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NAKO Hosted Forum on Mayor Mamdani and Black New York

By Mary Alice MillerThe National Association of Kawaida Organizations (NAKO) in conjunction with the International African Arts Festival hosted its monthly forum entitled ‘Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Black New York: Expectation and Possibilities’ at Restoration Plaza. The guest speakers were Dr. Esmeralda Simmons, Esq., founding...
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Electeds & Activists say,”Tax the Rich! Help the City”

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large“Tax the Rich,” some elected officials and NYC activists are calling for racial and economic justice. Too many New Yorkers say they face the dilemma of paying for food, rent, childcare, or medicine, or being forced to relocate from the city.With New...

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Transcript:  Fraud/ Foreclosure Panel, Saturday, March 19, 2016

Sponsored by Brownstoners of Bedford-Stuyvesant Transcription provided by: DBG Media Publishers of Our Time Press,...
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Property Fraud: Its Impact on Our Neighbors & What to Avoid

Excerpts from the Panel Discussion Held Sat. March 19 and sponsored by The Brownstoners...
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Foreclosure/Property Fraud Panel Gives Warnings and Solutions: Organizing Against Fraud

Movements to keep New York City’s largest residential area for Americans of African descent...

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WE ARE OUR NEIGHBOR’S KEEPER PROPERTY FRAUD: ITS IMPACT ON OUR NEIGHBORS

    A CRUCIAL PANEL DISCUSSION SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2016 AT 10:00 A.M. BEDFORD·STUYVESANT RESTORATION CORPORATION MAIN BUILDING -1368...
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City Council Pay Raises Provoke Questions About Staff Salaries

by Meg O'Connor for the Gotham Gazette originally published on Mar 08, 2016 As New York...
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Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote: From the crime bill to welfare reform, policies Bill Clinton enacted—and Hillary Clinton supported—decimated black...

By Michelle Alexander, The Nation Magazine Hillary Clinton loves black people. And black people love...
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Hillary Widens Lead

  Secretary Hillary R. Clinton is doing what she must do to grab the brass...
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Bed-Stuy BID, Gateway to Diversity and Prosperity

By Akosua K. Albritton Fulton Street and Nostrand Avenue are two of Brooklyn’s lucrative commercial...
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POINT – COUNTERPOINT: The Alleged Brownsville Rape

Op-Ed Alleged Brownsville Rape, My Thoughts on Dismissal of Charges By Laurie A. Cumbo Council Member of...
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Where the Atlantic Yards CBA Stands

By Akosua K. Albritton Pacific Park’s--née Atlantic Yards--construction is moving full steam.  At the February...
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Impact of Foreclosure Upon Communities of Color

On Friday, February 19, 2016 the New York State Foreclosure Defense Bar (NYSFDB) co-sponsored...
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Judiciary Changes Choke Foreclosure System, Hurts Homeowners

By Dan Wise New York City Public Advocate Letitia James cast a harsh spotlight on...
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