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FDNY commish facing mutiny over 'breach of trust'
Embattled FDNY Chief Laura Kavanagh is facing a mutiny by her top chiefs, with five already demanding demotions and others threatening to follow suit in solidarity.
Lefty activist Bertha Lewis backs Eric Adams for mayor
Longtime NYC black activist and organizer Bertha Lewis is backing Eric Adams for mayor after leaving aside the other candidates for being less qualified to run City Hall
Left-wing activist endorses Cynthia Nixon over Cuomo
An activist who co-founded the Working Families Party is snubbing Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and backing Cuomo’s most high-profile primary challenger, Cynthia Nixon. Bertha Lewis, the head of the Black...
Ex-de Blasio ally Bertha Lewis is 'so over' him as mayor
A longtime progressive ally of Mayor de Blasio is now looking to give him the heave-ho. Left-leaning activist Bertha Lewis says she won’t be supporting de Blasio’s re-election bid next...
Stringer gets award as rumors of mayoral challenge swirl
A black activist with deep ties to Mayor de Blasio is giving a civic award to Comptroller Scott Stringer, raising eyebrows in political circles because Stringer is being mentioned as...
De Blasio 'ally' blasts city's 'incompetence' toward minority hiring
A longtime ally of Mayor de Blasio Monday blasted his administration as “incompetent and immoral” for not giving minority- and women-owned firms more city contracts. Black Institute CEO Bertha Lewis...
The war on charter schools has resorted to hiring race-baiters
Hazel Dukes and Bertha Lewis, notorious New York City race-baiters, claim that public-school reformer Eva Moskowitz is running a “kindergarten-to-prison pipeline” that contributes to the “mass incarceration” of blacks, Hispanics...
Hakeem Jeffries has Mayor de Blasio in full panic mode
Bill de Blasio, who has always preferred politics to policy, is back in his element — and the 2017 mayoral campaign is under way. How else to interpret his otherwise...
The 'racist' ad that highlights injustice in NYC's schools
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px60WvTS1vs So now it’s “racist” to point out the clear racial injustice in New York’s public schools. Leave it to Working Families Party co-founder Bertha Lewis and other allies of...
Former ACORN chief backs Hillary Clinton
Mayor de Blasio may be starting to feel “left’’ out. While he’s playing hard to get by holding off on endorsing Hillary Rodham Clinton for president, lefty pal Bertha Lewis...
Former ACORN honcho rakes in the green at new group
Former ACORN head Bertha Lewis, a friend of Mayor de Blasio, is raking in benefits at her new nonprofit — even as she recruits board members with checkered pasts. Lewis,...
De Blasio headlines fund-raiser for ACORN honcho
It’s payback time for Mayor de Blasio. The mayor is rewarding former ACORN honcho and longtime pal Bertha Lewis by headlining a fund-raiser for her new group, The Black Institute....
Crony socialism
We’ve all heard of crony capitalism. Turns out, the left has its own version. And Bertha Lewis is proving herself a master. The one-time head of the radical group ACORN,...
Cynthia Nixon joins de Blasio’s adviser team
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio hasn’t named any key figures in his administration yet — but he’s got plenty of new advisers. On Wednesday, de Blasio announced a transition committee that...
ACORN sowed seeds for de Blasio
The leftist group ACORN has been plotting for more than a decade to install Bill de Blasio at City Hall, a Democratic Party source has told The Post. “Without exaggeration,...
ACORN chief gets back in the game
ACORN’s former leader is back on top. Bertha Lewis played critical behind-the-scenes roles in the victorious Democratic primary campaigns of both Bill de Blasio for mayor and Kenneth Thompson for...