[NYC Care\Mental Health Services\ COVID-19]
Mayor de Blasio. “COVID-19 exposed our city’s most painful disparities, including access to medical care. By expanding NYC Care, we are tackling these inequities head on.”
Photo: NYC Care
COVID-19 Crisis
NYC Care and Mental Health Services to be Expanded due to COVID-19
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ADVANCES NATIVIST POLICIES “UNDER COVER OF THE CORONAVIRUS”
[Trump Administration\Immigration]
Molly O’Toole: “ICE officials this month presented the roughly 180 parents in its custody with the choice of separating from their children or remaining indefinitely detained with them.”
Photo: YouTube
MEET BLACK “MOMPRENEUR” WHO IS DEVELOPING A $50 MILLION WEALTH-BUILDING COMMUNITY
[Natgeda Remy\NYCE Cos\Wealthlab.co]
Remy: “We want to create a Black micro-economy within the ecosystem of real estate…Our aim is to help 100,000 people become first-time investors, and eventually millionaires in their own right.”
Photo: Natgeda Remy
SANDERS AND DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE “HEALTH CARE EMERGENCY GUARANTEE ACT”
[Emergency Health Care Guarantee Act]
Sen. Sanders: “During this public health crisis, we must make sure that everyone in America is able to receive all of the medical care they need, regardless of their income, immigration status or insurance coverage.”
Photo: YouTube
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.”
Photo: YouTube
NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE CALLS FOR RENT RELIEF AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC
[Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams\Rent Relief]
Williams: “I have long joined tenants in urging protections and relief, and I have seen rents continue to rise, forcing New Yorkers out of their homes. The affordable housing and homelessness crisis is now compounded exponentially with the COVID-19 crisis.”
Photo: YouTube
HARLEM STAGE WILL HOLD VIRTUAL PERFORMING ARTS FUNDRAISER
[Harlem Stage]
Harlem Stage’s Patricia Cruz: “This online celebration will showcase our mission to a wider audience and hopefully raise the critical funds needed to continue to support visionary artists of color.”
Photo: Harlem Stage
COVID-19 BRINGS NEW THREATS TO NICARAGUA’S INDIGENOUS INCLUDING INTENSIFIED LAND INVASIONS
[Oakland Institute\Nicaragua]
Oakland Institute: A new report, Nicaragua’s Failed Revolution, details the incessant violence facing the Indigenous communities in the Caribbean Coast Autonomous Regions, as evidenced by recent attacks against the Alal, Wasakin, and Miskitu communities.
Photo: Facebook
TLAIB, JAYAPAL INTRODUCE BILL PROVIDING RECURRING COVID-19 RELIEF PAYMENTS
[COVID-19\ABC Act]
UnidosUS’ Eric Rodriguez: “During this dangerous COVID-19 outbreak, everyone facing the stiff economic consequences of the pandemic deserves a basic safety net to protect themselves and their families from needless suffering and economic ruin.”
Photo: YouTube
