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Adams’ whirlwind first days in office

By ARIAMA C. LONG Report for America Corps Member / Amsterdam News Staff

Day. Despite dealing with an ominous police shooting, the COVID surge, and school closures in the first few hours to days of his term, New Mayor Eric Adams quite lit- Adams appeared energized during erally had to hit the ground run- his press circuits. ning after his swearing into office Saturday, Jan. 1 was Adams’ first on Saturday morning, New Year’s full day. On his subway commute

into city hall, Adams, a former transit cop, seemingly flashed back to old beat cop ways by calling 911 to report two men fighting in view of the J train platform at Broadway and Kosciuszko in Brooklyn. Later that same morning, he and newly appointed NYPD Police Commis-

sioner Keechant L. Sewell had to hold a press conference after an officer was injured in a shooting.

At around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, Officer Keith Wagenhauser, 33, was resting in his personal car in between shifts near the 25th See ADAMS on page 6

Adams and Banks want students to ‘Stay Safe’

By STEPHON JOHNSON Amsterdam News Staff

Adams and Banks, while visiting Concourse Village Elementary School and P17X in the Bronx, New York City Mayor Eric Adams discussed the beginnings of their and Schools Chancellor David “Stay Safe and Stay Open” plan to Banks are tasked with implementing keep the school year going witha plan to test, trace and keep chil- out a hitch. The duo promoted the dren and staff members safe. idea of the program to those in at-

tendance. It’s a program whose idea sprouted from the end of the previous administration.

Right before leaving City Hall, former New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, Adams and New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled the program for New Yorkers.

“Way over the past two weeks, positivity rates…have jumped from 7.7 to 21.7%,” Adams said during the announcement. “That’s enough to be concerned. Hospitalizations.

It’s all [on] the rise as well. But basically, the data suggests something See STUDENTS on page 6

Mayor Adams making all the right moves his first week in office Urban Agenda by David R. Jones, President and CEO of the Community Service Society of New York - See page 5

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TUTU’S LAST WISHES SHED NEW LIGHT ON ‘AQUAMATION’ OR ‘GREEN BURIAL’ (GIN)—Over the course of his 90 years, Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu gave voice to his beloved nation in its struggle for change and reconciliation under Black ma-

sisted death.

His last request, befitting a man who scorned ostentation and defended the environment, was that there be no “lavish spending” for his funeral and that his casket be simple, made of pine with only a bouquet of carnations from his family. He directed

there is no legislation there specifically covering the practice.

jority rule. His last wishes for a green burial have sparked a tweet storm on the mostly unfamiliar practice among devoted followers of “the Arch.”

Archbishop Tutu was a key figure telling the world of the grievances of South Africa’s exploited Black majority. He did not mince words in a meeting with Pres. Ronald Reagan. American policy toward South Africa, he said, known as “constructive engagement,” was “evil, immoral and un-Christian.”

To the foreign investors still reaping profits, he urged “persuasive pressure” for racial change but if that failed, “pressure must become punitive, that is, economic sanctions should be imposed.”

He even took on his countrymen, faulting the new political rulers for seeking their own advancement before that of the poor. “What is Black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but a small elite that tends to be recycled?

We are sitting on a powder keg.”

The former teacher, cleric and activist was fearlessly outspoken across a range of topics, from Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories to gay rights, climate change and as-

his remains to undergo alkaline hydrolysis, also known as aquamation, an eco-friendly alternative to traditional cremation that uses water rather than fire.

Aquamation is part of a growing “green burial” movement that avoids non-biodegradable materials and promotes natural decomposition. Advocates say it’s an environmentally friendly alternative to ornate caskets and cremation by fire, which emits greenhouse gases.

After the private aquamation ceremony Archbishop Tutu was interred behind the pulpit from where he once denounced bigotry and racial tyranny.

The California-based Green Burial Council tweeted: “Even in death, Desmond Tutu remains a vigilant protector of the environment. He chose a green alternative to cremation— #aquamation—as his final act to nurture the Earth.”

“There is a more eco-friendly way of [cremation] and that is aquamation. It’s a process involving water and is more environment-friendly which is what he aspired to as an eco-warrior,” said the Rev. Michael Weeder of Cape Town.

Aquamation was introduced to South Africa in 2019. Currently

138-year-old Cape Town Parliament complex. An individual has been arrested in connection with the incident.

The roof of the old National Assembly building has collapsed and authorities fear significant damage has been done to priceless artifacts inside, including the manuscript of lyrics for South Africa’s national anthem.

Images broadcast on television showed flames leaping from the roof of one large building, while several others in the parliament building area including the National Assembly were enveloped in a thick cloud of black smoke.

The fire is believed to have started in one of the older buildings, leading to a security cordon near the cathedral where the ashes of the anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu were buried on Saturday.

“The roof of the Old Assembly building has collapsed and is gone,” said JP Smith, Cape Town’s mayoral committee member for safety and security. “The entire parliamentary complex is severely damaged— waterlogged and smoke damaged.” No casualties have been

reported and the cause of the blaze is not yet known.

Parliament spokesman MAJOR DAMAGE FEARED AS FIRE Moloto Mothapo said a man in GUTS SOUTH AFRICA’S HISTORIC his early 50s was arrested inside PARLIAMENT BUILDING the parliamentary complex on (GIN)—Firefighters have Sunday morning, but did not been battling to contain a blaze, give any further details. six hours after it broke out in the Parliamentary officials said (GIN photo)

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they were not aware of any sensitive documents that might have been affected by the fire.

But offices belonging to lawmakers in the African National Congress as well as in two smaller opposition parties— the Good Party and the National Freedom Party—were among those badly damaged.

The building houses a collection of rare books and the original copy of the former Afrikaans national anthem “Die Stem van Suid-Afrika” (“The Voice of South Africa”), which was already damaged.

The fire broke out at about 3 a.m. on Jan. 1.

The National Assembly building, with its red and white facade, is where South Africa’s last apartheid president, FW de Klerk, declared the end of the brutal white minority regime in 1990.

South Africans viewed the fire as a double blow on the first two days of the new year, after saying farewell to Tutu and then seeing their Parliament burn.

“It’s just really a terrible setback,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said. “The Arch [Tutu] would’ve been devastated as well. This is a place he supported and prayed for.”

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Weekend one, January 2022: public, cop, dog become gun victims

By NAYABA ARINDE Amsterdam News Editor “They are out here playing Call of Duty, but there is no reset button when you take someone’s life,” boomed activist Danny Goodine, in light of a Bed Stuy woman and her pitbull killed in a crossfire shooting in a Brooklyn bodega.

At about 9:45 p.m. on Sunday, the second day of January, 2022, police responded to a 911 call of a woman shot inside the Salim Smoke Shop & Lottery Corp, 488 Dekalb Avenue, Clinton Hill. Reports say that the gunman was aiming at another man when he hit Jennifer Ynoa, 36, in the torso and her pitbull. When cops arrived she was laid out on the sidewalk “unconscious and unresponsive.”

EMS responded and took Ynoa to Brooklyn Hospital where she was pronounced deceased.

“These shooters are not trained with weapons, and they shoot recklessly. As the old folk say, ‘These bullets don’t have eyes,’” said Goodine, co-founder of Men Elevating Leader-

ship, named for his son Blake Shamel Harper, a 2004 gun violence victim.

“This young woman wasn’t the intended target, she was an innocent bystander. The dog probably lunged at him. With the ASPCA and PETA, they are going to give him more time because of the dog. But, he didn’t care who he shot. People like this have no understanding of what firearms are.

There is a real consequence to their reckless behavior.”

No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing, and PETA has offered a $5,000 reward.

Twenty-two-year NYPD veteran, retired captain, now New York City’s 110th mayor, Eric Adams, is faced with twindemic issues of gun violence and police/community relations.

The self-described “Get Stuff Done” mayor was confronted with the gun crime issue on day one, when a bullet hit a sleeping officer in the police parking lot of East Harlem’s 25th Precinct. Deciding to sleep in his vehicle as he was due to return to work within hours, Officer Keith Wagenhauser, 33,

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Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan leads ‘Harlem not for sale’ protest and rally City Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan, and concerned residents of central Harlem, led a protest on Monday against the “One45” development proposed for the corner of Lenox Avenue and West 145th Street.

The proposal to construct two 363-foot-tall towers, a civil rights museum and new headquarters for Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, has been met with much scrutiny from local residents who feel developer Bruce Teitelbaum, and all other profiting parties, have not adequately engaged or even considered the voices of the majority-Black neighborhood.

Richardson Jordan says the One45 development will displace the community she represents.Winning election in 2021, the councilwoman said she would fight against the displacement of Black and Brown people in her district and the erasure of Harlem’s Black heritage, culture and radical tradition.

New Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg to hold community inauguration in March

New city councilmembers weigh in on Racial Justice Commission proposals

Alvin Bragg was officially sworn in as district attorney of New York County (Manhattan) on Jan. 1. Only the fourth person to be elected to this office in the last 80 years, he made history as the first Black Manhattan DA. Bragg was sworn in in a private ceremony by the clerk of New York County, the Hon. Milton Tingling. The community Inauguration ceremony has been rescheduled for Sunday, March 6.

Before his election, Bragg spent 20 years as chief deputy attorney general in New York State, the first chief of a special unit that investigated police-involved killings, an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, a civil rights attorney and a visiting professor of law and co-director of the Racial Justice Project at New York Law School, where he represented the family of Eric Garner in a case against the mayor that sought key details about Garner’s killing.

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Attorney General James and Gov. Hochul continue efforts to defend SALT deduction

The New York City Racial Justice Commission (RJC) put out its final report last week outlining three ballot proposals intended to dismantle structural racism in the city’s constitution.

Though, some incoming city council members are seeing it as little more than a “symbolic gesture.”

“While the Racial Justice Commission was empowered as a charter revision commission, the Commission took seriously its mandate to uproot structural racism at its core—which involved an examination of not only the New York City Charter but also the broader patterns of inequity in our city,” said Anusha Venkataraman, executive director of the RJC. Former Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the formation of the 11member commission on March 23, 2021: the first of its kind in the nation.

In the past nine months, the commission compiled three ballot proposals based on public community forums and input. On Dec. 28, members marched from Foley Square to the Office of the City Clerk and delivered its final report.

The first proposal calls for the city charter to add a statement about values and equity that acknowledges past and ongoing “harms” experienced by marginalized groups and individuals. The second proposal establishes a Racial

New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that New York, Connecticut, Maryland, and New Jersey filed a petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court to continue their lawsuit against the federal government for its unlawful and unprecedented cap on the deduction for state and local taxes, known as SALT. The petition asks the Supreme Court to review an October 2021 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that upheld the district court’s rejection of the states’ suit, which argues that the SALT cap was a politically motivated bid by the former federal administration to interfere with the policy choices of predominantly Democratic states.

The lawsuit—which was originally filed in July 2018 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York—argued that the new SALT deduction cap was enacted to target New York and similarly situated states, that it interferes with states’ rights to make their own fiscal decisions, and that it will disproportionately harm taxpayers in these states.

The top states with the highest average deduction for state and local taxes—a majority of which are Democratic—include New York, Connecticut, Maryland, and New Jersey.

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On Dec. 28, RJC members marched from Foley Square to the Office of the City Clerk and delivered its final report.

(Photographer Alexander J. Clark Contributed Photo)

Equity Office, Plan, and Commission.

The third proposal requires the city to develop and report an annual “true cost of living” in New York City aimed at redefining the dreaded ‘affordable for who’ debate.

Jennifer Jones Austin, chair of the RJC, said that measuring the true cost of living “would be a concrete baseline for both capturing how much it costs to survive and thrive, and a tool to inform and programs that help people, especially persons of color who disproportionately experience wage inadequacy.”

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City’s Health Department releases annual vital statistics data The Health Department today released the Annual Summary of Vital Statistics for 2019 (PDF). The 2019 Summary gives important context on births and deaths in New York City prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, which will help the Health Department understand the deeper health impacts the pandemic has had on New Yorkers in 2020 and beyond.

Data for 2020 beyond the final birth and death totals are still being analyzed, however, based on available totals, between 2019 and 2020 total births declined by 9.4% (110,442 births to 100,022 births) and total deaths increased by 51% (54,559 to 82,143).

The 2019 citywide crude birth rate reached a historic low of 13.2 births per 1,000, and New York City’s age-adjusted premature death rate has declined by 5% from 2010 to 2019.

—Compiled by Cyril Josh Barker

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Tish v. Trump

By HERB BOYD Special to the AmNews N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James moved her civil investigation of the Trump administration a little bit closer as 2022 gets underway, subpoenaing two of his children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump. Each served in executive positions in his administration and have refused to comply with the subpoena.

“Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump are trying to stop my office from interviewing them under oath as part of our investigation into the Trump Organization and Mr. Trump,” James tweeted. “Over two years of delay tactics won’t stop our investigation because no one is above the law.”

Her quest to get testimony from them became public after the Trump admin-

istration’s lawyers attempted to block the attorney general’s request. The Trumps were served on Dec. 1 several months after Eric Trump, the third child, was ordered to testify after the failure of his lawsuit.

James is living up to her promise to investigate the claims that Trump inflated the value of his business empire in order to get loans and subsequently devalued it to lower its taxes.

It remains to be seen if the next move

by James will renew her subpoena of Trump himself that provoked him to sue her, with him charging that she was violating his constitutional rights.

In her quest to get a deposition from Trump, he has called it a “witch hunt.”

The attorney general’s probe is akin to the inquiry launched by Cyrus Vance, the former Manhattan DA and one that Alvin Bragg, the new D.A., has promised to continue.

Freshman city councilmembers excited to begin

By ARIAMA C. LONG Report for America Corps Member / Amsterdam News Staff New York City Council’s 51-member legislative body is in the process of onboarding 35 fresh faces this month, 31 of which are women and many of whom are people of color. The new council members are hitting the ground running as the city deals with another surge of COVID-19, among other things, that has them working from home.

Orientation for new council members started on Dec. 8 as the city shifted attention to the holidays, the new year, and welcoming a new mayor. Now that members are officially sworn in, the real work of adjusting begins.

Amsterdam News reached out to a few of the generally listed phone numbers for council members, but they seemed to still be in the process of being set up. Councilmember Rita Joseph, who replaced Councilmember Dr. Mathieu Eugene in Flatbush, confirmed that she’s still waiting to get the all clear to move into the office.

Councilmember Crystal Hudson put out a statement via Twitter about her feelings on being sworn in and said that they are waiting for the Omicron variant of COVID to subside before scheduling a public inauguration ceremony.

“While I started in my official capacity on January 1, and today was my first day in the ’office,’ my team and I have been hard at work for months,” said Hudson in a statement. “I’ve brought on an all-star team of public servants who I can’t wait to introduce you to later this month. In the next few weeks, we’ll

work together to safely set up a district office, explore creative solutions to serving constituents while keeping rampant spread of COVID19 top of mind, and meet you in your neighborhood—outdoors, masked up and socially distanced.”

Hudson also added that she’s excited to vote for Councilmember Adrienne Adams to replace City Council Speaker Corey Johnson this week. Adams is expected to be the first Black woman councilmember to serve as speaker of the New York City Council.

“I’m confident in soon-to-be-Speaker Adams’ trust in the body, fairness in legislating, and vision to center New Yorkers who have often been overlooked in her agenda,” said Hudson.

Councilmember Chi A. Ossé, who replaced Councilmember Robert Cornegy in Crown Heights and Bed-Stuy, said that he is in his own office at the moment while onboarding from central staff continues with basic phone numbers and email set up. He hadn’t received the keys to Cornegy’s old office, inside the refurbished site of a historic milk bottling plant at Bed-Stuy’s Restoration Plaza, until last week, he said.

Ossé said that with the Omicron variant of COVID still in play, people are waiting to see a “peak and fall” before moving in-person to offices hopefully in the next two weeks.

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NewJerseyNews Mount Laurel Township swears in first African American mayor

By CYRIL JOSH BARKER Amsterdam News Staff

Kareem Pritchett was sworn in Jan. 1 as Mount Laurel Township’s first African American mayor in the township’s 150-year history. U.S. Sen. Cory Booker administered the oath of office.

“It is a great honor and privilege to serve as mayor, and I humbly embrace the immense responsibility ahead,” Pritchett said. “Having served four years on the township council, I’m ready for this opportunity to be a powerful voice for all residents, especially the many that never thought a day like this would be possible in Mount Laurel.”

In 2021, Mount Laurel Township began a new era with the most diverse council in history and new leadership with Stephen Steglik becoming the youngest mayor in history. Despite the fiscal challenges faced by local governments throughout New Jersey, the new council improved services to residents while not raising taxes on residents.

“During the next year, I will work to ensure our growing township pushes forward smart policies to help our local economy, ensure our residents feel safe, and fight for critical infrastructure improvements we need to improve our roads, water quality, and improve our quality of life,” Pritchett said.

Booker said Pritchett’s love for his neighbors led him to become a politician and that his position has expanded in Mount Laurel and that he will provide opportunity for the community he loves so much.

“Today, in Mount Laurel, we begin the new year with immense optimism and hope, as Kareem Pritchett becomes mayor of this great community,” Booker said. “It is also a historic day that touches close to my heart. Kareem Pritchett, a son of Newark, is the first Black mayor in the township’s 150-year history.”

In 2003, Pritchett was hired by the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission and started his career as a correctional officer and was voted Officer of the Year in 2011. A year later he was elected by his peers to represent them in their union, PBA Local 105.

Pritchett served two terms as an executive vice president representing the Juvenile Justice Commission and State Parole Officers on the executive board of PBA Local 105. He later decided to run for Town Council of Mount Laurel Township representing the Democratic Party and was elected in November of 2018.

NJ’s minimum wage goes up to $13/hour for most employees

By CYRIL JOSH BARKER Amsterdam News Staff New Jersey’s statewide minimum wage increased by $1 to $13 per hour for most employees, effective Jan. 1.

The increase is part of legislation signed by Gov. Phil Murphy in February 2019 that gradually raises the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2024 for most employees. When Murphy took office in 2018, the state’s minimum wage was $8.60 per hour; he and the Legislature immediately identified increasing the minimum wage as a legislative priority.

“I was proud to sign legislation to put New Jersey on the path to a $15 per hour minimum wage,” said Murphy. “This increase will greatly improve the lives of countless New Jerseyans and ensure that hardworking people across our state are paid a living wage.”

Under the law, seasonal and small employers were given until 2026 to reach $15 per hour to lessen the impact on their businesses. The minimum hourly wage for these employees will increase to $11.90/ hour on Jan. 1, up from $11.10.

Agricultural workers are guided by a separate minimum wage timetable and were given until 2027 to reach the $15/hour minimum wage.

Employees who work on a farm for an hourly or piece-rate wage will see their minimum hourly wage increase to $11.05, up from $10.44.

Additionally, long-term care facility direct care staff will see their minimum wage rise by $1, to $16/hour.

Tipped workers will also see their minimum cash wage rise by $1 to $5.13/hour, with employers able to claim a $7.87 tip credit. If the minimum cash wage plus an employee’s tips do not equal at least the state minimum wage, then the employer must pay the employee the difference.

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BKLYN Commons’ Johanne Brierre

By ARIAMA C. LONG Amsterdam News Staff, Report for America Corps Member

Johanne Brierre

“They never, ever, ever, ever had an opportunity to build and create something on their own, and I think that’s why what’s so marvelous in what I’m building,” said Brierre. “It’s something that’s life-changing and that’s going to change the whole industry.”

Johanne Brierre, 44, is the creator of NYBeauty Suite and helps run BKLYN Commons, a large coworking space for aspiring entrepreneurs and small businesses in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

Brierre, who is of Haitian background, grew up in the Flatbush area just down the street from the coworking space’s historic location on Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard and across from the entrance to Prospect Park. From 1925 to 1960 the massive building was the Bond Bread Factory. In the ’90s it was then re-outfitted to be a discount clothing store called Phat Alberts Warehouse.

In 2016, BKLYN Commons was founded on the site of the empty warehouse with accessibility, affordability, and community in mind. The space is home to more than 300 small businesses, entrepreneurs, and creators in a vibrant collective community. Brierre joined the mission as a chief brand officer before leveling up to partner in the business space.

Before the commons, Brierre worked in the hotel and hospitality industry in Manhattan.

“People used to come to me all the time to host events and networking, but at the same time I didn’t want to be in the city anymore and wanted to find a space in Brooklyn,” said Brierre about her journey. “One day I was getting off at the train station and I saw a sign.”

Prior to COVID, Brierre’s niece was a member of the beauty community and had a successful business in Florida. She shared with her aunt that during COVID the beauty community was hit extremely hard. Many of the hairdressers and braiders, for instance, were having a hard time making enough money to survive because they were not considered essential workers and relied on rented chairs in commercial rental spaces that were shutdown.

In response, Brierre created NYBeauty Suite, which is a cooperative working environment for “beautipreneurs,” or working professionals in the beauty and wellness industry, such as hair braiders, lash technicians, estheticians, nurses, body sculpting, and holistic healers. The beauti-preneurs are fueled by ecommerce, social media, referrals and online advertising as opposed to heavily focusing on a brick and mortar salon with a chair, said Brierre.

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THE URBAN AGENDA

By David R. Jones

Mayor Adams making all the right moves his first week in office Mayor Eric Adams took the oath of office this week at a time when the city faces extraordinary challenges in crime, education, housing, jobs and the stilllingering coronavirus pandemic. All these crises must be addressed simultaneously.

Adams is off to a great start of his first 100 days with the appointment of an impressive core leadership team that reflects the scope and complexity of the job ahead, as well as the politically delicate task of engaging the full range of stakeholders and addressing a nine percent unemployment rate.

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New Yorker

“I went to the landlord at BKLYN Commons and I said, ‘Listen I have this idea. I want to test and make a pilot six suites, beauty suites,’” said Brierre. “A month later the whole thing was at 100% capacity with a waitlist of 40 people. That was huge.”

Since opening at the height of the pandemic in March 2020, the beauty suite brand and coworking has grown tremendously. Brierre said the beauty business owners, who are primarily young Black women, faced hardship and discrimination in trying to rent spaces for work in other places during last year’s lockdown. While other spaces were shutting down, Brierre said that BKLYN Commons maintained their businesses because of the connection to the community and help from city agencies and other local nonprofits.

“I looked at them as me and they looked at me as them,” said Brierre.

“So I’m very proud of that. To be the only Black woman in the industry that was able to keep a space with over 300 businesses operational around that time. It was nonstop.”

Brierre hopes to launch a second location in downtown Brooklyn at 81 Willoughby Street with 20 suites, including a photography studio, amenities, and kitchen.

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But Adams cannot expect a honeymoon.

Naysayers will quickly test the style, substance and temperament of the city’s second Black mayor, the first being David N. Dinkins, elected in 1989.

An immediate challenge for Adams is navigating the current COVID-19 surge and keeping students in classrooms for inperson learning in the new year, which is essential for many parents to go to work. Just before the Christmas break, rising COVID cases caused chaos and disrupted work, tourism and Broadway performances.

Restoring school attendance is also critical because so many students, primarily low-income children of color, were “lost” during pandemic remote learning. Separately, Adams must address school desegregation – in particular, revising the single-test admissions policy for specialized high schools. Harvard and other top academic institutions in the country don’t use a single test criteria. The city’s test-based specialized high schools are the starkest example of the segregation which permeates the city’s school system.

So far, Schools Chancellor David Banks has said all the right things, especially his promise to pare back administrative waste and focus on classroom learning. His background of helping to launch a group of six public schools that serves mostly boys of color is a perfect fit for the challenge.

Gun violence is arguably the city’s most pressing issue, and it was a centerpiece of the Adams campaign. His appointment of Keechant Sewell, the first female New York City Police Commissioner, is the new mayor’s most attention-grabbing move to date. The former Nassau County Chief of Detectives is an NYPD outsider who represents a dramatic departure from the archetypal NYPD commissioner.

A former police captain himself, Adams has a clear vision for policing and promised months ago to appoint a woman. Sewell must balance the conflicting goals of a change-management agenda: aggressive crime fighting vs. building trust with communities of color; reining in police abuses vs. working with vocal police unions; and, weeding out bad apples vs. boosting rank-and-file police morale.

The appointments of Banks and Sewell sent a loud and clear message that Adams brings a new agenda to City Hall. He went even further in declaring a new day by surrounding himself with senior leaders comprised of an unconventional mix of women, people of color, city government veterans, former Mayor Bill de Blasio administration holdovers and non-profit executives.

The self-proclaimed “pro-business” mayor has also named 60 corporate chieftains from media, life sciences, tourism, real estate and entertainment to a council to advise his administration. You can anticipate Adams giving a voice to his political base of Black and Latinx blue-collar voters in the boroughs, most likely in the form of community development groups and local housing agencies helping address the housing affordability crisis.

Adams’ five deputy mayors are women – four of them women of color – led by First Deputy Mayor Lorraine Grillo, a City Hall veteran who is responsible for the day-today operations of city government and will likely serve as acting mayor when Adams is not in New York City.

Grillo served under Mayor de Blasio and knows how government works. She has experience working with the New York City School Construction Authority, was involved in citywide development policy, and served most recently as de Blasio’s “recovery czar.”

Her background will be useful in tackling the challenges at the New York City Housing Authority, which could receive a windfall for repairs in the Build Back Better social spending bill pending in the U.S. Senate.

Adams has publicly called on Gov. Kathy Hochul to earmark some of the federal infrastructure money for NYCHA, which is an essential source of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income families.

Prominent voices from outside City Hall now on the mayor’s team include Sheena Wright, Deputy Mayor for Strategic Initiatives, who is the former CEO and president of the United Way of New York City, and Maria Torres-Springer, Deputy Mayor for Economic and Workforce Development, a former Ford Foundation vice president.

Adams has pledged to be “a blue-collar mayor” focused on improving public safety, reforming “dysfunctional” city agencies and supporting business to create jobs for the legions of unemployed New Yorkers.

Collectively, his team offers both expertise and fresh perspectives to govern in a manner that could exponentially increase the mayor’s influence.

The new mayor’s senior appointments matter as he transitions from “Brooklyn Borough Hall problem solver” to citywide agenda setter, diplomat and de facto national spokesperson for urban America.

David R. Jones, Esq., is President and CEO of the Community Service Society of New York (CSS), the leading voice on behalf of low-income New Yorkers for more than 175 years. The views expressed in this column are solely those of the writer. The Urban Agenda is available on CSS’s website: www.cssny.org.

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that we must really focus on, it’s milder for vaccinated people. We need to be clear with vaccinations and boosters. Those are the best weapons in our arsenal to deal with COVID. That is the most important message we’re going to continue to hammer home.”

The biggest part of the project is the expansion of in-school testing with a cross agency effort to make sure results are known early.

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Precinct in East Harlem. At about 6:15 a.m., Wagenhauser woke up to a shattered rear window and pain in his head. He hadn’t realized he was shot until fellow officers helped him. Wagenhauser was rushed to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, underwent surgery for

THE NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS a classroom with a positive COVID recipient will be given two take home rapid tests to identify any more positives. Staff members will be given two take home rapid tests this month.

Jasmine Gripper, executive director, Alliance for Quality Education, hopes that the powers that be keep things under control in a time where things seem uncontrollable.

“As the virus once again surges across New York State, we need to ensure that New York’s schools can remain open by taking steps now to reduce the spread of COVID elsewhere,” said Gripper in a statement. “We call on Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams to reimpose restrictions on businesses and other nonessential institutions, expand

access to COVID testing and make remote learning available to families who want it. If we truly value our schools and the education of our children, we must take all other steps possible to quell the spread of COVID before once again resorting to school closures.”

“Stay Safe and Stay Open” looks to double the number of people tested, vaccinated and unvaccinated, while working with medical experts in the process. The DOE will also establish a “COVID Command Center” with borough and district workers who will work with the city to gather info in order to speed up the protocol process.

United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said, in a recent statement, that he hopes it’s

an improvement to the last mayor’s “Situation Room.”

“We’re also glad that after weeks of lobbying, both the current and the incoming administrations, the Situation Room is being rebuilt, after basically coming apart in the last several weeks, and that the system will increase its ability to provide PCR tests to more adults and children,” said Mulgrew.

Schools Chancellor David Banks stated that he was ready to work with Adams and the DOE. “From increased testing to PPE, we are making sure that our schools are safe, and we work closely with our labor partners, parents, and community members to ensure our schools stay safely open,” stated Banks.

a fractured skull, and survived the shooting, said Sewell.

“We are truly happy but angry,” said Adams at the press conference. “As I looked at Crystal, his wife, I knew that this could have turned out differently. I knew that a bullet when it strikes an individual, it does not stop its path. It continues to rip apart the anatomy of a family and the community.”

Adams and Sewell doubled down on their “aggressive” mission to root out gun violence. In compari-

son, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday were much lighter in tone.

On Sunday, Adams was all smiles as he effervescently citi-biked from Gracie Mansion to The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine to pay his respects to former Mayor David Dinkins, the first ever elected Black mayor of New York City.

Then he met with sanitation workers about the incoming storms and cold front.

On Monday, he was up bright and early hobnobbing with morning news anchors, such as the Rev. Al Sharpton on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” He spoke about creating a more “visible” presence of officers in the subway, his social and frenetic style, and the COVID-19 Omicron variant in schools.

“This city was missing our oomph. We were missing our excitement. People need to see and feel what this city is all about,” said Adams on the show. “This is a place to be and the mayor should personify that. Everything about the mayor should show the energy and excitement and why you want to be in New York. It’s a privilege to live in New York City.”

Later, Adams headed to the Bronx to join newly appointed Schools

Chancellor David Banks and local elected leaders as they greeted students and parents at Concourse Village Elementary School. Adams said that “the safest place for our children is in a school building” and that they would do everything they could to keep schools open with a flood of test kits on sites, vaccinations, and the Department of Education’s COVID Command Center.

“I know every parent takes the health of their child very seriously,” said Banks. “My guarantee, today, is that we are not relaxing our standards, we’re reinforcing them. We owe it to our children to bring all our resources to bear to support schools staying open. We’ve seen what isolation does to all of us, and we know that it impacts our young people even more.”

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Union Matters AFL-CIO and nurses’ unions take DOL to protect workers over COVID-19

By STEPHON JOHNSON Amsterdam News

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The AFL-CIO and nurses’ unions around the country petitioned a Court of Appeals to make a temporary standard protecting healthcare workers permanent.

The AFL-CIO, National Nurses United (NNU) and other unions petitioned the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to make a temporary Occupational Safety and Health AdminisHealthcare workers want OSHA to make tration (OSHA) rule requiring healthcare employees to COVID protection guidance permanent. protect their workers against COVID on the job. your loved ones in danger.

Bonnie Castillo, RN, National Nurses “It is time for OSHA to issue a permanent United executive director, stated that OSHA standard and protect nurses and healthcare needs to get to work as soon as possible to workers who are on the front lines working protect American workers. to save the lives of others.”

“OSHA is charged with ensuring that emThe temporary standard mandated that ployers create and maintain safe workplac- employers strongly encourage their workes, and this delay in issuing a permanent ers to get vaccinated. Now, OSHA expects standard puts the lives of nurses and other employers to work in good faith with emhealthcare workers, patients, and our com- ployers and handle COVID. munities, in jeopardy,” said Castillo. “We In June, when OSHA officials issued the have seen far too many of our fellow nurses temporary stay, it was noted that as of late die during this pandemic. As of today, we May, the CDC tallied 491,816 healthcare have recorded the deaths of 476 nurse workers who had contracted COVID redeaths from COVID. Going to work should sulting in 1,611 deaths. By the end of 2021, not mean putting your life and the lives of 803,454 healthcare workers contracted

COVID resulting in 3,063 deaths.

In early November, that rule was extended to private businesses. That extension, according to OSHA officials, protected more than 84 million workers from the spread of the coronavirus on the job.

In a statement, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, whose union is a part of the petition, wanted to remind the public, and OSHA, that the fight against COVID-19 isn’t over.

“We are still in the midst of a deadly pandemic, and healthcare workers are facing dangerous exposures to COVID-19 and need the strongest possible protections in their workplaces,” said Shuler. “We must treat the surge in new cases as the crisis that it is. That means retaining and enforcing the emergency standards originally set by OSHA. COVID-19 hospitalizations have increased nearly sixfold in the last six months.

In the face of the Omicron variant, it is not the time to roll back protections, but to fully enforce and make them permanent.

“We have no choice but to turn to the courts to ensure that our healthcare workers are protected as they provide such critical care throughout this pandemic.”

Recently, the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance for quarantining healthcare workers.

According to the CDC, healthcare workers who contract COVID-19 but are asymptomatic can come back to work after 7 days with a negative test. Also, healthcare workers who have been vaccinated with a booster, but still contract COVID-19, don’t have to

quarantine once exposed.

“As the healthcare community prepares for an anticipated surge in patients due to Omicron, CDC is updating our recommendations to reflect what we know about infection and exposure in the context of vaccination and booster doses,” said CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, in a statement. “Our goal is to keep healthcare personnel and patients safe, and to address and prevent undue burden on our healthcare facilities. Our priority, remains prevention— and I strongly encourage all healthcare personnel to get vaccinated and boosted.”

AFSCME President Lee Saunders stated that healthcare workers should be treated just like they were treated at the beginning of the pandemic.

“Nurses and healthcare workers are the heroes who got us through the worst of the pandemic—but we’re not through with COVID-19 yet,” said Saunders. “Just this week, the U.S. hit a record single-day number of COVID-19 cases: over 1 million.

Now is not the time for OSHA to remove the lifesaving protections that have allowed those in our healthcare settings to do their essential work safely and effectively.

“To save lives and protect our frontline heroes, OSHA must not rescind the emergency temporary standard and instead promulgate a permanent healthcare standard to protect the lives and health of millions of nurses and other healthcare workers in grave danger from the deadly COVID-19 pandemic,” continued Saunders.

Millions of workers quit their jobs, particularly low-wage ones The U.S. Department of Labor announced this week that 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs in November. Job openings, however, have decreased from 10.6 million to 11.1 million.

That number is still a record high.

However, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, this could be looked at from a positive perspective.

“Large numbers of hires and separations occur every month throughout the business cycle. Net employment change results from the relationship between hires and separations,” read the bureau’s report. “When the number of hires exceeds the number of separations, employment rises, even if the hires level is steady or declining. Conversely, when the number of hires is less than the number of separations, employment declines, even if the hires level is steady or rising.”

In December, One Fair Wage (a nonprofit that advocates on behalf of tipped restaurant workers), warned of “severe disruptions” when dining out during the holidays with workers not willing to risk their lives due to the easily transmissible Omicron variant of

the coronavirus. The organizaa future. We as an industry have to tion said workers aren’t willing change to be the best we can be. to risk their lives for tips.

We’re trying to make that a reali“Hundreds of thousands of ty as much as we can here at The service workers across the state Queensboro.” of New York are fed up with the One Fair Wage’s own report, low wages and poor working titled “Closed Due to Low Wages: conditions in the restaurant inThe Ongoing Exodus of Workdustry, including the subminiers From the NY Restaurant Inmum wage for tipped workers dustry & The Looming Impact that persists in New York, which on Consumers,” showed that is a direct legacy of slavery,” stated since December 2019, New York Saru Jayaraman, president of State made up 12% of all restauOne Fair Wage. “The industry is rant workers who left the indusin crisis. Unless wages go up imtry with a 18% overall decline in mediately statewide, thousands the overall workforce of any U.S. of workers will continue to orgastate or territory. The report stated nize and many more will continas of May 2021, 53% of all restauue to leave.” rant workers still in the industry A lot of this ire could be diplanned on leaving. rected to Albany. New York And job shortages aren’t only Workers are leaving the restaurant industry in State Gov. Kathy Hochul has droves. Some see that as a good thing. found in the restaurant industry. touted her experience as a According to Pew Charitable Trusts, former tipped worker and called for the boro and leader in RAISE High Road Res- Missouri’s social services are in dire straits. elimination of subminimum wage for taurant, said, Communications Workers of America those kinds of employees.

“Long before I owned a restaurant, I Local 6355 officials told Pew that the state’s According to Jayaraman, the ball is in her worked in a restaurant as a busboy, dish- child welfare workers are being assigned court. “She has the power to do so right now, washer, bartender, server. I think it’s impor- as many as 50 cases, which is double the before the end of the year, through a simple tant for us to have a kind of industry that normal amount. Citizens with questions executive action,” Jayaraman said. good people want to stay in. regarding public assistance are on hold for Michael Fuquay, owner of the Queens“With low wages, people don’t feel there is hours before speaking with a worker.

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Education Eric Adams may have uphill battle with law enforcement & activists

By STEPHON JOHNSON Amsterdam News Staff

New mayor Eric Adams’ police background will determine his future in City Hall

He’s pushed the mantra of “law and order,” but what about “equity and order?”

This week marked Eric Adams’ first week as mayor of New York City.

The Black, male mayor has preached the mantra of taking back the streets that are already in the people’s possession.

Adams campaigned on bringing back the “tough on crime” 20th century relic, which is something that has been pushed by the local right wing since former Mayor Bill de Blasio first took office. In an infamous ad, the team for de Blasio’s opponent, Joe Lhota, put together a collage of images from the city’s “bad old days,” attempting to use scare tactics to get people to the polls.

With the pandemic leaving the streets empty and crime slightly increasing, but still low, Adams, a former police captain, saw an opening.

During his first set of talks with the media, Adams said that he would

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reform and bring back the Anti-Crime Unit, which was criticized in the past for using aggressive tactics.

Adams has also gone on record stating that he would bring back solitary confinement. Something that anti-police brutality and anti-incarceration groups have fought against for years.

“They better enjoy that one-day reprieve because January 1st they are going back into segregation if they committed a violent act,” said Adams of de Blasio’s solitary confinement policy.

In September, it was reported that

murders fell 22% and shootings dropped 9% from the same time in 2020. During that same time, it was announced that, overall, crime in the city decreased by 5.4% when compared to 2020. In November, murders decreased by 17.2% when compared to the same time in 2021 along with a 5.7% decrease in burglaries.

All stats are tracked by the NYPD’s CompStat system. Marvin Mayfield, lead statewide organizer at Center for Community Alternatives, said that Adams has a chance to continue police

reform or go back to the “bad old days” for communities of color.

“New York stands on a precipice. The COVID pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated inequities in our city and we urgently need our new mayor to invest in communities and address the harms of mass incarceration,” said Mayfield. ”We applaud his support for the Clean Slate Act which will end perpetual punishment and allow New Yorkers with old conviction records to access jobs, housing and education. At the same time, we caution him to move away from the misinformation and outright lies that characterized the last mayor’s approach to bail reform and instead to recognize that these necessary reforms have protected thousands of people from the trauma of pretrial jailing and allowed them to maintain their jobs, support their families, and return to court to exercise their most basic rights.”

Vera Institute of Justice, which refers to itself as an independent research organization looking to improve the country’s judicial system, investigated the city’s correction budget and noticed that for the proposed fiscal year 2022 it calls for $2.6 billion allocated towards corrections, which, See ERIC on page 24

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Opinion I will continue to stand on principle for the people

By COUNCILMEMBER CHARLES BARRON

As he voted ‘No’ in the first new New York City Council stated meeting for the next speaker, returning City Councilmember Charles Barron wanted to share his reasons for doing so with Amsterdam News readers.

A majority of this body has been described as more progressive and people-oriented than previous councils. At the outset, there were hopes of a paradigm shift, to move from being under the dictates of the mayor, political county bosses,

union leaders and real estate magnates, in exchange for getting a preferred committee chair. Unfortunately, the traditional process prevailed.

We must be the voice and conscience of the people, to protect them from a greedy capitalist system that creates poverty, unemployment, mass incarceration, homelessness, and a myriad of oppressive racial and economic issues. Especially during this pandemic.

I appeal to you to stand for the people during the budget process, legislative process, and land use process.

We must stand strong for

the people when the over $100 billion budget process begins. We are in a state of emergency.

Gov. Hochul, Mayor Adams, and soon-to-be speaker Adams are cut from the same political cloth. They profess police and criminal justice reform, but support the racist, oppressive NYPD with more money and more police.

Mayor Adams wants to bring back Guiliani’s racist street crime unit; supports the real estate industry’s gentrifying projects; supports privatizing public housing and education projects; and supports ending “no cash bail.” With the support of the governor and the newly elected speaker, he will turn our Black and Brown communities into a “police

“We must be the voice and conscience of the people, to protect them from a greedy capitalist system that creates poverty, unemployment, mass incarceration, homelessness, and a myriad of oppressive racial and economic issues.

Especially during this pandemic.”

Ready for the turbulence ahead

state.” dent bold Black leadership Bad weather, a spiking pandemic, and plummeting poll numbers for The answer to crime is not that stands for the people over President Biden are lead stories this week, as they have been for quite a police containment. It is eco- the party. We don’t want just a while. To this depressing list add the anniversary of the attack on the Capinomic development, job cre- change in the complexion, we tol with still hundreds yet to be summoned and tried for their involvement. ation and a multi-billion-dollar want a change in the direction There is very little we can do about the weather—and it was certainanti-poverty initiative. We say the city is going. ly distressing to see the stalled cars on I-95, some of them for nearly jobs, not jails.

Power to the people. Forward a day—nor Biden’s declining popularity with so many voters. Some Finally, STAY WOKE! Don’t ever, backward never. relief appears to have arrived from the CDC about Omicron, though be lulled to sleep or inaction I, Councilmember Charles a survey of citizens offers mixed responses on the extent of its ill-efbecause of Black faces in high Barron, vote “No.” fects and that it may not be as serious and deadly as the Delta version. places. We need indepenThank you.

We join the chorus cheering the news that AG Tish James has subpoenaed two of Trump’s children, which is another decisive step toward getting the big fish and the perpetrator of the fraud. As usual Trump was trying to have it both ways in gaining more economDear Editor, higher degrees of learning, and then the ic clout on his property by inflating its value and then reversing the bar was set higher by increasing tuition and value when it came to paying the taxes.

As a middle aged African American man, sidelining the ability to enter colleges. Not The lying, deceptive Trump is at the center of the ongoing investigation I have observed the human condition over only was education being pushed out of of last year’s insurrection, his Big Lie promulgating the tumult that has a period of time and I have constructed reach, but jobs as well. The Equal Employspawned a number of insidious lies about the event, including that the my own personal time-line that has given ment Opportunity Commission was a joke, marauders were unarmed, that it was orchestrated by activists on the left, glimpses of change for the better as it relates workforce discrimination was evident and in and that some of the rioters were jailed as political prisoners after being to the community of our people. full practice, and I personally believe it was invited to the Capitol by the police.

In the ’50s and ’60s I believe that period all by design. Then the resurgence of drugs Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi has been steadfast and diligent was a time of reinvention, due to the coun- into the communities to further dilute the in heading the committee bringing many of these so-called patriots to be try nas a whole rebounding from the situation cohesiveness of a group ofOpi people nionthat have io Opincreated tried and possibly convicted. by financial ruin of the late ’20s, and been struggling to build.

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American community and felt this would be TheLoretta answer to change is simple: stick to General Lynch problematic, and you could see the covertly our narrative, understand our worth, and subliminal attack on dumbing down the di- stand united. aspora of Opinion Lynch s, confirm LorettaSincerely, these communities.

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About a minute and half into her online announcement of her presidential bid last Sunday, Hillary Clinton said, “Everyday Americans need a champion. I want to be that champion so you can do more than just get by, so you can get ahead and stay ahead.

Because when families are strong, America is strong.”

Interestingly, April 12, 154 years ago, the Civil War began, and Clinton has begun her campaign to turn things around, although with an arsenal of words, at least for the moment.

The announcement, which

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It may be a great disservice to mention the Rev. Al Sharpton and Rudy Giuliani in the same article, but they are two public figures with a long affair with the media—one longing for it to go away and the other courting it for coverage.

This week they are both back in the news—again.

Rumors are afloat that Sharpton’s “PoliticsNation” on MSNBC may be put on a weekend schedule. Other hosts on the network are also, as they say in the business world, scheduled for reassignment, including

Joy Reid, Ronan Farrow, Ed Schultz, Chris Hayes and Lawrence O’Donnell. It sounds as if MSNBC is cleaning house and dissatisfied with its leftist orientation.

And if we can believe Erica Snipes, Eric Garner’s daughter, Sharpton “is only in it for the money,” as she said to a right-wing mischief maker recording her comments on a concealed camera. She later recanted, indicating that Sharpton and the National Action Network had paid for her father’s funeral.

Later, in a statement to NAN, she clarified her position on the matter. “It is unfortunate that the New York

agree with many took happens to outgoing In 1984, the Senate of the policies of the to do That had as much to confirm President attorney general and the onthe presi- a year nominee, the rub. with undermining imRonald Reagan’s president.

Several days after It’s simply amazinga dent’s executive authority as attorney going be able panel, Edwin Meese, for past Yes, the Senate may pressing a Senate that bills can get delay was else, and we would chew gum at the general, but that hit that anything Loretta Lynch appeared busi- to walk and believe that the committee then suffer on Meese’s messy succeed Re- be naive to time, but we all s are not at based to be a shoo-in to implacable wall called their And if some same same shenanigan U.S. atthe gum is stuck to on. ness practices. when repugnance. The way, Eric Holder Jr. as confirmati publican their s have are politically leave it Repub- play in Lynch’s and they See SHARPTON on page 6 shoes is right Republican (Bill Moore photo) torney general. But story here is that Sen. Chuck Schumer that Lynch will be tarred with the d. s, meandon’t to the mischievou he noted licans apparently the alleged immobilize are clearly ims to funds on point when same brush, given Two things spirited Republican At “can walk and mind gathering she had with drug for the Senate Lynch’s race and predators fined same time,” dealings money launderers. mutable— rain on her parade. the from at it! gum over temSo get but chew lords and politics.ALLIMADI MILTON and accused of fathering several that the FBI had been activeher least, we hope, only hogwash. By sex trafficking crimes, becomes a difficult (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Commons) excuses. Confirm children with teenage secre- ly monitoring him, as MalAll of this is be used but this BENJAMIN No more considering porarily. that she COLIN this money can’t is when to problem process the AmNews taries. The popular narrative colm’s files, available on the Pres- Lynch’s LorettatoLynch! to pay for aborJust when she seemed who Special action put forth by partic- by the victims is a strong Black woman was that Malcolm was killed FBI’s website, confirm. Theres contend any be a lock for the post, Obama. tions. Republican Barack ident prominent Was the NYPD involved or by Muhammad loyalists after fore, it isn’t beyond reason use of the money ularly with such Hatch that such did they merely know about he was expelled from the NOI. that the FBI, under the maRepublicans as Orrin Arizo- would compromise the Hyde of the impending murder of But many people, especial- niacal J. Edgar Hoover, could nt, which, except of Utah, Jeff Flake of South Amendme Malcolm X and allow it to ly in the Black community, have played a role in the asforbids use of tax na, Lindsey Graham President Collins of for rape, March 13, 2015 happen 50 years ago? Were never believed that version of sassination by either fomentrights legen Carolina and Susan for abortions. to confirm dollars to do with some reporters, including events as being the complete ing, participating or at least with Rep. Maine promising What has this got Te the famed scribe Jimmy Breslin, story. While there had been turning a blind eye and alof www.white confirmation or her, there is a snag.

McConnell problem? Lynch’s This Hon. Mitch tipped off that something was a clear rift between Malcolm lowing it to happen.

So what’s the of rice in China? to Majority Leader Senate Ma- price is similar about to go down? and Muhammad, it was also Could it be that the NYPD very problem is e The United States Senate McCo- boondoggl

By DEMETRIA The official story has been a period when the FBI was also came to know from the over Homeland jority Leader Mitch n, D.C. 20510 to the impasse Special to the IRWIN that Malcolm X was killed conducting its Counter Intel- FBI, or from its own investithat includ- Washingto By funding HERB nnell and his reluctance AmNews when standi BOYD of a hu- Security ng Feb. 21, 1965, at the Audu- ligence Program, initially tar- gations, that Malcolm would Special to the call a vote because immigration attachReid tunate to have up. I have been forAmNews and gun vio that in- ed an see Hon. Harry The Black bon Ballroom in Harlem be- geting suspected communists be killed by opponents on received the man-trafficking bill would ment. We were pleased to Agenc Leader and support encouragem y Execu Minority ly stressed that ganization cause of a Reid feud between him but later expanding it to dis- that fateful February date?

Harry s capitulate on at If the usual cludes a provision Senate recently held tives or- people throug ent of many good rhetorical flair Union addres Mitch McConnell for victims the Republicanand allow the United States annual Dr. and his former allies in the rupt groups such as the Black Could it be that the NYPD sional lyrical 20510 and occaestablish a fund Martin Luther its 38th life in public hout and beyond measure service Washington, D.C. resonance to publichad Of course, those con- that my Luncheon. ntMalcolm service. Not Nation of Islam.

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by NBC4’s a falling out with NOI leader tionalist organizations. to allow Malcolm to be killed and strong of the Union Barack Obama’s State little that dir victed of trafficking the event funding to go forward where we to serve Dear Mr. Leaders: District of New address Tuesda though many at the Hilton without the help of n are the Demo- curity New York her well-suited and his former spiritual guide Indeed, records revealed by not warning him or by not abound with express Eastern those who These funds, as y, it did tossing immigratio in Midtown before us. developed a make I write this letter to a came be used while attended. was well n Ms. Lynch has See MALCOLM on page 6 Elijah after Malcolm’s death show this position. who he’d caproposals for number of audacious itably will affe ts, inMuhammad, crats proposed, could The limbo.

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By HERB BOYD Special to the AmNews

As President Barack Obama prepared to lead marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge spanning the Alabama River in Selma to com-

but also marches, too, like the one over the weekend in Madison, Wis. after the police shooting death of an unarmed Black teenager by a white officer.

The president said he rejected the notion that nothing’s changed in the country since the historic march.

Such actions of police misconduct may not be sanctioned or as blatant as in the past, but they are no less deadly and we need look no further than the homeless man shot and killed by a police officer in Los Angeles last Sunday.

Obama, in reference to the Depart-

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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan recently criticized Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby for her egregious mishandling of cases and her allowing of criminals to return to the streets, unsupervised and unpunished, with the potential to add more victims to Baltimore’s growing list of victims of preventable criminal activity.

What is occurring in Baltimore is unilateral justice, and it is wrong for a variety of reasons.

Prosecutors are effectively taking the law into their own hands in cases like these, superseding the whims of the legislature that wrote the laws to protect citizens, preventing the courts from delving into the evidence, discovering facts, and doing justice, denying the public the right to know the specific types of crime that occur in their city, as well as the names and faces of those who commit those crimes, and denying the public the right to be aware of the specific types of crime that occur in their city and places and activities to avoid. This isn’t justice; it is politics infiltrating what is meant to be an apolitical part of our system of government.

The office of Marylin Mosby has declared that nine distinct sorts of offenses would not be prosecuted. Prostitution, drug possession, attempted drug delivery, and urinating and defecating in public are just a few of them. These kinds of activities are completely deserving of punishment. Drug distributors devastate lives, families, and have contributed to a nationwide overdose crisis in the United States. It is laughable to say that these people aren’t deserving of punishment; it is easy to dismiss drug distribution as a way to make money, but until these people see the devastation that these drug distributors, both big and small, cause in their communities, they’ll never understand how despicable a crime it is. Another frightening subject is prostitution. By neglecting to pursue prostitution, the state is effectively encouraging the degradation of young girls’ morality and putting them at risk by allowing them to work side-by-side with pimps and go home with strangers whose actual intentions are often unknown.

Baltimore is now seeing an increase in homicides, to the point that it now ranks second in the “murders per capita” category. What we need to ask today is what kind of ludicrous political leanings one would need to refuse to prosecute the sorts of persons Marilyn Mosby has refused to prosecute. Their far-left political leanings appear to have driven them to utilize race as the major motivator for punishing

or not punishing.

The main problem, it appears, is that prosecutors like Marylin Mosby have prosecuted selectively through glasses which only see race. The concept that has persisted in their minds is a combination of the following: colored people commit crime because society has placed them in a precarious position, forcing them to commit the crimes that they do, and colored people are disproportionately targeted by police. All of this contributes to the creation of a climate in which a perceived racial gap is the primary motivating factor in the criminality of people of particular races, if not the only one.

Each individual who commits a crime is a human being, regardless of race, and just as we should not condemn others based on the color of their skin, we should not neglect to judge others when they commit heinous crimes based on the color of their skin. It is not difficult to realize that a white man who attacks his wife is equally as blameworthy and deserving of prison as a Black man who does the same. The weight that political prosecutors place on a defendant’s skin is inconceivable.

The Rittenhouse trial is an excellent illustration of this; while it did not take place in Baltimore, it demonstrates prosecutors’ propensity to utilize race and politics to thrust themselves into the public eye and further their political careers and objectives. At a riot in which thousands of people looted, ransacked, and destroyed small businesses and terrorized innocent people, Rittenhouse, a white teenager, shot and killed two individuals in self-defense. But who comes to mind now when we think of the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin? Kyle Rittenhouse, because he was the one who was punished.

We need fewer prosecutors who seek to punish others and imprison them for personal gain, and more prosecutors who seek to punish others in the name of justice. People who do horrible things need to be punished in the most appropriate way possible for the crimes they commit; they should not be released back onto the streets to produce new victims and crimes for the courts to deal with and for prosecutors to waste their time on. Citizens, after all, have no ability to punish others; our responsibility is simply to report crimes to those who are in charge of prosecuting individuals for those crimes.

How can we trust prosecutors who refuse to effectively discharge their duties in the best interests of the public when ordinary citizens lack the ability to do the same?

Armstrong Williams (@ARightSide) is manager / sole owner of Howard Stirk Holdings I & II Broadcast Television Stations and the 2016 Multicultural Media Broadcast Owner of the year. www.armstrongwilliams.co | www. howardstirkholdings.com

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Happy New Year CHRISTINA GREER PH.D. It’s official…2022 is here and we must embrace new changes and brace ourselves for new challenges. Eric Adams has been sworn in as the 110th mayor of New York City. City Council members are getting to work and Adrienne Adams will be the new speaker of the city council, making her the first African American to serve in this important and prestigious role as the second most powerful person in New York City governance.

Mayor Adams is beginning to fill his cabinet with a myriad of women of color, making his administration one of the most diverse cabinets in the city’s history. Adams has said he is ready to work and has already begun to sign executive orders extending some of former Mayor de Blasio’s policies pertaining to COVID protections for New York City residents.

With most evaluations of people, I like to wait to see what elected officials actually do before making judgements about them. I am excited for new leadership in the city, largely due to feeling that Mayor de Blasio was disinterested in governance for many years of his tenure. Adams has stated many times that he wants to be the leader and cheerleader for New York City. I am excited to see his approach to COVID, education, public safety, and housing to start. However, I am somewhat concerned about one of Adam’s first policy proposals.

Adams has stated that he is going to reinstate solitary confinement on Rikers Island. This proposal is of grave concern to me. Psychologists, political scientists, historians, and sociologists

have all researched solitary confinement and have unequivocally stated that solitary confinement does not work, it does not rehabilitate, and is inhumane for those subjected to it.

That Adams would introduce this proposal as one of his first policy interests is of concern to me. What is even more concerning is when Adams was approached about this proposal, his response did not address the issue at hand. Adams essentially stated that if one has not worn a police badge then they could not question his decision to reinstate solitary.

First, as citizens of New York City, we can always challenge and ask the mayor questions. Second, being a police officer does not have anything to do with caging a human being for 23 hours a day. And last, Adams’ response does not follow the logic of questioning whether solitary should be reinstated or not. I do hope Mayor Adams will reconsider his decision and I hope some of his new cabinet members will help him rethink this inhumane practice that advocates previously worked so hard to diminish.

It’s a new year and I am excited for what 2022 will bring. I am hoping the Adams administration will lead New York City into an era of a more inclusive city for all. Time shall tell.

Christina Greer, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Fordham University, the author of “Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream,” and the co-host of the podcast FAQ-NYC.

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Barbados cabinet seeks new mandate after switch to republican status

By BERT WILKINSON Special to the AmNews Last week, Mia Mottley dropped a political bombshell on her cabinet and on Barbados’ opposition parties by calling snap general elections about 18 months before being constitutionally due, saying she wanted the country to unite behind a single leader, to snap out of bickering and to get rid of elections now as the island nation battles economic depression and the COVID pandemic.

The January 19 polls will most likely be the first in the 15-nation bloc this year and could be followed by a similar contest in nearby Antigua as Prime Minister Gaston Browne has on more than one occasion talked about calling his political rivals to early battle.

Mottley’s surprise announcement came amidst swirling accusations that elements in her cabinet were getting ready to rebel against her for alleged dictatorial tendencies and as the Omicron variant threatens to again derail economic gains wrenched in recent months from the aftermath of last year’s almost global shutdown from the pandemic. Like Barbados, Antigua’s is not due until next year.

Without saying it, Mottley, 56, also appears to be capitalizing on the lin-

“Without saying it, Mottley, 56, also appears to be capitalizing on the lingering euphoria from the island’s seamless and globally high-profile transition to a republic at the end of November, dumping Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and installing retired justice Sandra Mason as its first indigenous ceremonial president.” gering euphoria from the island’s seamless and globally high-profile transition to a republic at the end of November, dumping Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and installing retired justice Sandra Mason as its first indigenous ceremonial president. Mason was the last governor general.

Some of her critics, including those in her own Labor Party (BLP) had wanted a referendum organized to properly pronounce on the transition but with her cabinet holding 29 of the 30 seats, a referendum or two thirds parliamentary vote became unnecessary. For some, this has left a bitter political taste.

Mottley says the time has come to seek a new mandate, put all the po-

litical hype, divisions and bitterness in the rear-view mirror and “unite around a common cause, unite behind a single government, unite behind a single leader. That is why we should not enter 2022 as a divided nation,” she said in a national address. Nominees for parliament were to be submitted to the elections commission this week as campaigning heats up.

The BLP is expected to lose a few seats but will most likely win a decent majority as there was little doubt that the main opposition Democratic Party (DLP) was in a state of rebuilding, having been devastated 30-0 in the 2018 elections amid a massive economic downturn during its years in office.

Still DLP Leader Verla De Peiza says

her party is giving the contest its best shot as she urged Bajans to “walk with your sanitizer and go out in your numbers and vote for change, vote for democracy. How do you set an election date when you knew or ought to have known that COVID case numbers were on the rise, that Omicron likely was established in Barbados— and then mandate that persons with COVID will not be allowed to vote?” she asked in a statement.

In recent years, the island has had to turn to the dreaded International Monetary Fund to help stabilize and reform its slumping tourism and services-dependent economy with the agency giving the cabinet kudos for meeting most of its austerity and recovery targets. Youth unemployment is reported to be 30% and gun crime is beginning to become a cause of national concern in the tourism paradise.

Governing party spokesman Jerome Walcott denies divisions within the cabinet and party, contending at a campaign event at the weekend that “you can see for yourself that we are totally united and we are not disputing at this stage and we are united behind one leader. We are not deciding who is to be president and who is to be a political leader. We are clear, so I discard that.”

My 2022 immigration crystal ball FELICIA PERSAUD

IMMIGRATION KORNER It’s finally 2022 and in this, the Chinese Year of the Water Tiger, many are predicting a good year. But will this forecast of good fortune extend to immigrants? I tried hard to look into my crystal ball of Jan. 1, 2022, and here’s what I’m forecasting: 1: There will be more deportations this year as the Joe Biden administration tries hard to clamp down on the Republican Party talking point that they are for “open borders.”

The new Return to Mexico policy that the courts upheld and the administration reimplemented late last year is definitely the beginning of that move. With more and more Central American, African and Hai-

tian migrants still braving the jungles of South America to trek to the U.S. border and try to cross the Rio Grande, the U.S. has no option but to try to keep out as many as possible because of fear of a further deluge. I also expect ramped up use of secretive air “expedited removal” deportations via ICE air flights, such as those to Haiti, Guatemala City and to southern Mexico, which began in August 2021. I also expect Title 42 will also stay in place as well, especially given the spike in cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. again.

2: The U.S. will continue to deny temporary entry for Afghans seeking to enter on a humanitarian basis.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has already received more than 35,000 applications for humanitarian parole from Afghans while in the past the program has received fewer than 2,000 requests from all nationalities. It is

why I see the administration fast shutting that door despite the predicament of Afghans.

3: On immigration reform, I see the U.S. congress still struggling to get anything passed into the House this election season. The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections will be held on November 8th and it’s unlikely Republicans will want to give the administration a win on this issue as they see a Red wave coming, even as Joe Manchin continues to hold up the progress in the Senate. I don’t see that changing anytime soon so don’t hold your breath for any breakthrough on this front, not even for the love of DREAMERS. 4: There may be some progress on the H-1B visa program for professional workers. So far it looks like the USCIS will make administrative changes to the H-1B visa program to include redefining the H-1B em-

ployer-employee relationship and establishing new guidelines for employer site visits. The administration’s latest regulatory plans also reveal that it will continue to reform the H-1B visa program for professional workers, including raising the wages of those workers.

5: Those wanting to come to the U.S. and immigrants applying to the USCIS can expect to pay more this year for visas. The Department of State is expected to raise visa application filing fees at consulates while the USCIS plans to increase its petition and application filing fees in March. These increases are to help fully cover the costs of adjudications, as the agency has been operating at a loss of $3 million per business day.

Happy New Year? Not for immigrants.

The writer is publisher of NewsAmericasNow.

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Jacob Ming-Trent as Falstaff and Joshua Echebiri as Pistol in “Merry Wives,” a hilarious adaptation

by Jocelyn Bioh of Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” (Joan Marcus photo)

2021: The Year in Review in Black theater: reinvention, retrospectives, reflection

By LINDA ARMSTRONG Special to the AmNews

2021 was a year like no other in theater as the pandemic continued to shut down regular theater and had theater companies having to figure out a new normal to present productions. Creative people got more creative and found a different way. It was also a year of reflection on different levels.

Jan. 17, 2021 set a mark for a banner year for Woodie King Jr. and his New Federal Theatre as this theatrical treasure marked its 50th anniversary. The New Federal Theatre has been producing plays since 1970 and has presented over 450 mainstage productions. It does and has always served as a vehicle for people of color and women to have the opportunity to create and tell our stories!

With COVID raging, theaters had to find a safe way to create and present their works. In February, New Federal Theatre was there as it presented a virtual play reading series to quench the public’s appetite for theatrical fare. It presented “The Meeting” by Jeff Stetson, which

told the story of a meeting between Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a hotel room. It was powerfully performed by Beethovan Oden as Malcolm X and Joseph L. Edwards as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., along with Tyler Fauntleroy as Rashad. This engaging production utilized split screens to show the actors and was mesmerizing to watch. It also had phenomenal direction by Ajene Washington. Viewers were asked for a donation. The next reading in the series was of Mfundi Vundla’s “Widows” and it featured Zoleka Vundla, Phinki Wilson and Tanya Nomaziko Zondo with direction by Clinton Turner Davis.

COVID meant that theaters in general had to reinvent themselves. In February, Manhattan Theatre Club decided to do a virtual Curtain Call Series for free, which spotlighted plays from the past. Richard Wesley’s “The Past Is the Past” was a moving production that featured the riveting Ron Cephas Jones as Earl Davis and Jovan Adepo as Eddie Green. It told the tragic story of a father who meets his son that he abandoned years before. The play focused on the issue of Black men planting seeds in our communities, but

not staying around to be fathers to their children. This production had stunning direction by Oz Scott.

February also saw the virtual premiere of “Freedom Summer,” a dramatic production written by Cynthia G. Robinson and brilliantly presented by North Carolina Black Repertory Company under director Jackie Alexander. While other virtual productions showed actors in isolated areas, this production gloriously was done in a theater with full set and costumes. That alone began to warm my heart. This play told the story of two Black sisters in 1964—the younger sister Carrie and older sister Nora.

Nora is passing for white and about to marry a white man. The two actresses were spellbindingly captivating and were Nikyla Boxley as Carrie and Mariah Guillmette as Nora.

One of the most important aspects of telling our stories is capturing our theatrical history. While this was not presented on a stage, documentary filmmaker Juney Smith—the same man who previously documented Woodie King Jr. in “King of Stage: The Woodie King Jr. Story”—now turned his lens to docu-

menting the journey of theater veterans such as actors Arthur French, Count Stovall and Marie Thomas, along with playwrights Richard Wesley and Dominique Morrisseau, Crossroads Theatre Company founder Ricardo Khan and Black lead Broadway producers—Stephen C. Byrd and Alia Jones-Harvey in his film “King Arthur & The Count,” which came out at the end of March.

In April Audible gave audiences a theatrical experience to remember as it recorded and presented Liza Jessie Peterson in her phenomenal one-woman show about the criminal justice system and its mistreatment of Blacks and minorities—“The Peculiar Patriot.” The performance was recorded live at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theater in Manhattan in front of a live audience. This poignant work got its first breath of life at the National Black Theatre in 2018 and three years later it’s on Audible!

In May, Woodie King Jr. announced that after 50 years he would retire as producing director of New Federal Theatre. June 30th would be his last day.

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Inside the “What to Send Up When It Goes Down” rehearsal at the Fishman Space in the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Saturday, June 19, 2021 (Donna Ward photo)

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Robert Ri’chard of Amazon’s ‘Harlem’—A single father with his heart on his sleeve

By LAPACAZO SANDOVAL Special to the AmNews

on his sleeve.

Robert Ri’chard

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At the center of Tracy Oliver’s (“Girls’ Trip”) hit 10 episode comedy series “Harlem” (on Amazon Prime) is love, pure and simple. The gifted scribe created relatable characters, all searching for the person that makes their hearts sing.

The comedy focuses on Camille (Meagan Good) and her “unbreakable sisterhood” which includes the romantic Quinn (Grace Byers), the masculine-presenting lesbian and up-and-coming tech maven Tye (Jerrie Johnson), and the outspoken, gifted singer, Angie (Shoniqua Shandai).

And much like Starz’s “Run the World” (also set in Harlem), and Issa Rae’s masterful work, “Insecure,” it’s men, in three of the women’s lives, who play a significant role.

One of the leading men is played by Robert Ri’chard (“One on One”) who plays Shawn, a young, single father who is an exotic dancer and is pursuing a relationship with Quinn (Grace Byers), a corporate fashion boutique owner and budding designer.

Robert Ri’chard starred in the Nickelodeon sitcom “Cousin Skeeter,” and has appeared, as himself, on the hit Nickelodeon game show, “Figure It Out.”

He played Samuel on “Touched by an Angel,” a troubled teen whose brother is in prison for shooting a man. He has also appeared in films such as “Coach Carter” and “House ofWax.” His breakout role was in the TV adaptation of Anne Rice’s novel, “The Feast of All Saints,” where he played the young Marcel who becomes a man within society. He has been professionally acting since the age of 13.

We caught up with Robert Ri’chard to discuss his role in the hit show “Harlem.”

someone cares about another person.’

Robert Ri’chard: (laughing) Thank AmNews: Great point. It’s a lot to unpack. you. Yes, the way all of the men are represented, in “Harlem,” they do RR: He’s letting Quinn stay with his have their hearts on their sleeve and son. That’s a pretty big step in any relatheir emotions are out there. tionship, it’s a trust factor. I know everybody is home right now if you have kids, AmNews: Robert, tell me about your there’s that moment where it becomes character. actually, ‘Okay, we’re that close? Then, I’ll let you look after my seed.’ And he’s got RR:Well, my character is a man, and this that going for him. And I love Shawn’s is America. And in America, you have to character for that. And we’re going to see get to work and take care of your family. more from Shawn. He puts her on the My character has a son and he has to look spot. He’ll talk to her face to face and say, after his son. And by any means neces- ‘Listen, don’t try and discredit who I am sary. Just like every hard-working Ameri- as a person and our relationship because can, I will do anything for my kid. you have friends who are white-collar.’

AmNews: Tru’ dat.

RR: And second of all, my character is the kind of guy that every girl deserves as a date. Because he is not afraid to fall in love.

He’s already fallen in love with Quinn, and you can see that from the moment that they met and the way that he looks at her.

If you go back and watch the show, he is enthralled with being like, ‘I love you. I’m B:8.75" going to take care of you. And I underT:8.75"stand we might come from different sides Amsterdam News: What a wonderful surprise. I love how Sean wears his heart S:8.5"of the track, but that doesn’t matter when

AmNews: What do you think his superpowers are?

RR: Shawn’s super exciting. I mean, he’s a guy that every girl wants to fall in love with, right? I mean, number one, he’s fun, and he can dance. And he’s fallen in love before too, you know, two feet in [and gotten heartbroken]. He’s fearless. He’s not afraid to fall in love and show his hand, which is sharing that he has a kid. And he wants her to meet his kid. Yeah, that’s pretty brave.

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January 6, 2022 — January 12, 2022 Restore your faith within yourself. Set the tone at the beginning and follow your own rhythm. This is a cycle to fine-tune yourself to search within and appreciate Vinateria your season of change and growth. You’re being guided and called upon to a particular assignment designed to open new doors for you. Don’t worry about what you don’t have. What you need you will attract to you. You’ll notice your finances and relationships turning around slowly yet surely. Go with the ebb and flow of the cosmic universal alignment. Mercury retrograde begins Jan. 14, to engage you in steps to achieve a substantial newfound faith within yourself. It’s a time to absorb more knowledge of lessons learned from the past now in order to rebuild your future.

Capricorn

Romance, finances, career, and investments are hovering over you this month until it all Dec 22 – Jan 21 drops in your hands. Keep the excitement and inspiration going while you’re in the process of rebirthing yourself. Tap into the depths of your body, mind, and soul, and DO YOU. Do what makes you feel phenomenal. You have the wherewithal to adapt to others’ needs, and it’s now time to do it for yourself. Others may point the blame at you, but it really boils down to how they really feel about themselves. Utilize your strengths to build a new foundation. The past is the past. It’s time for you to help yourself out now.

The great old days appear to be recycling over Aquarius gain. This year you’re reinventing yourself and Jan 22 – Feb 19 surrounding yourself with a team of people who share the same talent, yet in different ways. There’s a saying, “Birds of a feather flock together.” Revitalize your life from a brand-new perspective.

Your team should inspire, motivate, and cheer you on, while all the while everyone is growing together. No child of GOD is left behind when you’re building together. Each person has a God-given talent to bring to the table.

Cancer

Empower yourself to push your buttons to disrupt, repair, and rewire yourself to follow the spark of your ambitions. Don’t knock yourself down. Once you’re standing weeding out whatever pain, fear, or self-imposed thoughts, instead, see the beauty of your life as you imagine. Don’t overlook how a situation plays out to heal itself to reach new horizons. Get into the feeling of the things you desire in your life. Crawl, walk, skip, hop, then run to be present, and feel alive. Get in the game expecting no one to help you, only you for now.

June 22–July 23

Partnerships are forming in your life as you expand and surround yourself with people who uplift your spirit and collectively build together.

Mentally, your mind is uploading you on plans already existing on how to maneuver throughout your schedule. Follow your heart and rise to the occasion and lay the foundation that’ll advance you to new magnitude in life. Despite everything going on, survival is the number one tactic in all aspects of your life.

Leo

July 24 – Aug 23

This week is about changing your mind to remix the outcome of a situation, product, or service. Sometimes, you have to challenge yourself and go through a breakthrough to advance to the next phase. R. Kelly has a song called, “I believe I can fly,” and that’s the conversation that may be replaying in your mind to shut out all the noise. It’s your mindset that you have to challenge. Reestablish your purpose and mission to rebrand and regenerate the cells in your body that will download for you the next set of instructions to unlock your blessings.

Virgo

What have you been thinking about night and day recently that keeps your motor running in Feb 20 – Mar 20 your sleep? While you’re sleeping, your mind is downloading concepts and ways of proceeding to the next step. These downloads in your mind are too big to sleep on. You have to wake up out of your sleep and write it down or get to work. It’s calling on you, and the cosmic instructions are moving you forward. Now’s the time to position yourself and fly like a bird with your agenda.

Pisces

Aries

When you put forth the effort to make a conscious decision to follow your gut feelings, do it.

Mar 21 – Apr 21 Make a move. It may feel silly, unusual, or not even your style, yet you have to try and don’t beat around the bush. Put yourself out there to see what next window of opportunity shows up. Let whatever is holding you back go and seize the moment to will it into your existence.

Take the first step. The vision has been given to you in your dreams.

Taurus

You’re coming out of hiding, by breaking the shell from your back, ready to explore a whole new world. The feeling is similar to leaving your parents’ home to begin experiencing things on your own. You may be vulnerable a bit. No one can help you if you’re afraid to leave the mother’s nest.

Pressure will arise, as uncomfortable as it may be, yet there’s an inner voice pushing you to shift your perspective. Believe in yourself. Refrain from telling anyone what you’re doing until it happens.

Apr 22 – May 21

Gemini

Significant changes are underway. Patience is required, and how you respond shows the atMay 22 – June 21 tributes of your character and also how you feel about a situation. Don’t allow your emotions to take control. Remove yourself to give it time to rethink before you respond. If you spasm out of control, you just may cancel your own subscription, due to the fact you didn’t see your inner flaws. Make the necessary self-improvements to change. Don’t fake the funk.

Aug 24 – Sep 23

Libra

You’re reconstructing the foundation of your family values, tradition, and recipes to keep the legacy strong to pass onto the next generation.

Passed down recipes are evolving due to Mother Nature’s changes in the preparation of an agricultural lifestyle. This is where you’re the leader of change, knowing what ingredients are needed to keep the flavor and pass on new methods of tradition with the same texture. Every generation brings a new leader that masters the art and methods as evolution changes. Trust your gut.

Sept 24 – Oct 23

The principle of transition is to convert yourself into a new phase of lifestyle, similar to a TV show with new episodes and storylines. What’s your story? The drought period is over and conditions have changed, and you have to press the Play button. Follow your destiny as to what awakens you that drives you in the opposite direction. It’s time to write a new story about your life to live it out. No more being held back.

Scorpio

Oct 24 – Nov 22

Sagittarius

A new agenda is on the horizon as you’re already feeling and sensing the necessary changes. Be the observer of your change and notice the change even more once you begin. Walk towards the light and come out of the darkness to be living proof of your testimony. You’re taking a leap of faith by removing from all the things, places, people, and ideology as this is your journey. Sometimes, we have to travel alone which makes it even more extraordinary. God is your witness to your process.

Nov 23 – Dec 21

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performers thrilled the audience with uplifting songs full of heart and passion, including “Someday We’ll All be Free,” “Blowing in the Wind,” “Feeling Good,” “Redemption Song,” “Freedom,” “Keep Your Hand on the Plow-Hold On,” “Fabulous Feet,” “Stay,” “This Land is My Home,” “Higher Ground,” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”

There was also some incredible dancing. The presentation was directed by Steve Broadnax III, also the director for “Thoughts of a Colored Man,” which was Broadway bound. The superb performers that day included Kimber Elayne Sprawl, Stanley Martin, Andre Jordan, Nick Rashad Burroughs, L. Steven Taylor, Solomon Dumas, Bongi Duma, LaVon Fisher-Wilson, Richard Riaz Yoder, Lawrence Alexander, Anastacia McCleskey, Jacqueline Arnold, Crystal Joy and Britton Smith and The Sting. Press agent of five decades—Irene Gandy—was honored.

One of the first productions I was able to experience back in a theater was “What to Send Up When It Goes Down.” This touching, interactive theatrical experience happened in July at BAM. It was present-

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ed by BAM and Playwrights Horizons in association with The Movement Theatre Company. It was a spiritual journey to healing for Black people who are upset about the murders of our people by racist whites and police and need an outlet for their feelings. We all took part in a healing ritual.

The cast played multiple roles and included Alana Raquel Bowers, Rachel Christopher, Ugo Chukwu, Kalyne Coleman, Javon Q. Minter and Beau Thom. This piece, beautifully written by Aleshea Harris, had brilliant direction by Whitney White.

The experience allowed everyone to speak the names of those murdered into the universe. To say their name and remember.

In August we were all ready for the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park to bring on the Shakespeare, but with Black actors and a flair! Audiences got to laugh their butts off as the Public Theatre presented “Merry Wives,” a whimsical comedy from Shakespeare, adapted by Jocelyn Bioh, directed by Saheem Ali and with an all-Black cast. Bioh brought Shakespeare’s work to the 21st century, set it in Harlem and among African families. The comedy tells the story of Falstaff, a man who decides he will charm

two married women with rich husbands. He wants to be taken care of. Of course, it’s not that simple. The ensemble cast was ridiculously funny and included Jacob

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Ming-Trent, Susan Kelechi Watson, Pascale Armand, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Kyle Scatliffe, Joshua Echebiri Abena, MaYaa Boateng, Phillip James Brannon, Angela

Grovey, David Ryan Smith, Julian Rozzell Jr., Brandon E. Burton, Branden Lindsay, Ebony Marshall-Oliver, Jarvis D. Matthews and Jennifer Mogbock.

Woodie King Jr., founder of New Federal Theatre, at the NFT 50th Anniversary celebration (Linda Armstrong photo) Liza Jessie Peterson, creator of the powerful one-woman show, “The Peculiar Patriot”

Pascale Armand and Susan Kelechi Watson in a scene from the Delacorte Theatre production of “Merry Wives” (Joan Marcus photo)

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AmNews FOOD Build a better-for-you menu in 2022 Committing to healthier habits in the new year often starts in the kitchen.

Adding better-for-you recipes to your arsenal is the start of a more nutrition-focused lifestyle, and whether you’re a true home chef or just learning the basics, these dishes can be the gateway to a healthier you.

From fresh spins on family night and quick solutions in a pinch to homemade lunches and satisfying salads, consider these delicious and nutritious ways to enhance your homemade meals in 2022.

Visit Culinary.net to find more healthconscious recipe ideas.

A Fresh Take on Family Dinner If your family gets stuck in a dinner routine rut, it can feel like you’re eating the same recipes over and over again.

However, this fresh and unique recipe for Cuban Chicken with Salsa Fresca might inspire you to think outside the culinary box and give your family members the satisfactory flavor they desire at dinnertime. With fresh ingredients and a wholesome flavor, this meal is perfect to add to your menu.

Find more recipes and family dinner ideas at Culinary.net.

Cuban Chicken with Salsa Fresca Servings: 5 1 cup grapefruit juice 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 teaspoons garlic powder 2 teaspoons cumin 2 teaspoons paprika 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper 1¼ pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts Salsa Fresca: 1 cup grapefruit segments ½ jicama, cubed ½ red onion, chopped ¾ cup grapefruit juice 4 tablespoons olive oil ½ cup fresh cilantro, chopped 1 jalapeno pepper, chopped Heat oven to 400° F. In large bowl, mix grapefruit juice, oil, garlic powder, cumin, paprika and red pepper until combined. Add chicken to bowl and turn to coat. Refrigerate 30 minutes or longer.

To make salsa fresca: In medium bowl, mix grapefruit segments, jicama, red onion, grapefruit juice, olive oil, cilantro and jalapeno pepper until combined. Re-

frigerate until ready to serve.

Remove chicken from marinade. Place chicken in baking dish. Bake 25-30 minutes until chicken is cooked through.

Serve chicken with salsa fresca.

Take Your Salad from Bland to Bold Step aside, boring salads. A new year and a healthier eating plan can include better-for-you greens and dressings that hit the spot.

Veggies roasted with aromatic spices served on Fresh Express 5-Lettuce Mix are drizzled with lemon tahini dressing in this Moroccan Roasted Vegetable Salad, a delicious vegetarian way to turn a bland meal into a bona fide delight. With green leaf lettuce, red leaf lettuce, butter lettuce, romaine and radicchio, the mix of greens offers a bold combination of textures and flavors for those who love variety and color.

Find more ways to enhance your athome salads at FreshExpress.com.

juice, maple syrup, Dijon mustard and salt. Add cold water; mix well. If dressing thickens, mix in more cold water.

Heat oven to 400° F. Spray two baking sheets with nonstick cooking spray.

In large bowl, mix olive oil, ras el hanout, salt and pepper. Add sweet potatoes; toss to coat. Transfer to first prepared baking sheet. Add carrots and peppers to leftover oil; toss to coat. Transfer to second prepared baking sheet. Bake 15-20 minutes, or until vegetables are tender. Let cool.

Arrange lettuce mix on four plates.

Top each with sweet potatoes, carrots, red pepper, chickpeas, apricots and almonds. Drizzle with dressing and sprinkle with parsley.

A Lean, Nutritious Lunch

Meal prepping is one of the most common strategies for improving eating habits, however, this tactic is often focused primarily on nutritious breakfasts and family dinners. Don’t let lunch go by the wayside; you can skip the fast food breaks by opting for a recipe you can make quickly at home.

Made with nutritious Wisconsin Potatoes loaded with goodness, low in calories, high in fiber and a good source of vitamin B6, potassium, vitamin C and antioxidants, a Turkey-Potato Wrap proMoroccan Roasted Vegetable Salad vides a simple solution for swapping out Prep time: 20 minutes saltier foods for a lean lunch. By making Cook time: 20 minutes four at a time in just half an hour, lunch Servings: 4 is served for most of your work week to help save time on busy mornings while Lemon Tahini Dressing: adding vitamins, nutrients and antioxi¼ cup tahini dants to your afternoon meal. ¼ cup olive oil Find more better-for-you recipe ideas 3 tablespoons lemon juice at eatwisconsinpotatoes.com.

3 teaspoons maple syrup 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard ¼ teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons cold water

nonstick cooking spray 6 tablespoons olive oil Turkey-Potato Wrap 2 teaspoons ras el hanout or garam Recipe courtesy of Wisconsin Potatoes masala ½ teaspoon salt ¾ pound Wisconsin russet pota¼ teaspoon pepper toes, cut into 1/2-inch pieces 4 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut 1 tablespoon water into long wedges 1 tablespoon canola oil 4 whole large carrots, chopped ¾ pound ground lean turkey 2 red bell peppers, cored and cut 1 large carrot, shredded into 1-inch pieces ⅓ cup sliced green onions with tops 2 packages (6 ounces each) Fresh 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce Express 5-Lettuce Mix ⅔ cup shredded cheddar cheese 1 can (15 1/2 ounces) chickpeas, 1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning rinsed and drained or basil ⅓ cup dried apricots, sliced salt, to taste ⅓ cup slivered almonds, toasted pepper, to taste 2 tablespoons Italian parsley, 4 large whole-wheat or high-fiber chopped tortillas light sour cream (optional) To make lemon tahini dressing: In small bowl, whisk tahini, olive oil, lemon Place potatoes in microwave-safe bowl;

sprinkle with water. Cover, venting one corner. Microwave on high 5-8 minutes until potatoes are tender.

In large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, heat oil. Add and break up turkey; cook 5 minutes, tossing occasionally. Mix in carrot; cook 2 minutes. Add potatoes and onions; toss and cook 2 minutes. Reduce heat to medium; mix in tomato sauce, cheese and Italian seasoning.

Cook, stirring occasionally, 4-5 minutes until mixture is hot and most sauce is absorbed. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. On work surface, lay out tortillas.

Place 3/4 cup hot turkey mixture on each; fold and roll for burritos.

Cut in halves. Serve each with sour cream, if desired.

Eating Well When You’re Short on Time Committing to a better eating plan doesn’t change the fact there are simply times when a hectic schedule calls for a quick solution.

When you need an easy-to-make lunch or dinner, opt for this Loaded Smoked Salmon Rice Bowl that takes just 5 minutes for a satisfying meal. With Minute’s fully cooked Ready to Serve Brown Rice, it’s easy to add whole grains to your diet even when you’re short on time. One cup of cooked brown rice is equal to two servings of whole grains, making it a nutritious option when time is of the essence.

Packaged in convenient, singleserve, BPA-free cups, the brown rice cups provide a quick, easy solution for dishes from breakfast to dessert.

Ready in just 1 minute, they’re nonGMO, gluten free and cholesterol free with no preservatives.

Find more easy-to-assemble recipes at MinuteRice.com.

Loaded Smoked Salmon Rice Bowl Prep time: 4 minutes Cook time: 1 minute Servings: 1 1 cup Minute Ready to Serve Brown Rice 2 ounces smoked salmon ½ cup julienned cucumber 1 teaspoon soy sauce 1 tablespoon everything bagel seasoning mix Heat rice according to package directions.

Top rice with smoked salmon and cucumbers. Drizzle with soy sauce and sprinkle with seasoning mix.

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WARREN WOLF MOVING AHEAD IN 2022 Sure, the vibraphonist/multiinstrumentalist, composer and bandleader Warren Wolf loved the extra bonding time with his five children and wife, though he also felt the exuberant vibrations of audience cheers and echoes of live music calling in the wind. Like his fellow musicians around the world he was ready to return to performing live concerts after the surprise attack of the COVID19 pandemic forced a shut-down of all live venues. During that ordeal he was performing livestreams to empty venues like Keystone Korner in Baltimore. In this new era of post-vaccines and now booster shots, musicians like Warren have resumed earning their living performing before live audiences. During a recent mini-tour he performed his project “History of the Vibes” to a live, sold-out audience at Dizzy’s jazz club, in Manhattan.

“I thought about this project for two years, 2021 marked the 100th anniversary of the vibraphone,” said Wolf. “I decided to let people know about this instrument and educate them about other musicians who played this instrument like Lionel Hampton, Bobby Hutcherson, Milt Jackson and Terry Gibbs [age 97].” His repertoire at Dizzy’s included the music of these inspirational vibraphonists and music from “Reincarnation” (2020), his fourth CD for Mack Avenue Records.

“Reincarnation,” with its ten tracks and the vibraphonist’s eight original compositions, reflects his soulful memories of groups like Mint Condition, D’Angelo and Tupac swinging in the groove, in the jazz tradition.

It begins with his composition “For Ma,” an upbeat soulful serenade dedicated to his mom, Celeste Wolf, who passed away in 2015. The “Vahybing” is a hardhittin’ tune with both Wolf and the drummer in an all-out fiery chat. His personnel features veterans and rising stars such as vocalist Imani Grace Cooper, who he discovered while she was a student at Howard University; drummer Carroll “CV” Dashiell III (a rising star on the Washington, D.C. scene), keyboardist Brett Williams (“his strong sense of R&B and gospel is a great combination”); bassist Richie Goods and guitarist Mark Whitfield’s six-strings can be heard on two tracks. This music is as vibrant as a rainbow.

“It’s about showcasing all the music I can feel. I am just a musician who likes to explore different things to make the listener or audience feel good,” said Wolf. “Reading the audience is very important, taking myself off the bandstand to see where they are coming

from. Musicians I play with are always ready to play anything.”

During his time at Berklee Wolf was an active member of Boston’s jazz scene, playing the vibraphone, drums, and piano, and with his friend, trumpeter Jason Palmer, he co-led a group at Wally’s Cafe, Boston’s main jazz venue, where he was the house drummer.

“After graduating from college [Berklee College of Music] all I wanted to do was play straight-ahead jazz, swing beat. But later when I was gigging with Carmen Lundy, she opened everything up,” said Wolf. “She sang funk, R&B and classical and from there I really went out there. I didn’t grow up in jazz, my dad [Warren Wolf Sr.], who was my first teacher, wanted me to play everything from classical, R&B, hip hop, to ragtime. Now, looking forward, I need to bring those aspects back to life.”

Wolf says he wasn’t interested in playing music—his goal was to work for NASA, he loved science and space.

“My dad was a history teacher and part time musician, and my grandfather, James Nelson Wolf, was a pianist.

I began piano lessons at age three and it extended to the vibraphone, marimba, and drums.” His lessons started at 5:30 to 6:30 with piano; from 6:30 to 7:30 on drums and from 7:30 to 8:30 it was vibraphone. “It was like that five days a week from the time I was 5 until I was 17. It was hard, be-

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cause what kid wants to be stuck in the basement practicing when he could be outside playing?” explained Wolf. “But when I played a solo in the seventh grade, people clapped and later came up to say, ‘Warren, you sound really good.’ I got off on that, so I kept practicing. My father told me music will take you around the world and meet a lot of people. I learned control, technique and speed by playing along to violin concertos.”

As a youngster his father called him Chano Puzo, in honor of his favorite Cuban jazz percussionist and singer.

“My father loved Latin music and percussion and Chano played with Dizzy,” noted Wolf.

You can find him playing with bassist, composer, and producer Christian McBride & Inside Straight, and leading his own successful band Wolfpack. He was the pianist for the Rachael Price Group and became the drummer of choice for alto saxophonist Tia Fuller.

He is also a member of the Donal Fox Group which includes bassist John Lockwood and drummers Danis Preito and Terri Lyne Carrington and he toured with Bobby Watson’s “Live and Learn.” His recordings as a bandleader and composer which featured such musicians as pianist Mulgrew Miller, drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts, and bassist Vicente Archer have made him a force in the tradition of vibraphonists. His continued creativity and exploratory path earned him an invitation to join

America’s most creative jazz ensemble, the SFJazz Collective. The San Francisco nonprofit jazz institution sponsors a resident collaborative octet (all composers and bandleaders in their own right) that each year records a two-CD, 16-track album devoted to one composer. He says, “I am the utility guy—I can play what’s needed.”

For the New Year 2022, Wolf is booked for concerts and international tours until June ending in Paris. He will perform in January at the Tucson Jazz Festival; unfortunately the closest to the Big Apple will be his appearance at the Hudson Jazz Festival in upstate New York on Feb. 18. Other dates will include performances in Germany, Budapest, London, Florida, Chicago, Denver, Denmark, Italy and Spain.

He will be performing as a leader with music from his current CD and “History of the Vibes,” as well as a member of McBride’s Inside Straight and with the Dave Stryker Group.

Fortunately, despite how difficult his travel schedule is, the 43-year-old Baltimore native (he returned to the Baltimore area in 2004) says he has a daily exercise/weight lifting routine worked out. He says it’s about being flexible. “‘Reincarnation’ is an album about love and feel-good music. At this point in my life, I just wanted to show that I can be versatile in many different styles. I plan to continue to grow and play all the wonderful music that has shaped me as a musician today.”

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Elise Johnson McDougald—educator, writer, and activist for women’s rights

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lily, the skin of one is brilliant against the star-lit darkness of a racial sister,” she wrote. “From There is a beautiful portrait grace to strength, they vary in of Elise Johnson McDougald by infinite degree, with traces of Winold Reiss in the March 1925 the race’s history left in physedition of Survey Graphic magical and mental outline on azine that would later in part be each. With a discerning mind, reprinted and edited by Alain one catches the multiform Locke with concharm, beauty siderable more and charachistoric importer of Negro tance as The women, and New Negro. Ms. grasps the fact McDougald that their probis rendered in lem cannot be a thoughtful thought of in pose in keeping mass.” with her status A close readat that time and ing of the parait’s clear she graph may is a woman of suggest a hint mixed ancesof autobiogratry. Along with phy, and her the drawing, own mixed her article “The heritage. AlDouble Task: though she is The Struggle of listed as Elise Negro Women Johnson Mcfor Sex and Dougald in the Race Emanarticle, she was cipation,” is born Gertrude featured and Elise Ayer on later includOct. 13, 1884 ed in Margaret in New York Busby’s pheCity. Her father nomenalantholPeter Augusogy “Daughters tus Johnson of Africa.” was the third Busby’s inAfrican Amertroduction to ican to practhe essay captice medicine Gertrude Elise Johnson McDougald Ayer tures and in New York summarizes McDougald’s re- tunity and with Jessie Clark she City and a founder of the Mcmarkable career. “The daugh- co-authored “A New day for the Donough Memorial Hospital. ter of a founder of the National colored woman worker: a study He also was a partner and orgaUrban League, she graduat- of colored women in industry nizer of the Pennsylvania Railed from Columbia University in New York City” in 1919. road Station and a member of and taught in the New York elAt the start of this provocative the founding committee of the ementary school system (1905- treatise, McDougald posits two National Urban League. Cited 1911), resigning to marry and questions—what are the prob- above is a portion of her educaraise a family. She was head of lems that Black women face tional background that should the women’s department of the and how are they solving them. include her attendance to the U.S. Employment Bureau and a “To answer these questions, City College, Hunter College, social investigator and voca- one must have in mind not any New York University, and the tional guidance expert for the one Negro woman, but rather a New York City Training School New York City Board of Edu- colorful pageant of individuals, for Teachers. (It should be cation. She also worked each differently endowed like noted that she taught the red and yellow of the tiger- at P.S.

for a time with the Manhattan Trade School and the New York branch of the Department of Labor. She later became the first Black principal in the New York City public school system, until her retirement in 1954.

Her writings were published in the journals Crisis and Oppor-

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24 and James Baldwin was one of her students. Later she would mentor Olivia Pearl Stokes, the first Black woman to receive a doctorate in religion.) Interestingly, she never received a college degree.

In 1911, the same year she retired from teaching (though she would become a principal later at two schools in the city) she married Cornelius McDougald, an attorney and the initial counsel for Marcus Garvey during his trial for mail fraud in 1923. Some of her activities beyond the educational realm are mentioned above, but most of her time was devoted to writing and lecturing, particularly as a participant at various symposiums hosted by the National Urban League. And to list her numerous organizations in which she was a member would exhaust the remainder of the space allocated here.

She closed her 1925 article with this statement: “We find the Negro woman, figuratively, struck in the face daily by contempt from the world about her. Within her soul, she knows little of peace and happiness. Through it all, she is courageously standing erect, developing within herself the moral strength to rise above and conquer false attitudes. She is maintaining her natural beauty, and charm and improving her mind and opportunity. She is measuring up to the needs and demands of her family, community and race, and radiating from Harlem a hope that is cherished by her sisters in less propitious circumstances throughout the land. The wind of the race’s destiny stirs more briskly because of her striving.”

Much of that wind belonged to McDougald by whatever name. She died June 10, 1971.

ACTIVITIES FIND OUT MORE Several anthologies, including Ms. Busby’s, have accounts of her career and activism.

DISCUSSION I am still seeking to find the origin of Ayer in her name.

PLACE IN CONTEXT She was an ardent teacher and activist throughout her life, particularly during the early years of the century.

THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY Jan. 2, 1915: Famed historian John Hope Franklin was born in Oklahoma.

Jan. 3, 1624: William Tucker, the first Black child born in America, was baptized in Jamestown.

Jan. 4, 1920: The National Negro Baseball League was organized with Rube Foster as president.

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was asleep in his personal vehicle when he was woken by a bullet shattering his window and hitting him in the head. The NYPD stated that it is not known if he was the intended target, nor where the shot came from.

The next day across the city, Ynoa and her dog were shot to death.

On Sunday, Adams and new Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell hosted a roundtable with families who have lost loved ones to gun violence. As families clutching framed photographs of their loved ones told of their ongoing trauma, Adams vowed to address the bloody gun violence, including bringing back the notorious and controversial AntiCrime Unit. It would be reformed, he said, but critics of the unit disbanded amidst the George Floyd protests in 2021, are not going to be easily persuaded. Memories of Amadou Diallo and Sean Bell and other police killings inform an opinion probably not up for debate, despite Adams’ statement that the unit will be reformed, with no room for rogue cops, transparency, and, “We’re not going to do anything in secret.”

Many are strongly in support of the commission’s proposals. Councilmember Mercedes Narcisse applauded the members of the RJC for their diligence and commitment to eradicating structural racism in New York City, and using the charter as the foundation as a means to repair and move forward.

“These carefully considered and constructed initiatives put forth by the RJC must not only be approved, they must also be implemented and fully funded to help eradicate and root out the systemic racism which continues to exist throughout our city’s agencies and institutions,” said Narcisse.

But, at least two city council members seemed less than convinced that the commission’s proposals could accomplish that much.

“I am glad to see these recommended ballot proposals from the Racial Justice Commission, but it is my sincere hope that both City and State do infinitely more to combat racial inequity by investing directly in Black and Brown neighborhoods and resources,” said Councilmember Rita Joseph in District 40 in a statement.

In response, Venkataraman said that there was absolutely more work to do to educate voters on the proposals. She

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said the commission recommends that the city government reconcile offenses through “deep engagement with communities, clear acknowledgement of harms both past and present, and through employing a reparative frame in decision-making processes whenever possible.”

Venkataraman added that the city should support and advocate for a national reparations program run by the federal government. The case for Black peoples reparations, a system of redress for egregious injustices against enslaved Africans, has been made continuously over the years as a viable way to bridge the racial wealth gap and gained new attention in 2020.

Similar to Joseph, Councilmember Kristin Richardson Jordan in District 9 said in a statement that the ballot proposals were “a symbolic gesture given white supremacy is literally embedded in the structure of the constitution, the city charter and all laws governing New York City.”

Austin pushed back on that idea saying that the changes the proposals present would hold the government accountable. “Recognizing that structural racism pervades all pillars of our society and is deeply embedded in our nation’s laws, beginning with the United States Constitution, Commission members determined at the outset that equity must be a core expectation, function, and responsibility across all of city gov-

ernment,” said Austin.

Austin explained that if adopted in the city, the commission’s recommendations would attack the root cause of persistent patterns—such as marginalization, wage segregation, overcriminalization, inequities in health and education—that often disproportionately impact low-income communities and people of color.

“Empowered as a charter revision commission, we determined we could not miss the opportunity to put forward proposals to transform the foundation of city government to make equity a central aim and focus, and for which government is accountable,” said Austin. “These proposals are intended to go beyond changing a single city agency’s policy, to changing all of city government to catalyze the sustainable, tangible system’s change our city needs.”

New York City residents still have to vote on the three proposals on Nov. 8, 2022 in the general election. To learn more about the proposals, visit nyc. gov/racialjustice.

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PUBLIC NOTICE The Nominating Committee of the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation (UMEZ) has commenced the process of reviewing potential candidates for election by its Board of Directors.

Persons who live or work in Upper Manhattan may be eligible for consideration by the Committee for nomination to CommunityBased positions on the UMEZ Board. Others may be considered for vacant At-Large seats on our Board.

UMEZ is particularly interested in nominees with senior-level skills, knowledge, experience, and relationships in one or more of the following business and not-for-profit areas: (i) economic development, (ii) human resources, (iii) commercial lending, (iv) real estate finance, and (v) technology.

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Invitation to Prequalify and to Bid Rehabilitation and Flood Mitigation of the New York Aquarium, Brooklyn, NY: Turner Construction Company, an EEO Employer, is currently soliciting bids for the Rehabilitation and Flood Mitigation of the New York Aquarium from subcontractors and vendors for the following bid packages: BP #055 – Cleaning/Laborer (Bid, Payment & Performance Bond Required) BP #048 – Misc. Metal & Railing (Bid, Payment & Performance Bond Required) BP #043 –Carpentry (Including Temp Shed & HMW) (Bid, Payment & Performance Bond Required) BP #064 – Spray on Fireproofing (Bid, Payment & Performance Bond Required) BP #046 – Paint (Bid, Payment & Performance Bond Required) BP #054 – Pre-Construction Surveying (Report/Pictures) (Bid, Payment & Performance Bond Required) BP #056 – Surveying (Bid, Payment & Performance Bond Required) BP #045 – Masonry (Bid, Payment & Performance Bond Required) Only bids responsive to the entire scope of work will be considered and, to be successful, bidders must be prequalified by Turner. Certified M/WBE and Small Business (13 CFR part 121) companies are encouraged to submit.

In order to receive the bid packages, potential bidders either (1) must initiate the prequalification process by submitting a Subcontractor/Vendor Prequalification Statement to Turner, or (2) must be prequalified based on a prior submission to Turner. (Note: Prior prequalification submissions that remain current will be considered as previously submitted or may be updated at this time.) All bidders must be prequalified by the bid deadline: February 7th, 2022 and initial submission of a prequalification statement not later than February 7th, 2022 is strongly encouraged. All bidders must have an acceptable EMR, and will be subject to government regulations such as 44 CFR and Federal Executive Order 11246. Successful bidders will be required to use LCP Tracker compliance verification software.

Note that while this is a New York City prevailing wage project, union affiliation is not required for BP #055, #048, #043, #064, #046, #054, #056 and #045. For BP#055 – Union 79 labor force is required.

A Webcast about the above Bid Package/s will be held on January 13, 2021. Attendance is optional for all; the Webcast is designed to assist potential M/WBE subcontractors/vendors.

Link: Please join this meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.

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Finding strength to continue when the ‘rock’ is no longer there

By INDIA BOOKHART Howard University News Service Sandra McGowan-Watts is still stunned at how quickly her life turned upside down.

“I go from being married and having a spouse, to being a widowed, single mother in the course of a month,” said McGowan, 47, a doctor with a practice in suburban Chicago.

Her husband, Steven Watts, a 51-year-old Chicago bus driver, became sick in early April of 2020 from a disease that didn’t even have a name just 48 days earlier.

The coronavirus pandemic was in its initial stages. There was massive confusion and misinformation regarding the disease. Epidemiologists, health care officials and the Centers for Disease and Control were struggling to find answers to a virus that suddenly was killing thousands.

How does it spread? How deadly is it?

What are the symptoms? How can we protect ourselves? Do masks work? What kinds of masks?

Watts had been taking care of his ill mother, who had been experiencing shortness of breath, an incessant dry

cough and other symptoms, McGowanWatts said. He soon began experiencing the same symptoms, she said.

“My husband got sick somewhere between visiting his mother and taking her to the hospital,” she said.

Watts died from COVID-19 May 8. His mother, Lois Meeks, 68, died of the disease seven days earlier.

These days, McGowan-Watts finds herself in a strange new place. A single child, she has no siblings to lean on, though she has two cousins who she said are like sisters. Her parents are dead. For support, she looks to her 13-year-old daughter, Justise, a few friends, relatives and a Facebook support group for widowed Black women.

The McGowan-Watts family is one of thousands in the U.S. who have experienced the loss of one or more parents to COVID-19. According to the National Institute of Health, a child loses a parent or guardian in one of every four COVID deaths, a devastating consequence that is affecting the lives of an estimated 140,000 children.

McGowan-Watts said the loss of her husband has been extremely difficult for her, but it has been particularly hard on her daughter. The relationship her

daughter had with her father was a special bond, she said.

“He was her person,” she said. “He was the person she went to. He would get her off the school bus. He would take her to get snacks after school and he would take her to gymnastics.”

The loss of her father has affected Justise in numerous ways, her mother said.

She is in counseling to deal with the grief.

The counselor advised her to quit her gymnastics classes because they were a consistent reminder to her of the loss of her father.

“It’s hard for her to do gymnastics, because she’s looking for him to be there, and she’s looking to see him in the audience,” her mother said. “So, she has now switched to swimming.”

Justise said the decision to switch was not hard: “I’ve always been good at swimming, so I decided to give it a try,” she said.

She also attended Experience Camp at Camps Lake of the Woods and Greenwoods in Decatur, Michigan, where children talk about their feelings around grief and loss of a loved one.

As one escape, Justise now cooks for the family most nights, her mother said, something she often did with her

father. “Cooking has been one way Justise manages her grief,” her mother said.

“She chose cooking because that’s something he did a lot. A lot of the times when I wasn’t home, he was cooking.”

Justise has created her own cooking show on Facebook, Justise’s Cooking Tutorial. With her braided hair down or in two buns, sometimes wearing her Girl Power t-shirt, sometimes in eyeglasses, Justise walks viewers through her family’s kitchen with a huge smile. Her ingredients are prepped and laid out in front of her. She carefully identifies what is needed for the dish and shows her audience how to make meals from scratch.

McGowan-Watts is having her own difficulties dealing with her husband’s death. She always knew that on paper, they were an odd match—a medical doctor with a six-figure salary and a bus driver.

She described him as a humorous, loving and supportive provider. She said he had a gregarious, warm personality.

Whenever he was around, he had people laughing, she said. For her, she said, he was her “rock.”

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Religion & Spirituality Remembering Dr. Khalid Abdul Muhammad: The resurrector

By AUTODIDACT 17 Special to the AmNews

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This track’s music video depicted the crippling effects of the torrential crack epidem“Have you forgotic gripping Black communiten that once we were ties across the country then. brought here, we were It fit most appropriately with robbed of our names, “The Prophets of Rage” social robbed of our lanmessages and introduced guage, we lost our reKhalid’s insightful words to ligion, our culture, our millions of hip hop aficionaGod; and many of us, dos globally, further immorby the way we act, we talizing him. even lost our minds!”

“Black people have been assessed Dr. Khalid robbed of a knowledge-ofMuhammad. self, they start to take on Wednesday, Jan. 12 the characteristics and the marks the 74th physinature of their oppressor and cal day anniversary of colonizer and his mind by the undiluted “Truth automatic systematic remote Terrorist,” Dr. Khalid control rule of our people,” Abdul Muhammad.

Dr. Khalid noted.

For a couple decades, he called Harlem head of the secular New Black Panther During the second half of the 1990s his home and made a significant impact Party (mid-90s to 2001), he motivated the Black History Hitman conducton area youths by nourishing their local youths to be productive leaders in ed many speaking engagements at minds prior to becoming an ancestor their communities. various college campuses and lecon Feb. 17, 2001, at 58 years old.

His above quote was sampled on ture halls nationwide, disseminatWhether as minister of the Nation of the intro to progressive hip hop super- ing empowering information rarely Islam’s Temple #7 during the mid-1980s group Public Enemy’s 1989 hit single discussed, and often controversial, til late 1993, then at 2033 Fifth Ave., or as “The Night of the Living Baseheads.” such as, “Who is that mystery God?” Dr. Khalid Abdul Muhammad

Dr. Helen Chavis Othow Dies at 89 Dr. Helen Chavis Othow, the beloved author, college professor and sister of National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., died at the age of 89 on Jan. 1, 2022 in Oxford, North Carolina.

A lover of reading, writing, and history, Dr. Othow received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and majored in Black studies and African, African American, and Caribbean literature.

She also studied Elizabethan and Medieval literature, and her dissertation, “The New Decorum: Moral Perspectives of Black Literature,” was published in the Library of Congress.

Dr. Othow presented “Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali” by D.T. Niane, that illustrated her appreciation and knowledge of African culture.

She expressed a desire to impart knowledge to all citizens of the world.

“My sister was also a freedom fighter,” Dr. Chavis remarked. “The Chavis family has been fighting for freedom, justice,

and equality for 250 years in Dr. Helen Chavis Othow America and in Africa.”

Born April 21, 1932, in Oxford, North Carolina, Othow was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Chavis Sr., who was a Prince Hall mason and superintendent of African American child-care institutions, and Elisabeth R. Chavis, a writer and public school teacher for 65 years.

A municipal park in Raleigh, North Carolina, bears the name of her ancestor educator, John Chavis (1763-1838).

The beloved scholar Dr. Othow also received a bachelor’s degree from St. Augustine’s College, and she earned her master’s at North Carolina Central in the literary and other arts. Othow University. also taught at the following HistoriShe eventually became head of the cally Black Colleges and Universities English Department at St. Augustine’s (HBCUs): Howard University, JohnCollege. son C. Smith University, North Carolina She was also widely acclaimed and Central University, Hampton Universirespected as a conscientious schol- ty, and Jackson State University. ar dedicated to enhancing excellence Othow pushed for the understanding

of African American history, including educating her students and others about John Chavis, who fought in the Revolutionary War and became an educator who taught some of North Carolina’s most influential leaders.

Dr. Othow is survived by her daughter, Ajulonyodier Elisabeth Othow, her brother, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., and her sisters, Dr. La Rhoda Francine Chavis, MD and Carol Faye Paton, and a host of other relatives.

Funeral services for Dr. Othow are scheduled for 1 p.m. EST., Saturday, Jan. 8 at the Chavis Family Cemetery in Oxford, North Carolina.

Condolences can be sent to Wright Funeral Home, Inc. at wfhoxf@embarqmail.com, or by visiting the funeral home’s website at www.wrightfuneralhomeoxford.com.

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By STACY M. BROWN NNPA Senior Correspondent

“Is the white man the devil?” as well as religion vs. spirituality, and “the secret relationship between Blacks and Jews,” just to name a few.

He fearlessly walked the streets of a pre-gentrified Harlem dolo, without bodyguards, companions, nor much fanfare, always greeting those who recognized him. He made many optimistic that situations would soon improve, regardless how bleak they seemed to be, he’d breathe life into them.

“Dr. Khalid was the epitome of Black manhood. An uncompromising Black Nationalist and messiah of our time!” reflected Kem-Neter, NBPP minister of information.

“Brother Khalid Muhammad was dedicated and committed to freeing his people from the garnish they were undergoing because he had an undying love for them,” explained documentary photographer Azim Thomas, who initially met Khalid in 1993 at Temple #7.

“He dedicated his whole life to the resurrection of his people.”

In Khalid’s own immortal words: “One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter!”

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The nonprofit believes that this money could be directed to funding other services that would build communities and help prevent the need to incarcerate people in the first place. Total state and federal aid for all counties outside of New York City totaled $26.2 billion, made up of $20 billion of county budgets and $1.3 billion spent on county jails. According to the report, the median state county jail budget is $8.2 million. A Pew Charitable Trust report

THE NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS from last January showed that local plainclothes units are no different and spending on jails topped $25 billion in raise serious concerns. Mayor Adams nationwide data. The budget runs op- needs to hold officers accountable and posed to the failing crime rate and fewer ensure that officers who engage in mispeople going to jail. conduct are fired, not double down on According to Pew, between 2007 and dangerous policies from the past.”

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Society.

“We know that historically new “The Legal Aid Society welcomes mayors come in and attempt to rebrand this memo as a substantive first step failed policing strategies,” said Foster. to reform an office that long resorted “Mayor Adams’ rhetoric around ex- to making excessive bail requests and panding stop-and-frisk and his commit- overcharging our clients,” stated Tina ments to bring back notoriously violent Luongo, attorney-in-charge of the crim-

inal defense practice at The Legal Aid Society. “Meaningful reform demands that these newly announced policies become standard operating procedure officewide, and we urge judges to not stand in the way of these long overdue and necessary reforms.”

Denouncement of Bragg’s day-one policy came courtesy of Police Benevolent Association President Pay Lynch.

“We continue to have serious concerns about the message these types of policies send to both police officers and criminals on the street,” Lynch stated.

“Police officers don’t want to be sent out to enforce laws that the district attorneys won’t prosecute. And there are already too many people who believe that they can commit crimes, resist arrest, interfere with police officers and face zero consequences. We look forward to discussing these issues with District Attorney Bragg, so that our members can do their job safely and effectively. We must all pull together towards one goal: a safer New York City.”

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CAPITAL PROJECTS PUBLIC HEARING The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, on behalf of MTA New York City Transit and its subsidiaries; MTA Long Island Rail Road; MTA Metro-North Railroad; MTA Construction and Development; and MTA Bus Company (collectively “MTA”), will hold a public hearing to solicit comments on MTA’s federal grant proposals for Federal Fiscal Year 2022. The hearing will be held in a hybrid format with options to participate in-person, as well as virtually via Zoom’s online platform and conference call feature, with a livestream available on the MTA 2022 Capital Projects hearing website.

The MTA receives federal funds pursuant to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation Section 5307, Sections 5309, 5337 and 5339 of Title 49, United States Code, 5300 et seq. (the Code), Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (surface transportation act and other federal appropriations). The Governor of the State of New York, local officials, and publicly owned operators of mass transportation services have designated the MTA to receive such grants.

The requested funds are for categories of capital projects listed below and more fully described in the MTA Program of Projects. MTA’s Program of Projects is available for review at https://new.mta. info/transparency/public-hearings or by calling the number shown below. The MTA solicits and encourages the comments of private transportation providers. Capital improvements under this Program generally take place within the MTA network or on State or city-owned property. Property acquisitions or relocations will be carried out in accordance with the appropriate provisions of law and regulatory requirements. The projects included in this hearing are part of the approved 2010-2014, 2015-2019 or 2020-2024 Capital Programs.

The capital projects have been or will be endorsed by the Metropolitan Planning Organizations for the New York metropolitan region and conform with the State Implementation Plan (SIP) as required by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. The projects are not anticipated to have any significant adverse environmental impact. If the FTA prepares a formal environmental impact statement on any of the proposed projects, the MTA will issue a public notice to make the statement available. All legal requirements related to senior citizens and customers/people with disabilities will be met.

It is anticipated that any difference between the projects’ cost and the federal grant amount will be satisfied through funds that are made available by any one or a combination of state, local, affiliated agency credits for non-federal project share generated from toll revenues in accordance with federal statute (23 USC 120 (i)), or sales of property or program income.

In Federal Fiscal Year 2020, MTA received $684.2 million of Section 5307 funds, $734.6 million of Section 5337 State of Good Repair funds, and $29.8 million Section 5339 of Bus and Bus Facilities funds.

Apportionments of Federal Fiscal Year 2021 and FY 2022 are not yet available. Federal funds must generally be matched by a local share contribution for capital assistance of 20 percent for most funding categories.

PROJECT CATEGORIES / ESTIMATED FEDERAL REQUEST (Dollars in Millions) Project Categories Stations Track Line Structures Communications and Signals Shops and Yards Power TranTech Total LIRR Project Categories Ferries Rolling Stock Stations Track and Structures Communication and Signals Shops and Yards Miscellaneous Total MNR Project Categories Penn Station Access Total MTA CC

LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD

METRO-NORTH RAILROAD

CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

$M $289.26 $399.01 $1.40 $15.94 $48.13 $6.40 $0.40 $760.54 $M $12.56 $484.64 $479.28 $1,106.38 $259.89 $24.23 $68.70 $2,592.60 $M $1,249.31 $1,249.31

Project Categories Subway Car Bus Replacement Stations Track Line Equipment Line Structures Signals and Communications Power Shops Depots Miscellaneous Staten Island Railway Total NYCT Project Categories Miscellaneous Bus Replacement Facilities Total MTA BUS

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$M $2,080.00 $1,173.60 $2,246.21 $178.20 $95.60 $261.63 $655.60 $630.30 $150.00 $195.10 $83.40 $137.00 $7,886.64 $M $1.20 $150.71 $21.20 $173.11 $12,662.19

DATE AND TIME OF THE PUBLIC HEARING 2022 CAPITAL PROJECTS PUBLIC HEARING Tuesday, February 8, 2022 • Hearing begins at 6:00 P.M. • Hybrid Public Hearing will include both in person and virtual platforms.

Public Hearing Format This will be a hybrid hearing with in-person participation as well as via Zoom’s online platform and conference call feature, with a livestream available on the MTA 2022 Capital Projects hearing website https://new.mta.info/2022-capital-projects-hearing. Those interested in speaking must pre-register to speak at the public hearing. Each registered speaker will have three (3) minutes to speak.

Registering for the Public Hearing To register to speak at the hybrid public hearing, please sign up to comment either in-person, online at https://new.mta.info/2022-capital-projects-hearing or call the Public Hearing Hotline at (646) 252-6777. Registration for the public hearing will open on January 3, 2022. All comments will be transcribed and made part of the permanent record of this hearing.

Joining the Public Hearing If you are registered to speak, you may join the Zoom webinar either online, in-person or by phone following these instructions: Join Zoom Webinar Online: To access the Zoom webinar online, visit the website: https://new.mta.info/2022-capital-projects-hearing. You can also go to https://mta.zoom.us/j/85820298982 Join by PC/Tablet/Smartphone: Join Link: https://mta.zoom.us/j/85820298982 • Webinar ID: 858 2029 8982 Join Zoom Webinar by Telephone: To access the Zoom webinar by telephone, please call 1-877-853-5247 (toll-free). Then enter Webinar ID: 858 2029 8982, followed by the pound (#) sign.

View Only Online: Members of the public who wish only to view the hearings may access the event live at https://new.mta.info/2022-capital-projects-hearing To Submit Comments All written comments must be submitted by 6:00 p.m. on February 8, 2022. Comments received after that date and time will not be considered.

To View a Copy of the Complete MTA Program Projects A complete list of projects eligible for funding under this proposal is available onsite and on the MTA Website at https://new.mta.info/2022-capital-projects-hearing or by scanning the QR Code below.

Information on public viewing locations and on the projects eligible for funding can be found on the MTA website or by contacting the MTA at the address below. The MTA will also make the final program of projects available on its website https://new.mta.info/transparency/grant-management for Section 5307 funded projects when the FTA awards the Federal Fiscal Year 2022 grants.

Additional Ways to Comment or Request Information For More Information, to Pre-Register to Speak, or to Submit Comments Those wishing to be heard at the Public Hearing must register in advance. Email comments will be accepted online on the MTA website https://new.mta.info/2022-capital-projects-hearing or in person at the hearing or by dialing (646) 252-6777. Telephone agents are available from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Verbal presentations will be limited to three (3) minutes. You may present verbal testimony or submit written statements in lieu of or to supplement oral testimony concerning the proposed projects. To submit comments, for additional information, or to request copies of the applications and final program of projects to be submitted to the FTA, letters should be addressed to: MTA Capital Program Funding / Grants Management, RE: 2022 Capital Projects Public Hearing, 2 Broadway, B4.01, New York, NY 10004. All letters must be postmarked by February 8, 2022. Comments received after that date will not be considered.

Accessibility and Language Assistance Services At the public hearing, CART Captioning and American Sign Language services will be available. Members of the public who are deaf or hard of hearing can use their preferred relay service or the free 711 relay service, and then request to be connected to the Public Hearing Hotline at (646) 252-6777 to connect with an agent. Members of the public who are blind or have low vision can request accommodations on or before February 1, 2022, by submitting a request online at https://new.mta.info/2022-capital-projects-hearing or by calling the Public Hearing Hotline at (646) 252-6777.

Members of the public who do not have access to a computer or to the Internet, can dial in to the hearing by calling the Zoom webinar at 1-877-853-5247 (toll-free) then enter Webinar ID: 858 2029 8982, followed by the pound (#) sign. If language assistance or any other accommodations are required, please submit a request at least three business days before the hearing date in one of the following ways: online at https://new.mta.info/2022-capital-projects-hearing or by calling the Public Hearing Hotline at (646) 252-6777, or by sending a letter to: MTA Capital Program Funding / Grants Management, RE: 2022 Capital Projects Public Hearing, 2 Broadway, B4.01, New York, NY 10004

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Apply online or through mail. To apply online, please go to https://housingconnect.nyc.gov/PublicWeb/. To request an application by mail, send a self-addressed envelope to: Sendero Verde Phase I / Triborough Finance New Station, P.O. Box 2011, New York, NY 10035.

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New Jersey’s Division I teams keep plugging despite Omicron distractions

By LOIS ELFMAN Special to the AmNews

NJIT The NJIT Highlanders, 7–6 overall and 2–0 in conference play, have thus far avoided any game postponements.

Next up is an America East game vs Binghamton on Sunday. The leading scorer is junior guard Kenna Squier at 11 points per game.

(Seton Hall Athletics photo)

After an enthusiastic start to college basketball season, team schedules are again in turmoil with COVID-19-driven postponements. Some athletic programs are opting to not have spectators at games.

Players and coaches remain resolute, following protocols and continuing to practice and play when possible. Here we look at New Jersey’s Division I women’s teams.

Seton Hall University Seton Hall has started Big East Conference play 1–3. In non-conference action, the Pirates scored wins over Princeton and Wagner. Graduate student Andra Espinoza-HuntLauren Park-Lane continues to be a petite powerhouse for Seton Hall er and junior Lauren Park-Lane are leading the offense with 17.6 and 17.3 points per game respectively.

Saint Peter’s University Rider University Saint Peter’s is 5–6 and hoping to get After COVID-driven postponeRutgers University back in action tonight with MAAC play ments within the program, Rider, Rutgers is 7–8 overall and 0–3 in Big against Fairfield University after the last currently 3–8, is scheduled to be Ten Conference play. None of the Scar- two games were postponed due to COVID back in action tonight with a conlet Knights are averaging in double fig- protocols with the opposing teams. The ference game against MAAC oppoures on scoring, but graduate student leading scorer and rebounder is junior nent Wagner. Senior guard Lenaejha forward Osh Brown is leading with 8.5 center Kassondra Brown, averaging 15 Evans is the leading scorer for the points and 9.1 rebounds per game. points and 9.6 rebounds per game.

Broncs at 15.5 points per game.

Monmouth University Monmouth is scheduled for a MAAC game tonight against Quinnipiac after its last game was postponed. The Hawks, currently 6–4 overall and 1–0 in conference play, are led by graduate student guard Stella Clark, who is averaging 11.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.

Fairleigh Dickinson University The FDU Knights, 5–7 overall and 2–0 in conference play, take on Merrimack this afternoon in NEC action. Sophomore forward Chloe Wilson leads the offense at 11 points per game.

Princeton University Grateful to be back in action after the Ivy League cancelled the entire 2020– ’21 season, Princeton amassed a 7–4 record in non-conference action. The Tigers opened conference play with a win over Harvard. The leading scorer is senior guard Abby Meyers, averaging 17.7 points per game.

The 114th Millrose Games adds to a stellar field

By JAIME C. HARRIS AmNews Sports Editor

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The 114th staging of the venerable Millrose Games will take place Jan. 29 at The New Balance Track & Field Center at the Armory in Washington Heights after being canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many of last summer’s Tokyo Olympics competitors will take to the stateof-the-art track in Upper Manhattan as track & field hope to see new marks in what has become customary at the many events held at the Armory during the indoor season.

On Tuesday, meet organizers, led by director Ray Flynn, announced that 100-meter hurdles world record holder Keni Harrison, who won a silver medal in Tokyo, would headline an elite group in the women’s 60m hurdles.

The 29-year-old Harrison, a University of Kentucky alum, established the outdoor standard in July of 2016, blazing 12.20 at the London Muller Anniversary Games.

She will enter this year’s Millrose as the defending champion, edging Nia Ali in the event two years ago. “I had such a great time competing at Millrose in 2020,” said the five-time U.S. national champion. Among the women who will try to dethrone Harrison are American Gabbi Cunningham. The former North Carolina State standout had a

2020 Millrose Games women’s 60-meters hurdles champion Keni Harrison will be back at the Armory later this month to defend her title

seventh place showing in Tokyo in the 100-meter hurdles.

Jamaica’s Britany Anderson will also be in the blocks with the accomplishments of being the world junior 100meter hurdles record holder and eighth place finisher in the 2020 Olympic final on her resume. Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas, a seven-time All-American at Purdue who was sixth in Tokyo, will join them as one of six Olympians

facing off in the event.

The sensational Athing Mu, who introduced herself to the world last summer by capturing the women’s 800-meters at the Olympics, is set to electrify track & field enthusiasts once again. Mu won two-gold medals in Tokyo. The 19-year-old Trenton, N.J. native broke the American women’s 800-meters record in a time of 1:55:21.

By doing so Mu became the first

American woman to win Olympic gold in the 800 in 53 years. She was also part of the women’s gold medal earning 4x400 meters relay team, along with Queens and erstwhile Cardozo High School luminary Dalilah Muhammad, track & field icon Allyson Felix, and Dunellen, N.J. reared superstar Sydney McLaughlin, the women’s 400-meters hurdles world record holder (51.46) and 2020 Olympic titlist in the race.

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NBA veteran Etan Thomas pens another powerful book

By LOIS ELFMAN Special to the AmNews

As a follow-up to his 2018 book, “We Matter: Athletes and Activism,” NBA veteran Etan Thomas tackles a pressing issue of the day with “Police Brutality and White Supremacy: The Fight Against American Traditions,” which will be available Jan. 11. The book includes both personal reflections as well as extensive interviews with people such as Rodney King’s daughter, Lora Dene King, and exonerated Central Park Five survivor Raymond Santana.

“There has been so much consistently going on in the area of police brutality,” said Thomas. “From when I wrote ‘We Matter,’ I wanted to capture the reasons that so many athletes were now having this resurgence of athlete activism. Using their voices, and it all centered around police brutality and what was being shown. With the invention of social media and cell phones, now you’re seeing it on a recurring reel. I wanted to dig a little bit deeper into the origins of it.”

Thomas reflects on his first memories of police brutality and how the Rodney King beating affected him. King died in 2012, so Thomas reached out to his daughter to understand how this traumatic event in her father’s life impacted not only him, but his whole family.

“I wanted to go back to those [events] from my time frame and look at solution-oriented possibilities, so I interviewed police officers,” said Thomas, who played 11 years in the NBA. “I’ve been doing this work for a while, and I’ve involved police officers in this work. A lot of the things that I’ve heard them say…are common sense things that should have been implemented a long time ago.

“The whole goal of [the book] was to be able to see solution-oriented possibilities towards police accountability,” he added.

Writing has become a vital part of Thomas’ activism and he appreciates interviewing others to hear their perspectives. For “Police Brutality and White Supremacy,” he interweaves

his thoughts and opinions with those of people such as Steph Curry, Chuck D., Isiah Thomas, Sue Bird, Breanna Stewart, Jake Tapper, Jemele Hill,

Stan Van Gundy, Kyle Korver, Mark Cuban, Rick Strom and more.

“Hearing people’s perspectives and the way that they’re navigating through multiple, non-stop cases of police brutality and the impact of white supremacy, I wanted it to be eye-opening for everyone who reads it,” said Thomas. “I include my opinions, my stories and my interactions with my children and the impact

they have from it. Having to talk with light what they’re trying to do to not our children, which all Black parents see what happened to their family have to do, and the questions that member happen to another family. they ask.

Thomas was born in Harlem, raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and spent summers in New York City, which included playing basketball at the Boys’ Club. A lot of his early writing was about what he saw in the summers in New York.

Thomas makes it clear that Black athletes and entertainers are not immune from police brutality. When he was traveling and speaking on college campuses about “We Matter,” that conversation always came up.

At some predominantly white institutions, there were only a few people of color in the audience.

Sometimes people were shocked that superstars such as Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade had had encounters with police.

“They thought we were in this protective bubble,” Thomas said. “Hearing athletes talk about the fear that we have for our children every time we see a case of police brutality, the same way that every Black family in this country has the same fear for their children, made it resonate a bit more.”

A long-time athlete activist, Thomas joined with other Syracuse University alumni to form a group called the Black Oranges (Syracuse athletics is known as the Orange) to support current student-athletes of color. They met with the Syracuse police chief and plan to have other meetings and events in the future.

For now, he looks forward to seeing how Mayor Eric Adams works with the NYPD. Thomas also hopes people will read his book and un“The group that you don’t really derstand the narrative. He addresses hear a lot from is how the family white allyship, which became much members are impacted,” he added. more prevalent after the murder of “That’s why I really wanted to lean George Floyd. heavy on that. … Hearing from them “I want people to come away not is a different level of impact.” saying that it’s a Black problem or The chapter Sisters of the Move- a people of color problem,” Thomas ment features the sisters of Botham said. “I want them to see this is a Jean, Atatiana Jefferson and Sean problem in America that has been a Monterrosa. He wanted them to not problem for a long time and someonly tell their stories, but also high- thing needs to change.”

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Another losing campaign will lead to more significant changes for the Giants (Bill Moore photo)

By JAIME C. HARRIS fully aggravated AmNews Sports Editor and distrust ful home crowd Embarrassing! with a two-year For a franchise that record of 10-22. prides itself on tradi“You buy a tion and is perhaps ticket to come overly obsessed with in the stadium, optics, the Giants’ you have every performance in their right to boo season’s penultimate me going into game last Sunday the stadium. was a stain on their That’s the way brand. it is. That’s what It’s not just that we sign up for, they lost 29-3 to the right?” ranted 6-10 Chicago Bears, Judge. “So you being thoroughly sign up for a job, outplayed by anothyou say you like er of the NFL’s stoNew York, you ried franchises that expect to have has also had issues this. I don’t shy stringing togethaway from that. er winning seasons I don’t worry over the past decade, about that at the Giants were deall. But when monstrably inept and you talk internon-competitive. nally, you look Giants third-year quarterback Daniel Jones will end this season on Sunday under Their fifth consecat a lot of things utive losing season, head coach Joe Judge having been sidelined for six games due to injuries moving in the and eighth in the last right direction.” nine years, is an alarming indict- a psychoanalytic viewpoint classic Given that Giants third-year quarment of a wide swath of the organi- projection of guilt. terback Daniel Jones remains suszation, starting with the ownership.

The 40-year-old Judge, now in his pect as the team’s long-term answer But Sunday’s listless outing falls di- second season as the Giants head at the position in a quarterback-cenrectly at the feet of Joe Judge, who coach, will take his 4-12 team into tric league, Judge’s assessment that after the defeat delivered an 11 their final game of this season versus the program is making progress is minute diatribe that was at times in- the 6-10 Washington Football Team acutely peculiar and troubling. Jones decipherable, unbearable and from at MetLife Stadium in front of a right- will end this season having played in

only 11 of the Giants’ 17 games due to injury. The 24-year-old has passed for just 10 touchdowns and 7 interceptions.

“I talk to the players all the time, guys. I talk to them very openly and transparently, all right? We don’t have captain meetings anymore because the majority of our captains are no longer playing this late in the season,” disclosed the former New England Patriots special teams coordinator.

“So we do a leadership meeting now, all right? I looked at the guys the other day in the eye and said, ‘Listen: This is your time to talk to me. You speak for the team. You tell me what’s going on. You tell me: How’s the beat of the team?

What do I gotta do and where?

What’s something I don’t know?’

“Because everyone always tells me what I want to hear, right? So when I ask someone individually, I ask a player, they’re going to tell me whatever I want to hear. I ask a coach, the same type of thing. I have a group of players that are going to look me in the eye and they know: I can tell Joe exactly what the hell is going on.

I’ve got that core group of guys right there, all right.”

What the hell is going on is the Giants have not been able to reverse a losing trend for 10 years. Judge logically won’t be afforded more time beyond next season to develop a successful formula.

With the season counting down, the Jets get a lesson from Tom Brady For much of last Sunday’s game, the New York Jets played the way the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers were expected to play. The Jets were 4-11 coming into the early afternoon matchup while the Buccaneers were 11-4 and had already clinched the NFC South division.

It was the first meeting between Jets rookie quarterback Zach Wilson and Tom Brady. Wilson and Brady were both born on Aug. 3. Brady in 1977 and Wilson 1999, a difference of 22 years, 21 seasons, 7 Super Bowls, and 4 points. The 4 points being Tampa Bay’s 28-24 win.

But there was a role reversal for the teams for nearly four full quarters. The Jets led 17-10 at halftime and 24-17 going into the fourth quarter. Then Brady did what Brady does. Up 24-21, the Jets attempted a quarterback sneak with Wilson late in the final quarter on fourth-and-2 for no gain on the Buccaneers’ 7-yard line giving the ball back to Brady.

He then took his team on a 9-play, 93-yard drive, ending with a 33-

yard pass to wide receiver Cyril Grayson. Wilson battled Tampa’s defense, led by former Jets head coach Todd Bowles, going 19-of33 for 234 yards and a touchdown. Bra dy went 34-50 for 410 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception.

Brady’s third touchdown pass on Sunday was his 40th of the season, the second consecutive regular season he has reached that mark.

He finished with exactly 40 a year ago. It came on a day when Jets rookie quarterback Zach Wilson and the Jets lost to seven-time time Super Bowl Tampa Bay’s ultra winning QB Tom Brady and the defending NFL champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28-24 at MetLife Stadium last Sunday talented but troubled wide receiver, Antonio Brown, shockingly took waving his arms to the crowd.

“I thought our guys were outstandoff his jersey and shoulder pads late “It’s unfortunate that we’re going ing today. They deserved better.” in the third quarter while standing to be talking about the last sequence The Jets play their final game of on the Buccaneers sideline, threw of events there,” said Jet head coach the season on the road Sunday afparts of his uniform into the MetLife Robert Saleh, back on the sidelines ternoon versus the AFC East leadStadium stands, and inexplicably this week after sitting out last week’s ing Buffalo Bills, concluding the jogged off of the field into the tunnel game due to COVID protocols. league’s first 17-game season.

(Bill Moore photo)

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Sports With Kyrie Irving back, the Brooklyn Nets must manage expectations Coming into this season, the Brooklyn Nets were the betting favorite to win the NBA title. But Kyrie Ir ving ’s long and divisive absence due to his COVID vaccination status changed the odds.

Still unvaccinated, he is back with the team, unable to play games in New York where there is a mandate requiring proof of vaccination to enter indoor arenas.

The Nets were able to stay at or near the top of the Eastern Conference without him.

Entering last night’s game versus the Indiana Pacers on the road, they were 23-12, in second place behind the Chicago Bulls, who were 25-10.

Expectations for the Nets’ title hopes have increased with the seven-time All-Star rejoining Kevin Durant and James Harden to form one of, if not

(Bill Moore photo)

By VINCENT DAVIS Special to the AmNews

With the return of Kyrie Irving to the Brooklyn Nets’ lineup, head coach Steve Nash’s and the fans’ hopes for an NBA title have risen.

the best, trio in the league.

Tuesday’s 118-104 home loss to the Memphis Grizzlies showed how much the Nets need Ir ving to help counter some of the NBA’s other top backcourt playmakers.

Ja Morant torched them for 36 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists at the Barclays Center, handing Brooklyn its first three-game losing streak of the season. All of them at home.

“He’s special,” said Morant’s teammate Desmond Bane, who had 29 points for the Grizzlies. Memphis improved to 24-14 and No. 4 in the West after the win.

“People debate whether or not he should be an AllStar,” added Bane, “but I think we should be debating whether he’s the best point guard in the league.

“I don’t think it’s any

question he’s an All-Star. The real conversation is, ‘Is he the best point guard in the league?’”

Harden said t he Net s had n o t pu t u p en ough resist an ce d ur ing th eir l osing st retch. “We’ re letting teams d o what t he y want, g et sh o t s t hat t he y want,” he explaine d. Hard en had 19 fo r t he Nets while Durant s co re d a tea m-h igh 26.

“We can’t panic. It’s been a crazy period,” noted Nets head coach Steve Nash. “We gotta rebound better, make less mistakes defensively.” How smoothly Irving melds into the rotation will be a wait and see action.

“He’s got to get his rhythm, and figure out how to play,” said Durant after Monday’s defeat.

“He’s an efficient player that can put pressure on the defense.”

The Nets will host the Milwaukee Bucks tomorrow and the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday before road games against the Portland Trailblazers on Monday and the Bulls next Wednesday.

Home court can be key to the Knicks climbing in the standings on Dec. 22 and hasn’t played a game since Dec. 16. He is not expected to play again until the middle of next month. Kemba Walker, who was the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 20-26, has not suited up for the last two games as he was hampered by knee soreness. The COVID and injury circumstances have provided young players such as rookie guard Quentin Grimes valuable minutes.

With COVID-19 and injuries impacting the Knicks’ Tuesday began a lineup, rookie guard Quentin Grimes has been stretch in which AM NEWS afforded valuable minutes of playing time the Knicks will 01/06/22 be at the Garden for eight out of 10 games, continu- Their only road dates are this Saturing tonight versus the Boston Celtics. day in a rematch with the Celtics and (Bill Moore photo)

By JAIME C. HARRIS AmNews Sports Editor

After having much of their roster miss multiple games over the past three-plus weeks, being placed in the NBA’s Health and Safety Protocols as a result of a surge in global COVID-19 cases, the Knicks had several of their core group back on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, where they defeated the Indiana Pacers by 104-94 to improve 18-20.

Julius Randle returned following a twogame absence. He was placed in the health and safety protocols prior to the Knicks’ New Year’s Eve 95-80 road loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Randle’s 30 points and 16 rebounds against the Pacers was a much needed production infusion for the Knicks, who had lost their previous two games. As was RJ Barrett’s team-high 32 points. Barrett was placed in protocols on Dec. 12 and returned to the lineup on Christmas Day. “I think that the aggressiveness of RJ attacking the rim, and then for Julius to do what he did today was just remarkable,” said Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau.

Injuries have also been a contributing factor to players being out, including point guard Derrick Rose, who underwent surgery on his right ankle

Saturday, Jan. 15 versus the Atlanta Hawks. It could be an opportune 19-day span for the Knicks to make up ground in the Eastern Conference race.

They were in the 11th spot when the league’s schedule tipped off last night, a half game behind the 18-19 Celtics. Ten teams in each conference will play beyond their final regular season game, with the 7, 8, 9 and 10 seeds taking part in the Play-In Tournament, with two of those four moving on to the playoffs. What may be a disadvantage for the Knicks over the next 17 days is they have labored at MSG this season.

The Knicks will go into tonight’s contest just 8-11 in their own building thus far with a negative point differential of -2.3. They finished last year’s regular season 25-11 at the Garden, holding a positive scoring margin of +3.6.

Overall, the Knicks haven’t been at the even mark since Dec. 7 when they were 12-12 and have not been above .500 since Nov. 30 at 11-10.

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