January 2017 at KRVC

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100 PERCENT - January 5 2017

100 PERCENT

By Robert Press

No Bronx Voice This Week

    With the celebration of the New Year extended weekend, and the celebration of the success of the Bronx Voice in 2016, there will be no Bronx Voice printed this week as we continue to celebrate. 

     The Bronx Voice will be back next week for your reading enjoyment, and this column 100 PERCENT will continue its coverage of Bronx politics. In 2017 there are many races from Mayor of New York City down to the local Bronx City Council districts. There are two term limited seats the 13th and 18th City Council districts, and they will be covered in depth im this column in the Bronx Voice. There is also expected to be races in the Democratic Primary for other Bronx City Council districts, and you will be informed of the candidates who are running. I don't see much change however as there are strong incumbents running for their last term in the City Council, but I always say 'You never know what may happen next in politics'.

     There will also be a look ahead during 2017 to 2018 and the state and congressional races. In 2018 the offices of NY State Governor, NY State Attorney General, and NY State Comptroller are on the ballot with the State Senate and Assembly races. Will the effect of President Donald Trump be a factor in the election of some congressional races or others? That can wait as it is 2017 and we will have to see 'Who will be the next person on the U.S. Attorney's list to be indicted'. 

     See you next week in the Bronx Voice, and may 2017 be a better year than 2016.

    If you have any comments about the column 100 PERCENT or would like to have an event listed or covered in the column or on my blog here, you can e-mail me at 100percentbronxnews@gmail.com or call 718-644-4199 Mr. Robert Press. 

City M/WBE Mentorship Program & Workshops Open For 2017

NYC DEPARTMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES ANNOUNCES MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AND WORKSHOPS TO HELP M/WBEs GROW, COMPETE FOR GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

 

Mentorship Program Provides Opportunity for M/WBEs to Learn from Experienced Private Sector Entrepreneurs

 

Workshop Series Focuses On Helping M/WBEs Connect With Opportunities To Do Business With City of New York 

 

    The New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) today announced the opening of applications for a mentorship program geared towards minority and women business entrepreneurs (M/WBE). The Corporate Alliance Program (CAP)/Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) program, offered free of charge, connects M/WBEs with successful entrepreneurs through supportive mentorship groups. Program mentors are entrepreneurs generating at least $1 million in annual revenues and mentees will work with mentors and other mentees to develop and achieve business goals. Mentees will have access to a series of seminars on a variety of business topics, including corporate procurement. Participants will come away with a network of business experts and entrepreneurs whose support they can enlist even after the program has ended. The City has also announced a schedule of workshops available to help M/WBEs contract with the City of New York. Workshops cover Selling to Government and M/WBE certification, among other topics.  

 

“Mayor de Blasio has made an historic commitment to minority and women owned businesses and this mentorship program builds upon that success,” said Gregg Bishop, Commissioner of the NYC Department of Small Business Services. “Minority and women owned businesses face unique challenges and this program will connect budding entrepreneurs with the tools and expertise they need to build and sustain a successful small business.”

 

Applications for the CAP/NYCEO mentorship program are now open and will close on January 27, 2017. For more information or to apply, please visit www.nyc.gov/corporateallianceprogram.

 

CAP/NYCEO M/WBE Mentorship Program

 

The 28-week CAP/NYCEO M/WBE Mentorship Program provides opportunity for M/WBEs to learn from successful businesses in the private sector. M/WBEs are assigned to a mentorship group with up to three other selected firms that is overseen by a mentor. All mentors are part of Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s New York Chapter. At the beginning of the program, mentees will provide a list of goals based on their business’ challenges. Mentees will work with their mentor and mentorship group in order to achieve these goals over the course of the program. Participants will also attend learning seminars on relevant business topics presented by executives from the CAP corporate partner organizations. Mentees are required to attend at least two of the seminars and the one mandatory learning session on corporate procurement. 

 

Mentees are accepted through a competitive application process. This program is being offered to M/WBEs that fall under the following criteria: Professional Services firms such as advertising/marketing, accounting and legal; Standard Services firms such as janitorial/building maintenance, catering and security services; and Goods firms such as IT equipment/parts, office supplies, and energy-saving light bulbs. To be eligible for the program, M/WBEs must have been in operation for at least three years, have a record of continual growth for the past two years, have at least two employees (including owner), have an annual revenue between $150, 000 and $800,000 and have a business plan, company profile, growth plan or capabilities statement. 

 

2017 M/WBE Workshop Calendar

 

The Department of Small Business Services has announced the following schedule for workshops available to M/WBEs for the first quarter of 2017. Individuals may register for these courses by emailing MWBE@sbs.nyc.gov. More information on the following workshops is available online at: www.nyc.gov/sbs

 

M/WBE Certification One-on-One Assistance:

 

January 17th, January 24th, February 21st, February 28th, March 21st, and March 28thfrom 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

 

M/WBE Certification:

 

February 7th from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM and March 7th from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM.

 

Selling to Government:

 

January 10th, February 14th, and March 14th from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM.

 

Locally-based Enterprise Certification:

 

January 19th from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

 

Emerging Business Enterprise Certification:

 

March 16th from 11 AM to 1:00 PM.

 

Partnerships

 

For the CAP/NYCEO M/WBE Mentorship Program, SBS partnered with the Entrepreneurs' Organization’ NY chapter (EO) and the Corporate Alliance Program (CAP).  CAP is an alliance between the NYC Dept of Small Business Services and corporate partners Accenture, American Express, BNY Mellon, Capital One, Citi, Colgate-Palmolive, Columbia University, Con Edison, Goldman Sachs, IBM, Interpublic Group, National Grid, NYU, and Skanska. Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is an international membership-based networking organization whose members are successful entrepreneurs generating at least $1 million in annual revenues. 

 

About NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) 

SBS helps unlock economic potential and create economic security for all New Yorkers by connecting New Yorkers to good jobs, creating stronger businesses and building thriving neighborhoods across the five boroughs. For more information, visit our website.

No Pants Subway Ride 2017 - Sunday, January 8

The 16th Annual No Pants Subway Ride will take place on Sunday, January 8 in New York City. More info with the meeting point and start time will be posted to this site a week before the event. Save the date, and sign up for our email list to stay updated. You can RSVP on Facebook (optional, but appreciated.) There will be an after party at Bar 13 

Once again we are encouraging folks in other cities around the world to stage their own No Pants Subway Rides on the same day. Regional organizers must fill out this registration form to have their event included (that form is for organizers only.) The week before the event we will publish a list of all participating cities along with links to Facebook events. Groups have staged the event on trolleys, light rails, and buses in the past, so don’t let a lack of subway system stop you! 60 cities participated last year. Check the list on this page to see if one happened in your city last year as preference will go to the prior year’s organizers. If you are an organizer, feel free to leave a link to your Facebook event in the comments on this page.

If you are unfamiliar with this tradition, you can read the history here: The No Pants Subway Ride.

EDITOR'S NOTE:

This posting is for informational use only, and not to be thought of as being an endorsement.

Borough President Diaz Urges Bronx Residents to Apply to Their Local Community Board

  Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. is inviting Bronx residents to make a difference in their community by joining their local Community Board. The Office of The Bronx Borough President will be accepting applications for all 12 Community Boards from city residents who reside, work or have professional or other significant interests in The Bronx.

“Participation on local Community Boards can provide Bronx residents with a forum to share with their community their expertise and talents,” stated Borough President Diaz. “There are great things happening in The Bronx that involve the participation of community boards. It is important that community residents participate in the decisions that are building and revitalizing our borough, and our community boards are a great place to do so,” said Borough President Diaz.

In addition, Borough President Diaz is encouraging young people ages 16 and 17 to apply for community board membership. Presently, there are six high school students who have been appointed by the borough president to community boards, and is working to insure that there is a least one youth member per community board.

“I believe that the earlier young people become engaged in community affairs and interact with government officials and agencies, the better they will understand government and become active leaders in their communities. It is important to hear the voices of our youth when planning for our neighborhoods.” said Borough President Diaz.

Applications are available at the Borough President’s Community Board office at (718) 590-3914 or at your local community board office. Interested applicants may also get the application on line at bronxboropres.nyc.gov.

The deadline for submission of applications for the next round of appointments is February 3, 2017.

Thirteen Members And Associates Of The Blood Hound Brims Gang Charged In Federal Court With Racketeering, Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

   Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and James O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging a total of 13 members and associates of the Blood Hound Brims gang (“BHB” or the “Gang”), a subset of the national Bloods street gang, with various racketeering, narcotics, and firearms offenses, including three attempted murders.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said:  “As alleged, the Blood Hound Brims gang was built for crime, with a leadership structure, subgroups known as ‘pedigrees,’ a system to impose discipline, and dues paid to cover prison guns, drugs, commissary funds, and lawyer fees.  The Blood Hound Brims’ brand of havoc that allegedly included drugs, guns, and violence affected several neighborhoods in New York City and Westchester and reached as far as Pennsylvania.  Thanks to the work of the FBI and NYPD, today we arrest and put federal charges on thirteen of this violent gang’s alleged members and associates, including its founder and leader.”    

FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge William F. Sweeney stated: “The violence that accompanies the drug trade doesn’t just impact the gang members who make the choice to pick up a firearm and aim it at their rivals, or allegedly in this case, at their fellow gang members.  Many times innocent people get caught in the crossfire during turf wars.  The FBI NY Metro Safe Streets Task Force works day in and day out to track these violent offenders and get them out of the communities they terrorize.”

As alleged in the Indictment unsealed today in Manhattan federal court[1]:

The BHB was a criminal enterprise that operated principally in the greater New York area, from at least 2005 up to and including 2016.  The BHB was a faction of the Bloods street gang, which operates nationwide, and is under the New York Blood Brim Army (“NYBBA”).  The BHB operated within and around various locations in New York, including New York City, Westchester County, Elmira, and in Pennsylvania, as well as within and outside federal and state penal systems. 

The BHB used a hierarchical structure that was organized, in part, by New York City borough, and that was maintained, in part, through the payment of dues.  The founder and leader of the Gang was LATIQUE JOHNSON, and other members and associates of the BHB referred to JOHNSON as the “Godfather.” The Gang was divided into several “pedigrees,” each of which had its own leadership structure which was approved by JOHNSON.  Leadership positions within the pedigrees included, among others, treasurers who collected dues from members of a particular pedigree, and individuals who performed security and disciplinary functions for the pedigree.  In addition to JOHNSON, GREEN, SANCHEZ, MURRAY, MORTON, CHERRY, KAID, GRAYSON, ROSATIO and EVANS all held leadership positions within the Gang at different times. 

Members of the BHB had regular meetings, sometimes called “pow wows” or “9-11s,” at which members were required to pay dues.  Some of the meetings were among members of a particular pedigree, and other meetings were for all members of the Enterprise.  Word of the meetings was disseminated via text message, word-of-mouth, and flyers.  The BHB’s business, including rivalries with other gangs, shootings, the arrest of gang members, guns, and drugs, was regularly discussed at these meetings.  “Kitty dues” – money that paid for commissary funds, lawyers, guns, and drugs, and that served as tribute to JOHNSON – were collected at these meetings.  The BHB maintained its own rules and constitution that new members were required to learn.  Members of the BHB also used code words and secret phrases to communicate with each other both while in prison and on the street in order to avoid detection by law enforcement.   

One of the BHB’s principal objectives was to sell cocaine base, commonly known as “crack cocaine,” powder cocaine, and heroin, which members and associates of the BHB sold throughout the greater New York area and in Pennsylvania. 

Members and associates of the BHB engaged in multiple acts of violence against rival gangs.  These acts of violence included assaults and attempted murders, and were committed to protect the Gang’s drug territory, to retaliate against members of rival gangs who had encroached on the territory controlled by the BHB, and to otherwise promote the standing and reputation of the Gang vis-à-vis rival gangs.  These acts of violence also included assaults and attempted murders against members and associates of the BHB itself, as part of internal power struggles within the Gang.

For example, on or about April 3, 2009 in Greenburgh, New York, CHERRY and MORTON attempted to murder KAID during a power struggle within the BHB, during which MORTON shot and injured KAID, who survived the shooting.  Then, on or about January 28, 2012 in the Bronx, New York, JOHNSON and MURRAY attempted to murder two members of a rival gang when JOHNSON fired into a fried chicken restaurant, injuring two individuals who survived the shooting.  The violence continued, and on or about September 26, 2012 in the Bronx, New York, JOHNSON, KAID and CANNON attempted to kill two other members of a rival gang at whom KAID fired gunshots.

Count One of the Indictment charges LATIQUE JOHNSON, BRANDON GREEN, INES SANCHEZ, DONNELL MURRAY, THOMAS MORTON, DAVID CHERRY, SAEED KAID, ERIC GRAYSON, MARQUES CANNON, MANUEL ROSARIO, MICHAEL EVANS, and TERRELL PINKNEY with participating in a racketeering conspiracy. 

Count Two charges JOHNSON and MURRAY with assault and attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering in connection with the January 28, 2012 shooting at members of a rival gang.

Count Three charges JOHNSON, KAID and CANNON with assault and attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering in connection with the September 26, 2012 shooting at members of a rival gang. 

Count Four of the Indictment charges JOHNSON, GREEN, MURRAY, MORTON, CHERRY, KAID, GRAYSON, CANNON, ROSARIO, EVANS, and PATRICK DALY with participating in a narcotics conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, powder cocaine and heroin.

Count Five of the Indictment charges GREEN, MURRAY, MORTON, CHERRY, KAID, GRAYSON, CANNON, ROSARIO, EVANS and PINKNEY, with firearms offenses in connection with the racketeering and narcotics conspiracies charged in Counts One and Four, respectively.

Counts Six and Seven of the Indictment charge JOHNSON with firearms offenses in connection with the racketeering and narcotics conspiracies charged in Counts One and Four, respectively, and with use of a firearm in connection with assault and attempted murder in aid of racketeering in connection with Count Two.

Nine of the 13 defendants, INES SANCHEZ, THOMAS MORTON, DAVID CHERRY, ERIC GRAYSON, MANUEL ROSARIO, MICHAEL EVANS, and TERRELL PINKNEY were taken into federal custody yesterday or this morning and will be presented before United States Magistrate Judge Henry Pittman later today.  MARQUES CANNON was arrested in the Northern District of New York and was presented before a magistrate judge.  PATRICK DALY was arrested in the Western District of New York and was presented before a magistrate judge.  SAID KAID is currently incarcerated in state custody on other charges, and will be presented at a later date.  LATIQUE JOHNSON is already in federal custody on prior charges and will be presented on the new charges at a later date.  BRANDON GREEN and DONNELL MURRAY remain fugitives. The case of United States v. Latique Johnson, et al, S1 16 Cr. 281 (PGG) has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe.   

Charts containing the names, ages, residences, charges, and maximum penalties for the defendants are set forth below.  The maximum potential sentences in this case are prescribed by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendants will be determined by the judge.

COUNT	CHARGE		DEFENDANTS		MAX. PENALTIES
1	Racketeering conspiracy   18 U.S.C. § 1962(d)		LATIQUE JOHNSON BRANDON GREEN INES SANCHEZ DONNELL MURRAY THOMAS MORTON DAVID CHERRY SAEED KAID ERIC GRAYSON MARQUES CANNON MANUEL ROSARIO MICHAEL EVANS TERRELL PINKNEY		20 years in prison
2	Assault and attempted murder and Conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering activity   18 U.S.C. §§ 1959 & 2		LATIQUE JOHNSON DONNELL MURRAY		10 years in prison
3	Assault and attempted murder and Conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering activity   18 U.S.C. §§ 1959 & 2		LATIQUE JOHNSON SAEED KAID MARQUES CANNON		10 years in prison
4	Narcotics conspiracy   21 U.S.C. § 846		LATIQUE JOHNSON BRANDON GREEN DONNELL MURRAY THOMAS MORTON DAVID CHERRY SAEED KAID ERIC GRAYSON MARQUES CANNON MANUEL ROSARIO MICHAEL EVANS PATRICK DALY		Life in prison   Mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison
5	Using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to, or possessing a firearm in furtherance of, a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime   18 U.S.C. § 924(c)		BRANDON GREEN DONNELL MURRAY THOMAS MORTON DAVID CHERRY SAEED KAID ERIC GRAYSON MARQUES CANNON MANUEL ROSARIO MICHAEL EVANS TERRELL PINKNEY		Life in prison   Mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison
6	Using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to, or possessing a firearm in furtherance of, a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime   18 U.S.C. § 924(c)		LATIQUE JOHNSON		Life in prison   Mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison
7	Using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to, or possessing a firearm in furtherance of, a crime of violence   18 U.S.C. § 924(c)		LATIQUE JOHNSON		Life in prison   Mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison

DEFENDANT		AGE		RESIDENCE
LATIQUE JOHNSON a/k/a “La Brim” a/k/a “Straight 2 Business” a/k/a “Breezy” a/k/a “Boss Dog”		36		In Custody
BRANDON GREEN a/k/a “Light” a/k/a “Moneywell”		33		Bronx, NY
INES SANCHEZ a/k/a “Meth”		36		Bronx, NY
DONNELL MURRAY a/k/a “Don P”		37		Bronx, NY
THOMAS MORTON a/k/a “10 Stacks”		40		Elmhurst, NY
DAVID CHERRY a/k/a “Showtime”		35		Queens, NY
SAEED KAID a/k/a “O-Dog”		36		In Custody
ERIC GRAYSON a/k/a “Gistol”		33		Bronx, NY
MARQUES CANNON a/k/a “Paper Boy”		31		Syracuse, NY
MANUEL ROSARIO a/k/a “Top Dolla”		37		New York, New York
MICHAEL EVANS a/k/a “Puff”		36		Bronx, New York
TERRELL PINKNEY a/k/a “BX”		37		Bronx, New York
PATRICK DALY		54		Middleport, New York

Mr. Bharara thanked the FBI and the NYPD, as well as the Criminal Investigators at the United States Attorney’s Office, for their work on the investigation.

This case is being prosecuted by the Office’s Violent and Organized Crime Unit.  Assistant United States Attorneys Abigail S. Kurland, Jared Lenow and Max Nicholas are in charge of the prosecution.

The charges contained in the Indictment are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces $95 Million Recovery From Deutsche Bank In Fraudulent Conveyance Case Related To Federal Income Tax Avoidance

   Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced a settlement between the United States of America and DEUTSCHE BANK, A.G., DB U.S. FINANCIAL MARKETS HOLDING CORP., and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES, INC. (“DEUTSCHE BANK”), resolving a civil lawsuit in which the United States alleges that DEUTSCHE BANK participated in a series of transactions that amounted to fraudulent conveyances carried out with the purpose and effect of evading tens of millions of dollars in federal tax liability. 

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said:  “Using a web of shell companies and series of calculated transactions, Deutsche Bank sought to escape liability for tens of millions of dollars in taxes.  The Government, through this action and settlement, has made Deutsche Bank admit to its actions designed to avoid taxes and pay $95 million to the United States to account for this conduct.”

According to the allegations of the Complaint previously filed by this Office against DEUTSCHE BANK in Manhattan federal court:

In 2000, DEUTSCHE BANK acquired a corporation that held stock with a very low cost basis, meaning that when this stock was subsequently sold, significant taxable income would be incurred.  In order to dispose of the stock without paying the taxes that would be due on this transaction, DEUTSCHE BANK entered into a fraudulent plan with a tax shelter promoter.  Pursuant to this plan, DEUTSCHE BANK transferred the shares of the acquired corporation to a shell company (“BMY”) created by the promoter, which then transferred the stock back to DEUTSCHE BANK in such a way as to cause the shell company to get stuck with the tax bill.  DEUTSCHE BANK and the promoter structured this transaction (the “May 2000 Transaction”) so that the shell company would have little or no assets and would be unable to pay the taxes due.  The net result:  DEUTSCHE BANK would be able to cleanse the stock of its low cost basis and purport to leave the tax liability with a “taxpayer” – the shell company – that would be unable to pay the tax.  Ultimately, this transaction left the shell company BMY with a liability of more than $52 million in taxes, plus interest and penalties.  

Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement approved today by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, DEUTSCHE BANK agrees to pay the United States $95 million to resolve the claims in the Complaint. 

In the Settlement Agreement, DEUTSCHE BANK also “admits, acknowledges, and accepts responsibility for” certain key facts related to the Government’s allegations in the complaint, including the following:

• “DEUTSCHE BANK engaged in the May 2000 Transaction in order to avoid having to pay the built-in tax liability associated with” the stock.
  
  
• “Each aspect of the May 2000 Transaction was pre-planned” and “[a]s a result of the May 2000 Transaction, BMY realized substantial taxable gain.”
  
  
• “Deutsche Bank knew or, had it made reasonable inquiries, would have known that BMY did not have legitimate tax losses to offset this gain.”

• BMY nonetheless “claimed [to the IRS] that no tax was due because the income was offset by unrelated foreign currency transaction losses” that “were attributable to a tax shelter known as a Currency Option Investment Strategy (‘COINS’) tax shelter.”

• DEUTSCHE BANK itself had “participated in this COINS tax shelter,” and, “[a]s Deutsche Bank admitted in 2010” in a statement of facts accompanying a non-prosecution agreement entered into by this Office’s Criminal Division, “the COINS shelter, in which it participated willfully and knowingly, was a fraudulent tax shelter, and it was unlawful for Deutsche Bank to have participated in the COINS tax shelter.”
  
  
• “IRS disallowed [these] claimed foreign currency transaction losses and assessed BMY tens of millions of dollars of tax (plus interest and penalties) resulting from the sale of” the stock.

• “Deutsche Bank knew that BMY had no material assets and no operating business,” and “Deutsche Bank knew or should have known that as a result of the May 2000 Transaction, BMY lacked the funds necessary to pay the substantial taxes resulting from the sale of” the stock.
  
  

Mr. Bharara thanked Frederick C. Mutter of the Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, for his extraordinary assistance on this matter.

Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY13) Marks Record Attendance During Historic Swearing In Ceremony for 115th Congress

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY13) released the following statement today following his historic ceremony to be sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives for the 115th Congress and is recognized by Leader Nancy Pelosi for his record level of interest and support.

“I would like to express my deepest appreciation to the hundreds of neighbors, friends, relatives and supporters who attended my swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday, January 3, to become a member of the United States House of Representatives,” Rep. Espaillat said.  “I am especially grateful to my family, members of the press and all of the residents from New York’s 13th Congressional District who made it possible for me to come to Washington. This is a triumph for us all and I am deeply grateful!”

“Congressman Adriano Espaillat has already shown he will be an outstanding champion for New York’s 13th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives,” Leader Pelosi said. “The record interest in Congressman Espaillat’s swearing-in ceremony is a powerful testimony to the respect he commands and the excitement there is for the values and qualities he will bring to the Congress.  With his commitment to empowering all people, Congressman Espaillat is fighting for equality of opportunity for all – and he will be a leader of House Democrats’ fight for comprehensive immigration reform, civil rights, and policies that improve the lives of hard-working families in communities across America.”