{"id":406,"date":"2014-04-13T09:02:26","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T13:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=406"},"modified":"2014-04-13T09:02:26","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T13:02:26","slug":"new-york-city-blog-april-6-april-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=406","title":{"rendered":"New York City Blog April 6 – April 12"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Every time I stick my nose out the door, I\u2019m walking in the shoes of one of my characters in my series. \u00a0On Thursday, at the Real Immigration Reform rally, a portly man in a tired suit announced to a friend and me that he had run for president and for mayor and he was thinking of running for governor. He pressed his card into my friend\u2019s hand. It\u2019s the sort of prop that\u2019s gold dust to a mystery writer. The late Elmore Leonard would have loved this guy. His NY craziness and attitude were displayed on his card, loaded down with dubious credentials.I was thinking of a scene with him and my detective, Steve Kulchek. Steve is a tough, cynical New Yorker who has a soft spot for weirdos.<\/div>\n
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Usually, I hate rallies: the screaming into the squeaky microphone, the haranguing of a group that\u2019s already on your side, the hustle and crowds, the awkwardness of holding a banner that\u2019s caught in the wind. The Real Immigration Reform was different. The speakers were focused on Congress having let us down and Obama not following through on his campaign promises. The three hundred plus crowd had \u00a0African, Asian and Latino representatives as well as representatives from various unions, Cabrini and Judson Memorial Church. Judson has been in the vanguard of institutions protesting ICE (U. S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement) treating immigrants as if they were criminals and separating families.<\/div>\n
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Talk about caring. This is a recent mangled piece of mail received from our postal service.<\/div>\n

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