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A 61-year-old Bronx man has contracted West Nile virus. According to the city’s
Robert Giuffre sent out a press release last night saying that Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera’s (and lawyer Stanley Schlein’s) objections against his petition signatures had been officially dropped. Emotions ran high during a three-day courtroom battle, said Giuffre, a 27-year-old John Jay College graduate and a Morris Park resident. He added:I know it is hard to believe, but I was more peeved about the awful ballot access process than my own individual campaign. I admit I probably would never have cared this much about the issue if I weren’t personally involved, but the process is obviously intended to keep outsiders away from mounting challenges. Although I made the ballot – eventually – many people who would of made good candidates did not, and that is wrong.
Below is a copy of a letter Gustavo Rivera and his campaign team say State Senator Pedro Espada, Jr. has been mailing individuals who signed Rivera’s petition, informing them that their signature may have been obtained against the law.
Puerto Rican-American artist Rafael Ferrer staged guerilla art actions in New York City and Philadelphia during the 1960s and now sculpts and paints.