Rima Abdelkader

Janine Materna is running for New York City Council to represent the South Shore of Staten Island. She’s the same age as former U.S. Congresswoman Susan Molinari when she ran for the same seat. Twenty-six year old Janine received both the Democratic and Working Families Party endorsements making her the Democratic nominee against incumbent Republican [...]

Emilio Martinez lines up every day with the other day laborers on Forrest Avenue just off the Staten Island Expressway, hoping for a job even though he occasionally won’t get paid for the work.

“At times, they pick us up and they don’t pay.  They just don’t pay,” said Martinez, 39, an illegal alien who for [...]

(click photo for story in The Dinar Standard online)