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It’s the same colonial, capitalist system, which is maintaining poverty, unemployment and mass incarceration. Don’t be fooled by the personnel change in the governor’s office. It’s the system that needs to be changed, that maintains the same policies.”

Analysts have been predicting financial turmoil ever since the pandemic unleashed its wrath on New York City during spring 2020. With little relief in sight, this helps many local residents as autumn sets in on the Big Apple.

Baruti suggested that the solution is to contact ERAP (Emergency Rental Assistance Program), and “get the information to landlords and tenants, get more staff in place to help get the money to the people because they need it to pay their rent and landlords need it to pay their mortgages.”

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safety website, almost 500 guns were taken off the street and 270 have been recovered to date in 2021.

Lakeesha Eure, the director of the Mayor’s Office of Violence Prevention and Trauma Recovery, said the event, “Takes a holistic approach to peace through individual wellness. Our goal is to educate the community on the true meaning of peace. Peace stands for Proper Education Always Corrects Errors. This is our guiding principle during not only Peace Week, but every day. We want our residents to always know that peace is a choice and a lifestyle.”

Artists such as Freeway and Beanie Sigel got the crowd going with their hits “Roc the Mic” and “What We Do.” Fresh off his stellar performance on Verzuz, Jadakiss electrified the crowd with a melody of his greatest hits and freestyles. The grand finale of the night was hip hop icon KRS1. He not only provided a memorable hip hop performance, he also reminded the audience of the importance of stopping the violence. law said Republicans have presented no evidence of widespread voter fraud in their state to support the legislation.

“Gov. Abbott and the Texas Republican legislature are desperate to maintain control of the state. Both today’s anti-democratic election law and last week’s draconian abortion ban are efforts to rig the system to prevent most of the people in Texas from building real power,” said Parks.

“Blocking people from the sacred right to vote and forcing people to carry pregnancies and give birth against their will are plays straight from the same playbook, both of which prevent Texans from escaping poverty and the institutional racism in our healthcare and election systems,” continued Parks.

Ariama C. Long is a Report for America corps member and writes about culture and politics in New York City for The Amsterdam News. Your donation to match our RFA grant helps keep her writing stories like this one; please consider making a tax-deductible gift of any amount today by visiting: https://tinyurl.com/fcszwj8w Ida-related recovery, which may include home repairs, temporary housing, low-cost loans, and other programs to help recover from the effects of the tropical storm.

New Jersey has launched a data collection portal to gather data from impacted individuals outside of the six counties where FEMA has declared the Major Disaster Declaration. FEMA and the State continue to evaluate damage in other counties and the state portal will ensure that all Ida damages across all counties in the State are evaluated for potential FEMA assistance.

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden toured areas of the Garden State to survey damage from the storm. Several tornadoes touched down in New Jersey and the storm caused flooding in several counties. In total, 27 people died from the impact of the storm.

“Many residents of our state are facing a long road ahead as they recover from Ida,” said Murphy. “I am very grateful to the Biden administration and FEMA for their swift approval of the Major Disaster Declaration for six of our counties. I urge residents and businessowners in those counties to visit FEMA’s website and begin the application process.”

The state portal will record basic information including name, location, damages and cost, and need from impacted residents and businesses. It is accessible at nj.gov/ida and damagenj-njoem.hub. arcgis.com

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