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Sources: Rangel Close To Deal
By MARCIA KRAMER, CBS 2 News NEW YORK — Congressman Charles Rangel is racing against the clock, trying to strike a deal by Thursday to avoid a potentially embarrassing trial on ethics violations. The...
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Rangel Races Against Clock To Settle Ethics Probe
NEW YORK — Longtime New York Congressman Charlie Rangel is racing against the clock Thursday morning in an attempt to strike a deal before the day’s public hearing on his alleged ethics violations gets...
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Will Voters Trust Rangel 1 Last Time?
By JOHN SLATTERY NEW YORK (CBS 2) — Congressman Charlie Rangel has served 20 terms – 40 years, or half his life – and he’s still running for re-election in November. The question these days is, with...
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Charlie Rangel's War: Deal Axed At 11th Hour
NEW YORK (CBS 2) — Deal, no deal … deal, no deal. The Charles Rangel saga gave Washington whiplash on Thursday, CBS 2′s Marcia Kramer reports. The 20-term congressman is trying to save his name and...
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Election Season To Feature Rangel Trial
With a brief statement, Congressman Charles Rangel wrapped up his bad day, but the rough ride is just getting started. “We’ve presented the investigative subcommittee with 13 very serious allegations...
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More And More Democrats Want Rangel To Resign
NEW YORK (CBS 2) ― From the White House on down, Congressman Charles Rangel was under growing pressure from his own party, to resign, CBS 2′s Magee Hickey reports. It wasn’t a very subtle message...
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Rangel 'Not Very' Optimistic About A Deal
NEW YORK (CBS 2/AP) – Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel says he is not very optimistic that he will avoid a House trial on ethics violations. Rangel told reporters after an event with Mayor Michael...
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Rangel: 'Don't Leave Me Swinging In The Wind'
WASHINGTON (CBS 2/1010 WINS) – Congressman Charles Rangel took to the floor of the House on Tuesday and delivered an extraordinary and emotional speech. CBS 2′s Marcia Kramer reports he charged that...
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Rangel Gets Down To Business With Election On Horizon
NEW YORK (CBS 2/ AP) — Scandal-scarred Congressman Charles Rangel is wasting no time getting down to the business of getting re-elected. With 33 days left before the Democratic primary, the embattled...
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Report: Lawyers Leave Rangel Ahead Of Ethics Trial
NEW YORK (CBS 2) – Congressman Charlie Rangel’s ethics trial in Congress was reportedly in doubt Wednesday because the Harlem democrat has no lawyers. The Washington Post reports Rangel’s legal team...
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Some Residents Say Rep. Rangel Should Go
NEW YORK (CBS 2 / WCBS 880) – Charlie Rangel’s tears fell on deaf ears in Washington Thursday night. The veteran Harlem congressman was facing the likelihood of public humiliation by his colleagues in...
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Rep. Rangel, Supporters Respond To House Ethics Trial
NEW YORK (CBS 2/WCBS 880) — Rep. Charlie Rangel is speaking out about his ethics trial. The House Ethics Committee recommended censure for the Congressman after the same panel convicted him of 11...
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Rep. Rangel: I Have Not Been Treated Fairly
WASHINGTON (WCBS 880/AP) — Rep. Charles Rangel is ready to make a last stand to salvage his reputation and tell the House that a censure should be reserved for crooked politicians. He will argue that...
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Rangel Asks Supporters To Call Capitol Switchboard
WASHINGTON (AP/CBS 2) — In an extraordinary plea, Rep. Charles Rangel of New York asked supporters Wednesday to call the Capitol switchboard and urge their representatives to oppose a resolution to...
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Eye On New York: On The 2012 Budget
NEW YORK (CBS 2) — In this Eye on New York segment, CBS 2’s Don Dahler breaks down the 2012 budget and political reporter Marcia Kramer interviews Congressman Charles Rangel. Filed under: Local, NY...
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Rep. Rangel Causes Stir In Courtroom, Gets Reprimanded By Judge
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Congressman Charles Rangel caused a stir in court Friday while trying to lend his support for bail of Afrika Owes. Owes, 17, had been a student at the prestigious Deerfield...
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Times Square Protesters Rally Against Iraq War, Involvement In Libya
NEW YORK (WCBS 880/AP) – An anti-war demonstration in Times Square that was meant to mark the eighth anniversary of the Iraq invasion quickly became a protest against the military strikes on Libya...
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Rangel Sues To Overturn Censure By U.S. House
WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) — U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) has filed a lawsuit to overturn his censure. The U.S. House of Representatives voted in 2010 to censure the Harlem congressman for...
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Student Loan Rates Double Without Congress’ Action
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — College students taking out new loans for the fall term will see interest rates twice what they were in the spring unless Congress fulfills its pledge to restore lower rates...
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Rep. Charles Rangel, 31 Others Arrested As Airport Workers Stage Sit-In
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Demanding higher wages and to be given a paid holiday on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, hundreds of airport employees and supporters held a march and sit-in on the LaGuardia Bridge...
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Rangel Declares Victory; Espaillat Says Race Too Close To Call
UPDATED 05/25/14 12:57 a.m. NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel declared victory in the 13th Congressional District Democratic primary in a long speech to his supporters late Tuesday,...
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Espaillat Concedes To Rangel In Tight Primary Race
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – State Sen. Adriano Espaillat has conceded to longtime Rep. Charlie Rangel. Espaillat’s campaign said he called Rangel Thursday to offer his congratulations. “I want to...
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Congress Will Not Intervene In Contract Dispute To Prevent LIRR Strike
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- With 11 days left before a potential Long Island Rail Road strike, Congress said Wednesday it will not intervene to prevent the walk out of 5,400 union workers. Metropolitan...
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With 10 Days Before Potential Strike, Still No Deal For MTA, LIRR Unions
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – With time running out, there was still no deal Thursday between Long Island Rail Road unions and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with just 10 days to go before a...
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NY Elected Officials Hold Rally For Israel As Pro-Palestinian Protesters...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – More than two dozen New York elected officials rallied at City Hall on Monday in support of Israel as tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East. Rockets rained down on...
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Members Of Congress Seek Federal Probe Into Eric Garner’s Death
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Six members of New York’s congressional delegation are asking the Justice Department to formally investigate last month’s police custody death of Eric Garner and the law...
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Schumer Calls For Better U.S. Screenings Of Travelers Coming From...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Now that Ebola has reached American soil, Sen. Charles Schumer wants to tighten up preventitive measures for travelers entering the country. At a news conference Sunday in...
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Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch Picked As Attorney General Nominee
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — President Barack Obama has formally announced his decision to nominate Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch as the next U.S. attorney general. President Obama said Lynch has...
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Rangel Wants To Meet With Israeli Envoy Over Netanyahu Capitol Hill Speech
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Rep. Charles Rangel says he’d like to meet with an Israeli diplomat to discuss Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s scheduled speech on Capitol Hill next month. Speaking at a...
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Netanyahu In Speech To Congress: Iran Nuclear Deal ‘Paves Path To Bomb’
http://media.newyork.cbslocal.com/CBSNY_20150303183615727AA.mp4 WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Congress on Tuesday that negotiations underway between Iran...
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New York Cosmos To Play Against Cuba’s National Team In Havana
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A local soccer club is headed to Cuba. As 1010 WINS’ Sonia Rincon reported, ever since their reboot a few years ago the New York Cosmos, who play home games at Hofstra...
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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Rangel’s Appeal To Overturn Censure
WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from New York Rep. Charles Rangel seeking to overturn his 2010 censure for financial wrongdoing. The justices on Monday let stand an...
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Congressman Charles Rangel Reflects On 46 Years On Capitol Hill
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)– Harlem Congressman Charles Rangel is retiring at the end of this year after 23 terms in the House of Representatives. The 85-year-old has spent 46 years on Capitol Hill. Rangel...
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Rangel: I Thought Bill Clinton ‘Was Running For Re-Election Rather Than...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Longtime Congressman Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., had an interesting take on former President Bill Clinton’s appearance at a Harlem church on Sunday. “I thought he was running for...
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Police: Thousands In Cash, Jewelry Stolen From Charles Rangel’s Harlem Apartment
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Thousands of dollars in cash and jewelry were stolen from Rep. Charles Rangel’s apartment in Harlem in an apparent burglary. The NYPD confirmed to CBS2 that the congressman’s...
View ArticleMayor De Blasio Presents George Gresham, Charles Rangel With Keys To New York...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Mayor Bill de Blasio handed over the keys to New York City to well-known leaders in the Black community Saturday. The Reverend Al Sharpton officiated the event at the National...
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