[CARES Act\DACA]
Queens College President Wu: “There are profound humanitarian and moral reasons to include DACA recipients in the grants under the CARES Act.”
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CARES Act
Donald Trump and America’s Real Organized Crime Looters
[Trump’s Presidency of Corruption]
Hastings: “Organized crime carried on as usual, figuring out how to use punked legislators to enrich the wealthy even more at the direct expense of everyone who pays taxes.”
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Gillibrand To Congress: Provide COVID-19 Relief Funding for NY Hospitals
[COVID-19\New York Hospitals]
Se. Gillibrand: “New York’s hospitals have been on the frontlines of the coronavirus response and the financial strain is staggering. Our hospitals are in dire need of resources.”
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MBDA Awards $10M in Grants to Support Minority-Owned Businesses
[MBDA\CARES Act]
The U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) announced the deployment of $10 million in CARES Act funding to the network of MBDA Business Centers and national minority chambers of commerce.
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“HEROES” ACT RAISES $250 BILLION BY REPEALING HUGE TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH
[HEROES Act\“Millionaires Giveaway”]
F. Clemente: “Not only would the House-passed HEROES Act revoke an egregious example of pandemic profiteering in the form of the ‘Millionaires Giveaway,’ but it would also be the first corrective to the 2017 Trump-GOP tax law, a $2 trillion boondoggle.”
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COVID-19: WHILE WORKERS RISK THEIR LIVES SENATE REPUBLICANS PROTECT CORPORATE AMERICA’S PROFITS
[America’s Voice]
Frank Sharry: “Instead of widespread testing, safe working conditions and meaningful protections for workers, Republicans are worried about company profits and legal liability for their corporate donors.”
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COVID-19: $99 MILLION AID FOR LOCAL NY HOSPITALS, SAYS REP. VELAZQUEZ
[COVID-19\New York Hospitals]
Rep. Velazquez: “I’m pleased to see these funds allocated for our hospitals to supply our doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals with the tools they need.”
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ONEUNITED BANK, LARGEST BLACK OWNED BANK, LAUNCHES SBA PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM
[ONEUNITED BANK\SBA PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM]
OneUnited has unique access to $30 billion of stimulus funding that was allocated to Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) and Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) as part of the second round of PPP.
Photo: OneUnited Bank
SANDERS AND SENATE DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE BILL TO PROVIDE $2,000 PAYMENTS DURING COVID-19 CRISIS
[Economic Crisis Support Act]
Senator Sanders. “The one-time $1,200 check that many Americans recently received is not nearly enough to pay the rent, put food on the table and make ends meet.”
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OUR DEMOCRACY NEEDS A BAILOUT TO INCREASE VOTER TURNOUT
[American Voter Turnout]
Mac Regan: “The November elections in the U.S. will be the most contentious and consequential in memory, yet its outcome is threatened by the fact that historically our turnout rates are among the lowest of any mature democracy in the world.”
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