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