Charles Rangel

Congressman Charlie Rangel's No H8-er

Manhattan Congressman Charlie Rangel may be (but definitely is) a tax cheat. But he's no hater.The congressman yesterday announced that he's joining 25 other members of Congress in their support for the NoH8 campaign, a "global art protest project" in opposition to California's Proposition 8, which ... More >>

Charlie Rangel, Legendary Tax Cheat, Lectures Mitt Romney On Paying Taxes

Say what you will about Mitt Romney's dopey comments that 47-percent of Americans are basically free-loading schlubs, but the last person -- literally, the absolute last person -- who should ever chime in on the issue is legendary tax cheat/New York Congressman Charlie Rangel.But guess who chimed in ... More >>

Charlie Rangel: The Poster Boy For Congressional Term Limits?

Congressman Charlie Rangel escaped this year's Democratic primary -- and subsequent recount -- with his job and likely will be returning to Congress for what will be his 22nd term, which begs the question: is it time for Congressional term limits?Just to put the longtime representative's reign into ... More >>

Charlie Rangel Recount: Adriano Espaillat Expected To Concede (Redux)

Despite being old as dirt, having been censured...and being old as dirt, ancient Harlem Congressman Charlie Rangel likely will be heading back to Congress for a 22nd term after it appears he'll survive a recount in this year's Democratic primary.As of this writing, Rangel's lead over former Democrat ... More >>

Adriano Espaillat Throws In The Towel; Charlie Rangel -- At 82 -- Is Likely Heading Back To Congress

Congratulations, New York -- the man to the right (at 82 years spry) is likely heading back to Washington D.C. to represent you in Congress for what will be his 22nd term as a member of the United States House of Representatives.Congressman Charlie Rangel has (unofficially) fended off Democratic pri ... More >>

Charlie Rangel's Recount Lead Grows

Things are looking up for longtime Harlem Congressman Charlie Rangel, whose lead in a recount of last week's primary vote continues to grow.As of this writing, Rangel's lead over former state Senator Adriano Espaillat's is 1,158, which is up from the 802-margin the 82-year-old congressman boasted b ... More >>

The Rangel/Espaillat Race Might Be Much Closer Then We Think

On Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that Congressman Charlie Rangel had the primary election in the bag. Against eleven counts of ethics violations, voters once again handed one of the founders of the Congressional Black Caucus a victory, sealing up his 22nd term as a member of the House ... More >>

Charlie Rangel Survives Primary (Despite Being 82 Years Old, Having Been Censured, And Being 82 Years Old)

Longtime Manhattan Congressman Charlie Rangel can breathe a sigh of relief -- the 82-year-old Democrat has survived what was expected to be the fight of his political life.Rangel, who fought in the Korean War before getting elected to Congress (42 years ago), came out on top in yesterday's five-pers ... More >>

Adam Clayton Powell IV Endorses Charlie Rangel: 'We've Always Been Friends...Even When I Ran Against Him'

It's just politics! That's how Adam Clayton Powell IV brushed aside questions today about why he is endorsing longtime Congressman Charlie Rangel for re-election -- after running against him (and thus frequently and harshly criticizing him) in a crowded race two years ago. In one of the most wat ... More >>

Bloomberg Doesn't Endorse Charlie Rangel (But Reminds Reporters That He Has in the Past)

Mayor Mike Bloomberg today declined to give an endorsement to Charlie Rangel, a longtime incumbent fighting to keep his Harlem seat in one of the more heated congressional races in New York City this election season. But the mayor still had (somewhat) nice things to say, and left the door open for ... More >>

Charlie Rangel Running For Re-Election in 2012

​Charlie Rangel, the shamed 80-year-old representative of New York's 15th congressional district, and once the chairman of the House's Ways and Means Committee, has filed the necessary paperwork to run again in 2012 for what would be his 22nd term in Congress. Though the deadline for filing wi ... More >>

Charlie Rangel Taking Donations to Backpay His Ethics Lawyers

​If you feel bad for poor, censured Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel, good news: he's taking donations again -- this time to pay the lawyers who failed him in his ethics trial. The House ethics committee (the same one that convicted him) just approved the creation of a fund to help pay his legal defense ... More >>

Charlie Rangel's Ethics Censure: Record-Breaking, Utterly Meaningless.

​Various news outlets are reporting that House of Representatives members have voted to censure an active member "for the first time in nearly 30 years" -- New York City's own Rep. Charles Rangel -- for the slew of ethics violations he was convicted of last month. The House, which voted 333-79 ... More >>

Mark Green On Charlie Rangel: Reprimand, Not Censure

​The House vote on Charlie Rangel could come today now that the ethics panel has released its final report. Rangel is still pushing hard to get his censure resolution knocked down to a milder reprimand. It's a long shot despite support yesterday from House Dem James Clyburn of South Carolina w ... More >>

Barack Obama Holds "Slurpee Summit"; Google Investigated for Antitrust; Rock Center Xmas Tree Lights Up

​• President Obama will meet with congressional leaders from both parties today -- a/k/a, the "Slurpee summit," actual Slurpees TBD -- to discuss a number of issues, including the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and tax cuts. Can some ice shavings and food coloring bring peace to this nation ... More >>

Charlie Rangel's Sins Don't Rate Too High on the House Scam Meter

​ Charlie Rangel's pending date with a censure vote before the full House of Representatives has prompted a lot of historical digging into great congressional scalawags of the past. By any reasonable standard, Rangel -- no matter what you think of him -- appears to come up pretty short. Remar ... More >>

Charles Rangel to Insist He's Not That Bad

​I am not a crook, Rep. Charles Rangel of Harlem hopes to tell the House of Representatives in "a last stand to salvage his reputation." Rangel plans to ask the ethics committee for time on the floor in order to explain that his 11 counts of financial and fundraising "misdeeds" are not as bad ... More >>

Charles Rangel, New Guy in Congress, Vows to Clean Up Cop Corruption

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. February 11, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 6 Corruption makes the world go round By Clark Whelton In February, 1960, Adam Clayton Powell stood up on the floor of the House of Representatives and delivered a speech entitled "The Immorality of the ... More >>

Charlie Rangel D-Day: "Keep the Faith, Baby!"

​Charlie Rangel gets to hear his fate today from the congressional ethics panel and his many fans are weighing in on his behalf. After meeting with the state's congressional delegation, Governor Paterson last night (make that late last night -- 10:29 PM) released a statement praising Harlem's ... More >>

Censure for Charlie Rangel, House Ethics Committee Says (Liveblog)

​Congressman Charlie Rangel of New York's 15th congressional district, who was recently re-elected, was found guilty of 11 ethics violations on Tuesday. The House Ethics Committee is currently holding a hearing by which they'll hand down his punishment. There have been some pretty harsh words ... More >>

Charles Rangel Convicted On Ethics Violations

​Several news outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, are reporting that House Ethics Committee has found veteran congressman Charles Rangel guilty of 11 ethics violations after less than 24 hours of deliberation. The 80-year-old Rangel, who served as chairman of  the House's Ways and Mea ... More >>

Breaking: Charlie Rangel Walks Out of Ethics Hearing

​CNN is reporting that Rep. Charlie Rangel has walked out of his ethics committee hearing, scheduled to begin today, "complaining that he has not had sufficient time to hire a legal team." Politico reports that an "emotional" Rangel, who began the hearing without an attorney present, had thre ... More >>

Morning Links: Chinese Dissident Awarded Nobel Peace Prize; More Jobs Lost in September; Stinkbugs in Staten Island

​• The 2010 Nobel Peace prize has been awarded to Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese dissident, political essayist, literary critic, and democracy advocate who is currently serving 11 years in jail on subversion charges. Unsurprisingly, the Chinese Foreign Ministry did not appreciate this news one bit, a ... More >>

Congressman Charles Rangel Attends Vegan Korean Temple Cuisine Event

​The congressman arrives. Embattled Congressman Charlie Rangel arrived around 6:30 last night at 275 Hudson to attend an event showcasing the vegan cuisine of Korean Buddhist monks. Attended by body guards, the legislator - who has been accused of multiple improprieties - looked surprised at ... More >>

Poll of New Yorkers to Charlie Rangel: Drop Dead, You Suck Like the Rest of Them

​If a just-released poll is to be believed, New Yorkers have finally told 80 year-old congressman Charles Rangal -- currently under heavy scrutiny and investigation for a series of ethics charges -- to go away and not try to fight for his political career. These numbers are thick.

Charlie Rangel's Birthday Party Makes for Easy Attack Ads on Guests (Video)

Less than 24 hours after scandal-plagued Democratic congressman Charles "Charlie" Rangel's birthday party took place, Republican opponents are turning around footage from it for their own attack ads. Target number one? U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, as fired from campaign of her challenger David M ... More >>

Charlie Rangel Responds to Barack Obama's "Retire With Dignity" (Video)

​Is New York congressman Charlie Rangel great blogging fodder this week, or what? First there was Charlie Rangel talking about Charlie Rangel in the third-person. Earlier this morning, Tom Robbins gave us the scoop on the Rangel news being broken during Rangel's birthday party last night. Late ... More >>

Adam Clayton Powell IV Vows Rangel "Take-Out" and He Doesn't Mean Dinner

Son and dad: ACP IV inspects ACP Jr. ​The Charlie Rangel affair remains a top national story and today a tough-talking Adam Clayton Powell IV, who is running against the old walrus in next month's congressional primary, tells the Washington Post that "I'm the one who is going to take Rangel ou ... More >>

Charlie Rangel Finally Speaks Out on "Charlie Rangel" (Audio)

​Via WNYC's Azi Paybarah, here's a hysterical interview of Charlie Rangel referring to himself in the third person. Also, who's holding this guy's thesaurus these days? "Scintilla," huh? Even if he's not convicted of ethics fraud, he should still be convicted of sounding ridiculous. He's like ... More >>

Charlie Rangel's Back Pages: 'If I Can Be a Congressman, Anybody Can Be a Congressman.'

​As we wait to learn the fate of Charlie Rangel, that old Harlem lion who may be hit with a telephone-sized House ethics complaint any minute now unless he cuts a deal to cop a plea, it's a good time for a short trot down memory lane. Here are a few takes from the Voice's (very spotty) digital ... More >>

Museum for African Art Sued by Shaken and Scared Tenants Next Door

Crack problem: Tenants next door to construction of Museum for African Art can feel their whole world falling apart.When Charlie Rangel, Eliot Spitzer, David Paterson and other bigwigs broke ground on Fifth Avenue for the new Museum for African Art in September 2007, they didn't know that their shov ... More >>

Morning Links

​State Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV is gearing up to challenge Charlie Rangel for the Harlem seat Rangel took away from Adam Clayton Powell, his dad, in the 1970 primaries. Rangel recently stepped aside from the Chair of the Ways and Means Committee over ethics issues. Powell claims his ... More >>

Barrett: Harlem's Gang of Four Handicaps the Governor's Race on NY1

If you're a New York political junkie, the best entertainment of the holiday season was the sitdown Michael Scotto had last week on NY1 with the remaining members of Harlem's Gang of Four, David Dinkins, Basil Paterson and Congressman Charlie Rangel. They went on the show to laud gang leader and b ... More >>

Rangel Probe Widens, GOP Keeps Up Pressure

Is Charlie Rangel in trouble? The House Ethics Committee has "expanded" its probe of the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, begun this summer, to include his most recent financial disclosure statements, made in August, when he must have known the heat was on and been extra careful about them. ... More >>

Charlie Rangel Amends Tax Returns by $1 Million , At Least

The Post finds Congressman and Ways and Mean Commitee Chairman Charlie Rangel making some changes to his reported taxable income. In 2004 he listed $4,000-$10,000 in outside income, but his amended tax filings now put it at between $118,000 and $1.04 million. All told they see up to $1.3 million in ... More >>

Rangel Under Investigation by House Subcommittee for Caribbean Trips

The House of Representatives is investigating five Democratic members for accepting "improper" travel arrangements, and our own Charlie Rangel made the cut. The Carib News Foundation sponsors an annual Multinational Business Conference on Caribbean affairs, and is said to have flown the lawmakers in ... More >>

Post Still Mad at Rangel for Suggesting Racial Factor in Death of Black Cop

Congressman Charlie Rangel's bitter jest at the NYPD -- that considering the recent slaying of black officer Omar Edwards by a white colleague, President Obama should make sure when he comes to New York to carry ID -- continues to steam the milk of the New York Post. "He again stuck his foot squarel ... More >>

Rangel's Satirical Comment Stirs Fake Outrage

This weekend, Congressman Charlie Rangel was asked what President Obama should do while in town (the President and his wife went to Joe Turner's Come and Gone and restuarant Blue Hill). Rangel replied, "Make certain he doesn't run around in East Harlem without identification." It was a mordant jes ... More >>

Rangel and Neighbor Have Similar Rent Problems, Very Different Outcomes

Last summer, Congressman Charles Rangel took some bad press because it turned out that the wealthy Harlem pol had four rent stabilized apartments in a 135th Street residential tower.Naturally, the disclosure sparked some outrage. Rent stabilized apartments are supposed to go to longtime, lower incom ... More >>

Rangel Paid Parking Tickets with Campaign Funds, FWIW

It has been weeks since someone turned over any dirt on Charles Rangel, so let's thank the Daily News for noticing the Ways and Means Chairman's use of campaign funds to pay his parking tickets. Of course Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, the watchdog group that broke the story, ... More >>

Rangel Holds Fast, Will Hire Accountant

Weekend Peek-In: Pre-Labor Day Summary

Congressman Charlie Rangel Gets a Rival

Craig Schley, an activist and former male model, capitalizes on anti-Rangel feeling

Daily Flog: Edwards, faux Rockefeller both screwed; Olympic preening; a gated NYC; Bush's pardons list; defense of high gas prices

Movin' Out: Rangel Leaves Office, Keeps Rest of Suite Deal

Castro's Black Prisoner

A follower of Martin Luther King and Gandhi in Fidel's custody for 22 more years

Haiti? What's in It for Us?

Pataki's Man in Harlem

How Randy Daniels Helped Put Chain Stores and Market Prices Uptown

What Black Vote?

The City’s African American Electorate is No Longer Predictable

The Battle for Harlem

Sharpton Camp Assails Butts as Upstate Republicans Maneuver To Exploit Black Power Struggle