Rep. Gary Ackerman

Democrat  •  5th District, New York  •  15th Term  •  Sworn In 1983
Current Term 2011 - 2012 View All

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02/11/12
Gary Ackerman Calls On Obama To Ho...

Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) has written a letter to the president asking for the role of slave labor to be recognized by displaying an ap...

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02/11/12
Obama urged to honor slaves who bu...

WASHINGTON - A U.S. congressman is urging President Obama to recognize the work of enslaved African-Americans who helped build the White ...

Source: MSNBC
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02/10/12
Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest...

Carolyn McCarthy's Long Island-based 4th Congressional District may be targeted for elimination by merging it with fellow Dem Rep. Gary A...

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02/10/12
McCarthy, Turner and Crowley are p...

In the background is Rep. Joe Crowley, the Queens County Democratic chairman, whose district is mostly in the Bronx and who covets more o...

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02/10/12
Gary Ackerman has a suggestion for...

Gary Ackerman said he'll run for re-election no matter what shape his congressional district takes after redistricting. And, for what it'...

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02/09/12
Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 2/9

Carolyn McCarthy's Long Island-based 4th Congressional District may be targeted for elimination by merging it with fellow Dem Rep. Gary A...

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02/09/12
Congressional Redistricting Plan B...

As The Politicker reported earlier this week, combining Ms. McCarthy’s district with neighboring Congressman Gary Ackerman’s seat makes a...

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02/09/12
A.M. Roundup: AGs near settlement ...

Long Island Rep. Carolyn McCarthy will be merged into the same district as Queens Rep. Gary Ackerman in one scenario for congressional li...

Source: Albany Times Union (blog)
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02/09/12
Christine Quinn assembles a campai...

Requiring kindergarten for all five-year-olds is the only major part of City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's annual State of the City s...

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02/09/12
Carolyn McCarthy's Turf On Redistr...

Democratic Rep. Carolyn McCarthy’s Long Island district is on the chopping block as state leaders begin redrawing congressional boundarie...

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02/11/12
Rep. Gary Ackerman calls on Obama ...

WASHINGTON – A U.S. congressman is urging President Obama to recognize the work of enslaved African-Americans who helped build the White ...

Source: William Howe
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02/11/12
Rep. Gary Ackerman calls on Obama ...

Rep. Gary Ackerman calls on Obama to honor slaves who built White House: WASHINGTON - A U.S. congressman is urging President Obama to rec...

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02/11/12
Rep. Gary Ackerman calls on Obama ...

"Slaves helped dig the foundation for the White House," Ackerman wrote in correspondence to the White House Thursday. "They quarried sto...

Source: Cindy
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02/10/12
Congressman Will Run No Matter Wha...

Rich Bockmann: U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Bayside) said he believes that when the state legislative task force on reapportionment release...

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02/10/12
Here And Now

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy is prepared to fight to save her political life if LATFOR redraws her into a primary battle with Rep. Gary Ackerman...

Source: Liz Benjamin
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02/10/12
Congressman Gary Ackerman Urges Pr...

"It was a shameful omission that visitors to the Capitol could tour the building to learn its history but not learn that slave labor was ...

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02/10/12
Rep. Gary Ackerman calls on Obama ...

theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) has in a letter to the president asked for the role of slave labor to be recognized by displ...

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02/09/12
Anxiousness grows over House redis...

Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola) would end up forced into the same district as Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Roslyn Heights). Read More: http://www.n...

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02/08/12
Lancman prepares to run against Bo...

(After the interview, I emailed his office, mostly for fun, to ask what would happen if his part of Queens wound up with the new district...

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02/08/12
Lancman prepares to run against Bo...

(After the interview, I emailed his office, mostly for fun, to ask what would happen if his part of Queens wound up with the new district...

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Official website: http://ackerman.house.gov/
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Phone: 202-225-2601
Fax: 202-225-1589

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