Unity Democrats News Today

(Re: “Just who is Benjamin Jackson,” Jan. 4) To the Editor: Civility in politics is at an all-time low and vitriol at an all-time high. An example is the recent spate of letters from members of the Unity Democratic Club in the Press. 

(Re: “Jackson owes Singh an apology,” Nov. 3) To the Editor: I am frankly befuddled and perplexed by Betsey Knapp’s demand that I apologize to Ramdat Singh for my Oct. 18 letter to the editor. In that letter, I commended Mr. Singh for condemning Hamas’ attack on Israeli civilians, while lamenting his apparent unwillingness to speak out against the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), who have blamed Israel for the attacks, calling them a “direct result of Israel’s apartheid regime...

(Re: Thanks to electeds backing, Oct. 18) To the editor: In his letter to the editor in last week’s Riverdale Press, local attorney and Jeff Dinowitz right-hand man Benjamin F. Jackson smears founding members of the Unity Democratic Club for allegedly not condemning a certain anti-Israel organization.

To the editor: Why I support the Unity Democrats:

To the editor: (re: “Unity Dems should know better,” July 13) In a recent edition of this publication, Michael Heller penned a letter to the editor calling out the Unity Democratic Club petition mistake. Michael Heller failed to identify himself as the Democratic State Committeeman of this district.

Two incarceration-focused bills have advanced to the New York State Assembly Correction Committee. The elder parole legislation has been co-sponsored by 31 people, including state Sens. Gustavo Rivera and Robert Jackson.