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HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS COMMUNITY MEMORIAL DAY A Flag, a Flower, a Moment of Memorial This coming Memorial Day (Monday, May 25), NYC Veterans Alliance joins United War Veterans Council, NYC Department of Veterans’ Service, and NYS Division of Veterans’ Services in asking YOU to help us remember America’s fallen throughA Flag, a Flower, a Moment of Memorial. Public commemorations of Memorial Day have been cancelled in NYC, but we can come together virtually by sharing images and memories online. You can participate by taking a photo of an American flag and a flower and reflect on the meaning of the holiday with your family and friends. We welcome you to share stories of the servicemembers and veterans laid to rest who you are thinking of on this solemn day. You may also choose to share your thoughts on memorials or historic sites you’re thinking of as we take a day to commemorate those who gave all in America’s military conflicts. Please use the hashtag #FlagFlowerMemorial and share your image and thoughts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn. Help us fill social media with memories and meaning on Memorial Day.
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From The Desk of Assemblyman Walter Mosley L ast week we honored our nurses, teachers, and our building workers. Men and women who have kept our city moving forward even in the midst of a pandemic and economic shutdown. And like our mothers we pay homage to all workers who refuse to leave their posts during this most trying time in our nation’s history.
This past week was an extremely difficult one for me and many of my colleagues in the city. Although we’ve seen a slight, but steady, dip in the number of deaths from COVID-19 statewide we still witnessed over 100 new cases in children (toddlers to elementary school). Many of the symptoms resemble those we see in Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome. As a father I implore we remain vigilant with our constant observation of our children, while we remain vigilant with our own social distancing practices.
Housing and Tenant Rights During COVID-19
Last week, we witnessed the Governor’s introduction of an apparent extension of an existing executive order whereby the moratorium on tenant evictions would be extended through August. The current eviction moratorium will end on June 20th.
Election Day/2020 Primary
Please be mindful that our primary date is set for June 23rd. All registered voters will be given an application to request a ballot. If you decide not to participate in absentee voting, poll sites for early voting and all sites will be open for Primary Day 2020.
Census 2020
New York State could be doing much better. New York State is now 42nd in the nation, up from 43rd. Of the 3,203 rankings of counties, Staten Island is up to 1,534 up from 1,813 a month ago, Manhattan ranks 1,926 up from 2,040, the Bronx ranks 2,068 up from 2,103, Queens ranks 2,125 up from 2,300, and Brooklyn comes in up slightly, but still at a meager 2,250th place up from 2,359th place out of 3,203 counties. I know we can do a lot better - and given our anticipated fiscal projections - we have to do better if we want our fair share in billions of federal appropriations over the next decade.
If you have not filled out your census application, please call you 884-330- 2020 to complete it over the phone. Brooklyn stand up! Let’s make sure Brooklyn counts 100% of the time!
Until next week please stay safe, be smart, and remain healthy!
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Brooklyn Garden Center M emorial Day Weekend just days away, the options for New Yorkers are limited given the current quarantine rules. I would like to suggest a visit to Shannon Florist & Nursery in Brooklyn to build your at-home garden as a socially distant thing to do during the holiday weekend.
With the summer months ahead, mixed with the anxieties around shopping at grocery stores, there has never been a better time to grow your own vegetable and herb garden. At Shannon Florist & Nursery, their Garden Center and Greenhouse offers a large variety of vegetables and herbs to choose from. Aside from their wide array of vegetable plants, like tomatoes and eggplant, you will find in-season annual plants, hanging flowers, succulents, and more. Plus, it’s the family-owned nursery is one-stop-shop for all of your gardening needs- from pots to soil, they have it!
Shannon Florist & Nursery is practicing social distancing with a convenient curbside window and by also offering call ahead for curbside pick-up from their parking lot and local Brooklyn delivery. Shannon Florist & Nursery is located in Kensington at 3380 Fort Hamilton Parkway.
The Black crisis in the midst of the coronavirus crisis Pandemic brings years of healthcare disparities to the forefront
By Lisa Fitch, OW Editor-in-Chief D r. Maulana Karenga, chair of the Depart ment of Africana Studies at CSU Long Beach, wants the Black community to make sure that physical distancing during the pan demic does not interfere with relationships or establishing networks.
Karenga was recently featured on the Carl Nelson Show and conducted a phone conference with Nelson and his radio audience at WOL radio in Washington, D.C.
During the show, Karenga admitted that there is a lot of fear and confusion out in the world now, and he warned against buying into the con spiracy theories which can pit persons against each other. He also expressed his dismay with the information the government issues to the public.
“They don’t have cultur ally competent messages for us,” Karenga said, claim ing that at least 46 percent of coronavirus victims are Black. “Even though Black people are in the emerging hot zones… Chicago, De troit, Milwaukee, New Orleans…we lack the ethnic data. Who’s tested positive? Who has died? We don’t have any of that.”
Former President Barak Obama agreed, raising the issue at a virtual meeting with mayors, local leaders and members of response teams from around the world. “When you start looking at issues of domestic abuse and you start looking at racial dis parities that are popping up in your cities, paying attention to that is the kind of leader ship I know all of you aspire to,” Obama said. “You have to be intentional about these issues.”
Rep. Karen Bass (CA-37), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus holds frequent town hall teleconferences on various subjects. “Healthcare disparities in our country have been a long-standing is sue and concern for the Congressional Black Caucus,” Bass said. “The spread of the coronavirus has compounded these issues, leaving Black people even more vulnerable. We need to urgently address these disparities with a target ed response to our community.” “It’s not that [Blacks are] getting infected more of ten,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci during a recent With House briefing. “It’s that when they do get infected with their un derlying medical conditions — diabetes, hypertension, obesity, asthma – those are the kind of things that wind them up in the ICU and ulti mately death.”
Fauci says the pandemic is shining a bright light on the healthcare disparities which have always existed in the country and added that ef forts to limit these disparities should resume after this glob al crisis. “Early data on deaths show that no group is immune from COVID-19,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti in his recent news briefings. “We need every community to understand this can affect you. No matter what commu nity you live in or come from, this can affect you.”
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