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Immigration Clarke Leads Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers in Protecting TPS Immigrants

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Immigration Clarke Leads Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers in Protecting TPS Immigrants

This week, Congresswoman Yvette Clarke introduced bipartisan legislation to allow Temporary Protected Status (TPS) individuals to stay in the United States permanently yesterday.

The legislation would allow TPS-eligible individuals to apply for lawful permanent resident status and allow those who have been here for more than five years to legally remain in the United States through a newly proposed “protected” status.

“The Temporary Protected Status program was created with bipartisan support to protect human life. It advances American interests and values and we must work in a bipartisan manner to do the right thing and protect hardworking immigrants from being sent back to countries where their physical well-being could be cast into doubt,” said Clarke.

The ASPIRE TPS Act would protect TPS-eligible individuals from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Central America and Haiti who could otherwise be sent back to life-threatening conditions in their home countries. TPS provides a safe haven for migrants who are unable to return home due to dangerous situations in their native countries – whether it be armed conflict, natural disasters or other extraordinary circumstances. Individuals who received TPS are not on an immigration track that leads to permanent residence or citizenship.

In May of this year, the Department of Homeland Security (DOH) Secretary John Kelly extended TPS to immigrants from Haiti for an additional six months, 12 months shy of the usual 18 months given. The extension deadline only granted TPS designation to eligible Haitians until January 22, 2018, leaving many in fear of the future in the US.

Cumbo to Armory Developer at Council Hearing: No Deal for Market-Rate Condos

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Cumbo to Armory Developer at Council Hearing: No Deal for Market-Rate Condos

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — The developer chosen to transform Crown Heights’ Bedford-Union Armory, along with the city corporation that’s overseeing the project, were grilled for more than an hour on Tuesday at a City Council hearing focused on the plan.
The hearing was the first major milestone for the project since a contentious City Council election that focused on the controversial development plan for the site.

City Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo, who was reelected to her seat by a wide margin in both the primary and general election, didn’t appear to be backing down from her stance that the breakdown in affordable rentals was not acceptable and that she wouldn’t approve a deal that included market-rate condominiums.
“There is a need to continue to look at the affordability here,” James Patchett, the president of the city’s Economic Development Corporation, said when discussing the rates of rental units. “We hope to continue in those conversations with you.”
Cumbo said time was running out to do that.

“Your response has been very, ‘we’re looking into’, ‘we hear you’, ‘we’ve heard’. But we, as a Council, are not seeing,” she said. “The seeing and the thinking and the hearing are going to have to translate into something for this proposal to even be considered,” Cumbo said, calling it “inappropriate” to come to the hearing with no significant changes to the project.

The armory development has become a flashpoint in a neighborhood experiencing rapid gentrification. (Marc Torrence, Patch National Staff, Nov. 14, 2017)

The Four-Decade Drought

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The Four-Decade Drought

As a kid growing up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, the month of November was a very exciting time for any kid. It marked just a few weeks left of school before I can go on winter recess break, which was always a delight. Knowing that Thanksgiving and Christmas was around the corner. Before all of that took place, it was the first Sunday of November I looked forward to the most as the New York City Marathon would come down Classon Avenue, where I spent a good part of my childhood. I remember getting up early and my mother taking me downstairs as I would give out cups of water to the runners. I also got a few high-fives for my services which was pretty cool. One thing I did not get to witness was an American male or female being crowned as the winner of the marathon. This past Sunday, that changed and there I was years later to witness it all.

American Shalane Flanagan 36, became the first American to win the NYC Marathon since 1977. Flanagan was able to hold off, without question, the most dominant runner in the sport in three-time marathon champion Mary Keitany of Kenya. To put her historic victory into perspective, Flanagan said, “I’ve been dreaming of a moment like this since I was a little girl”. Although she was aware about her historic victory, this race, in particular, she felt was a little more meaningful to her. She thought about the senseless terror attack in lower Manhattan. It reminded her of the heroic performance of her good friend Meb Keflezighi, who was the American male winner in the Boston Marathon after the bombing in 2013. As she crossed the finish line, Flanagan broke down in tears as she pointed and shouted with joy. Flanagan, who is a Massachusetts native, won the race with a time of 2 hours, 26 minutes and 53 seconds.

What a historic day it was indeed. Flanagan has suffered a stress fracture in her back in the winter, which kept her out of the Boston Marathon with no running at all for 10 weeks. It was reported that Flanagan trained for this race as it would be her very last. Now the question is, does winning the New York City Marathon change her mind from walking into the sunset of retirement? “We’ll have some decisions to make,” said Flanagan, referring to her family and coaches regarding her future.

Sports Notes: (High School Football) The playoffs are upon us and Brooklyn’s Erasmus remains atop of one of the best teams in the borough. Three other high school teams are included in the Top 12 city rankings. (Baseball) Former 2-time Cy Young Award-winner Roy Halladay, 40, was killed on Tuesday near the Gulf of Mexico in a plane accident. Halladay won two Cy Young Awards (Blue Jays of the American League and the Phillies of the NL). He threw a perfect game in 2010 and became just the second pitcher in baseball history (Don Larsen) to throw a no-hitter in a postseason game.

Obituary Mimose Pinckombe February 2, 1921 – November 2, 2017

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Obituary Mimose Pinckombe February 2, 1921 – November 2, 2017

Mimose Pinckombe

February 2, 1921 – November 2, 2017

Mimose, or Mimine, as she was affectionately known, was born Rose Margueritte Mimose Pinckombe on February 2nd, 1921 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She was the daughter of Mr. Emmanuel Pinckombe and his wife Athalie Vieux-Pinckombe; the eldest of eight children. Mimose completed her Secondary Education at age 16 and immediately began working as a legal secretary in the Justice Department in Haiti during the administration of President Stenio Vincent in 1937. She was young and inexperienced with government administration, but very intelligent, independent, open-minded and willing to learn from several notable mentors including her mother Athalie. Although Mimose was not tenured, she continued working through the administration of President Elie Lest (1941-1946). She was eventually appointed to her official post as Legal Secretary by President Dumarsai Estime (1946-1950) and continued her career under several more presidents including Paul Magloire (1950-1956) and Francois Duvalier (1957-1965) when her tenure ended as the Administrative Assistant to the Director of Haiti’s School of Agriculture.

In 1965, Mimose emigrated to New York with her three children: Raymond, Jr., Betty aka Modupe, and Ronald Jean-Pierre to join her ex-husband Raymond Jean-Pierre, Sr. Though they divorced before leaving Haiti, Mimose and Raymond, Sr. remained very close up until Raymond, Sr.’s death in 1972. Mimose married twice; she first married Gonel Lochard, the father of her eldest child Ms. Janine Kali Lochard (now deceased); however, as many knew, Raymond, Sr. was the love of her life.

After moving to New York, Mimose taught herself to speak English, but was not considered qualified for the same job opportunities that had been made available to her in Haiti. Mimose did not let those challenges keep her from supporting herself and her children; she took a job as a domestic worker, a profession from which she retired in 1989 to care for her granddaughter Tanagna Payne. Throughout her life, Mimose cared for many of her grandchildren, both adopted and biological. She was a caring, beautiful, strong, immovable force of nature. She loved, and was loved very deeply.

Mimose is survived by: her children: Raymond, Betty aka Modupe and Ronald; her grandchildren: Gontran Durocher, Naomi Bostic, Mandisa Jean-Pierre, Abolaji Alexander, Edo Young, Candra Simon, Fatimah Payne, Janine Simon, Omari Jean-Pierre, Tanagna Payne, Cheikh-Ibrahim Diop, Khadijah Mimose Diop, Yasinta Jean-Pierre, Meeka Jean-Pierre, Yasmine Jean-Pierre; her great-grandchildren: Kaj, Osahar-Sundiata Miller, Aviel Alexander, Mamello Cole, Asher Alexander, Amara Young, Jair Alexander, Kayaan-Idris Miller, Kalyani-Itara Miller, Kaj & Masego Jean-Pierre; her two younger sisters: Madeleine Pinckombe and Marie-Therese Lolagne; her many nieces and nephews: Lisa Lolagne, Max Lolagne, Renee Lolagne, Marie Lolagne, Tommy Lolagne, Philip Lolagne, Ronel Lolagne,  Gyslaine Pinckombe, Edwidge Pinckombe, Ricardo Pinckombe, Vivianne Beauliere, Fritz Pinckombe, Jr., Christina Pinckombe, Geneva Pinckombe and their families. In addition to the children she birthed, she was a mother to Raymond, Sr.’s children from previous marriages. Mimose is survived by children of deceased Francia Jean-Pierre, Astrid, Jessie, Hans Schettini, Sean Jean-Pierre, Marielande Emile; children of deceased Pascal Jean-Pierre, Florelle Jean-Pierre and Pascal Jean-Pierre Junior. Survived by Edy Guerrier and his sons Donte & Jamie Guerrier.

Acknowledgements

Lisa Lolagne-Principal & Family, Renee Lolagne & Family, Gontran & Isabelle Durocher, Andrea Brathwaithe-Clunie, Brian Clunie & Family, Tyisa Brathwaithe & Family, Claudia Normil, Lafern Joseph, Monique Akil, Diane Gurwitz, Sohooba Keith Smith, The Board of Directors at Magnolia Tree Earth Center of Bedford-Stuyvesant

Service

Wednesday, November 8th, 2017 at 9:30 AM Holy Cross R.C. Church 2530 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11226

Repast/Life Celebration

Thursday, November 9th, 2017 6:30-8:30pm

Magnolia Tree Earth Center

677 Lafayette Ave., between Marcy & Tompkins, Brooklyn, NY

 

In the News …

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In the News …

Emmy Award-winning journalist Dan Rather explores what it means to be American and the principles that define America in his new book What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism.

In a collection of essays, the journalist outlines the importance of the institutions that make up the country and explores the traditions that link all Americans.

Monday night, in a warm, lively conversation with NPR’s Sam Sanders, before a huge crowd at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, he also offered suggestions as to how we can move forward as a nation.

The veteran newsman, now president and CEO of News and Guts has covered every president since Dwight D. Eisenhower. So, it was fitting that Sanders would ask Rather to reveal the question he would most wants to ask President Donald Trump.

The former CBS News anchor said — as he did in a recent exclusive interview — with Time magazine, “Mr. President, what are you afraid of?” And the house roared.

In an August interview with MSNBC, Rather called it on what Trump fears. He said, “Donald Trump is afraid. He’s trying to exude power and strength. He’s afraid of something that Mueller and the prosecutors are going to find out.”

“A political hurricane is out there at sea for him,” he said to Politico earlier this summer. “We’ll call it Hurricane Vladimir if you will, the whole Russian thing. It’s still pretty far out at sea, but each day this political hurricane . . . is building in intensity.”

Reporter Sam Sanders is host of It’s Been a Minute with Sam Sanders at NPR.   Rather’s News and Guts independent production company specializes in high-quality nonfiction content across a range of distribution channels. (Notes from various media sources organized by Bernice Green)

 

 

 

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