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Powerful Winter Storm Pushes North Into New England
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Feb. 22, 2021, 1:58 p.m. ETFeb. 22, 2021, 1:58 p.m. ET
Heavy snow was expected in Maine after more than 17 inches fell on New York City and parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania received more than 30 inches.
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A powerful winter storm is making its way through New England on Tuesday, after hammering much of the Northeast the day before.CreditCredit.Tristan Spinski for The New York Times
A powerful winter storm pushed into northern New England on Tuesday, after hammering much of the Northeast the day before, leaving at least one person dead and disrupting travel for millions. ....

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Indian American Activist Neeta Jain Eyeing NYC D24 City Council Seat in February Special Election


Indian American Neeta Jain is hoping to win the New York City Council seat in the District 24 special election on Feb. 2.
Jain is looking to win the seat which represents the Kew Gardens Hills, Pomonok, Electchester, Fresh Meadows, Hillcrest, Jamaica Estates, Briarwood, Parkway Village, Jamaica Hills and Jamaica neighborhoods.
According to her campaign site, Jain says the city is struggling under the pandemic, recession and racist politics from former President Donald Trump.
She says her unique combination of progressive activism and real world leadership give her the experience we need in City Hall right now.  
The activist is New York’s first Indian American woman Democratic district leader, an elected DNC Delegate for Biden-Harris, an accomplished educator, and founder and president of the International Ahimsa Foundation, according to her profile. ....

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Eight Candidates Vie for a Queens City Council Seat


The February 2 special election will select former City Councilman Rory Lancman s successor
Six of the candidates are of South Asian descent, a community asking for representation in the City Council
Council District 24 includes the Queens neighborhoods of Kew Garden Hills, Fresh Meadows, Briarwood, and Jamaica
Former councilman Jim Gennaro is trying to win his old seat back
In the first ever ranked-choice voting election in New York, eight candidates are running to fill the City Council seat vacated by former councilman Rory Lancman, who recently took a job with the Cuomo administration.
 
 
Six of those running are South Asian, a community that, as candidate Deepti Sharma notes, has never had one of its members in the Council. ....

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NYC council candidate under fire for antisemitic tweets, calls trips to Israel 'propaganda' – The Forward


Moumita Ahmed, one of the eight candidates running in the Feb. 2 non-partisan special election for the New York City Council seat vacated by former Councilman Rory Lancman, who took a job in Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration, said during a debate on Tuesday that she supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Last week, she came under fire over an alleged antisemitic tweet.
“I support the two-state solution and I support people’s right to boycott,” Ahmed said during a virtual candidate forum hosted by the Citizens Union, Queens Daily Eagle and the Gotham Gazette. “In my district, there are differences of opinions when it comes to that, so I want to make sure that I protect people’s First Amendment right to boycott.” ....

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Another Indian-American running for New York City Council


January 25, 2021
Dr. Neeta Jain, a psychologist from Flushing, Queens, running for NY City Council from District 24 Photo: neetajainfornewyork.com
Dr. Neeta Jain, a psychologist and long-time resident of Flushing, is making a bid to fill the seat being vacated by former District 24 Neww York City Councilman Rory Lancman.
If she wins, she will be fill the remainder of Lancman’s term till the June 22, when the Democratic primaries are scheduled.
Lancman is leaving to take up his new assignment in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration as special counsel for ratepayer protection.
The special election where Jain is a candidate is scheduled to take place Feb. 2. Jain is the second Indian American to declare a run for the New York City Council, the other being political activist and community leader Harpreet Singh Toor who is seeking the Democratic Party nomination from District 23 in Eastern Queens. The primary for that is scheduled for June. 22. ....

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