[COVID-19 Racial Disparities\New York]
James: “The COVID-19 data released today reveals that the virus has had a disproportionate impact on communities of color.”
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Governor Cuomo
HYPOCRITE GOV. CUOMO CUTS MEDICAID IN MIDST OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC
[Medicaid Cuts\Cuomo\COVID19]
Barron: “We need Governor Cuomo to report to our communities how the pandemic virus is impacting us by race and poverty, and he must report on how decisions are made to determine which communities will receive the needed resources.”
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CITY HARVEST AMPLIFIES FEEDING OF HUNGRY NEW YORKERS IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19
[City Harvest\Hunger\COVID-19]
City Harvest, New York City’s private response to hunger and largest food rescue organization, has mobilized to feed children, families, and all of our neighbors in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Photo: City Harvest
COMMUNITY LEADERS TO BLACK OFFICIALS: SAVE BLACK LIVES DURING COVID-19
[COVID-19\Black Elected Officials]
As COVID-19 threatens to ravage prisons across the state, Black community organizers from Riverhead to Rochester called on Black elected officials to loudly and publicly reject Governor Cuomo’s proposed bail rollbacks.
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NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE CALLS FOR “SHELTER-IN-PLACE” POLICY
[COVID-19\”Shelter-in-Place” Policy]
Williams: “I’m calling on Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio to create a defined “shelter-in-place” policy-not a quarantine- immediately, one that is reassessed on a weekly or biweekly basis.”
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NEW YORK PUBLIC ADVOCATE: TAX WALL STREET AND WEALTHY TO STOP MEDICAID CUTS
[Wall Street Wealth Tax\Medicaid]
The Public Advocate identified six revenue-raising measures which together could net $20 Billion in new revenue statewide and protect healthcare funding at a crucial time when the state faces the threat of coronavirus.
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BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT TESTIFIES BEFORE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
[Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.\NYC Council Committee on the Justice System]
Homelessness is at or near its all-time high, with a recent City Council report saying that 83,277 individuals were homeless in January 2019.
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RIDERS ALLIANCE SAYS MTA MUST WORK CLOSELY WITH OFFICIALS ON BRONX BUS REDESIGN
[Final MTA Bronx Bus Redesign\Riders Alliance]
Riders Alliance’s Burgos-Veras: “As the redesign rolls out, the MTA should work closely with Mayor de Blasio and the DOT to implement the City’s planned bus lanes and other street priority treatments for major Bronx corridors by the end of this year.”
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ANTI-SOLITARY CONFINEMENT ADVOCATES WILL PROTEST AGAINST MAYOR DE BLASIO AT GRACIE MANSION
[New York News\Criminal Justice]
Despite the growing call to end solitary from community members, the Public Advocate, City Council Members, the Council Speaker, leading presidential candidates, and countless others across the city, state, and country, Mayor de Blasio has said he is “not there yet.” Instead, the Mayor has actively worked to undermine even minimal efforts to reduce solitary.
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PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATES DECRY GOVERNOR CUOMO’S NEW PLAN TO OVERPOLICE TRANSIT SYSTEM
[New York News\MTA]
Afua Atta-Mensah, Executive Director of Community Voices Heard: “The crackdown on low-income communities of color trying to access public transit must end. We cannot stand by as the MTA and the NYPD continue to criminalize poverty and harass working-class people. We are proud to stand with organizations and individuals who are fighting back against this onslaught. Together, we are all working to build a city that is accessible and affordable for all New Yorkers.”
Photo: courtesy Daniel Coates / Riders Alliance
