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Last operating US prison ship, a grim vestige of mass incarceration, set to close in NYC
Read full article: Last operating US prison ship, a grim vestige of mass incarceration, set to close in NYCA little-known New York City jail believed to be the last operating prison ship in the country is set to shutter the week.
New York City's first Black mayor, David Dinkins, dies at 93
Read full article: New York City's first Black mayor, David Dinkins, dies at 93FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 2, 1990, file photo, David Dinkins delivers his first speech as mayor of New York, in New York. Dinkins, New York Citys first African-American mayor, died Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Frankie Ziths, File)NEW YORK – Few American leaders have faced the battery of urban ills that confronted David Dinkins when he became New York City's first Black mayor in 1990. De Blasio, who worked in Dinkins’ administration, named Manhattan’s Municipal Building after his mentor in October 2015. Newly freed Nelson Mandela made New York City his first stop in the U.S. in 1990.
Barry Farber dies; conservative radio host ran for NYC mayor
Read full article: Barry Farber dies; conservative radio host ran for NYC mayorFILE - This Nov. 8, 1977 file photo shows Conservative Barry Farber, who was far behind in the New York City Mayoral race, thanks supporters at his headquarters, in New York. Farber died of natural causes Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at home in New York, a day after his 90th birthday, his daughter, Celia Farber, said. (AP Photo/Dan Grossi, File)NEW YORK – Pioneering radio host Barry Farber, who hosted a conservative talk show for decades in New York City and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 1977, has died. Farber died of natural causes Wednesday at home in New York, a day after his 90th birthday, his daughter, Celia Farber, said. Farber was past his peak of influence by the time conservative talk radio became an industry that made national stars of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.