[Justice for Women Task Force]
Three rallies will be held in Manhattan, Spring Valley, and East Meadow to honor Layleen Polanco and Tina Davis, two women who died at the hands of law enforcement and corrections.
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Governor Cuomo
Charles and Inez Barron to Hold Press Conference, Reparations Rally
[Reparations Bill (A3080A)]
Assemblyman Barron: “Speaker Heastie bring the Reparations bill (A3080A) to the floor for a vote now! Governor Cuomo make a commitment now to sign this bill into law when it reaches your desk. Justice delayed is justice denied.”
Photo: IBW21.org
WBAI Radio’s Black Star News Show: Columbus’ Statue and George Floyd
[Black Star News Show]
Black Star News Show: Today’s Theme: “Post George Floyd Uprisings and Resistance.”
Photo: YouTube
NYC Public Advocate Hails Repeal of 50-A, Chokehold Ban, and Other Police Reforms
[Repeal of 50-A\Chokehold Ban\Police Reform]
Williams: “Together with finally banning chokeholds, enhancing oversight and investigations of officer interaction, and helping prevent false emergency calls that initiate them, the progress made today shows the power of protest to effect change.”
Photo: YouTube
NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE TO GOVERNOR AND MAYOR: TIME TO ADDRESS INEQUITIES IN POLICING
[Reforming Police in New York}
Williams: “We must demonstrate that we are committed to making tangible and immediate changes that will address the inequities in our policing system that are at the heart of these protests.”
Photo: YouTube
COVID-19: NY IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES SAY CUOMO AND DE BLASIO MUST HELP IMMIGRANT VICTIMS
[NY\COVID-19 Pandemic\Immigrants]
Community vigils were held in Corona Plaza and in Brentwood, Long Island to commemorate the community members lost in the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. The vigils included candles, flowers, photos of those lost…”
Photo: YouTube
PRESIDENT OBAMA PROTECTED AMERICA FROM EBOLA UNLIKE TRUMP’S CATASTROPHIC COVID-19 NON-RESPONSE
[Ebola 14\COVID-19]
TrumpDeathClock.com charts deaths from COVID-19 and the portion estimated as preventable, 53,781 unnecessary COVID-19 deaths in America as of May 17.
Photo: YouTube
COVID-19: NEW YORK’S PRISONS STILL LACK SOCIAL DISTANCING
[Alliance of Families for Justice]
AFJ’s Soffiyah Elijah: “Alliance of Families for Justice is calling on the Governor to immediately share his plan of action to care for incarcerated New Yorkers during the pandemic.”
Photo: YouTube
SANDERS DELEGATES, OTHERS SUE NY ELECTION COMMISSIONERS
[New York Primary\Bernie Sanders]
Kathryn Levy: “This is a question of defending basic voting rights and our endangered democracy. For NY State to retroactively change ballot access rules in the middle of an election season is a dangerous precedent.”
Photo: YouTube
HOUSING WORKS ORGANIZATION DENOUNCES “MISGUIDED EFFORT” TO POLICE HOMELESS ON NYC SUBWAYS
[COVID-19\Homelessness\Subways]
‘As the operator of a COVID-19 isolation shelter for homeless people recovering from this awful disease, Housing Works has seen first-hand the impact of the epidemic on persons at unconscionable risk in congregate shelters or trying to survive on the streets.”
Photo: YouTube
