[Queens News]
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz: “In the four years since the launch of the innovative $153 million Jamaica NOW Action Plan, Jamaica’s emergence as a modern hub of entrepreneurship, ingenuity and culture has been a boon to all those who live, work and visit this historic neighborhood.”
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[Caribbean News]
Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett recently appointed Major Dave Walker as Jamaica’s new director of Visitor Safety and Experience.
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[Housing News]
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio: “We are making tremendous progress in our goal to expand affordable housing in our city, and this year we’ve produced a record number of homes for our most vulnerable friends and neighbors.”
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[Media Bias News]
Muslim Advocates lawyer Madihha Ahussain: “President Trump, Fox News and congressional Republicans are recklessly wielding anti-Muslim bigotry and racism as political tools and are encouraging hate and violence in the process.”
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[Environmental News]
Attorney General James: “These toxic ‘forever’ chemicals endanger the well-being of people across our state, and we need federal legislation to address the threat. We strongly urge Congress to take action and give our states the tools we urgently need to address the harms these dangerous chemicals cause to our communities.”
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[Child Sex Abuse News]
Manhattan D.A. Cyrus Vance: “This lengthy prison sentence is the only appropriate outcome for this horrific case of child sexual assault.”
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[Theater News]
Award-winning play “As Much As I Can,” about the struggles of gay and bi-sexual Black men, will be featured at Joe’s Pub, in Manhattan, from Sep 12-16.
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[Immigration News]
America’s Voice Communication Director Douglas Rivlin: “It comes as no surprise that Senate Republicans are unable to put their party leanings aside to protect human lives. Denying protections for Venezuelans fleeing for their lives is inhumane and cruel.”
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[Racial Policing News]
CPR’s Anthonine Pierre: “De Blasio has a lot of things to say about racial justice, when it comes to policing. The question to your readers is: what have they seen happen in the last five years as we have been waiting for justice on this particular [Eric Garner]case?”
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[Consumer Protection News]
NY Attorney General James: “It is becoming far too commonplace that financial institutions are susceptible to hacks, begging the questions: Why do these breaches continue to take place? And are companies doing enough to prevent future data breaches?”
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