns in 2012, by Dan Macleod

10/05/2011

PolitickerNY: Hakeem Jeffries Inches Closer Toward a Congressional Run, by David Freedlander

10/03/2011

Room Eight: Fasten your seatbelts: The Latest on Hakeem Jeffries v. Ed Towns, by Rock Hackshaw

City Hall News: Heard Around Town, by City Hall

09/27/2011

The Washington Post: Many black members of Congress targeted in new districts, by Aaron Blake

08/24/2011

PolitickerNY: Hakeem Jeffries Talks Congress, Charles Barron, Observer Profile, by David Freedlander