[Interner Acess\COVID-19]
de Blasio: “Our mission to deliver affordable, high-quality internet service has never felt more urgent. COVID-19 has further exposed the inequalities in internet access.”
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NYCHA
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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NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE ON MAYOR’S STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS: LET’S TURN WORDS INTO ACTION
[State of the City\Public Advocate Response]
Public Advocate Williams: “Our children should not be over-policed…Law enforcement should not be responding to mental health crises- that approach has led to tragedy, and it’s neither appropriate for those in need who are making the call, nor fair to the officers answering it.”
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NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC ADVOCATE WILLIAMS RELEASES “WORST LANDLORDS WATCHLIST”
[Housing\”Worst Landlord’s List”]
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams: “I’ve been a tenant organizer, I’ve been a Housing Chair, and now as Public Advocate, I’m going to use my voice to amplify those of tenants suffering because of the worst landlords in our city.”
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ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES FIGHTS FOR NYC’S PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS
[New York News\Housing]
Attorney General James: “As New Yorkers suffered through the cold winter, NYCHA sat by as hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers went without heat or hot water. The unfortunate truth is that no one should be shocked that the New York City Housing Authority sits atop the city’s worst landlord list with nearly 175,000 complaints, but we should all be appalled.”
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RIDERS ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES “DAYS OF ACTION” CAMPAIGN
[New York News\Transit]
The Riders Alliance will share stories highlighting the role that the current limited Fair Fares program is already playing in New Yorkers lives and fan out to collect more data from low-income New Yorkers about their experiences learning about, applying for, and using their half-fare MetroCards.
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BRONX COMMUNITY CENTER PRESENTS “CLAREMONT ILLUMINATED” TWO-DAY PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL STARTING JUNE 28
[Documentary\Photography News]
Bronx Documentary Center’s second annual Claremont Illuminated festival “explores the diverse lives and stories” of South Bronx’s Claremont Village…
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EBC-Metro IAF’s Rev. Brawley Will Call For Mayor De Blasio’s Resignation At Wednesday Rally
[New York Housing News]
EBS-Metro IAF will call for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s resignation this Wednesday because of dysfunction at NYCHA…
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