The Citizen staff
A year after village elections across New York state were postponed in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, residents will vote today on the normal schedule for such races.
Voters in six Cayuga County-area villages â four within the county s borders along with the nearby Onondaga County villages of Jordan and Skaneateles â will make selections Tuesday, March 16, for mayoral and board of trustee seats.
Mid-March is the time most villages in New York state hold their elections, but the voting in 2020 was postponed because of pandemic concerns. Those elections took place in September under an emergency order from Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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The Citizen staff
A year after village elections across New York state were postponed in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, residents will head back to polls this week to vote on the normal schedule for such races.
Voters in six Cayuga County-area villages â four within the county s borders along with the nearby Onondaga County villages of Jordan and Skaneateles â will make selections Tuesday for mayoral and board of trustee seats.
Mid-March is the time most villages in New York state hold their elections, but the voting in 2020 was postponed because of pandemic concerns. Those elections took place in September under an emergency order from Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Bury your dead
January 18, 2021
“Bury your dead and I shall arrive”. This is what the Hazara community was told after eleven Hazara coal miners were blindfolded and slaughtered.
The prime minister of our country pretty much blackmailed a persecuted community, feigning concern that their dead should rest in peace. No one – least of all those in government – had the right to tell families that had lost their loved ones how to grieve. Yet, it was done. And it has (rightfully) left a bad taste across the country.
The Hazara community has been targeted for decades for ethno-religious reasons. This genocide has never been acknowledged by the state but if one looks at the figures and the intent behind their killings, it becomes clear that the definitional criteria for genocide is satisfied. Under Article II of the Genocide Convention 1948, a list of acts that constitute genocide is provided, subject to the requirement that these acts be carried out “with intent to destroy, i
The art of blackmail
The Hazara community can hardly be blamed for taking steps to demand the Prime Minister’s attention
The writer is a lawyer, formerly practising and teaching law in Lahore, and currently based in Singapore. He holds an LLM from New York University where he was a Hauser Global Scholar. He tweets @HNiaziii
Leadership without empathy leads to tragedy.
That the Prime Minister has little patience for political dissent is clear. Yet, even his most cynical opponents must have been shocked at how he managed to make a protest by a persecuted minority all about himself.
The term ‘gaslighting’ refers to a method where someone is manipulated into questioning their own sanity. A form of psychological manipulation that is abhorrent if done by an ordinary person, it is especially distressing if done by an elected Prime Minister towards an oppressed group.
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