One safety pin hangs out of Mitch Cohen’s mouth as he stabs another into a mahogany cuff of mink fur, labeling the fur coat with a sticky note for storage until next winter. The 63-year-old Brooklynite has been working in the fur business for over 30 years. Now, he says, a proposed bill in the […]
City Council leadership decided Monday to remove Councilmember Kalman Yeger from the Committee on Immigration after he tweeted at a reporter last week “Palestine does not exist.” “I do not believe that someone who engages in the type of rhetoric we heard from Councilmember Yeger belongs on the Immigration Committee, which is supposed to welcome […]
The City Council will consider removing Brooklyn Councilmember Kalman Yeger from his seat on the Committee on Immigration after his Wednesday Twitter declaration that “Palestine does not exist.” City Council Speaker Corey Johnson said Thursday that he was “uncomfortable” with Yeger being on the committee and called Yeger’s comments “dehumanizing” toward Palestinians. “I do see […]