Patch – “A Park Slope leader joined immigrant rights advocates speaking out against Mayor Eric Adams’ choice to appoint a former City Council Member, whose been criticized for cultural insensitivity, to his administration. ‘I cannot in good conscience support someone who has made comments pitting one group against another or someone who has actively fought in the Council to restrict the rights of immigrants,’
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Middle East Eye – “Hanif, who later called on Miller to be fired, told MEE she was dismayed that he refused to accept the intrusive and destructive effect surveillance had on the Muslim community. ‘The police department conducted this entrapment, this racial profiling and sent informants into our communities to target and violate innocent, innocent people,’ Hanif said.
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Daily News – “Democratic Brooklyn Councilwoman Shahana Hanif, whose questioning of Miller prompted his comments at the hearing, told the Daily News on Monday that his testimony made her ‘blood boil.’ ‘Under oath, this man tried to erase the traumas that we’ve experienced as a community,’ said Hanif, who became the first female Muslim member of the Council when elected in November.
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Brooklyn Downtown Star – “New York City Councilman Lincoln Restler and Councilwoman Shahana Hanif aren’t cut from the same cloth. Restler got his start with reform-oriented politics by co-founding the New Kings Democrats – a group that helps elected transparency-oriented leaders. Then he beat the Brooklyn machine in an unusually high profile race for District Leader before working for the De Blasio administration.
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City Limits – “Councilwoman Shahana Hanif, chair of the Council’s Immigration Committee, said her office invited OCCF representatives to testify at Monday’s hearing in order to clarify the situation and to provide basic information, like how many detainees have been vaccinated so far at the facility against COVID-19. ‘But they declined our invitation and will not be appearing on Monday’
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Next City – The safest communities are not those with the most police; they are the ones with the most resources from Council Member Shahana Hanif & Rochester Council Member Mary Lupien [Read More]
Brooklyn Magazine Podcast – The first female Muslim city councilor, Hanif joins ‘Brooklyn Magazine: The Podcast’ to discuss her path—and her first month on the job [Listen Here].
WBAI – On the January 30, 2022, episode of City Watch on WBAI 99.5 FM, Host Jeff Simmons introduced two of New York City’s new Councilmembers, Crystal Hudson and Shahana Hanif [Listen Here].
Gotham Gazette – “Over Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, 40-year-old Michelle Alyssa Go was pushed from the Times Square subway platform to her death. This tragedy follows a year that saw a 361% increase in anti-Asian hate crimes and came less than two weeks after Mayor Adams announced his plans to increase police presence in the subway system.
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