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THESE BLOODY STREETS (Bill Moore photo)

MAYOR STANDS BY HIS GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGY (See story on page 6)

Mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD slam the brakes on ‘ghost cars’

The future of Rikers’ women (See story on page 6)

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Brooklyn’s 51st International African Arts Festival rocked the tristate (See story on page 8)

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Speculation, Not Regulation, Is Fueling New York’s Rent Madness Urban Agenda by David R. Jones, President and CEO of the Community Service Society of New York - See page 5

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International GHANAIANS TAKE TO THE STREETS OVER INTOLERABLE LIVING COSTS (GIN)—“Mr. President, where is our money? The high cost of living will kill us.”

Those were the cries that filled the streets of Accra as the usually peaceful people of Ghana could no longer stop their anger and frustration over intolerable living costs, record inflation, and misleading information about the economy shared by the government.

Over the past week, hundreds of Ghanaians clashed with police and denounced their government’s inaction on the crisis.

Authorities are now searching for the protest leaders although it’s an open question as to whether police or protestors started the violence.

A group calling itself Arise Ghana (#AriseGhanaProtest) appeared to be leading the demonstrations, supported by members of the political opposition, the young and old and the unemployed as well as such figures as Sammy Gyamfi, national communications officer for the National Democratic Congress, and economist and development officer Bernard Anbataayela Mornah.

“We call on the Ministry of Finance to scrap the obnoxious electronic transaction fee that is imposing more hardship on the people of Ghana, siphoning their capital and above all confiscating our savings,” Mornah said.

According to Arise, inflation is running at over 20% in Ghana and a third of people under 30 are unemployed.

Government also infuriated Ghanaians when, in an about-face, it reached out to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout after pledging not to do so. Gyamfi called it “pathetic and ridiculous, particularly so given the negative commentary that President Akufo-Addo, his Vice, Alhaji Bawumia and other leading figures of the NPP made about IMF programs in time past.”

Protestors are also raising the issue of the Achimota Forest Reserve in Accra. The Ghanaian government has sold some 361 acres of “peripheral lands” from the reserve, citizens have learned, handing it over to the Owoo family, from whom the existing reserve land had been purchased in the 1920s.

“The 495 [hectare] Achimota Forest Reserve,” wrote GhanaWeb columnist Philip Kyeremanteng, “has over the years lost more than 150 [hectares] to urban infrastructure development and illegal encroachment.”

These concerns combined with delays in infrastructure projects and

public fights over high-cost ventures like the new national cathedral are putting the government on the defensive.

Social media such as Instagram and Twitter is carrying most of the reporting while the BBC is carrying reports in pidgin, a widely understood idiom.

Meanwhile, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah pushed back at critics during his own press conference as protestors gathered for another demonstration.

“There’s an obvious attempt to create instability in our country at this time and we don’t need to mince words about it…We have people attacking the police in this manner.

Can you imagine what would have happened if indeed some of these things were allowed to continue through the night?”

In its own tweets, the police service pushed back against the claims: “What a shame, we were there to protect you and ensure your safety, but you throw stones at us, injure and hurt us.” They added that video footage of the demonstration is being reviewed.

News

Africa, did not mince words, daring funders who could have been aggrieved

by Charumbira’s election to “go to hell with their money.”

Last year, violent scenes from the parliament, based in Midrand, Johannesburg, were beamed across the world after Malema and then Zimbabwean Pan-African parliamentarian Barbara Rwodzi disrupted the presidential election proceedings, insisting that Charumbia of the Southern caucus must be given a chance.

But this time, before anyone got a black eye, the chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, appeared and gave the MPs a stern lecture.

Faki defended the selection of Parliament heads based on a system of rotation to avoid another debacle and to salvage the reputation of the Pan-African Parliament and that of the continent, as last year’s aborted elections “… have tarnished the image of this institution and that of the entire continent.

“The unbearable scenes projected on TV and social media, which were seen by Africans, belittled the MUGABE SUPPORTER TO HEAD PANparliament. It was a disgrace for AFRICAN PARLIAMENT, AVOIDING DEBACLE the continent,” he said.

(GIN)—As members of the Pan-AfHis lecture succeeded. South Sudan rican Parliament hotly disputed the withdrew its candidate and Chief Chaelection of senator and chief Fortune rumbira was elected unopposed.

Charumbira as their next president, a familiar figure could have turned the ex- GHANA CRACKS DOWN ON ITS LGBTQIA+ ercise upside down.

COMMUNITY DESPITE OPPOSITION The familiar figure was ex-President (GIN)—Legislators in Ghana with unRobert Mugabe. Charumbira, an un- apologetic support from President Nana apologetic Mugabe supporter, once Akufo-Addo have come up with a new faced censure from Zimbabwe’s High law making life even harder for LGBTQCourt which ruled that his comments IA+ persons in theWest African country, publicly supporting Mugabe’s Zanu PF a bill which essentially strips the comparty were unconstitutional as chiefs munity of all human rights. are required to be neutral.

Dubbed the “most homophobic docThe Election Resource Centre also or- ument the world has ever seen,” the dered Charumbira to be censured for 36-page Promotion of Proper Human comments that could “undermine the Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family rule of law.”

Values Bill 2021, which is yet to be con“If left to fester, this has the potential sidered by parliament, would criminalto destroy the rule of law and constitu- ize LGBTQIA+ activities in the religious tional supremacy in Zimbabwe,” the West African country.

ERC wrote. “The Minister of Local GovThe draft bill also proposes punernment and all electoral stakeholders ishment for groups and individumust resist the temptation to exempt als who advocate for LGBTQIA+ the conduct of Chief Charumbira from rights, express sympathy or offer necessary scrutiny on his conduct.” social or medical support.

He was subsequently instructed to reSocial media has blasted Ghana’s protract his comment. posed“anti-gay” bill as has the Ghanaian When two African leaders dropped diaspora and the international commutheir support for Charumbira for candi- nity that dubbed the west African coundates from their own region, some spec- try known as the Black Star of Africa—a ulated that the Mugabe acolyte could beacon of tolerance and peace. have estranged the Europeans, leadKaren Attiah, writing for the Washing them to threaten needed support or ington Post, points out that many Afcontinuing sanctions. rican countries have anti-gay laws still Julius Malema, leader of the Eco- on the books from their colonial eras. nomic Freedom Fighters (EFF) of South Ghana, a religiously conservative coun-

try and former British colony, has long outlawed “unnatural carnal knowledge,” though the law has rarely been enforced, she recently wrote.

In recent years, however, a few African countries have started to remove those colonial-era laws. Mozambique did so in 2015, followed by Botswana and Angola in 2019.

“Not so for Ghana,” continued Attiah.

“Local LGBTQ activists told me things took a dark turn in 2019, after the World Congress of Families, a U.S.-based Christian group, organized a conference in Ghana. The group’s goal was to push harsh criminal punishments for LGBTQ behavior, as it succeeded in doing in Uganda and Nigeria several years ago.”

“They confidently said they were going to do the same thing in Ghana,” Alex Donkor, the executive director of LGBT+ Rights Ghana, an advocacy group, told the Post reporter.

Nonetheless, Donkor’s group, in 2021, managed to open a community resource center for LGBTQ people in Accra. “We wanted a safe space, a place where we could provide support for each other,” Donkor told Attiah.

But when the center opened and word got out, it was raided by law enforcement, following claims it was a recruitment center for a gay agenda. The center was quickly shut down.

Under the proposed bill those who engage in gay sex could spend three to five years in jail.

LGBTQ organizations are outlawed but there is state support for conversion therapy—practices intended to change a person’s sexual orientation. Cross-dressing and same-sex affection such as holding hands can come with a jail sentence of six months to a year.

Supporters and opponents of Ghana’s new bill faced off in parliament last November in the first public hearings into the proposed legislation that would make it a crime to be gay, bisexual or transgender.

Akoto Ampaw, a lawyer representing a coalition against the law, was met with occasional jeers as he told the session the Family Values bill would be “totalitarian” and “unconstitutional.”

On the other side of the argument, Abraham Ofori-Kuragu, a representative of Ghana’s Pentecostal council, told the tense gathering of lawmakers and media the bill reflected the will of most Ghanaians.

“Our greatest worry is the health and safety of our community members,” Danny Bediako, director of the human rights organization Rightify Ghana, told Reuters. “I have never seen so many people who want to leave the country.”

THE NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS

NYS, NYC protect equal rights and abortion in state constitution

By ARIAMA C. LONG Amsterdam News Staff, Report for America Corps Member The New York City Council’s Women’s Caucus pushed to codify the right to an abortion and update the existing Equal Rights Amendment in the State Constitution. They were backed by the New York State Senate Majority this past weekend in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

In New York State, abortion is protected under the Reproductive Health Act as health care.

Lawmakers worry that will not be enough in the future, so they’ve banded together to make sure the city and state are always protected from federal laws.

Councilmembers Amanda Farías, Tiffany Cabán, Lynn Schulman, Carlina Rivera, Julie Menin, Shahana Hanif, Crystal Hudson and others held a conference on Thursday, June 30 to discuss the package of 13 laws

Council members of the Women’s Caucus held a conference on Thursday, June 30 to discuss the abortion care package of laws they sponsored.

(Ariama C. Long photo))

they sponsored.

“It’s going to take more than marches and clever signs. It’s going to take more than voting for candidates,” said Caban. “It’s going to take courageous action.”

The city’s legislation moves to protect access to safe abor-

tion and reproductive health care while also safe-guarding against discrimination for ethnicities, women, trans, and gender non-conforming individual New Yorkers. The women-led council intends See ABORTION on page 27

Judge strikes down historic voting law for noncitizen immigrants

By ARIAMA C. LONG Amsterdam News Staff, Report for America Corps Member A state court judge ruled against the historic municipal voting rights law the city council passed last December. The law was meant to give tax paying immigrants who aren’t lawful citizens in New York City the right to vote in hyperlocal elections.

“We are disappointed by today’s ruling. The Council passed Local Law 11 to enfranchise nearly one million voters, many Black and Brown New Yorkers, who live here, pay taxes, and contribute to our city,” said Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Immigration Committee Chair Shahana Hanif in a joint statement about the court ruling.

Under the bill sponsored by then-Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez, any person who is a lawful permanent resident for at least 30 consecutive days and authorized to work in the U.S. would be eligible to register to vote as a “municipal voter.” They could vote for mayor, comptroller, public advo-

A naturalized Brownsville resident from Grenada casts his ballot.

(Ariama C. Long photo))

cate, borough president, or councilmember, but not state or federal officials. Registrations would have started Dec. 9, 2022, and people could have begun voting in local elections as of Jan. 9, 2023.

It was set to affect an estimated 800,000 to 900,000 noncitizens.

However, state Republican Party Chair Nick Langworthy and colleagues challenged the validity of the law in court. State Court Judge Ralph Porzio ruled against the noncitizens voting law on three grounds: state constitution, state election law, and the municipal home rule law. The

last one, the municipal home rule law, distinctly stated that voters needed to publicly vote on the initiative 60 days after it became law for it to be effective. That didn’t happen.

Fellow of State and Local Policy with the Manhattan Institute, John Ketcham, wrote in his extensive report on noncitizen voting that there were certain positives as well as negatives when it came to the actual implementation of the law.

“The primary thrust of the argument is that those who live in particular should have a say in how it’s governed,” said Ketcham. “It fundamentally considers different levels of political community.”

Issues with implementing the noncitizens law crop up with the 30-day residency rule, language barriers among voters, voter education, inadequacies with the Board of Election in carrying out ballot delivery, widespread opposition from Democrats and Republicans, and the very See VOTING on page 29

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MetroBriefs Metro Briefs Summer Food Service Program providing 400,000 meals daily statewide The 2022 Summer Food Service Program, providing free meals to approximately 400,000 young people at parks, pools, libraries, camps, and schools in communities across the state, kicks off in July at nearly 3,000 sites statewide. An interactive USDA online map helps families search for a service site by address, city, or zip code.

Studies have shown that access to nutritious food during summer break benefits children’s health, education, and food security. Inadequate nutrition can have developmental consequences for children, including lower academic performance, social and emotional difficulties like anxiety and depression, and a higher risk for chronic illnesses like anemia or diabetes.

Young people may also have the opportunity to interact with other children their age and participate in free activities at program sites.

The Summer Food Service Program was established to ensure that lowincome children aged 18 and younger receive nutritious meals when schools are not in session. USDA Food and Nutrition Service administers the Summer Food Service Program at the national level, and the New York State Education Department administers it at the state level.

Sharpton calling on Pres. Biden to arrange prayer vigil for jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner The Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of the National Action Network (NAN), is urging President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to arrange for him and a group of faith leaders to meet with jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner in Russia. His call comes just hours after Griner sent a handwritten plea for freedom to President Biden, in which she expressed fear she’ll never see the United States again.

Over the last month, Sharpton has urged the Biden administration to step up efforts to free the two-time Olympic gold medalist. The Phoenix Mercury center was arrested at a Moscow Airport in February on what are now considered politicized drug charges amid growing tensions between the Kremlin and Washington.

Griner’s wife, Cherelle, appeared on “Keepin’ It Real with Al Sharpton” last week, during which she suggested the WNBA All-Star has struggled over more than four months of detainment.

Mayor Adams to turn city’s speed cameras on 24/7 on Aug. 1 Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez today announced that New York City’s speed cameras will begin operating 24/7 on Aug. 1, 2022, following a month-long public awareness campaign starting tomorrow to prepare drivers and all New Yorkers for the change.

The city’s 2,000 automated speed cameras were previously authorized by the state to operate only on weekdays, between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., missing the 59% of traffic fatalities that occurred when the cameras were previously required to be turned off. A state law signed last week by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul now allows the cameras to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Speed cameras and automated traffic enforcement are proven, effective safety tools shown to reduce speeding by 72%.

The city’s automated enforcement program has been highly effective at both reducing speeding and changing driver behavior when cameras are active. Since the start of the speed camera program in 2014, speeding violations are down 72% on average at camera locations in the 750 school zones citywide during the hours they operate.

Professional development is key to retaining talent, but Blacks report less access As talent shortages persist, a new survey reveals that professional development opportunities are one tool for retaining employees. Indeed, 58% say they are likely to leave their company without professional development—or continuing education and career training to help develop new skills, stay up to date on current trends, and drive career advancement. This likelihood to leave See METRO BRIEFS on page 27

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THE NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS

The Highland Project: Nonpartisan national poll focuses on Black women

By ARIAMA C. LONG Amsterdam News Staff, Report for America Corps Member It’s fairly rare to find a nonpartisan national elections poll “centering the very real experiences of Black women,” but The Highland Project did just that. The Amsterdam News had a sit-down with the founder, Gabrielle Wyatt, to talk about their findings.

“I’m not a pollster,” said Wyatt. She said she began the journey into research because she couldn’t find recommendations on Black women pollsters at a time in the country where everything was racially and politically charged. Wyatt said she left her career in education in New Jersey in 2020 to find a level of accountability in the nation’s brief obsession

Group photo of Highland Project leaders (Contributed photo)

with Black Lives Matter issues through data and findings.

“I wasn’t actually seeing action. I was just seeing a lot of rhetoric. I was thinking about what does it really look like to create a solution that results in thriving Black communities,” said Wyatt. “To me that was Black women leaders who are powerful and impactful. Having tremendous political power.”

The Highland Project began in October 2020

national poll from the Highland Project of about 766 Black women, conducted by ‘brilliant corners Research and Strategies’ company and fellow Black pollster Cornell Belcher.

“We decided this year to do it again because we want to continue to listen, stay honest, but most importantly, as we were watching us into year two of the project, we realized that we don’t think the needle had moved that much,” said Wyatt. “We don’t think the rhetoric has turned into action.”

The poll asked women about issues like Roe v.

Wade, what they think about the state of the country, and what kind of candidates they’d vote for.

According to the report the Highland Project put

as a nonprofit, with the intention of creating a polling system with Black women at the core since they are a demographic that is considered the “driving force” behind many communities and institutions. An interest in attaining the Black vote often translates into Black women who vote, said Wyatt. The other key component to Wyatt’s polls is a focus on the racial wealth gap.

“Not Another Box to Check” is the second See HIGHLAND on page 29

For VOCAL-NY’s User Union, the fight for overdose prevention sites is personal

By TANDY LAU Amsterdam News Staff, Report for America Corps Member Protesters gathered outside of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Manhattan office last Wednesday to push for statewide protection and increased funding toward aroundthe-clock coverage for New York City’s two overdose prevention centers (OPC).

The two sites are located in East Harlem and Washington Heights.

They opened their doors this past December thanks to a greenlight from former Mayor Bill de Blasio and offer a supervised space for New Yorkers to bring in their drugs to safely consume.

Clean needles are available along with proper bins to dispose of them after use. If something goes wrong, naloxone

Asia Betancourt (center right) dyes her hair purple, the color for those lost from the opioid epidemic. (VOCAL-NY)

and other emergency medical services are on hand. In their first three months of operation, the pair of prevention centers intervened in 342 otherwise fatal overdoses. But these sites also violate the federal Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. Advocates hope Hochul can create legislation to prevent the three-decade old law from endangering the overdose prevention

centers.

“We need Gov. Hochul to immediately authorize overdose prevention centers so that we can spend that money on expanding overdose prevention centers,” said Jasmine Budnella, director of drug policy at nonprofit VOCAL-NY. “And it’s critical that we have the money to increase services, including public education on how to make sure

people know how to use their drugs safely, and have access to Naloxone and signal testing strips and drug checking appointments throughout the city.”

The rally was largely composed of members of VOCAL-NY’s User Union, a group of past and present drug users mobilized by demands for safe use, harm reduction and the general right to live in a See PREVENTION on pag e 32

NewJerseyNews Murphy signs legislation to protect reproductive health care providers and out-of-state residents seeking reproductive services in NJ

By CYRIL JOSH BARKER Amsterdam News Staff With abortion expected to become illegal or heavily restricted in about half of all states now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, Gov. Phil Murphy signed two bills to protect individuals who receive and provide reproductive health care services in New Jersey.

The legislation establishes protections for patients and providers.

For patients, the legislation helps ensure residents of other states who seek reproductive health care in New Jersey can access confidential care without fear of prosecution. For providers, the legislation insulates healthcare practitioners from New Jersey-initiated disciplinary actions based on the provision of reproductive health care, including abortion, that is legal in New Jersey.

“While others throughout the country are revoking a woman’s right to reproductive freedom, New Jersey will continue to defend this fundamental right in our state,” said Murphy. “By bolstering protections against potential repercussions for both health care professionals and patients, we are sending a message to all who seek or provide reproductive health care within our borders that we welcome and support you.”

The first bill (A-3975/S-2633) would generally prevent the dis-

closure of a patient’s medical records related to reproductive health care without their consent in any civil, probate, legislative or administrative proceeding.

It would also prohibit public entities and employees from cooperating with interstate investigations aiming to hold someone liable for seeking, receiving, facilitating, or providing reproductive health care services that are legal in New Jersey.

It would further protect providers by prohibiting New Jersey licensing boards from suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew the license or registration of a professional based solely on their involvement in the provision of reproductive health care services.

The second bill (A-3974/S-2642) would prevent the extradition of an individual within New Jersey to another state for receiving, providing, or facilitating reproductive health care services that are legal in New Jersey.

“Everyone should be able to make their own personal health care decisions—without fear, intimidation, stigma, or delay. New Jersey continues to be a national leader, by passing legislation like S2633/A3975 and S2642/A3974, when it comes to protecting the right to abortion care,” said Kaitlyn Wojtowicz, vice president of Public Affairs, Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey.

Black-led organizations urge Murphy to conditionally veto legislation rolling back bail reform legislation

By CYRIL JOSH BARKER Amsterdam News Staff The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, Fair Share Housing Center, NAACP New Jersey State Conference and Salvation and Social Justice wrote to Gov. Phil Murphy urging him to conditionally veto A2426, a bill that will make it easier to detain people accused of certain firearm offenses.

A2426 weakens the Criminal Justice Reform Act—a historic bipartisan criminal justice reform law that eliminated bail for most of-

fenses—and can provide a slippery slope to the increased detainment of people in New Jersey and exacerbate already stark racial disparities.

New Jersey law requires that a racial and ethnic impact statement is provided for criminal justice bills affecting pretrial detention before the legislature votes on them. As this didn’t happen, it is now up to the governor to conditionally veto the bill since proper legal process was not followed.

As it stands now, it is unknown to what degree this legislation will See JERSEY on page 32

THE NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS

Blondel Pinnock writes history for Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation

By ZOË ROSE Special to the AmNews Blondel Pinnock will write history after being appointed the new CEO and president of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation. Pinnock will fill the shoes of the previous president Colvin W. Grannum, who for the past 20 years has led the corporation to great successes and growth. Bed-Stuy Restoration Corporation has worked to enhance economic growth, self-sufficiency and stability in Brooklyn, as well as promoting important measures and initiatives that are needed in developing safe neighborhoods for residents. For decades, Bed-Stuy Restoration Corporation has aimed to close the racial wealth gaps all throughout Central Brooklyn, along with providing communities with developing programs and non profit organizations. With Pinnock’s guidance and avid experience, she plans to lead the corporation in groundbreaking and effective new ways. Her passion, persistence, and knowledge has led her to be a strong contender for this role.

Blondel Pinnock was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, as well as being a first generation college grad. She explains how the aspiration of going to college was something she always knew she was destined for.

“Despite the fact that no one in my family attended college, I always knew because that’s something my family always talked about, and ultimately manifested for myself and my sister,” explained Pinnock. She attended Columbia University for undergrad where she earned a B.A. in history and sociology, and Hofstra University School of Law earning a J.D. Prior to working with Restoration, Pinnock worked with Greater Jamaica Development Corporation as the chief of staff, where she mentioned how those very experiences helped her excel to the position she is currently embarking upon today.

“Greater Jamaica Corporation is also a community development corporation that was founded about and around the same time as Bed-Stuy Restoration, and for the same intended purposes, which was: to be a catalytic economic organization, to help an urban market that needed its assistance, and community convener, so it was good to be in that position for a while because I think it prepared me for the type of organization that this is.”

Pinnock candidly spoke about her journeys that ultimately led her to want to get into the work she does today. She further explained how after being given an opportunity to work for New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), it was that very experience that provided her with the opportunity to choose her pathway of success.

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THE URBAN AGENDA

By David R. Jones

Speculation, Not Regulation, Is Fueling New York’s Rent Madness

Black

New Yorker

“Honestly my time at HPD opened me up to the fact that I could use my talents and make a difference in communities. I started to understand how you could use tax policies to help build and promote and leverage affordable housing, I understood how you are able to utilize public and private partnerships and bring those things together to help build communities, and that really opened me up to the work I knew I would soon grow to love,” she explained.

Pinnock expressed how throughout her life, the setbacks she has embarked upon she views as merely opportunities leading her into ultimately the right place. She explains the support and love of her community has helped her immensely: “I have had a village around me that has been so supportive and that has helped me throughout my years, because I wouldn’t have been able to be where I am today if I didn’t have that level of support to help guide me throughout my career,” said Pinnock.

Pinnock’s current and prior knowledge will be of great use for her success as she is able to use her experience to provide perspectives of multiple viewpoints. “I’ve appreciated the seats I’ve been able to sit in because it allowed me to look at community building from very different aspects,” she said.

All of the achievements Pinnock will continue to accomplish are endless; her leadership skills and ability to provide her own field of expertise will lead herself and Bed-Stuy Restoration Corporation to great successes in the future.

We all know the rent is too damn high in New York. But the rent hikes tenants have experienced over the past year are truly a new high – or a new low – for our city and state.

values had almost three times the number of code violations compared to those that did not.

Once again speculation, not regulation, proves to be the culprit.

Most of the “deals” landlords offered during the first year of the pandemic, when many high-income New Yorkers left the city and renters experienced a short burst of consumer power, have since disappeared. Landlords are raising the rents back to pre-2020 levels, and then some. The median rent for a vacant Manhattan apartment now exceeds $4,000 per month – a 25 percent increase over 2021. Meanwhile, the citywide average rent has hit $2,750 – a rent that would be affordable only to a household making $110,000 or more. According to our analysis at the Community Service Society (CSS), that’s a 74 percent increase since 2014, when incomes have only gone up 16 percent.

Meanwhile, thanks to HSTPA, a whopping 15,670 apartments that would have otherwise left rent stabilization since 2019 have remained regulated, and kept their rents close to the citywide average rate of $1,500. On average, that represents $3,600 in annual rent savings for each of the households living in these apartments, or $56.4 million collectively per year – and rising.

What’s to blame for this rent madness? If you ask some people, it’s New York’s tenant protections.

Landlords are claiming to the press and in public testimony that the state’s landmark 2019 rent law reforms – the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA) – wreaked havoc on the housing stock. Rather than pointing to the pandemic, persistent unemployment, or the underwhelming federal commitment to housing subsidies, landlords instead blame state government for regulating rents.

Meanwhile, the landlord lobby has the gall to announce publicly that they are warehousing 20,000 rent stabilized apartments as political payback, and demanding as ransom that the state allow them to rent them out at current market rates.

Don’t believe the hype. According to the latest research from CSS, HSTPA isn’t bringing down building conditions and has kept tens of thousands of apartments affordable. The problem with rents in New York City is speculation, not regulation.

In a soon-to-be released brief, CSS researchers analyzed the results of our annual Unheard Third survey of low-income New Yorkers, as well as the latest findings from the city’s periodic Housing and Vacancy Survey. We found that since 2019, complaints about building conditions, services and safety declined in tandem for all low-income tenants, whether they were rent regulated or not.

Where we do see conditions decline, however, is in buildings where landlords played games with their mortgages to grasp shortterm profits. A recent study by Local Initiative Support Corporation and University Neighborhood Housing Program found that between 2018 and 2020, buildings whose landlords took on increasing debts based on rising property

We also found that low-income rent stabilized tenants were much more likely to access Covid-related emergency rental assistance and reduced rents from their landlords than their unregulated neighbors. With the protections built into rent regulation, tenants are much more willing to speak up, organize, and demand what they need from both the government and their landlords. Any law that keeps apartments stabilized helps build tenants’ power, confidence, and ability to get what they deserve.

If we want to put a stop to New York City’s rental madness, we shouldn’t end or undermine HSTPA, as landlords and their allies are calling for, but rather take the following four actions.

Defend: with landlords and developers currently suing to reduce HSTPA or revoke it altogether, we need to support all legal efforts to protect the law from challenges as they work their way through the courts. (So far, the courts have rightfully upheld the law.)

Enforce: the state must actively enforce every provision of HSTPA and issue all the regulations necessary to translate bill text into agency action.

Educate: many key parts of rent regulation enforcement are triggered by tenant complaints, but tenants will only speak up about violations of their rights if they know those rights exist in the first place.

Expand: we need to build on the successes of HSTPA and both support efforts to establish rent regulation in more jurisdictions (as the city of Kingston is moving to do right now) and pass legislation like Good Cause eviction protections and a statewide Right to Counsel which will improve tenant security and affordability for all.

If we want to stop rent gauging and get housing costs under control, we need to push forward a bold agenda to curb speculation, expand renter’s rights, and build more affordable housing.

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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The future of Rikers’ women

By TANDY LAU Amsterdam News Staff, Report for America Corps Member Five women testified in front of city council during its Rikers Island hearing last week on the harrowing conditions that those jailed at Rose M. Singer Center face.

They mentioned violent prison guards, cramped quarters, widespread COVID-19 infections and the lack of heating during the harsh New York City winters. But when “Rosie’s” closes in 2027 with the rest of Rikers, where will those formerly housed by the women’s facility go?

“We asked ‘what about the women?’” said the Rev. Sharon White-Harrigan, one of the five women to testify. “It always seems that women get lost in translation, that women get lost in conversation, or we’re an add-on—[they say] ‘oh yeah, and the women, too’ without thinking that the women are included…it’s very important because they are the heart, the posts, the root and the core of the community.”

Currently, the cursory plan is to send

them to a proposed Kew Gardens detention center in Queens, one of four borough-based jails planned to replace Rikers. The space will be split by gender, and the facility’s entrance will be shared with men. Theresa Ortiz, who spent time last year in “Rosie’s,” addressed potential safety concerns in her city council testimony.

“I think the city’s plan to move women from ‘Rosie’s’ to Kew Gardens with men is a bad idea,” said Ortiz. “I feel really uncomfortable with men, and I know it would retraumatize women. It’s setting up a bad situation.”

According to the Women’s Center for Justice (WCJA), over three-fourths of women and gender-expansive individuals in “Rosie’s” are domestic violence victims. In fact, the nonprofit fears they will be jailed in the same building as their abusers. Additionally, there’s no promise that conditions will be any different from Rikers Island. After all, jail is jail.

But it doesn’t need to be like that. The WCJA, which White-Herrigan serves as

executive director for, offers an alternative: #BEYONDRosies. The movement proposes turning the vacant Lincoln Correctional Facility on 110th in Harlem into a women’s center to hold those formerly jailed in “Rosie’s.” The decarceration facility would apply a “reentry upon entry” model offering professional development and family-reunification. That includes child-friendly visitation for the 70% of “Rosie’s” occupants who are mothers.

White-Herrigan, who was arrested and charged for murder after killing her attempted rapist in self-defense, lost a year with her daughter due to the inaccessibility for visitors at Rikers.

Additionally, a large swath of women in “Rosie’s” are from Harlem and the Bronx.

A women’s center at Central Park North next to a B and C train station would be significantly more accessible to their families than a facility at Kew Gardens. And traveling to the Queens’ neighborhood could be a poverty-tax, as the hour-plus commute would likely require multiple transfers and a round-trip ticket for the

Long Island Railroad.

To be clear, the women’s center is not abolitionist. The door will be locked and those inside will not be allowed to leave. But it is not a jail. And those held at “Rosie’s” are largely awaiting trial and presumed innocent until proven guilty.

“All jails are secured facilities, but all secure facilities aren’t necessarily jails,” said White-Herrigan. “You have psych wards [and] inpatient drug treatment that are secure, right? We’re not looking at rebuilding a jail. We’re looking at a justice sense for healing…because Kew Gardens is a new jail that they[’re] build[ing]. So we don’t need to build another new jail. We want to do something different that hasn’t been done before.”

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Mayor Eric Adams stands by existing gun violence prevention strategy after Fourth of July shootings

By TANDY LAU

Amsterdam News Staff, Report for America Corps Member Gun violence overshadowed the fireworks and hotdogs this Independence Day as more than 50 New Yorkers were shot during the Fourth of July weekend, a 62.5% increase from last year.

Despite the tragedy-filled holiday, Mayor Eric Adams remains committed to the city’s “Summer Violence Strategy” to get guns off the street.

“Since we instituted our plan, we’re seeing a decrease in shooting, decrease in homicides,” said Adams at a Tuesday afternoon press briefing. “We’re seeing a 30 year high in gun arrest[s]—so our plan, which we are constantly modifying, constantly shifting, is moving in the direction that we want it to move into.”

Adams and the NYPD went into the three-day weekend with a gameplan— officers working around the clock, with increased police presence in violent crime hotspots and support from the city’s network of cameras feeding surveillance to the state-of-the-art Joint Security Operations Center in Brooklyn.

Despite the preparation, gun violence consumed the weekend. Twenty-one people were shot just on the Fourth of July. Three are dead.

62-year-old veteran John Edwards was shot and killed in the Bronx from inadvertent gunfire. Two other men are dead after a shootout at an East New York bodega.

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tional conversation. But it was just one of three high-profile gun violence incidents in “Chicagoland.” Five people were shot 12 hours earlier in the city’s South Side and three people were killed at a holiday block party in Gary, Ind. Even before the Fourth of July weekend, New York City was reeling from an outbreak of high profile gun-violence incidents. This past Wednesday, 20-year-old Azsia Johnson was shot and killed while pushing her 3-month-old daughter in a stroller. Two weeks ago, college basketball player Darius Lee was shot and killed in Harlem.

Adams remains confident in his administration’s efforts to combat gun violence.

“We saw what happened outside the city of Chicago…so this national problem is played out on our streets,” said Adams. “We are making the right adjustments, we’re moving in the right direction and we’re going to win this battle.

And I think that once we bring down crime to the level that we know it is, people are all of a sudden going to take notice to see all of the things that this administration is doing, but we’ve got to do it through crime first.”

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ANTHONY Cardi B has been quite busy.

The Bronx-born raptress was spotted leaving a recording studio in Manhattan on June 29. Then, on July 2, Cardi was seen doing some retail therapy at Gucci on Fifth Avenue. Meanwhile, the wife and mother of two is back with a new song, “Hot S--T,” featuring Kanye West and Lil Durk. The track, which was released on July 1, is her first single since 2021. The femcee told the Los Angeles Times that Kanye wrote one of the song’s verses “a couple of months ago when he was just all over the media because of all the things that were going on.”

Cardi says she “likes how the verse is personal, but it’s not that personal.”

papers saying the disgraced R&B superstar remains on suicide watch for his own safety following a psychological assessment.

Federal authorities are pushing back on R. Kelly’s claims that he was placed on suicide watch as a form of punishment, reports AP. Kelly’s attorney filed a lawsuit on July 1, alleging prison officials placed him on suicide watch at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center solely for punitive purposes and because of his status as a high-profile inmate, adding that Kelly has no thoughts of harming himself.

However, the U.S. attorney’s office in Brooklyn, New York, filed court

Aside from being a headliner at last week’s 2022 Essence Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana, Janet Jackson was honored at the “Be Bold” Dinner Series at the Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans on July 1.

Attendees at the swanky affair included Yvette Nicole Brown, Sheryl Lee Ralph and the Rev. Al Sharpton, who shared remarks about Janet with the crowd, saying, “Janet was always special. He said when you grow up a princess, you learn how to wear a crown with grace. We love you, Janet.”

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Jayson Tatum and Ella Mai, who Black Sports Online reported were dating prior to the pandemic in 2019, were spotted at Philadelphia 76ers co-owner/Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin’s “White Party” on July 4 in Bridgehampton.

The British Grammy award-winning songstress was spotted at the Boston Celtics’ player’s house in 2020. Other celebs at Rubin’s soiree included New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, Jay-Z and Beyoncé, Drake, James Harden, Odell Beckham Jr,. Meek Mill, Lil Baby and Fat Joe.

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By OLAYEMI ODESANYA Special to Amsterdam News Get ready for the Noni Fashion Show Extravaganza. As always it will be a mega Brooklyn event with her handmade Africa-inspired dresses. Fashion designer Nonye Anyadiegwu, who is also known as “Noni,” is the founder of Noni’s Fashion Show Extravaganza. Noni was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. She came to the States to pursue higher education. She worked a few prominent corporate jobs but had a strong pas-

sion for fashion. She then decided to pursue her career as a fashion designer. After her decision, she opened her first business called “Noni.” Noni expressed during Amsterdam News Editor Nayaba Arinde’s “Back to Basic” radio show that she didn’t go to school for fashion design and it was more of a passion. “I enjoy making men and women look fabulous,” said Noni. “We have clothing in the store but we can also customize.”

As the founder of Noni’s Fashion Show, the Nigerian native aims to create unique

and trendy clothing for their customers. The store is currently located at 1215 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn, “I find it very important to focus on satisfying my customers in the designs I customized for them. It’s all about focusing on the right fabrics, colors and sizing.

Nothing beats seeing your customer happy from a design you made for them.”

The show will take place Saturday, July 9, at a new venue located at 400 Lincoln Road between Nostrand and New York with free parking

for patrons. The tickets are on sale $50 for general and $100 for VIP. The dress code is dress-to-impress so she says people should come out in your best attire to win best dressed. Food will be served, as well as a dance competition. A portion of the funds from the fashion show will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

DJ RIX and Producer Marji Huguley will be in attendance at the fashion show.

For more information, go to nonifashionshow2022. eventbrite.com.

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HARLEM HOMEGOING FOR DARIUS LEE Harlem held a homegoing for June 20, 2022 shooting victim Darius Lee at Pastor Mike Walrond’s First Corinthian Baptist Church. Darius’ father Eric Lee, and mother Taren Weaver joined

family, community, coaches, and Houston Baptist University students who traveled by bus from Texas. The Rev. Al Sharpton pledged $10,000 for the Darius Lee Foundation.

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DOCUMENTING BLACK EXCELLENCE Since its inception in 2002, the Tribeca Film Festival has become one of the most important platforms for film/filmmakers on the globe. While the fanfare of the festival transpires over a two-week span in the spring, the content showcased resonates year-round. This year the film in particular that took full advantage of the festival’s live consumer attendees and huge media contingency had to have been the story of recording artist Tracy Curry through the eyes of debut director David Caplan. If you’re not in tune with the life and career trajectory of Tracy Curry, just note that he put the D.O.C in documentary. That style of storytelling was the best way to capture the surreal narrative of the recording artist that was The D.O.C.— if you were there you know of what I speak. As a young’un back then, you saw other regions creepin’ in the hip hop arena scoring huge hit records.

While their sounds were appreciated for expanding the genre to other territories, New Yorkers felt that the illest spitters were over here. We had De La, Tribe, RUN DMC, Doug E Fresh, LL, Latifah, Heavy D for the charts and clubs and for pure RAPPING that Rakim, KRS One, Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap and Kool Moe Dee was a mean starting 5. The summer of 1989 however the game done changed.

Apparently the West Coast got them one. Dr. Dre flipped the Foster Sylvers classic “Misdemeanor” and the flow, cadence, and confidence of The D.O.C shined through with the single “It’s Funky Enough.” Proving that it was not a one-time occurrence the release of the full length “No One Can Do It Better” released Aug. 1, 1989,

by Ruthless Records and Atlantic Records, reached No. 1 on the U.S. Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart for two weeks, and was certified Gold three months after it was released.

Now NY had a legit problem on its hands. Turns out he was a Texas cat, which linked with LA’s finest, signifying that the world was catching up. As the D.O.C. was prepping to lead the musical charge it was all taken

Slick Rick (David Goodson photos)

away that quickly with a tragic car accident.

The film picks up 30 years after the accident and says Caplan, “D.O.C. [the man] has held a certain mythos in the hip hop community. The greats— from Dr. Dre to Snoop Dogg to Jay-Z—speak his name in some of their biggest hits, yet his story has eluded the general public, myself included, for decades. I had heard about the crash, but that was only the tip of the iceberg.” We get to see the depression, motivation, inspiration of a man trying to balance his aspirations of one more chance of optimum MC-ing against his life’s purpose.

Adding to the allure of the film was the announcement that Erykah Badu will serve as executive producer on the documentary. Badu who shares a daughter—17-year-old Puma Curry—with The D.O.C. offered, “I am excited to announce that I am coming on board as executive producer of ‘THE D.O.C.’ which recently had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. It is no secret that D.O.C. and I have created a ‘Work of Art’ together in the past and I’m excited to continue our relationship professionally. D.O.C has been my best friend for over 30 years, and I am honored to bring this amazing documentary home.”

In a recent interview with HipHopDX, D.O.C. expressed his gratitude to Badu for her participation with, “I owe Erykah everything. I owe her everything. I mean, Erykah is a soulmate. She brought

amazing energy to this film in a lot of ways. She was really in touch with us in a lot of ways behind the scenes and did a lot to help us push this thing forward,” he said. “Honestly, she’s the coolest person that I’ve ever spoken to, ever.

I mean, she’s just got such a presence. I would describe her as ethereal. Being around her, I stuttered and got a little nervous here and there throughout the film but interviewing her was one of those times where I was like, ‘OK, put your big boy pants on. Let’s go.’”

Following the world premiere screening at the Beacon Theatre the D.O.C celebrated his 54th birthday by bringing along a powerhouse lineup of rappers that he influenced (DAZ, Kurupt DJ Quik, Xzibit, Slick Rick and an impromptu run up by Keith Murray.)

Over and out. Holla next week.

Til then, enjoy the nightlife.

Puma Curry

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Union Matters HarperCollins workers approve potential strike

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The union representing more than 250 HarperCollins workers says those employees have overwhelmingly voted to strike if the publisher doesn’t meet contract demands.

The United Auto Workers Local 2110 said that 99% of the workers, mostly women, voted to authorize a strike in a bid to secure better pay and benefits, additional diversity and stronger union protection. The union said it will announce a deadline for an agreement soon.

The employees work across editorial, sales, publicity, design, legal, and marketing departments.

Workers say their average salary of $55,000 is not enough to keep up with inflation nor meet the cost of living

sion, which it acquired just over a year ago. It also wants the company to recognize the seniority of New York staff brought over from HMH. The union said the lack of racial and ethnic diversity at HarperCollins has contributed to “historically low wages.”

News Corp., which owns HarperCollins, said the publisher posted record profit in fiscal 2021. News Corp. reports full-year 2022 financial results early next month.

A spokesperson for HarperCollins said the publisher does not comment on negotiations, which began late last year when a one-year pandemic HarperCollins is based in extension of the contract was New York City. about to expire.

UAW Local 2110 wants HarpThe union says HarperCollins erCollins to include in the bar- employees have had a union gaining unit employees from for 80 years and HarperCollins the Houghton Mifflin Har- is the only major book publishcourt Books and Media divi- er in the U.S. to be unionized.

“Most of us earn low salaries that are unlivable in major cities like New York and Boston,” said a senior production editor and union chairperson in the cities where they work.

The union says annual salaries start at $45,000.

“Most of us earn low salaries that are unlivable in major cities like New York and Boston,” said Laura Harsh-

berger, a senior production editor and the union chairperson. “Our compensation doesn’t reflect our education and skills, or our contributions to the financial success of the company.”

Amazon bars off-duty warehouse workers from its buildings

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amazon is barring off-duty warehouse workers from the company’s facilities, a move organizers say can hamper union drives.

Under the policy shared with workers on Amazon’s internal app, employees are barred from accessing buildings or other working areas on their scheduled days off, and before or after their shifts.

An Amazon spokesperson said the policy does not prohibit off-duty employees from engaging their co-workers in “non-working areas” outside the company’s buildings.

“There’s nothing more important than the safety of our employees and the physical security of our buildings,” Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said. “This policy regarding building access applies

Brown said.

Seattle-based Amazon had previously barred employee access to non-working areas beyond 15 minutes before or after their shifts. The company rescinded that policy in December, when it entered a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board to allow workers to organize more freely. Amazon also agreed to give workers a heads up in the event it chose to “reinstate a lawful rule regarding off-duty employee access” to its facilities. A spokesperson with the NLRB declined to comment on the company’s new policy.

Garner, North Carolina, who’s In the notice sent to employaiming to organize his work- ees, Amazon said it strived to place following the labor win on create a safe environment for Staten Island, New York, where employees. “One part of this is workers at an Amazon ware- knowing who is in our buildhouse voted in April to unionize. ings at any given time, so we “This was a direct response can quickly find and account to that, to try to stop organiz- for everyone in the event of an ing by any means necessary,” emergency,” the notice said.

Under the policy ..., employees are barred from accessing buildings or other working areas on their scheduled days off, and before or after their shifts. to building interiors and working areas. It does not limit employee access to non-working areas outside of our facilities.”

The notice of the new policy, dated Thursday, says the offduty rule “will not be enforced discriminatorily” against employees seeking to unionize.

But organizers say the policy itself will hinder their efforts to garner support from coworkers during campaigns.

“On our days off, we come to work and we engage our coworkers in the break rooms,” said the Rev. Ryan Brown, an Amazon warehouse worker in

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Mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD slam the brakes on ‘ghost cars’

By TANDY LAU Amsterdam News Staff, Report for America Corps Member The NYPD will play ghostbusters on “ghost cars” as Mayor Eric Adams announced such vehicles will be towed and possibly auctioned off by the NYPD at a Tuesday press briefing.

There’s nothing supernatural about “ghost cars,” which refer to automobiles that are untraceable due to illegally replaced, temporary or forged license plates. As of this past Sunday, the NYPD has seized 2,478 vehicles with illegal or obstructed license plates, along with towing another 1,700 and handing out 16,448 tickets for similar offenses.

The advanced crackdown comes after a stolen Honda with an illegal license plate struck and killed 67-year-old Lynn Christopher and critically injured her 8-year-old grandson in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn last month.

“These ghost cars are often used in major crimes,” said Adams. “Of the 271 traffic deaths in 2021, 16 involved vehicles with temporary plates, nine of those plates were illegal.”

And “ghost cars” are often ghosted by their owners. Through last month, nearly a third of towed cars with illegal license plates were

abandoned. As a result, many of them are auctioned off. While the term “ghost car” is newly coined and fashioned after similarly untraceable “ghost guns,” the issue is over a century old.

“This is nothing new,” said NYPD Chief of Transportation Kim Royster. “Drivers have been attempting to skirt New York laws since 1901. Yes, I did say 1901. That’s when automobiles were first required to be registered by the secretary of state.”

And it’s not the first time a New York City mayor has addressed the problem, with Bill de Blasio promising to get “ghost cars” off the street as recently as last year. The difference to the current mayor? Adams took some time to throw shade at his predecessors during the press conference.

“I think the sole thing that’s different from those who’ve talked about it before and those who are talking about it now is Eric Adams— I’m the mayor now.”

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Opinion We salute the Mass shootings have taken America to a new low in its renaming of military bases democracy

By JAMES B. EWERS JR. Ed.D.

EDITORIAL

About a month ago one of our columns profiled Henry Johnson, whose bravery during World War I earned him the Croix de Guerre, France’s highest honor for heroism in battle. In discussing his achievements, it was mentioned that he would be among several military men and women celebrated in the renaming of various military bases around the country.

Johnson’s name is at the top of the list, and Fort Polk in Louisiana will now be called Fort Johnson. The other African American soldier to be honored in the renaming of the bases, most of them named after leaders in the Confederate Army, is Lt. Col. Charity Adams Earley, who will share the renaming of Fort Lee in Virginia with Lt. Gen. Arthur J. Gregg. It will now be called Fort Gregg-Adams.

We have profiled Adams, at least twice over the years in this paper, and she deserves yet another mention since at the conclusion of World War II she was the highest ranking Black woman in the Army.

Unlike Johnson, her valor was not demonstrated on the field of battle but in making sure thousands of soldiers

were comforted by the delivery of mail from home. Adams commanded the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, which was called the Triple Eights, and was a segregated Women’s Army Corps unit. In 1945, the unit was deployed to England and then France where it processed nearly two million pieces of mail each month. By the way, it was the first unit of women to be dispatched overseas.

Earley and Johnson are but two examples of the multitude of African Americans who despite the racism and white supremacy of their country went courageously into battle in the fight to hold onto democracy in the face of fascism. The same can be said of the others being saluted at this moment and it’s another significant step in the march to pay tribute to those who justly deserve it.

It is our hope that the future soldiers who train at these facilities understand the full measure of devotion of those who served before them, particularly those African American recruits at Fort Polk and Fort Gregg-Adams. This action was a long time coming and let us hope it’s a harbinger of more names and markers that need to be changed to honor those who more righteously deserve it.

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Shootings of any kind are bad. They shame us, they embarrass us, and they injure us.

Oftentimes, they kill us.

Guns have the consequences of life and death. During these days and times, they are causing too many deaths.

It seems almost daily someone is being killed because of gun violence.

Our society is suffering mightily because of it. Families once whole are now being torn apart because of this cycle of doom and gloom.

Using guns and not thoughtful ways of talking has become how we settle disagreements. Plainly stated, we shoot each other in-

stead of talking to each other.

We are spiraling down each day. Is this the way of the future?

Critics of gun control are still waging a battle against reasonable proposals and solutions.

They point to mental health as to why gun violence is out of control.

Their position is to point to every mass shooting and say mental illness is the cause.

Many of us in the public square disagree with this line of thinking.

Did Dylann Roof suffer from mental illness when he shot those nine Black people in Charleston South Carolina? Let us remember they were attending a church service.

Did Payton S. Gendron have some type of mental strife when he killed 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York? They were shopping at a grocery store.

What about hate as a reason for these shootings?

According to reports, 19.86% of adults in America are experiencing some type of mental illness. This means approximately 50 million people have mental health challenges.

I, along with many others, believe it is irresponsible to say that every time a person gets injured or killed that the shooter has a mental illness.

It is wrong to use mental illness as the only reason for these shootings.

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A message to New York seniors and disabled New Yorkers: Freeze your rent!

By BERIDIANA CALDERON It’s no secret that rent prices are rising in NYC. But there is one secret you should know— some New Yorkers can freeze their rent.

For more than 20 years, I’ve lived in my Washington Heights apartment. When I moved in, my daughter was just a baby, and now her babies are being raised here, too. While my daughter goes to work, I wake up early each day to walk my oldest granddaughter to elementary school and come back after to feed my youngest granddaughter breakfast before going to the park and then doing my household chores.

This is my labor of love.

But like thousands of other New Yorkers, I struggled to keep up with rent and keep my home.

Thankfully, in 2017, I had

a breakthrough. While on an outing with my sister, her friend told me that she had frozen her rent, and maybe I could also.

After enrolling in a rent freeze program, the amount she paid in rent “froze,” staying the same from year to year, and the government would pick up the rest—saving her thousands of dollars in the long-term.

I needed to enroll as soon as possible, since my rent was going to go up, but I was worried the paperwork would be too overwhelming to do on my own. Thankfully, I connected with the Mayor’s Public Engagement Unit (PEU) Rent Freeze Hotline at 929-252724—and so can you. I received free, personalized support in filling out the Department of Finance paperwork and was able to successfully freeze my rent. Each year that I renew

my lease, I need to submit it to the Department of Finance to maintain my Rent Freeze status; and if I have questions, I can turn to PEU. In fact, during the pandemic, I was having trouble with the renewal paperwork while our city was shut down. So, I called back the hotline and reconnected with PEU Specialist Hakim. Despite the hurdles we faced, Hakim helped me to renew my status and keep my rent cost frozen—without his help, I would have lost my benefit and had to reapply to freeze my rent at the new increased rate.

If you have a new lease this year and need to renew your Rent Freeze benefit as well, be sure to renew before the June 30, 2022 deadline. PEU can support you. Missing that See RENT FREEZE on page 30

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Hillary Clinton lied again. This time, her lies will be exposed.

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Hillary and Bill Clinton attended Yale. But they must have skipped class for the lesson in honesty related in Sir Walter Scott’s epic poem, “Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field”—“Oh what a tangled web we weave /When first we practice to deceive.”

Hillary and Bill have struggled with the truth for their entire lives. Remember Hillary’s imaginary landing in Bosnia under sniper fire. Or her invented rightwing conspiracy against Bill to smuggle his DNA onto Monica Lewinsky’s blue dress. Or her hallucinogenic proclamation that turning Libya into a terrorist-filled wilderness constituted “smart power at its best.”

A leopard cannot change its spots. So it is unsurprising to encounter a new Hillary Clinton fib of which I have personal knowledge. It may seem minor, but it speaks volumes about Ms. Clinton’s unfitness for leadership.

At an early age, I was privileged to serve as a confidential assistant to Clarence Thomas, the chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Chairman Thomas was later elevated by President George H.W. Bush to the United States Supreme Court after a short stint on the United States Court of Appeals for the District

of Columbia Circuit.

The Supreme Court is the most prestigious and powerful court in the world.

As his confidential assistant, I was daily privy to many details of his private life. We forged a bond that has endured to the present day and will continue until the expiration of our natural lives. I am hesitant to discuss private matters, but an exception in this case is justified to keep the record straight and to defend Justice Thomas.

Hillary Clinton recently appeared on a “CBS Mornings” news broadcast. To fortify the credibility of her polemic, she alleged personal encounters with Justice Thomas during their attendance at Yale Law School. As any attendee of a prestigious law school knows, the students are characteristically hermetically sealed from one another by assignments to distinct sections based on year of admission or expected graduation. It is not unusual for two students attending the same law school during the same or overlapping years to never have spoken to one another.

Students typically form small study groups and seldom venture sustained interactions with outsiders.

On CBS, Hillary Clinton claimed to have

discerned the inner workings of Justice Thomas’ mind during their joint attendance at Yale Law, although she was not in his graduating class. She declared that she “knew” Justice Thomas and perceived him as a “person of grievance.”

Think of that coming from Ms. Clinton. “A person of grievance?” Is Hillary Clinton projecting her own vengeful personality?

According to the book “HRC” written by Jonathan Allen and Arnie Parnes, Hillary and Bill Clinton compiled an “enemies” list of persons who declined to support Ms. Clinton in the 2008 presidential primaries. The book declares the two created “a special circle of Clinton hell…for people who had endorsed [President] Obama.”

In any event, Justice Thomas was one of only 10 Black students in his Yale Law School class. He grew up on a farm during the depths of Jim Crow. Is it easy to forget childhood humiliations and denigrations? Did Frederick Douglass forget his enslavement?

But let’s return to Ms. Clinton’s allegation that she knew Justice Thomas at Yale. It is false. He did not know her. She was a classmate with whom he seldom if ever interacted. My conversations with the Justice lead me to conclude the two never spoke with one another. Her “person of grievance” speculation must be based on unreliable hearsay or

eavesdropping.

Hillary Clinton is a worn-out politician who craves relevance.

She has nothing of substance to say so she traffics in gossip and a politics of revenge.

Her lie about her Yale connection with Justice Thomas was strategically timed to coincide with Supreme Court decisions she opposed. Instead of addressing the merits of the decisions, Ms. Clinton resorted to ad hominin attacks to excite her crowd of deplorables blaming every evil in the world on gender discrimination—especially her 2016 presidential defeat by President Donald Trump. Who is the true person of grievance? Hillary Clinton? Or Justice Thomas?

You decide.

Ms. Clinton will ultimately pass from the scene. But her daughter seems prepared to pick up her grievance torch with fresh energy.

All of this goes to verify the wisdom of Henry Adams: “Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.”

Have you ever wondered why nothing dries faster than a politician’s tears?

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

Guns, Guns, Guns CHRISTINA

GREER PH.D. Sigh, there are so many, too many guns in our communities, in our cities, and in our country.

It seems like guns have permeated our nation and with the Supreme Court’s latest ruling, I fear guns will soon infiltrate the city of New York.

When I think of other nations, so many democracies make it difficult to own a gun.

In Japan, if you are interested in owning a gun, you must go through a lengthy background check, justify your reason for wanting a gun, undergo a psychological screening, and even your neighbors and members of your community are interviewed to assess whether one has the mental fortitude to own such a powerful weapon.

Can you imagine if the United States actually took steps to assess whether or not individuals should own a gun, let alone several guns? Can you imagine if the United States had a robust process to prevent 18-year-olds from owning AR-15s and other assault weapons used in war? Can you think of how safe we would be as a nation if we cracked down on illegal guns and prevented the flow of guns into depressed neighborhoods? And how much safer would we feel if we did not let people stockpile guns and actually go through lengthy background checks to assess whether they needed the firearm and the insane amount of ammunition?

It is so incredibly easy to purchase a gun in the United States, either from a local sporting goods store, a big box store, a gun show, or any shop that feels like making money by selling a weapon to anyone who has the funds.

We know the laws that prosecute individuals who are caught with guns in their possession are often racially targeted towards Black and Latino communities and help feed the prison pipeline and mass incarceration. However, the recent rulings that strengthen the second amendment are quite

frightening as white supremacists see carrying weapons

“It is imperative that our leaders make carrying guns in city spaces a thing of the past. We must also pressure them to pass legislation that makes owning stockpiles of weapons of destruction more difficult.” in public as a way to exercise their constitutional right, but as we have often seen, they do so as an intimidation tactic towards innocent people (often from marginalized communities) who are minding their own business and not looking for an altercation.

It is imperative that our leaders make carrying guns in city spaces a thing of the past. We must also pressure them to pass legislation that makes owning stockpiles of weapons of destruction more difficult.

We have two more elections ahead of us in New York this year––on August 28th for the Congressional primaries and State Senate races and November 8th for the general election between Democrats and Republicans––and we must do our research to make sure candidates uphold their promises to protect communities most affected. As we have sadly seen, guns can affect any family in the blink of an eye.

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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Caribbean Update

Caricom countries must capitalize on fertilizer shortage

By BERT WILKINSON Special to the AmNews Of the 15 nations in the Caribbean Community, four have proven oil and gas reserves that the chairman of the bloc says must now be harnessed to capitalize on a global shortage of fertilizer caused in part by the Russia-Ukraine war.

President Chan Santokhi of Suriname, chair of the bloc until the end of this year, says an abundance of gas found since 2015 in Guyana and neighboring Suriname must and should be used for the economic and developmental good of the Caribbean region as there is a large market for fertilizers made partly from nitrogen and other gasses.

He was speaking at the weekend ahead of Sunday night’s opening of the three-day regional lead-

ers summit in Suriname’s capital, Paramaribo.

He argued that now is the time for Guyana, Suriname and the region to capitalize on the global shortage and high prices for fertilizers as he called on colleagues to come up with a strategy to help the bloc achieve this.

Of the 15, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname and Barbados are oil producers, with Trinidad by far having the most developed industry as its sector dates back to more than 100 years of production and exploration.

Trinidad is a major producer and exporter of gas,

as their small populations and manufacturing sectors would not be able to consume or utilize such large amounts.

Therefore, Santokhi argues, ways must be found to help Guyana and Suriname with their abundant supplies to fast track production and convert the gas into nitrogen and other gaslinked fertilizers, as there is a big market for it. He said western sanctions against Russia and its neighboring ally Belarus have led to higher prices, making the prospects of regional production even more encouraging.

Discussion about a re-

“Discussion about a regional energy policy and security is a big ticket agenda item for the leaders this week, alongside plans aimed at reducing the staggering $5 billion annual food bill, climate change, adaptation and mitigation among others.” petroleum products and fertilizers including ammonia. In the case of Barbados and Suriname, both produce oil from onshore wells with the former producing around 16,000 barrels daily and Barbados less than 2000 barrels from inland wells.

Both have indicators of the presence of gas onshore.

In the past two years, however, some of the global

super majors such as ExxonMobil, Apache Oil and France’s Total have found abundant oil and gas resources offshore Suriname.

Actual production in Suriname is not due to begin for the next two years, and like Guyana which found a humongous amount of oil and gas offshore in 2015, both will have to find external markets for the commodity

gional energy policy and security is a big ticket agenda item for the leaders this week, alongside plans aimed at reducing the staggering $5 billion annual food bill, climate change, adaptation and mitigation among others.

In the case of The Bahamas, for example, leaders there say the archipelago just east and south of Florida have suffered $5 billion in infrastructure and other damage since 2015 as the nation has been battered by increasingly more powerful storms like Dorian in September 2019. For the region, climate change is a major issue. The Guyanabased secretariat says leaders want to press the west to keep climate financing pledges at recent world summits to help developing nations and regions like the Caribbean.

Five immigration policy changes you should know FELICIA PERSAUD

IMMIGRATION KORNER So much is happening as usual on the immigration rule change front that it is getting harder and harder for immigrants to keep up. Here are five you should know: 1: The “Remain in Mexico” policy The Supreme Court last week rejected a challenge to President Joe Biden’s effort to stop the previous administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program, which forced many asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings before U.S. immigration judges.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday told the hosts of both ABC’s “This Week” and CBS’ “Face the Nation” that the current policy will continue for

the next few weeks.

“We need to wait until the Supreme Court’s decision is actually communicated to the lower court, to the federal District Court and the Northern District of Texas, and, once that occurs, the District Court should lift its injunction that is preventing us from ending the program,” Mayorkas told ABC’s Martha Raddatz.

In the meantime, migrants will continue to go through immigration enforcement proceedings, Mayorkas told CBS’ Margaret Brennan.

“Their proceedings will continue in immigration court, where they will pursue their claims for asylum. And if those claims are unsuccessful, they will be swiftly removed from the United States,” he said.

2: TPS for Cameroonians The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

has designated Cameroon for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), for 18 months, effective June 7, 2022 through December 7, 2023. This designation allows Cameroonian nationals and individuals having no nationality who last habitually resided in Cameroon and who have continuously resided in the United States since April 14, 2022, and who have been continuously physically present in the U.S. since June 7, 2022, to apply for TPS. An estimated 11,700 individuals may be eligible, according to the U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

3: Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers The USCIS says it is implementing premium processing for certain petitioners who have a pending Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers,

under the EB-1 and EB-2 classifications.

The EB-1 visa is an employment-based green card available to foreign nationals who demonstrate extraordinary ability in their field, whether the sciences, the arts, education, business, or athletics.

EB-2 visas are available to professionals holding advanced university degrees and persons of exceptional ability in the sciences, arts, or business.

The law allows foreign nationals to obtain a U.S. immigrant visa and green card through employment if they qualify under one of five preference categories.

This expansion of premium processing applies only to certain previously filed Form I-140 petitions under an E13 multinational executive and manager classification or E21 classification as a member of professions with ad-

vanced degrees or exceptional ability seeking a National Interest Waiver (NIW ). Petitioners who wish to request a premium processing upgrade must file Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service.

4: New forms for EB-5 Investment Visa USCIS has released two new forms under the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022. The new forms are: Form I-956F, Application for Approval of an Investment in a Commercial Enterprise and Form I-956G, Regional Center Annual Statement. This relates to the Immigrant Investor Program that allows qualified foreign investors who meet specific capital investment and job creation requirements, to obtain their permanent residency and become proud contributors to the U.S. Form I-956F is required

by statute for regional centers to apply for approval of each particular investment offering through an associated new commercial enterprise. The filing fee is $17,795 for Form I-956F and $3,035 for Form I-956G. 5: E-21 petitions As of July 1, 2022, USCIS began accepting Form I-907 requests for E21 NIW petitions received on or before June 1, 2021, and E13 multinational executive and manager petitions received on or before March 1, 2021. This applies to Members of the Professions holding an Advanced Degree or having an Exceptional Ability. The agency will now reject the older 09/30/20 edition of Form I-907.

The writer is publisher of NewsAmericasNow.com – The Black Immigrant Daily News.

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Brooklyn’s 51st International African Arts Festival rocked the tristate

By OLAYEMI ODESANYA Special to the AmNews

came for the music and the dance and the hundreds of vendors selling food, clothes, art, and home goods. It is a forever Brooklyn tradition. It was great. Artists, activists, People came from all over the country and the world politicians and the general community came out. this long 4th of July weekend to celebrate the 51-year-old “It is a celebration of the best of African culture, PanInternational African Arts Festival at Commodore Barry African culture—that means continental, diasporan Park by the Brooklyn Navy Yard. From Friday, July 1st until culture,” said Según Shabaka, board chair and festival Monday, July 4th—even on a rainy Saturday—thousands coordinator Shabaka. The international Black commu-

(Lem Peterkin photos)

nity came from the tristate area, the West Coast, New York, the Carolinas, Africa, Caribbean, and Europe.

They came to enjoy the scheduled artists such as: Trinidadian AfroSoca artist Olatunji, The Shaka Tonge Experience, Thandiswa, The Jazz of a Tribe Called Quest featuring Dashill Smith and Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Lyfe Jennings; Oshun, Maimouna Keita School of African Dance (MKSAD), and the Nubian Messengers.

(Daniel Goodine photo)

Big protection for little New Yorkers.

COVID-19 vaccines now available for kids 6 months and older.

NYC VACCINE FOR ALL:

SAFE, FREE, EASY

To learn more, visit nyc.gov/vaccinefinder or call 877-VAX-4NYC.

Eric Adams Mayor Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD Commissioner

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Health COVID-19 vaccines approved for children ages 6 months to 5 years old

By HEATHER M. BUTTS, JD, MPH, MA Special to the AmNews Dr. Cameron Webb, JD, MD is a senior policy advisor for COVID-19 Equity on the White House COVID-19 Response Team. He spoke with the Amsterdam News for a Q&A about COVID-19 vaccines for children under five. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

AmNews: Please discuss the plan for getting young people between 6 months and 5 years old vaccinated.

Dr. Webb: It’s been a long time coming to get to this point where we’re releasing a plan on how to vaccinate the nearly 18 million kids between the ages of 6 months and 5 years; about 50% of them are children of color and so we want to make sure that in this process we’re safely, equitably thoughtfully getting…the vaccine…out to this population that needs it so much. The first step in that process is always going to be the science. The FDA’s committee that reviews vaccines and biological products then…makes the determination [on] an emergency use authorization…then…the CDC’s advisory committee on immunization practices…recommend this vaccine…So it’s exciting because it’s a not insignificant portion of the population. There are a lot of parents eager to see these protections, a lot of kids who are immunocompromised or have disabilities or would be at greater risk for a bad COVID outcome who are going to be really helped.

AmNews: How do you see the rollout of the program?

Dr. Webb: A lot of these vaccines are going to be going out through pediatricians, through family providers. This is a population that is used to getting vaccinated.

They get the lion’s share of shots in this country, kids under 5. So you’re going to see a lot of it in those primary care practice offices. You’ll also see children’s hospitals, rural health clinics, community health centers, we’ll be leveraging those spaces as well and then we’ll compliment that by asking to connect with providers, community-based organizations, with federal programs like WIC, like our Housing Urban Development Program and make sure we’re getting that information to those parents and families.

On Friday, June 17, 2022, the FDA approved these COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months old. In a statement from the press release, FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D. stated that “[m]any parents, caregivers and clinicians have been waiting for a vaccine for younger children and this action will help protect those down to 6 months of age. As we have seen with older age groups, we expect that the vaccines for younger children will provide protection from the most severe outcomes of COVID19, such as hospitalization and death.”

On Saturday, June 18, 2022, the CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky endorsed the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation that all children 6 months to 5 years old receive either the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. In New York City, vaccines for this population began shortly after the CDC’s decision.

As to why it is such an important step for children ages 6 months to 5 years old to receive the vaccine, Dr. Torian Easterling, first deputy commissioner and chief equity officer of the New York City Department of AmNews: Why is vaccinating children Health, spoke to the AmNews and echoed so important? much of what Dr. Cameron stated.

Dr. Webb: The benefit is there to vacci“For all ages we know that [with the] vacnate enough of the population so that we cines, the benefits outweigh [the] risks. We don’t see those bad outcomes. The reason know that it’s going to be important bewhy we protect kids against the flu isn’t cause we want to prevent severe illness that every kid dies from the flu but some and death, so we know that vaccines do kids die from the flu…Having a vaccine is a that. I think that it’s really important, parreally important public health step, a really ticularly for young children, although we important piece of the puzzle to have in do not see as many deaths among young place as a compliment to all the ways that children, we do know that severe illness we protect our kids every single day. and hospitalization can happen for our

Shivani Agarwal, left, holds her daughter Kiran, 3, as Registered Nurse Margie Rodriguez administers the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months through 4 years old at Montefiore Medical Group in the Bronx (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Getting vaccinated and boosted is the best way to protect yourself and your children from COVID-19. To get a vaccination or booster visit https://covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/ or call 1-833-NYS-4-VAX (1-833-697-4829) or https://vaccinefinder.nyc.gov/ youngest New Yorkers,” he said.

“We need to make sure that they're getting vaccinated because this means that they’ll be able to keep their family members protected. I would say the other reason is it minimizes disruption. Imagine that you have a school-aged child…in child care and someone gets COVID, all of those people are

out of work, out of school…If someone is vaccinated, even with exposure, it decreases sickness and illness and it allows them to continue with their daily activities, so these are all important reasons…preventing hospitalizations, decreasing risk and transmission, and minimizing disruption in your daily activities,” Dr. Easterling added.

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Lincoln Center’s Summer For the City fest kicks off July 13

By MARGRIRA Special to the AmNews It’s summertime and there are 100 reasons to celebrate, including the new season of Summer for the City starting July 13 at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Film at Lincoln Center.

Summer For the City is Lincoln Center’s three-month-long summer festival featuring more than 1,000 artists from New York City and beyond, performing across 10 outdoor stages. From May to August, Summer For the City will animate every corner of the Center’s 16-acre campus with more than 300 free and Choose What You Pay concerts, film screenings, dance nights, theater, comedy, pop-up performances, civic events, family-friendly days, and more, a reflection of the multifaceted communities of New York. For more information, visit SummerfortheCity.org.

The Summer For the City outdoor film series promises to delight and thrill moviegoers, with iconic titles including the seminal music documentaries, Wim Wenders’ Academy Awardnominated “Buena Vista Social Club” and “Gimme Shelter,” following the Rolling Stones during their notorious 1969 tour, directed by David Maysles, Albert Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin; quintessential 1954 monster classic “Godzilla” and the 1955 followup “Godzilla Raids Again”; Terry Gilliam’s sci-fi cult favorite “Time Bandits”; Mystery Train, Jim Jarmusch’s boozy and beautiful pilgrimage to Memphis and considered to be his finest directorial offering; Jennie Livingston’s landmark documentary “Paris Is Burning,” a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City’s African American and Latinx Harlem drag ball scene; NYFF35 selection “Happy Together,” Wong Kar Wai’s raw, lushly stylized portrayal of a relationship in breakdown; and Monsieur Hulot’s “Holiday,” the first in the Hulot series which launched director Jacques Tati into international stardom.

Here are a few events that caught our eye.

“Happy Together” (Photo courtesy of Janus Films)

“Buena Vista Social Club” Wim Wenders, United States, 1999, 105m With a small film crew, Wim Wenders accompanied his old friend Ry Cooder, who had written the music for “Paris, Texas,” and “The End of Violence,” on a trip to Havana. Cooder wanted to record his material for Ibrahim Ferrer’s solo album at a studio there—following the recording of the first “Buena Vista Social Club” CD (which had not yet been released at that time). Wenders immersed himself in the world of Cuban music. Over the course of several months, he observed and accompanied the musicians, first at home in Havana; then, weeks later, in April 1998, on their trip to Amsterdam for the first public performance of the band (who had never played together outside a studio); then, still later, in July 1998, to their triumphal concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall. He thus followed the old heroes of the traditional Cuban son music on their path from being completely forgotten to becoming world-famous—within the period of just a few months. “I thought, I’ll shoot a documentary,” Wenders

has said, “and here we were, about to witness a fairytale that no one could have imagined in this form.”

The music documentary became a cinematic sensation and an international success. Along with an Academy Award nomination for best documentary film, “Buena Vista Social Club” won in the same category at the European Film Awards, the German Film Prize in Gold, Germany’s Golden Camera, and the Grand Prize for Film in Brazil, as well as garnering numerous other awards. A Janus Films release.

Wednesday, July 13 at 9 p.m.

“Paris Is Burning” Jennie Livingston, United States, 1990, 76m Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City’s African American and Latinx Harlem drag ball scene. Made over seven years, “Paris Is Burning” offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion “houses,” from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers

offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia and transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women—including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza—“Paris Is Burning” brings it, celebrating the joy of movement, the force of eloquence, and the draw of community. A Janus Films release.

Thursday, July 21 at 10 p.m.

“Godzilla Raids Again” Motoyoshi Oda, Japan, 1955, 81m Toho Studios followed the enormous success of the original “Godzilla” with this sequel, efficiently directed by Motoyoshi Oda as a straight-ahead monsters-on-the-loose drama. An underrated standout among the Showa Godzilla films, “Godzilla Raids Again” introduces the monster-versus-monster format that would dominate the remainder of the series, pitting Godzilla against the ferocious, spiny Anguirus as the kaiju wreak havoc in the streets of Osaka in a series of elaborate set pieces that suc-

ceed in upping the ante for destruction. A Janus Films release.

Saturday, July 30 at 9 p.m.

Entry to all outdoor screenings will be available for free via General Admission—first-come, first-served. Advance reservations are not required; just line up along the west side of Barclay’s Grove at Hearst Plaza (30 Lincoln Center Plaza). Seating will open to the public 30 minutes before showtime. All screenings will use headsets. Learn more here.

Face coverings and proof of COVID-19 vaccination will not be required for outdoor events; however, face coverings are welcome and everyone is encouraged to complete their primary vaccination series and get boosted before attending. Learn more here.

All films will take place outdoors at Hearst Plaza (30 Lincoln Center Plaza). In the event of a postponement due to inclement weather, rain dates include July 28 and July 31. Stay tuned to @ filmlinc on Twitter and Instagram for updates.

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‘Elvis’ tears up the summer box office

By MARGRIRA Special to the AmNews Elvis Presley was deeply influenced by the gifted African American musicians in life, so much so that he “borrowed”—while others say he stole—their style, their swagger, nay their essence, and transformed it into a “presentable” state for the young, white kids of his generation. It’s on record that Muhammad Ali and Elvis became friends and that many of The King’s musical idols were men and women of color.

But back to Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic “Elvis,” which at the time of this writing had earned an estimated $30.5 million (in weekend ticket sales) tying with “Top Gun: Maverick,” which also reported $30.5 million in sales.

It’s hard to find any music or pop culture expert that does not know Elvis and since his death, he’s been shaped into an almost mythological figure in the history of popular music.

What makes Luhrmann’s “Elvis” so delicious is that it’s made by Luhrmann. And to know this director’s work it’s not a surprise that this film is energized and packed with eye and ear candy, making the 2-hoursand-39-minutes spent in this world utterly enjoyable.

Luhrmann, you might remember, is the visual genius behind the film “Moulin Rouge!” which later was turned into a Broadway musical.

In his new film, Luhrmann does not hold back, tapping into the Elvis of our collective memory, making the music the star and stepping into the history, the roots of the music which was inspired by African Americans.

In print, Luhrmann made it clear that he

“Elvis” (Warner Bros courtesy photo)

would not step over the facts of the matter.

“I can’t overstate enough: you can’t tell the story of Elvis Presley without telling the story of Black American rhythm and blues, Pentecostal gospel,” Luhrmann said. “It’s just completely woven in there. But I think there have been tellings of the Elvis story where that’s just kind of touched on lightly or expunged.”

Austin Butler is the 30-year-old actor who plays Elvis and he does a tremendous job, even down to Elvis’s Southern drawl. You can’t say that he looks like the legend but we do feel his passion as he tries to tap into the spirit of the man.

Luhrmann was determined to capture how Elvis, the young version, the one that thrust his hips and shook his legs like they were jelly, developed the confidence to perform like the African American musicians he was around.

Elvis’ transformation is now legend, but when he first stood up and took the stage, he was controversial and often risked being arrested. But you have to appreciate how

the equally flamboyant Luhrmann chooses to shoot the images of the women in Elvis’s early shows, exploding into spontaneous screams, throwing underwear on stage, and fainting from the excitement of watching his pelvic thrusts.

In the beginning, we see the boy version of Elvis sneaking into an African American tent-show revival, where the sounds of gospel fused with the wail of the blues. It was in this world that he heard the legendary Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup (Gary Clark Jr.) sing “That’s All Right Mama” but in a slow, high, blues way.

Later, we watch what Elvis did with the stolen blues—maybe ‘borrowed’ feels better, but this film (at least) doesn’t shy away from the obvious racial divide that was part of this country’s landscape during this period. The movie follows Elvis’ career after he exploded in the mid-’50s, showing the ups and downs and the escapes from the law and angry mobs. When he starts to work with his manager Col. Parker (Tom Hanks) he repackages him as “the new Elvis” and in

1958, he encourages him to join the Army as a way to clean up his image. While stationed in Germany, Elvis meets the underage teenage Priscilla (Olivia DeJonge).

There’s a lot of material about Elvis to cover and no film could show it all. In fact, Luhrmann smartly compresses most of the 1960s into a two-minute montage, looking at his life like it was one of his movies.

Act two slides us into 1968 with Elvis’s comeback special and the drama of backstage politics in which Parker promises NBC a Christmas special.

Act three is set in Las Vegas during Elvis’ five-year residence at the International Hotel and now you might understand why the city has so many mock Elvis impersonators. Here’s where the cliché was most likely born. Here’s this former rebel who is now embracing the normality of Middle America, and of course he’s using drugs the whole time. Luhrmann’s vision of the Vegas years, with Elvis in his trademark white suit and his bigger-than-life manager Col. Parker, who had the vision to insert him into this setting, captures a period in America’s history beautifully.

Was Las Vegas Elvis’ prison? Well, it might seem that way since his manager, Parker, stuck him with a horrible contract because he needed Elvis performing at the International to pay off his own gambling debts.

He didn’t care about the singer’s mental health or his health at all. He couldn’t have missed the demise of Elvis who became a pill-popping apparition of himself. So now, we begin to (sadly) understand that Elvis was “caught in a trap,” and Butler delivers a performance of an aging and deeply sad Elvis, who rediscovered success but lost everything, perfectly.

Drake releases new dance album, ‘Honestly, Nevermind’

By JORDANNAH ELIZABETH Special to the AmNews After a decade-plus long reign in the global pop music scene, Drake has refreshed his sound with an unexpected release of his seventh studio album, “Honestly, Nevermind.” The album is a full-on collection of dance music inspired by Baltimore club, Jersey club and house music. The album is a far cry from his 2021 release, “Certified Lover Boy” which many felt was a rehash of trap hip hop beat ornamentation, and was seen as a rehash of sounds that he had been exploring since the beginning of his career.

Lyrically, the album moves away from his previous declarations of singledom in CLB, and leans into his emotional needs instead of his frustrations. “Honestly, Nevermind” sounds like a romantic ode to his feminine counterpart(s).

Aubrey Drake Graham has always expressed that he wrote music for women, girls and female-identified human beings

but this album is focused solely on love outside of the final two tracks “Liability,” and “Jimmy Cooks,” which reveals his only feature on the album from 21 Savage. The

video displaying Drake marrying 23 Instragram models in a comical video poking fun at his taste in women and misunderstood level of “playerhood.” It is not the point of whether he is an actual wannabe polygamist as the majority of the songs on the album seem to focus on one woman (at a time at the very least).

“Texts Go Green” and “Overdrive” continues the lyrical pattern of Drake experiencing abandonment, an imbalance of power (he being the one lacking it), and his inability to make a long-lasting connection sets the tone for the entire album which sounds like a coherent story.

The entire album is completely clear and cohesive. This is the first time we see Drake as an easy-to-follow storyteller and musician. Drake is a musician while leaning on acclaimed producers Black Coffee, Carnage (now known under the name Gordo), Klahr and his longtime and closest collaborator 40. Sonically, the opening track “Falling Back” doubles as his album is a pure dance music album that is a lead single which was released with a music completely satisfying album that would func-

tion on the dancefloor beautifully.

“I found a new music, that’s bad news for you,” Drake sings on his flowing, beatdriven song “A Keeper.” Drake still fills the album with bite-sized Drake-isms like “Got you a Mercedes Benz, that doesn’t make you driven.” The album is easy and fun to sing along with as the lyrics are simplistic unlike bar-heavy songs from his previous album “CLB” like “The Remorse” and “7 am on Bridle Path.” He pleasantly mimics the repetitive vocals of the majority of dance music and Baltimore and Jersey club tracks, though he does offer a couple of standard rhyme latent Drake trap/drill style tracks such as the closing track “Jimmy Cooks” featuring 21 Savage and “Sticky” where he is rapping instead of singing.

“Honestly, Nevermind” is destined to be a classic dance album. It translates well in the club and is also a comforting body of work that woos and calls the listener in. Drake’s decision to make a concise concept album has become a reality, and a successful one at that.

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‘A Strange Loop’ stuns audiences on Broadway

By LINDA ARMSTRONG Special to the AmNews “A Strange Loop” is stunning audiences on Broadway! Michael R. Jackson, the book, music and lyric creator, is sharing a very personal story with the audience through the lead character of Usher. Jackson is telling the traumas he suffered growing up an as Black, overwreight gay man. Jackson was looking for love, acceptance and understanding, but instead found rejection, condemnation and criticism from his mother, father and brother. No one was on his side. No one spoke up on his behalf. Jackson lets the audience experience his Thoughts—his fears, doubts, worries, frustration and insecurities—through Usher and the performances of six incredible actors who play Thoughts 1 through 6 and also switch off on playing his mother and his father. The actors also play his brother and friends.

Usher is a Black, fat gay man, who is a theater usher and has aspirations of writing a musical about a Black, fat gay man, writing a musical about a Black, fat gay man.

Usher constantly questions his ability to write this musical, and takes the audience step-by-step through his concerns and ideas.

Although he desperately needs money to pay his student loans at NYU, Usher fights tooth and nail to adhere to his principles. He is given the opportunity to ghostwrite a gospel musical for Tyler Perry, something his mother has also been encouraging him to do.

If he’s going to write a musical, she begs him, write a gospel music like Tyler Perry, because he only writes Black gospel musicals that reflect “real life.” Usher is hilarious as he creates a spoof, depicting different stereotypical Black women characters that Perry features in his musicals. The audience was in tears, they were laughing so hard.

Usher’s parents are church-going folks who have told him his whole life that being gay is a sin.

They hold out hope that he will “stop this.” His mother wants him to get married and give her grandchildren. His parents constantly ask if he’s having sex with men and whether he has HIV. Not the most comfortable family conversation. Between Usher and his six personifications of his thoughts, which cover emotions such as self-loathing and sexual ambivalence, we have a young man who

L-R): L Morgan Lee (Thought 1), Jason Veasey (Thought 5), John-Michael Lyles (Thought 3), Jaquel Spivey (Usher), John-Andrew Morrison (Thought 4), James Jackson Jr. (Thought 2), Antwayn Hopper (Thought 6 ) in “A Strange Loop” (Marc J. Franklin photos)

is truly struggling to find meaning, love and acceptance in his life. One of the sad aspects of Usher’s desperation for physical love is that he is rejected by Black gay men and has to engage in sex with older white men.

Jaquel Spivey, who plays Usher and is making his Broadway debut, brings both compassion and empathy to the role. He also has a wonderful singing voice.

The other six actors give some of the most powerful, hilarious and

wayn Hopper, James Jackson Jr., L Morgan Lee, John-Michael Lyons, John-Andrew Morrison and Jason Veasey. One of the fantastic aspects of this musical is the nontraditional casting and how actors switch in the same role. Usher’s

(L-R): James Jackson Jr. (Thought 2), L Morgan Lee (Thought 1), Antwayn Hopper (Thought 6), John-Andrew Morrison (Thought 4), Jaquel Spivey (Usher), Jason Veasey (Thought 5), John-Michael Lyles (Thought 3) in “A Strange Loop”

The cast of this musical has talent that is OFF-THE-CHARTS!

son and Morrison. Usher’s father is terrifically portrayed by both Hopper and Veasey.

“A Strange Loop” is performed with raw language, but when we think of our short-comings, fears and disappointments, are we not hard on ourselves and use raw language as we think about what we consider our shortcomings? Jackson is just bold enough to put the words on the stage for all to hear.

This musical, which has delightful choreography by Raja Feather Kelly, can also boast marvelous direction by Stephen Brackett. “A Strange Loop” is shining a light and gives a voice to a group of people—LGBTQIA, that is often ridiculed and made to feel less than human.

This musical says they are here, they deserve to live, love and feel special and appreciated just like anyone else. When you go to see “A Strange Loop” bring someone with you who needs that love, recognition, appreciation and a chance to laugh as hard and long as humanly possible.

“A Strange Loop” is playing at the Lyceum Theatre on West 45th Street. Go experience this one-ofa-kind musical!

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By GODDESS KYA July 7, 2022 — July 13, 2022 Rebirth of a New Nation: Globally, look for changes in finance, home, the workforce, social economics, social studies, schools, and education. Investments, the stock market, promotion, and classified information flowing through the ether are in question, with abrupt changes and departures. With the uprise within the divine femininity, protection is very needed; a warrior, a soldier who’s not afraid to rise to the occasion for peace, justice, equality, and freedom. When we as a people act in unison coming from the side of truth, nothing can stop us. The divine force is upon you. A layer of protection is Vinateria around you. The USA does not play fair, only following its rules when those in control reap the benefit. You are going to learn a lesson with a number 4 energy. The birth of the USA is July 4, 1776, which in numerology equates to a number 4 energy. Besides the good, bad, and indifferent characteristics the number 4 energy carries, it only has so many moves before one catches on. It is like a Jack-in-the-box.

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Your ambition mixed with your creativity draws out your passion. Pour What’s the plan as you embark on a new journey? A renewal of it into your projects. July is an important month to complete tasks, projyour finances, resources, inheritance, or taxes, as you take a sigCancer ects, organizing, and planning so that you are prepared to take action nificant risk in life. You are changing the narrative regarding your Dec 22 June 22 next month.

Radio, TV, and social media platforms are highlighted, along personal relationships with your children, family, or commitment Jan 21 July 23 with self-expression and sharing a message straight from divine source. such as marriage and one to yourself. What you invest in is sigThe spotlight is on you, Cappy, with offers, deals, and traveling on the nificant during this time, setting you in a new financial direction. table. Be mindful of business deals and new romantic relationships, because some feel Follow up on any doctor’s appointments. July 8 through July 9 with any joint venlike a soul connection. Listen to your instincts. Take the lead in your affairs as some ture, make sure the paperwork is complete as investments can bring luck and things can end as fast as they start. prosperity in the long term.

The focus is on business, family, financial and prior obligations, Messages, information, conversations, and gossip are quite the and establishing a blueprint. Mentally you are sharp in business buzz. Progress is being made within your business. As for legal matters and decisions. You are in a harvest cycle where an unexmatters such as contracts and partnerships the moving is fast Aquarius pected turn of events, separations, and a rebirthing of the soul paced. Keep a record and take note of important bullet points for Leo Jan 22 July 24 mission within your D.N.A. will occur. Any scandals, underhandreview. Traveling where the beach, sand, mountain, and birds are Feb 19 Aug 23 ed, funny things can come about; also you’re improving within chipping is refreshing. July 10 through July 11, you are in alignyour character. Old and new money is in the forecast. On July 7, score a 3-pointment in a spiritual perspective entering other dimensions to er from the court while the clock is still ticking. apply information in the physical realm. A spiritual initiation can occur. Be it in your dreams or in the physical realm.

Deep spiritual revelations baffle you. You’ve been warned in your dreams and through conversations. Specialize, and invest in your The director of the Goddess/God behind the scenes is making it dreams. And the passion drives you to follow up with a plan to act. happen and changing lives. It’s time to plan to head to go in a new diPisces Your emotions and intuition are on point. When something doesn’t rection. Create the formula, then apply yourself until you see results.

Feb 20 Virgo Mar 20 feel right, take another route. Don’t be ashamed to call a spade a Learn from all experiences, including mistakes. The odd, unexpected Aug 24 spade or a joker a joker. July 8 through July 9, take your advice and curveball that life throws at you, is just a test of your faith and due dilSept 23 take the journey into the exciting adventure that is the unknown. Plan a trip. igence. July 12 through July 13, ignite the creativity of burning desire from inside to be released in the form of a book, service, or product.

Unusual unforeseen events regarding relationships, home, family, separations, and transformation are all occurring at once.

New changes are swiftly setting you in a new direction, one you Hold your composure, with the understanding that there is a plan create. You will be in a lane all your own, where you won’t have to Aries for which you do not have all the details. Your profession is exbe controlling or bossy to get the things you need. God’s messenMar 21 Apr 21 Libra panding, and rapid changes in obligation are at a culmination or ger is sending you a message. And you need to hit the ground with Sept 24 renewal. Areas of service and work are heightened as no matter a plan of action. Be original in your work, as this is just the beginOct 23 what occurs, attend to duty and responsibility. July 10 through July 11, a dening of a new phase. On July 7, pull up your bra straps and fellas, cision you need to make will be on the table or a roundtable discussion with tie your bootstraps, and gear up. everyone present.

A sudden turn of events prompts instantaneous action. Take Social media and word of mouth have your name everywhere. heed of what you hear, see, sense, and feel. Brisk departures, sepPeople are tuning in for wisdom given by you. It would be a great aration, misdiagnosis, financial windfall/losses, and prior obliScorpio time to offer a course, as you are in the spotlight. Use your repugation is in the forecast. A great cycle to reorganize your home or Taurus Oct 24 tation and character to make a name for yourself.

What you want relocate. Sever the ties for the better of your future. On July 8-9, Apr 22 Nov 22 May 21 is within reach through networking. Business affairs are booming. set yourself free, go in a new direction, and know that you have Make the right decisions, ones that tend to be in your best interfree will. Contracts and documents are what bond us to certain est. July 12 through July 13 set the tone and foundation as you mean business, things in life. Work around them. nothing personal.

Globally, laws are being changed and implemented, and as the Continue to develop your plan to strike when the iron is hot. laws of your state are changing, you will be entering a cycle that Review all documents and details before signing any contract or causes you to want to research those new laws and take a course making any deals. Do the paperwork first. Your intuition is potent.

Sagitarius regarding the law, publication, and world-traveling excursions, or Gemini When things seem off; question or cancel your subscription.

Travel, become a spiritual guru. You are a scholar whose knowledge can Nov 23 May 22 Dec 21 publishing, editing, or creating a movie etc. is in your forecast. July be a help to the world. With good intentions, you can succeed. July June 21 7, listen more than you talk and do not point the finger blaming 10 through July 11, direct messages with instructions are given to others. Look at yourself first and the handling of your affairs. you as you can sense what’s forthcoming.

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Academy Museum of Motion Pictures: A treasure trove for film lovers (Sunil Sadarangani photos)

Pedro Almodovar Installation at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Spike Lee Memorabilia at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

By SUNIL SADARANGANI Special to the AmNews The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened its doors to the general public last year on Sept. 30, but this was my first time experiencing this breathtaking enterprise. Designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Renzo Piano, the state-of-the-art museum that boasts four floors of cinematic marvel, not only from Hollywood but from film industries around the world, is a well-thought out and executed undertaking by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences. The museum also includes a massive 1,000-seat screening theater—The David Geffen Theater—an audio and visual stunner that is fully equipped to present film in many formats, including nitrate, 35mm, 70mm, and laser projection supporting Dolby Vision, which allows visitors to see the subtle details and ultra-vivid colors creating multi-dimensional visuals.

The theater also features Dolby Atmos, a truly immersive audio experience. Another stateof-the-art, smaller theater, the 288-seat Ted Mann Theater, is located in the Saban Building that offers curated screenings and special programs on a daily basis.

A treasure trove for film lovers and film industry professionals, the four-floor cinematic exhibition begins on the ground level itself at The Sydney Poitier Grand Lobby—with the introduction to the moving image, Stories of Cinema, which comprises a huge collection of montage clips of cult classic narrative and

documentary films (on large HD screens) from Hollywood and world cinema.

Moving on upstairs, we are given a peek into one of the most important creations of the illusion of filmmaking—Back Drop: An Invisible Art. Special, dedicated sections to iconic symbols of Hollywood such as action legend Bruce Lee, and film classic, “The Wizard of Oz” (part of the Art of Moviemaking), plunge the film lover into these worlds that we grew up watching on screen.

The Academy Museum has put a big emphasis on diversity in cinema that represents artists of color in entertainment. The vibrant and eclectic Spike Lee corner, which has all of his donated memorabilia, gives you the feeling of hanging out here and absorbing his wonderful energy that jumps out from his possessions. You understand the impact and tenacity of Latina women through the intricate breakdown of the powerful portrayals of actors America Ferrera and Lupe Ontiveros in “Real Women Have Curves.” The absolutely stunning Pedro Almodovar Installation room, showcasing scenes on giant screens from his majestically crafted films, is a beautiful treat of moving art to patrons. Later in the summer, Aug. 21, the Academy Museum will be presenting a first-of-its-kind exhibition, Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971, on the rigorous and celebratory exploration of the achievements and challenges of black filmmakers in the U.S. from the dawn of cinema to the Civil Rights Movement.

Other enthralling exhibits not to be missed

are Oscar Micheaux, Encounters Gallery, The Path to Cinema, Costumes and Hair and Makeup Gallery at The Academy Museum of The Future of Motion Pictures Cinema, Academy Awards History, Animation Gallery, Story/ Screenplay Gallery, Image Gallery, Costume and Hair and Makeup Gallery, Hayao Miyazaki, and more. A number of the installations have a time stamp to make way for new exhibition pieces.

Academy Awards History at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures There are expansive plans in place to have more interactive community outAs I stood on the spectacular dome rooftop reach through the Academy Museum’s lineup of the Academy Museum admiring the gorof exhibits for the next half of 2022 and into geous L.A. and Hollywood skyline we take for 2023. Currently witnessing the very hard push granted, I felt we, who work in the entertainand focus on South Asian stories, creators and ment industry globally, finally have a place performers in global entertainment, it would where film and television history is being be very exciting to see multiple installations showcased, conserved and preserved. dedicated to the history, art and music of the For more information on the AcadIndian film industry—popularly known as emy Museum’s current exhibitions/ Bollywood—and other South Asian cinema installations, tickets and more visit of excellence, at the Academy Museum. https://www.academymuseum.org/

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AmNews FOOD Caprese salads bring summer tomatoes front and center

By KELLY TORRES Special to the AmNews When tomatoes are in peak season, I frequently make them the center of my plate. From gazpacho to panzanella, beautifully ripe heirloom tomatoes pump up nightshade-forward dishes with their natural sweetness and fresh acidity. During the summer months, caprese salads are my go-to as they are such a delight to eat when temperatures rise.

There’s just one caveat: these salads don’t always satisfy my hunger. So, I add eggplant for extra sustenance. An excellent extra virgin olive oil matters a lot here, because the eggplant absorbs all of that flavor. When choosing an olive oil, I’d lean on the side of fruity and robust. With its chewy and spongy texture, the eggplant adds an elevating qual-

ity to this uber popular summer salad.

Large leaves of basil provide notes of anise and licorice. Included are some feta crumbles and a pomegranate molasses vinaigrette to perk up the plate with some Middle Eastern flair. As you build your caprese, alternate the vegetables with the basil so that you end up with a pretty mosaic on your plate. To find the best tasting tomatoes, and to gain some street cred while you’re at it, plan a trip to your nearby farmer’s market.

Supporting your local vegetable growers is a great way to contribute to a healthy and sustainable community.

(Kelly Torres photos)

Eggplant Caprese with Pomegranate Molasses Vinaigrette Yields 4 Ingredients for the eggplant caprese: Extra virgin olive oil, for brushing, to taste 1 large eggplant, half-inch rounds 2 large heirloom tomatoes, one yellow and one red, half-inch rounds 1 lb mozzarella, cubed ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil ½ tsp dried oregano ½ tsp red chili flakes ½ tsp salt 1/3 cup plain feta crumbles ½ cup large basil leaves Maldon sea salt & freshly cracked black pepper to taste Ingredients for the pomegranate molasses vinaigrette: ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil 3 tbsp pomegranate molasses 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice Salt & pepper, to taste Instructions for the eggplant caprese: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

Arrange eggplant slices over a rack with a sheet tray underneath. Score each slice of eggplant.

Sprinkle salt over the eggplant to allow water to expel from the eggplant, approximately 15 - 20 minutes. With a paper towel, dab the excess moisture off of the eggplant slices. Brush the eggplant

generously with extra virgin olive oil. Season lightly with salt and pepper.

Arrange the eggplant slices onto a parchment lined sheet tray. Roast in the oven until golden brown, approximately 30 - 40 minutes. (Note: you can overlap the eggplant rounds slightly to fit into the sheet tray.)

In a mixing bowl, add mozzarella cubes, extra virgin olive oil, dried oregano, red chili flakes, and salt. Mix thoroughly. Reserve a few mozzarella cubes for garnishing the plate later.

Remove eggplant from the oven. Top each slice of eggplant with 3 - 4 cubes of mozzarella. Roast in the oven until the mozzarella is melted, approximately 5 - 8 minutes. Top each slice with a few plain feta crumbles and return to the oven for 3 minutes.

Remove from the oven. Set aside.

Instructions for the pomegranate molasses vinaigrette: Combine all ingredients into a mixing bowl. Whisk vigorously.

Assembly: In a serving platter, arrange slices of heirloom tomatoes and eggplant slices in an overlapping fashion, alternating the color pattern. Tuck in large basil leaves between the tomatoes and eggplant. Sprinkle Maldon sea salt over each tomato slice. Dot the plate with reserved mozzarella cubes. Drizzle the entire plate with pomegranate molasses vinaigrette. Enjoy!

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JAZZMOBILE, VISION FEST, TOLLIVER AT JFA Since its 1964 founding by Dr. Billy Taylor and Daphne Anstein, Jazzmobile has presented live jazz performances to over 4 million people residing in and/or visiting New York City. Musicians including Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Heath, Lou Donaldson, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Pharoah Sanders, and Archie Shepp have all performed during the summer months in one of the city’s five boroughs.

From July 6 through Aug. 31 Jazzmobile’s Summerfest will continue the evolution of jazz as musicians offer their own interpretations of this music they continue to push to infinite spaces.

Trombonist, composer, arranger Craig Harris Harlem Night Sounds will appear on July 8, at Marcus Garvey Park (5th Avenue at 124th Street), 7 p.m. Harris will take you on a consuming journey with an opportunity to consume funk, dance, straight ahead jazz no chaser and the outer limits of avant garde. Harris is about good music so he plays it all, no categories no jazz police, stand, dance, shout; Harris discovered the indigenous Australian wind instrument the didgeridoo, which he may have with him.

Harris, who is a long-time music advocate, will be presented with the Jazz Journalists Association’s Jazz Hero Award by this writer.

When Harris is not on tour, he is busy organizing a concert series (Harlem Jazz Boxx) in his community of Harlem from churches to a Harlem Parlor series in his brownstone.

On July 9 singer/songwriter Antoinette Montague and pianist Danny Mixon will perform in Brooklyn at 500 MacDonough St. (4 p.m. - 5 p.m.). Montague and Mixon have a musically intuitive relationship, there isn’t much talking, just sincere music offering magical possibilities; they swing hard from jazz standards to bebop and some blues. On July 13, Montague returns to Grant’s Tomb (Riverside Drive and 122nd Street) with her group The Antoinette Montague Experience (7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.).

This will be Montague’s debut performance on the Jazzmobile stage as a leader of her own group. The Experience will include pianist Danny Mixon, bassist Melissa Slocum, tenor/soprano Gene Ghee, tap dancer AC Lincoln, and student Mimi Block on vocals and violinist. “I like to support and encourage all young people,” said Montague. “We have to make this a multi-generational affair where we learn from each other.”

The vocalist has been working with this group she organized for some years touring in the U.S. and internationally. Her repertoire for Jazzmobile will cover, as she says, “music that I love straight from the Motherland. We are going to celebrate the music from New Orleans, standards, blues and jazz and civil rights songs like ‘Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody

Turn Me Round.’” She has released several CDs, her latest being “World Peace in the Key of Jazz” and a children’s CD, “Jazz Woman to the Rescue.” Montague is an entertainer, she understands the show and has the chops, vocals to sing you from blues and all around the sphere of jazz music. Check her website for upcoming gigs antoinettemongue.com.

On July 15, the pianist, composer, producer Marc Cary performs at Marcus Garvey Park, 7pm. Cary having grown up in Washington, D.C. on the go-go scene is an all-around musician. His concept of contemporary jazz is all about the funk, the soul and body movement keep it real keep it in the pocket. He was the music director for Betty Carter and also played with the other jazz diva Abbey Lincoln.

He learned from Jackie McLean and Carlos Garnett and collaborated with Roy Hargrove.

Cary’s contemporary jazz isn’t smooth, more James Brown, George Clinton funk.

For a complete Jazzmobile schedule visit their website Jazzmobile.org.

The Vision Jazz Festival is one of the most vibrant, engrossing festivals in New York City. The programming is strictly organic, the music grows from the deep roots of Africa in the American jazz tradition. It is still baffling why avant-garde jazz takes place downtown on the Lower East Side and straight-ahead jazz resides primarily in the West Village and Upper West Side. Regardless of such antics this year’s 2022 festival “A Light in Darkness” featured documentaries such as “The Black Artists’ Group: Creation Equals Movement” and a panel on Black Music/White Business—The Influence of Institutions in Jazz/Free Jazz.

This year, two of music’s most creative forces, trumpeter, composer and arranger Wadada Leo Smith and saxophonist, poet, artist and arranger Oliver Lake were honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards. Smith opened the festival playing in varied configurations; duo with drummer Pheeroan akLaff; RedKoral Quartet, String Quartet No. 10 Angela Davis Into the Morning Sunlight; Thulani Davis (his first collaboration with the novelist, librettist, playwright, and poet) with RedKoral Quartet. Smith is a thinker of the 21st century, a Black man, who brings his experiences of truths into the fabric of his many compositions. His music plays within the realm of classical and cerebral introspection. He was one of three finalists for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Music for “Ten Freedom Summers,” released May 22, 2012.

“I work almost everyday, if I am not working, I am dreaming of what to create next either compositions or some other concept,” said Smith during a phone interview. “When you look at life it celebrates your whole life as an artist. The Vision Festival works very hard to be advocates for artists so if they give you an award it’s pretty impactful.” Smith recently celebrated his 80th birthday.

The saxophonist, composer, big band ar-

ranger, poet and artist Oliver Lake celebrated his Lifetime Achievement on the closing night of the festival at The Clemente. Lake’s creative offerings included tenor saxophonist JD Parran Spirit Stage 2 performing the music of Oliver Lake, the large ensemble included his son, the drummer Gene Lake; “Justice: Vocal Works” by Oliver Lake which featured Sonic Liberation Voices and Sonic Liberation Front. “Justice” is a suite of compositions and poetry by Lake. As a long-time member and collaborator with Trio 3 (one of the most inventive trios in jazz history) with bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Andrew Cyrille, Lake offered flights of his wonderful poetry. The World Saxophone Quartet which Lake co-founded played some of his noted compositions.

“This was such a great honor to be given the Lifetime Achievement Award,” said Lake during a phone interview.

“I was so happy my kids were there.” Lake is busy working on new music for an upcom- Singer Antoinette Montague (Adjoajo (https://commons. ing concert in Philadelphia. wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antoinette_Montague_Jazz_ ‘I always have compositions Singer_Artist.jpg), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ in-progress, working on new by-sa/4.0/legalcode) music plus I have my painting and poetry,” says Lake. In the 1970s Lake though his honor came from the Jazz started his own record label Passin’ Thru Re- Foundation of America, at the City cords which recorded a few of his albums. His Winery pier 57. Tolliver and pianist Stannon-profit organization which has the same ley Cowell co-founded Strata-East Retitle is dedicated to fostering, promoting and cords. The label released over 50 albums advancing the knowledge, understanding in the 1970s. Gil Scott-Heron’s 1974 album and appreciation of the arts. Lake performed “Winter in America” with Brian Jackson at the first Vision Festival in 1996 and has re- became the label’s best-selling recording. turned regularly for a dozen or more fea- Tolliver is renowned for his big band artured performances with his Big Band, his rangements such as “Emperor March” and Steel Quartet and his Trio. His compilation of “With Love,” the latter was nominated in poetry has been published in two books and 2007 for a Grammy award for Best Large his visual artwork has been exhibited interna- Jazz Ensemble. Tolliver’s debut recording tionally. Lake has proven to be an exception- “Paper Man” featured Gary Bartz, Herbie al artist in all aspects. When he first arrived Hancock, Ron Carter and Joe Chambers in New York in the early 1970s one of the first recorded in 1968. The Tolliver with an allbands he joined was Smith’s group the New star line-up recently celebrated the alDalta Ahkri, with members including Henry bum’s 50th anniversary at Birdland jazz Threadgill, Anthony Davis. club and the jazz Museum in Harlem.

It is difficult to understand why two creative Tolliver’s sound is riveting bold riffs and soft musicians, composers and genius contrib- titillating whispers on ballads; some of his utors to this music such as Smith and Lake compositions have become jazz standards. are not NEA Jazz Masters. Something is very “This award is a total surprise, said Tolliver. “I wrong. The only difference between straight- knew the Jazz Foundation of America helped ahead jazz and avant-garde jazz is that the many musicians but I didn’t know they gave moans, groans and hollers of our ancestors out such awards, this is a great honor. are much louder and more pronounced.

“Man, I have been doing this for six decades and there is still so much to do, more composThe trumpeter and composer Charles ing more and playing. It’s a lifetime achieveTolliver was also awarded a Lifetime ment just to stay up on that trumpet, it’s Achievement Award the same week al- unforgiving, it’s totally a lifetime commitment.”

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By CHARMAINE PATRICIA WARREN Special to the AmNews Add more tap dance to your dance calendar this month when Dormeshia returns to The Joyce Theater with the world premiere of “Rhythm is Life” which “celebrates both the art form she dominates and life itself.” This newest work of “…percussive perfection draws on the collective pulse of life to create a meditative voyage of music and dance,” according to the release. For the one-week run, July 26-31, Dormeshia will be joined by other favored tappers and a live band.

For more information visit www.Joyce.org.

STILL RUNNING: June 13-July 16 – American Ballet Theatre continues their return season at the Metropolitan Opera House with the New York Premieres of Alonzo King’s “Single Eye” ( July 7) and many more new and repertory works.

For more information visit www.abt.org

ALSO THIS MONTH: July 4-10 – Back to live and inperson events, the NYC Tap Festival, the American Tap Dance Foundation’s week-long tap festival returns with tap dance workshops, performances and special events including the “Copasetic” Boat Ride (July 6), Tap Future performances and ATDF Tap Dance Awards ( July 8), Rhythm in Motion concert ( July 9) and “Tap It Out” ( July 10). For more information visit www. atdf.org July 7&9 – jaamil olawale kosoko, the Nigerian American author, performance artist, and curator of Yoruba and Natchez descent will present their book “Black Body Amnesia: Poems and Other Speech Acts” within The Museum of Arts and Design’s exhibition, “Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art,” performing an excerpt from their new living artwork, “Black Body Amnesia” ( July 7). On July 9, kosoko will perform “Black Body Amnesia” at BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance.

For more information visit www.jaamil.com

July 13-17 – At Gibney, the 18th annual Ladies of Hip-Hop Festival brings the hip hop dance community to New York City for a five-day festival with a panel discussion, workshops, and performances. For more information visit www.gibneydance.org July 15 – Les Ballet Afrik and Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company share the stage for Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. For more information visit www.nycgovparks.org July 16 – The 2nd edition of Dance Films returns to The Invisible Dog Art Center featuring films from French and international artists. Featured will be: O Samba do Crioulo Doido: “Ruler and Compass” (2020, 15mn) by Calixto Neto (Brazil); “Nioun Rec” (2021, 9mn) by Amala Dianor and Grégoire Korganow (France); and “A Young Girl in Her Nineties” (Une jeune fille de 90 ans) (2016, 85mn) by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Yann Coridian. For more information visit www.theinvisibledog.org July 20-31 – Little Island’s Music & Dance Festival, co-cu-

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rated by Ayodele Casel, Michael McElroy and Torya Beard will celebrate blues, jazz, hip hop, soul, Broadway and more.

Guests include Brinae Ali, Luke Hickey, Barkha Patel, Max Pollak, Soles of Duende; Generation Dance! Featuring Laraine Goodman, Kevin Iega Jeff, Earl Mosley; Soul to Soul: Black Women in Music featuring Capathia Jenkins, Lillias White, Melonie Daniels and hosted by Phylicia Rashad and Michael McElroy; and Maurice Chestnut’s Beats, Rhymes, and Tap Shoes and more. For more information visit www.littleisland.org July 22 – Ragamala Dance Company will present Sacred Earth as part of BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!

At the Lena Horne Bandshell. For more information visit www.bricartsmedia.org July 28-30 – At JACK, the choreographer/dancer Kensaku Shinohara shares a solo that reflects on sexuality, objectification, intimacy, dominance and boundaries. The series is curated by Stacy Grossfield as part of her Images // Landscapes. For more information visit www.jacny.org

The Harlem Chamber Players perform ‘The Chevalier’ at Caramoor’s Summer Festival

By JORDANNAH ELIZABETH Special to the AmNews New York’s Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is set to present the unique story of the Black 18th century composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges on July 10.

Lost in history until the 21st century, Joseph Bologne was a “virtuoso violinist, abolitionist, general of Europe’s first Black regiment, acquaintance of both Mozart and Marie Antoinette and the finest fencer in Europe.” Though he has gone unknown until recently, Bologne made an impact on the musical and aristocratic world of his time and is nothing less than a fascinating historical figure who deserves musical and artistic exploration that Caramoor is offering this summer.

The piece, entitled “The Chevalier,” was written and directed by Bill Barclay and highlights acting performances by R.J. Foster and violinist Brendon Elliott who plays Bologne, and the music is performed by the Harlem Chamber Players.

“We are so thrilled to tread the

boards at this summer’s Caramoor festival and to bring Bologne’s neglected story and music to one of New York’s most iconic and exciting outdoor stages. Performing ‘The Chevalier’ with the Harlem Chamber Players will be a particular thrill as they have long advocated for highlighting marginalized voices and programming compos-

ers of color. Concert Theatre Works commends Caramoor for their deep commitment to supporting musicians of color. The march for equity goes on,” says Barclay.

There has been an important trend of intelligent and creative storytellers choosing to share the stories of Black classical composers who have been lost in history. The whitewashing of

classical music has done a disservice to the world by silencing and burying the Black contributors of the art and the attempt to face this wrongdoing head on by offering diverse works to the world is a powerful step forward in building inclusiveness for actors, directors and the theatrical Western community. “‘The Chevalier’ is a play with or-

chestra based on the remarkable life of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799), particularly his relationships to Mozart, with whom he lived under the same roof for some months in 1778, and Marie Antoinette, to whom he taught music at Versailles. Bologne produced a considerable body of work as a composer, and served as conductor of the Concert de la Loge Olympique—considered one of the finest orchestras in Europe—under the auspices of which he commissioned Haydn’s rapturously received ‘Paris Symphonies.’ Bologne’s high profile was not restricted to music: besides being the finest fencer in Europe and general of Europe’s first Black regiment, he also crusaded for the abolition of slavery.”

Getting to Caramoor by train from Grand Central Station, take the Harlem Division Line of the Metro-North Railroad heading to Southeast, and exit at Katonah. Caramoor is a 3.5-mile drive from the Katonah station. A free shuttle from Metro North’s Katonah station runs before and after every concert.

For more information visit www. caramoor.org.

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Larry Doby, Hall of Fame major leaguer, and second Black in MLB

By HERB BOYD Special to the AmNews No matter the event, contest or issue, second place finishers are rarely remembered, and for a while that was the fate of Larry Doby, who came behind the great Jackie Robinson’s historic barrier breaking moment in Major League Baseball.

On July 5, 1947, several weeks after Robinson played his first game in the MLB on April 15, Doby donned the uniform of the Cleveland Indians (now Guardians) as the first Black player in the American League. He later will have another second place honor behind Frank Robinson, as a Black manager.

He may have been a second place finisher in these two significant events, but in many respects he was first class, and that began on December 13, 1923 in Camden, South Carolina where he was born Lawrence Eugene Doby. Doby was a triple threat, all-state athlete in high school in Paterson, New Jersey, and accepted a basketball scholarship from Long Island University. But when the Newark Eagles of the Negro Leagues signed him as a player, the 17-year-old began his professional baseball career. One again he was second, only this time as a second-baseman.

Doby had signed the $300 contract as Larry Walker to protect his amateur status since he would be entering college that September. On one memorable occasion during his first season against the legendary Josh Gibson and pitcher Ray Brown of Homestead Grays, Doby recalled an encounter with them. “My first time up,” he began, “Josh said, ‘We’re going to find out if you can hit a fastball.’

I singled. Next time up, Josh said, ‘We’re going to

find out if you can hit a curveball,’ I singled. Third time up, Josh said, ‘We’re going to find out how you do after you’re knocked down.’ I popped up the first time after they knocked me down. The second time, I singled.”

This was in 1942 as World War II intensified and Doby joined the U.S. Navy. By 1945, he was stationed on an island in the Pacific Ocean when he heard that Robinson was playing for the Montreal Royals of the International League and thus on his way to the majors.

Doby made a great impression on the Navy team, so much so that his future teammate Mickey Vernon, then with the Washington Senators, wrote a strong letter to the owner of the Senators, insisting that, if the league were ever integrated, Doby should be a prime candidate. Upon being discharged from the Navy in 1946, that summer Doby married Helyn Curvy.

Doby’s sensational return to the Eagles was highlighted by his performance in the Negro World Series in 1946 where he hit .372 with one home run, five RBIs, three stolen bases. He, along with Monte Irvin, were often discussed as the first of Black players to break the color barrier. “I never dreamed that far ahead,” Doby replied when asked of such a possibility. “Growing up in a segregated society, you couldn’t have thought that that was the way it was going to be. There was no bright spot as far as looking at baseball until Mr. Robinson got the opportunity to play in Montreal in ’46.”

After four years of military service he resumed playing with the Eagles, and with his teammate Monte Irvin starred as the Eagles won the Negro League World Series. When Bill Veeck, the owner and president of the Indians, signed Doby to

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play for his club, the former Negro League all-star achieved a major league first, going directly from the Negro Leagues to the major leagues (Robinson began his journey with the Kansas City Monarchs and then the Montreal Royals before arriving to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers.)

Doby would acquire another distinct first, one he shared with the immortal pitcher Satchel Paige, as the first African American performer to win a World Series championship with the Indians in 1948. When he made his debut with the Indians, Veeck hired two plainclothes cops to accompany him to Comiskey Park in Chicago. Doby recounted those first moments. “I walked down the line, stuck out my hand, and very few hands came back in return. Most of the ones that were cold-fish handshakes, along with a look that said, ‘You don’t belong here.’” Only Joe Gordon, the team’s second baseman, engaged

Doby in conversation and playing catch. They became lifelong friends. Another defining condition was the housing arrangement for Doby that relegated him to separate quarters from his teammates. He often had to stay at hotels in the Black community.

It was not until Doby hit a massive home run during an exhibition game against the New York Giants that he removed doubts about his ability to play in the major leagues. That year, according to Joseph Moore in his biography of Doby, “He played in 121 games and hit .301…with 14 home runs and 66 RBIs.” All of this despite suffering all kinds of racial insults on and off the field.

Among his many remarkable moments, Doby was the first African American to hit a home run in a World Series game in 1948. Four years later, the slugging center fielder became the first Black player to lead either league in home runs. He compiled an impressive career with such statistics as a seven-time All-Star, five 100 plus RBI seasons, eight 20 or more home run seasons.

In 1978, Veeck who signed him to a contract in Cleveland, made him manager of the Chicago White Sox. In 1998 he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

For several years he worked in the administration of the New Jersey Nets basketball team.

When he died on June, 18, 2003, President George W. Bush commended him, noting that “Larry Doby was a good and honorable man, and a tremendous athlete and manager. He had a profound influence on the game of baseball.” And beyond we might add.

ACTIVITIES FIND OUT MORE Joseph Moore’s book “Pride and Prejudice: The Biography of Larry Doby” (1988) is a good place to start and end, with supplements from baseball Hall of Fame records.

DISCUSSION More about Doby’s personal experiences, particularly the demeaning racial discrimination that followed him on and off the field, would have made this a much longer account.

PLACE IN CONTEXT Doby was born in the South just before World War I, served in World War II, and lived to see the possibility of the election of a Black president.

THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY July 3, 1944: Ruth Simmons, the first Black president of an Ivy League University, was born in Grapeland, Texas.

July 4, 1900: There is some dispute about this being the birthdate of Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, but it’s a good place to begin a discussion about the immortal musician.

July 5, 1852: The great statesman Frederick Douglass delivered his historic Fourth of July speech in Corinthian Hall in Rochester, N.Y., “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

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By ARIAMA C. LONG Amsterdam News Staff, Report for America Corps Member Mayor Eric Adams vowed to invest in the city’s 500,000 children under five years old in his chilcare and early education blueprint last week. But, many are saying that a big part of the money should go to chronically underfunded childcare providers.

“As a child, my mother had to work three jobs and still find a way to take care of me and my siblings,” said Adams in a statement. “And during the COVID-19 pandemic, almost 375,000 parents were forced to quit or downshift their jobs because they had no other way to take care of their children. Now, my administration is working to make sure no parent has to make that hard choice between child care and putting food on their table again.”

According to the city, about “52% of New York City families with children under age four cannot afford child care and, since the start of the pandemic, one in four parents have had to turn down a job, change jobs, or take leave due to child care needs.”

The plan aims to support working families, reverse the economic impact for parents of color, and boost the economy. The allocations for child care in the city budget includes $9.2 million for low income vouchers, plus a promised $800 million in investments over the next four years. Altogether the funding should yield an approximate total of $2 billion

Electeds, Assembly Speaker AM Carl Heastie, Sen. Jamaal Bailey, Sen. José Serrano, and AM Andy Hevesi visit the Little Giants Daycare and East Side House Settlement in the Bronx. (Photo contributed by the Alliance for Quality Education)

in child care spending, said the mayor’s office.

There will be a new application available on an online portal that will cut red tape and “alleviate the frustrations” of an often difficult and complicated application process for families. It also allows $10 million in investments for undocumented families to recieve child care benefits and will expand childcare access in “high needs neighborhoods” citywide.

“This investment into early childhood education will tremendously benefit working families by providing accessible child care

and taking large steps to include undocumented families who were previously excluded from these opportunities,” said U.S. Rep Adriano Espaillat in a statement.

There were few concerns about the education programming for the city’s youngest, but the issue of pay parity for child care staff came up time and again. There’s hope that the mayor’s blueprint won’t gloss over the issue as money is dispersed.

Gregory Brender, director of public policy at the Daycare Council NY, said that staff salaries among providers in infant and toddler care is critical. At the moment city-funded child care providers, like the home-based ones in a building or at a larger childcare center, receive lower rates than Department of Education (DOE) staff, he said. At least 109 of these group child care centers shuttered during the 2020 pandemic, said Brender, who was unsure how many have managed to open back up since.

“Traditionally, and unfortunately, staff in childcare have not gotten paid as much as public schools. I think this has been a legacy of discrimination because its a workforce that’s mostly women and women of

color,” said Brender. “We’re hopeful that they’re going to change that.”

Bronx native Shanita Bowen is the director of operations for ECE On The Move, a group of more than 600 home-based childcare educators established in the city in 2019.

Bowen ran a child care center near the Grand Concourse in the Bronx called the E&A Freedom Center for 14 years. She said that she had gotten married and changed residences right as the pandemic hit in 2020. Once everything closed, it was impossible for her to restart her business with the application process and find children to fill her class list. Her business soon closed.

Bowen said that the bulk of her colleagues are underpaid women of color and only Spanish-speaking Hispanic women.

Her organization advocates for resources such as higher pay, benefits, health care, and pensions for childcare providers.

Bowen said that the mayor’s blueprint acknowledges the low pay but doesn’t address it enough in her opinion. She said that the current pay rates, although better than what they were a few years ago, are not great for workers and will in fact create a division between indepen-

dent childcare providers and DOEaffiliated providers on the city’s network. Neither of which pay well, she said.

“Anytime there is poverty involved,” said Bowen, “the city agencies do not respect you. And because we get paid such low wages, this has always been there. They’ve always been so disrespectful to us and the families that we serve. ” Jasmine Gripper, the executive director for the Alliance for Quality Education (AQE), concurred that higher wages for providers was essential to quality child care.

She said she worries that the mayor’s office will lean on subsidies through companies for childcare and not give more money to families and staff. Gripper said that o since the pandemic, there’s been s a huge renewal in childcare in c every level of government. Childcare was considered historical- m ly “women’s work,” said Gripper, e which she thinks speaks to why i it’s been so undervalued and un- l derpaid in the country. t “It’s a field that we as a coun- l try have underinvested in overall. t We need to do better, because we P haven’t invested in its totality. We see these big gaps existing all over a the place,” said Gripper. c In a report compiled by AQE, s Gripper and others concluded t that child care centers citywide were grossly expensive, lacking in choices for families, needed higher child care subsidy rates for families, lacked in transportation access, were overcrowded, and a product of “deep-seated inequities” in the system.

“It easily costs $15,000 a year for a 2-year-old to be in care, that is unaffordable for low income and middle income families. And we need to address this,” said Gripper.

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holds especially true among women, people of color, and Millennials.

But for people of color, there may be a gap in access to these opportunities.

Conducted by The Conference Board, the survey reveals that more people of color report a lack of opportunities and resources for professional development than do

their white counterparts.

The latest workforce survey from The Conference Board captured the thoughts of more than 1,200 individuals—predominantly professional/office workers—from May 16-31. Respondents weighed in on the importance of professional development and their access to it.

Global Black Economic Forum appoints Alphonso David as president and CEO The Global Black Economic Forum, the world’s first platform committed to redefining economic and social justice around the globe for the Black diaspora, announced that Alphonso David will serve as president and CEO, launching a strategy for expansion to serve and advocate on behalf of the economic needs of the Black community.

The Global Black Economic Forum engages business executives, policy makers, entrepreneurs, activists and consumers globally on thought leadership; corporate

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to build upon funding for abortions by establishing an abortion fund with $250,000 annual city budget allocations as well. The funds will help those in and traveling to the state get access to care.

The proposed legislative package highlights many areas of abortion access and care such as language services or requiring the abortion pill to be available free of charge at health centers. The bills require the city to produce reports on medical services related to reproductive health care and pregnancy crisis centers.

But more importantly, the laws move to officially declare the city a “safe city” where protections under the Human Rights Law (HRL) and a “private right of action” keep travelers from being pursued as criminals or sued in their home states after receiving an abortion in New York. There is a measure that would also allow out-of-state physicians to provide reproductive health services in this state while awaiting full licensure, said the city council.

“The ending of Roe is the single greatest assault on reproductive rights in our nation’s history. We will not be intimidated,” said Hanif. “Let’s be clear, this decision does not end abortions. It ends safe and legal abortions in dozens of states across the country.”

Hanif said she is also pushing for $500,000 in funding for abortion access and related costs.

The Senate Majority advanced the bills the city council proposed in the State Constitution under the ‘Expanding Protected Classes Under the Equal Rights Amendment’ resolution. They also updated the

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and entrepreneurial career development; and advancing social and economic justice for marginalized communities.

Historically focused on hosting major conferences that bring together leaders across sectors to address key challenges, the Forum will expand its structure to include a global academy and technology platform to empower Black people globally, as well as launch foundation work to formulate, evaluate, and advocate on issues of social and economic justice. existing Equal Rights Amendment, which protects against discrimination on the basis of sex, disability, national origin, ethnicity, and age. The Senate drilled down on protecting equal and civil rights, such as marriage equality, that the Supreme Court justices have threatened to overturn in the future.

Hudson said that simply put this is an issue of combating racism, economic inequity, and misogyny within the federal government. “In the eyes of the federal government, as a gay Black woman, my very existence is on the line. That’s the reality of this decision. Its implications are far reaching. They’re dangerous,” said Hudson.

Senate Majority Leader Andrea StewartCousins said in a statement that the reversal of Roe v. Wade made it clear that the state must continue to stand up and be a national leader to protect women and individual rights.

“That is why we are proactively codifying broader equal rights under the law and ensuring the constitutional right to abortion and contraception in New York,” said Stewart-Cousins. “This is a massive step forward for our state while others move backwards, and an important stance against the Supreme Court’s attacks on our rights.”

Additionally, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams put forth a proposal for the U.S. Senate and President Joe Biden to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act. 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

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Religion & Spirituality Clifford L. Alexander Jr., first Black American secretary of the Army, passes at 88

By HERB BOYD Special to the AmNews With the passing of Clifford L. Alexander Jr., who distinguished himself in so many walks of life, will come the encomiums, but they would be remiss to ignore his prophecy.

In 1991, Alexander appeared before a senate panel and declared that racial prejudice was pervasive in the United States. “White America continues to paint pictures of Black America that determine our opportunities,” he extolled. “You see us as less than you are. You think that we are not as smart, not as energetic, not as well suited to supervise you as you are to supervise us. … And yes, if you see a Black man, you think that you had better cross the street before something bad happens to you.”

His assessment then is no less true today, and Alexander was not so much a prophet as he was a keen observer of American life and its vicissitudes. We lost such an incredible insight and a consummate citizen when he died on July 3 at his home in Manhattan. His death was confirmed by his daughter, Elizabeth, a poet of equal prominence. She said he died of heart failure. He was 88.

Born Clifford Leopold Alexander Jr. in Manhattan on September 21, 1933, of inestimable pedigree, he was the son of a Jamaican immigrant, whose skill in building management was capped by his overseeing of the Riverton Houses. His mother, Edith McAllister, was a Harlem community leader and after the race riot in 1943, she was the executive director of Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia’s Committee on Unity. Later, she was the first Black woman selected as a Democratic representative to the Electoral College from New York.

Alexander’s academic career, given his family background and associations, was given considerable advantages, and he excelled as a student at the Ethical Cul-

Secretary of the Army Clifford Alexander gives a press briefing on the XM-1 Tank (later the M1-Abrams), alongside a model. Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Lew Allen, and Walter LaBerge, UnderSecretary of the Army, also attended. (Photo from the Secretary of Defense Historical Office)

ture Fieldston School, a private school in the Bronx. In 1955, he graduated from Harvard and three years later from Yale Law School. At Harvard, he achieved one of his firsts as the Black student-body president and subsequently the first Black partner at the prestigious Washington law firm Arnold & Porter. There he acquired the composure that would be a critical and decisive asset in his leadership climb to overcome racial barriers.

He married Adele Logan, who also attended Fieldston and later was a graduate of Radcliffe College. She taught at George Washington University, and they had two children—Elizabeth and Mark, who became the first Black dean at Villanova University law school. From 1959 to 1961, Alexander served as an assistant district attorney for New York County.

After a brief stint as executive director of the Manhattanville Hamilton Grande

Neighborhood Conservation Project, he was the program and executive director of Harlem Youth Opportunities (HARYOU), all the while practicing law in New York City. By 1963, firmly ensconced in the nation’s capital, Alexander was a crucial player in ushering forward the Johnson administration’s landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 and became the president’s personal consultant on civil rights before moving on to chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee in 1967. Again, he was the first Black to hold the post. Two years later his national exposure expanded when before a congressional hearing he testified about the rampant discrimination against African Americans and Mexican Americans in Hollywood. The moment was given additional coverage after Alexander’s vituperative exchanges with Senate Minority Leader Everett

Dirksen. The encounter may have led to Alexander’s resignation, particularly after he received little or no support from the Justice Department.

From 1969 to 1975, Alexander was a partner at Arnold & Porter as well as a television news commentator from 1972 to 1976.

For two years, he was a professor of law at Howard University. Amid these posts, he also unsuccessfully ran for mayor of D.C., losing to Walter Washington. He returned to public service in 1977 when President Carter appointed him to be the first Black as secretary of the Army, a cabinet position. The same drive and application of improvement that marked his earlier endeavors were intensified as he sought to expand opportunities for minority businesses. One of the measures on his agenda was the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the official military policy on gay men, bisexuals and lesbians.

Among the issues that troubled Alexander was the lack of promotion of women and people of color in the Army, which, at that time, was disproportionately African American. To remedy the situation, he returned a list to the review board, with an admonition to find any “factors that may have held back performance ratings of any of the candidates,” according to a story by Clarence Page in the Chicago Tribune. Colin Powell was on the updated list returned to Alexander.

In 1981, when Ronald Reagan became president, Alexander left government and formed his consulting firm with a host of clients, including minority recruiting for Major League Baseball. He returned to Manhattan in 2013. He served on numerous boards, and was a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity. His statement about racial prejudice, cited above, stands as an epitaph for Alexander and his unwavering determination to correct the societal inequities, although, as he concluded, “History teaches us that skepticism rather than optimism is the order of the day.”

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real threat or legal risk to noncitizens looking to undergo their naturalization process for U.S. citizenship in the future, said Ketcham.

Furthermore, Ketcham expressed extremely low confidence in the BOE’s financing or ability to take on an additional voting initiative of that size flawlessly. “The BOE is an organization that has really botched several elections even within the last decade,” said Ketcham. “Last week’s primary they were not immune to mishap.”

He also suggested that there may be an incredibly low turnout among noncitizen voters regardless.

Nevertheless, Speaker Adams, Hanif, and local immigration rights groups vowed to give city residents more government representation and would review the ruling.

“During the pandemic no one asked me if I had citizenship when I was out there providing PPE, COVID vaccines and information on COVID,”

said Emili Prado, a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient from the La Colmena organization on Staten Island.

“Many Dreamers, like myself, care about this country and this city and we just want to be able to have a voice in the municipal elections that affect our everyday lives. This is why without fear, I say I am one of the intervenors against the Republican lawsuit and I am ready to take this fight not only in the streets but in the courtrooms as well,” continued Prado.

Yesenia Mata, executive director of La Colmena, said that immigrant New Yorkers were on the frontlines during the pandemic and they deserve to vote.

Mata said that the noncitizens voting law had already been implemented in other states, indicating that a “diverse” city like New York City was behind. “We are not surprised to get this verdict from the Staten Island lower courts, but we know that we will win the appeal.

This law will change the

lives of many New Yorkers and move Staten Island to a welcoming borough for all,” said Mata.

Mayor Eric Adams didn’t technically sign the noncitizen voting law but waited the 30 days for it to automatically become a law.

Adams did support the law as a mayoral candidate.

“We are disappointed by the court’s ruling,” said Jonah Allon of the mayor’s office.

“The noncitizen voting law would bring thousands more New Yorkers into the democratic process, and give them a true voice in determining their future and the future of their communities. Our Law Department is evaluating next steps.”

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out in June, about “79% of Black women surveyed oppose the overturning of Roe, and 88% say it makes them more motivated to vote.” There is also an “information gap” issue about abortion and reproductive rights, particularly in the South and among Black women who are least likely to vote, said the report.

The report also says about 57% of Black women polled say that the country’s economic conditions are “getting worse” and that their own wages are falling behind the cost of living.

“On economic anxiety, which is quite stark to last year’s, is how much pressure all Black women we spoke to were feeling in the economy,” said Wyatt about the standout finding.

“Everyone’s saying, it’s not just that the economy’s not heading in the right direction but I feel left behind.”

Wyatt said this economic anxiety was more pro-

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“This is in addition to this full issue plate that we saw this time around,” said Wyatt. “That it’s more than one issue that’s weighing us down as Black women.

I’ll say for me as a Black woman, to me, that means we’re carrying multiple weights of oppression that have not been addressed.

That has not substantively been addressed.”

Among the highest concerns for Black women was inflation and the cost of goods, police reform, voting rights, health care, women’s reproductive rights, college affordability and improving K-12 education.

Strictly speaking politics, the report finds that 8-in-10 Black women will definitely vote but younger Black women show a “reluctance” to vote in midterms. Black women’s satisfaction with the direction the country is moving in “has absolutely plummeted” since March 2021. They are also “intensely dissatisfied” with

Congress and President Joe Biden is currently at a 28% approval rating among those polled.

The report finds that Black women “absolutely still care” about racism and discrimination and look for leaders who lean into addressing systemic racism explicitly, especially in schools and classrooms.

Across the political spectrum, the report finds that Black women have a low positive association with the economy, police reform, and crime. And about 52% of Black women prefer a candidate focused on racial discrimination and rights rather than just the economy, said the report.

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Mass Shootings Republican senators brokered an agreement on school safety and gun measures.

Reports say that the proposal will be strong enough to counteract the filibuster. It will need 60 votes to do so.

Chris Murphy, Democratic senator from Connecticut, said on Twitter, “We have a deal. Today a bipartisan group of 20 senators

(10 D and 10 R) is announcing a breakthrough agreement on gun violence—the first in 30 years— that will save lives.”

There are some major components to this proposed piece of legislation.

For example, there will be additional vetting for people who want to buy guns and there will be monies available for schoolbased mental health programs.

This regulation will stem the tide of those who want to purchase guns as before there were little to minimal background checks.

It is my opinion that this budding piece of legislation will put a stop to the overreach of the NRA (National Rifle Association).

Some say they are the nation’s most powerful lobbying group.

Gun advocacy and safety groups are pushing for this legislation to be enacted. For many of them this has been a long time coming.

The student-led movement, March for Our Lives, and one of the co-founders, David Hogg, said, “In a less broken society, we would be able to re-

quire background checks every single time someone wants to buy a gun, and we would ban assault rifles outright. But even if one life is saved or one attempted mass shooting is prevented because of these regulations, we believe that it is worth fighting for.”

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When Black men are killed by law enforcement officers, are we to assume that they have a mental health problem?

I don’t make that assumption.

What assumption do you make?

Despite this rash of senseless shootings and killings, there may be hope and help on the horizon.

Recently, a bipartisan group of 10 Democratic senators and 10

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“I was one of those people that you would walk around and feel unsafe from—you would see me sitting in a corner and doing drugs, and you would bump into my garbage in the streets,” said Ortiz. “Because of the OPC, I am not one of them any longer…I think that’s a very, very much a win-win situation, because I’m sure nobody wants to walk with a kid and see needles and people in the streets injecting or ODing.”

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Notice of Qualification of ACI VI CLARKSON LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/07/22.

Office location: NY County.

LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 01/11/22. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808.

Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of ALPHAMETIC FUND 2022 GP LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/09/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/08/22.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 379 W. Broadway, NY, NY 10012. DE addr. of LLC: Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, DE Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of Qualification of COLD START STUDIO LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/08/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/08/20.

Princ. office of LLC: 2875 NE 191st St., Ste. 500, Office 504, Aventura, FL 33180.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St. - Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

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SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF NEW YORK NYCTL 2019-A TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN, Plaintiffs -against- SICHAO ZHU, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Amended Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein on March 16, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the New York County Courthouse located on the portico at 60 Centre Street, New York on July 20th, 2022 at 2:15 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Borough of Manhattan, County of New York, City and State of New York, known and designated as Block 928 and Lot 1505 on the New York County Tax Assessment Map, and being further known on a such tax rolls as 300 East 23rd Street, Unit 3C, New York, NY 10001.

All bidders must wear a face mask/shield at all times and social distancing must be observed by all bidders at all times. Bidders who do not comply with the face mask and/or the social distancing mandate will be removed from the auction.

Said premises known as 300 EAST 23RD STREET, UNIT 3C, NEW YORK, NY Approximate amount of lien $38,913.90 plus interest & costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

Index Number 158239/2020.

ELAINE SHAY, ESQ., Referee Phillips Lytle LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiffs 28 East Main Street, Suite 1400, Rochester, NY 14614

101 LEGAL NOTICES Notice of formation of Audacity Enterprises, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/22/2022.

Office location: NY County.

SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to 99 Wall Street, Ste. 1818, New York, NY 10005. Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of FIRECOM NY MERGER SUB 4 LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/21/22. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543, regd. agent upon whom and at which process may be served. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NEW YORK, NYCTL 19982 TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODIAN, Plaintiff, vs. YAHWEH NISSI 183 CORP., ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale and Decision and Order on Motion dated February 24, 2022 and entered on March 17, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the portico of the New York County Courthouse, 60 Centre Street, New York, NY on August 3, 2022 at 2:15 p.m., all that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Manhattan, County, City and State of New York, Block 2154 and Lot 88.

Said premises may also be known as 551 West 183 Street a/k/a 362 Audobon Avenue, New York, NY. Approximate amount of judgment is $9,960.78 plus interest and costs.

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COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale Roberta Ashkin, Esq., Referee The Law Office of Thomas P. Malone, PLLC, 60 East 42nd Street, Suite 553, New York, New York 10165, Attorneys for Plaintiff Notice of Qualification of ModernFi Advisers LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/21/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/14/22.

Princ. office of LLC: 135 W 50th St., 2nd Fl., Ste. 200, NY, NY 10020. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543.

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Notice of Qualification of STR8LINE INSURANCE ENTERPRISES, LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/27/22.

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Princ. office of LLC: 1 Rockefeller Plaza, Ste. 1610, NY, NY 10020. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of DE, Dept. of State, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

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Notice of Qualification of SKYDECK CAPITAL LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/10/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/26/22.

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Notice of Qualification of FITBIT LLC Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/13/22. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 03/26/07. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.

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Formation of 11 EAST 29TH STREET APT 32C, LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/28/2022. Office loc.: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

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Notice of Formation of JJR Property Management, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/04/21. Office Location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 1395 South Platte River Drive, Denver, CO 80323. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of 688 BRONX COMMISSARY, LLC Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 9/30/2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, CT Corporation System, 111 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10011. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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LLC formed in New Jersey (NJ) on 10/13/15. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, Attn: Nancy Caravetta, 153 W. 27th St., #202, NY, NY 10001. NJ addr. of LLC: 466 Ridgewood Rd., Maplewood, NJ 07040. Cert. of Form. filed with Elizabeth Maher Muoio, State Treasurer, 125 W. State St., Trenton, NJ 08608. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of FIVE IRON GOLF CLEVELAND LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State NY (SSNY) on 05/10/2022. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to c/o 883 Avenue of the Americas, Fl 3, New York, NY 10001. Purpose: any lawful act.

Notice of Formation of SWEET PLANTASY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/09/2022. Office location: New York county. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of SUZANNE BINGHAM DENNEY LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/19/22.

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Notice of Formation of STONOVER MEDIA, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/26/22. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Anthony Bonsignore, 200 Park Ave. S, Fl. 8, NY, NY 10003. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of Social Skills in Motion LCSW PLLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/22/2021. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to 25 Vermilyea Ave, Apt #46, New York, NY 10034.

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Notice of formation of MPQ 1800 Broadway, LLC . Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/29/2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, Corporation Service Company, 80 State St., New York, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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A day on the golf course proves enlightening for all

By LOIS ELFMAN Special to the AmNews On June 28, 40 local girls ages 11-18 from First Tee of Metropolitan New York (FTMNY) got together with 30 women from Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management for a day of golf and mentorship. First Tee is a youth development organization that combines the game of golf with life skills curriculum to help kids build strength of character that will serve them well in their lives.

“We thought this would be a wonderful opportunity to impact young women at an earlier stage in life where we see a differential participation in the game, and in finance we know there’s not equal participation between men and women,” said Valerie Wong Fountain, who serves on FTMNY’s executive committee and board of directors and is a managing director at Morgan Stanley.

“At the First Tee, we see roughly 60% boys versus 40% girls, so we wanted to do something special for the girls,” said Wong Fountain, who started the Women’s and Girl’s Golf & Fore Mentoring Program, now in its eighth year. “One part is a career training experience. …

The second part is an oncourse experience.”

Wong Fountain, a former collegiate golfer, said knowing the game can be a great career skill given that an estimated 90% of Fortune 500 CEOs play golf. “It’s a tremendous way to build relationships and have access to the Csuite,” she said.

Held at the Mosholu Golf Course in the Bronx, the girls partnered with mentors.

Sandra Richards, Morgan Stanley head of Global Sports & Entertainment, was the featured keynote speaker. There was a career panel and discussions about financial literacy as well as a golf clinic during which the

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girls and First Tee coaches got to teach the mentors about golf. Also, at stake, two internships with First Team that are funded by Morgan Stanley.

First Tee alum Olivia Sexton is now a First Tee instructor. Currently a student at SUNY Buffalo, she has seen how participants have benefited from engaging with the female executives. Some of the girls also aspire to play golf competitively in college.

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tors have gone through some of the same stuff we’re going through,” said Sexton. “They’re able to relate to us.”

During the time on the course, the girls and mentors were able to bond over a shared experience. Wong Fountain said she saw a palpable difference in communication after the golfing. “Every time we do this, it always is a great reminder about golf is such a great way to foster mentoring connections,” she said.

First Tee participant turned instructor Olivia Sexton (c) with two of this year’s participants (Credit: Morgan Stanley)

The great Serena Williams faces her tennis twilight

By JAIME C. HARRIS AmNews Sports Editor Serena Williams is at the twilight of her brilliant tennis career. She stands among history’s most superlative and transcendent athletes.

Williams is now 10 weeks away from her 41st birthday, which arrives Sept. 26. Although she has yet to chase down Margaret Court for the most all-time Grand Slam singles titles, Williams’ 23 singles titles are the most in the Open Era. The Australian, Court, who is 79 now, earned 24 Grand Slam championships from 1960 through 1973, retiring from competitive play in 1977. Her professional career spanned 17 years. Williams turned pro in 1995, one year after older sister Venus Williams made her professional debut. That’s a remarkable 28 years and counting.

Most who follow the sport recognize the younger Williams as the best woman who’s ever played. She is a mother of a precious daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., born in September of 2017. She mar-

ried Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian two months after the birth of her only child. Tennis, while a deep love and passion, has become less of a priority. Surpassing Court is no longer a singular obsession.

The likelihood of Williams attaining a 24th Grand Slam victory is dubious. Her early exit at this year’s Wimbledon, losing to 24-year-old Harmony Tan of France, 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7), in the last week of June, was a reminder of her athletic mortality. It was Williams’ first match in 12 months since she suffered a hamstring injury at last year’s Wimbledon at the venerable All-England Club in London. It was only the second time in Williams’ illustrious career she has been defeated in the first round of a Grand Slam.

“It was definitely a very long battle and fight,” she said after the loss to Tan. “It’s definitely better than last year, that’s a start.”

Next up is the U.S. Open in Queens beginning late next month, a tournament Williams has won six times, but the last coming way back

in 2014. She was the runner up in 2018 and 2019. Furthermore, Williams’ resume shows she hasn’t won a Grand Slam since capturing the 2017 Australian Open. Her gradual and natural decline is not a cause for feeling sympathy for Williams, as we often do athletes who stay too long beyond their better days.

Conversely, it is a reason for celebrating a trailblazer, a Black woman raised in the heart of Compton, California—an area characterized as an environment of socio-economic despair. Each time Williams steps onto the court is an occasion to reflect on not only her unparalleled talents, but the explicit racism she and Venus braved and fought as two of tennis’ preeminent figures. We should ponder the Williams sisters authoring arguably the most implausible story in modern sports. Her fashion choices and unapologetic expressions of a body shaped differently than the traditional and narrowly defined American ideal of beauty.

There is so much more, as Serena

has side-by-side with Venus been an outspoken advocate for equality in women’s sports, including equal prize money at major tour-

naments. She doesn’t need any more records to solidify her place in the annals of sports. Serena just needs to go out being Serena.

Ten weeks shy of her 41st birthday, Serena Williams, pictured at the 2018 U.S. Open, is nearing the end of a remarkable career (Photo credit: Margot Jordan)

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Natasha Howard is headed to the WNBA All-Star Game (Photo credit: Chris Marion/ NBAE via Getty Images)

Liberty drop first game of West Coast road trip

By LOIS ELFMAN Special to the AmNews

It was a familiar battle—the New York Liberty versus the Los Angeles Sparks, the teams that met in the first-ever WNBA game. On Sunday, the Liberty, which has had some good wins as of late but still doesn’t have consistency, battled the Sparks in Los Angeles. The Sparks are playing under interim head coach Fred Williams.

“It starts on the defensive end, but we were worried about our offense,” said Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello after New York’s 84–74 loss. The Sparks started to take control of the game in the third quarter. “We weren’t getting the best shots. We talk about good to great.

We didn’t play as a team, simple as that. Momentum changed and we couldn’t get it back.”

The Liberty was short-hand-

Shannen Hogue stands by her spot on the Roosevelt Wall of Fame

ed with Betnijah Laney and Jocelyn Willoughby out for the near future and Sami Whitcomb resting an ankle injury. French player Marine Johannes was the top scorer against the Sparks with 17 points. She previously played for the Liberty in 2019 and her return has been very strong.

“I feel comfortable on the court with them,” said Johannes.

“The team helped me a lot and the coaching staff too. About tonight, I made some mistakes at the end and I think I have to improve.”

The Liberty takes on the Phoenix Mercury tonight to wrap the West Coast road trip. The team returns to Barclays Center on Tuesday night against the Las Vegas Aces and plays the Aces again on Thursday morning in a camp day game. New York fans will get to see former Liberty player Becky Hammon (1999–

2006) in her new role as head coach of the Aces.

The WNBA All-Star Game is this Sunday in Chicago, home of the defending WNBA Champion Chicago Sky. Liberty players Sabrina Ionescu and Natasha Howard will be playing. The game will be preceded by WNBA Live, a two-day outdoor fan festival at McCormick Place. Fans will get to interact with WNBA players present and past as well as obtain exclusive WNBA merchandise.

While the events under this name are being called new, it’s really harkening back to the league’s early All-Star Games.

Anyone who took in the inaugural All-Star in 1999 will remember the excitement and energy as players greeted fans on the streets around Madison Square Garden. It’s uplifting to see the WNBA celebrating its fans with such enthusiasm.

Roosevelt High honors Shannen Hogue, former John Jay hoops star

By LOIS ELFMAN Special to the AmNews As a teenage basketball standout at Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, Shannen Hogue had big goals. She earned an athletic scholarship to a Division I institution, but a knee injury hampered her hoop dreams.

Eventually, she got a job and enrolled at John Jay College of Criminal Justice intent on a career in law enforcement.

She was spotted playing pick-up, and the women’s basketball coach persuaded her to join the team. Her skills and competitive edge were outstanding, and John Jay had one of its best seasons in 2006-07.

Balancing work and school became too challenging, and she did not play another season, but basketball remains a passion. Eventually, Hogue earned her bachelor’s degree from John Jay and is now in her 10th year as a police officer with the

Yonkers Police Department.

“Yonkers is my hometown, so I get to see people I grew up with and their kids and give back,” said Hogue. “I work in the community affairs division. We are responsible for a number of things…among them is youth crime, and we do community events. That, in addition to all of my work on patrol, really put me in a position to have a bird’s eye view of what some of the needs in the community are. A lot of it goes back to our youth.”

Last month, Hogue was honored by her high school, now known as Roosevelt Early College Studies, becoming the first African American woman, the first LGBTQ person and the youngest person on the school’s Wall of Fame. Her family, friends and colleagues, including the commissioner of the Yonkers PD, were in attendance. Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano gave a proclamation, naming June 16, 2022, Shannen Hogue Day. “Four of my high school teammates were there, which was incredible,” said Hogue. “It was much more emotional than I anticipated.”

Hogue and her brother, Douglas, a former football player, co-founded

the Hogue Family Foundation. This week, the foundation is running its first annual all girls basketball camp, open to Yonkers residents 12-17.

“Having grown up here in Yonkers, I understand some of the stresses… and worries they have,” Hogue said.

“They don’t have the proper resources in one way or another.

We’re lacking positive mentors,

people showing them that you can come from here. It doesn’t have to be the best circumstances, but you can still do good things.

“I want to let my story be part of encouragement and inspiration,” she added. “I don’t know what I would have done without basketball. It kept me involved in something that was positive.”

Officer Shannen Hogue with members of the Yonkers Guardians Association (the Black officers fraternal group)

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The MLB-leading Yankees set for four games versus the Red Sox

By VINCENT DAVIS Special to the AmNews The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is a little less than two weeks away, but the New York Yankees are already being crowned by many as the eventual American League and World Series champion.

Although the Yankees have the best record in all of MLB, starting Tuesday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates 58-22, based on recently losing three out of five games to the AL West leading Houston Astros, it is premature to already measure the Yankees for rings. There is still half of the 162-game regular season schedule to be played and too many unexpected circum-

stances ahead with so much time remaining.

The Yankees begin a fourgame series tonight at Fenway Park versus their arch rival, the Boston Red Sox, and will play three more against them at Yankee Stadium July 15 through July 17. The Red Sox were just a .500 team at 27-27 on June 5, but since then have been formidable. They were 45-35 and second behind the Yankees in the AL East before the start of their matchup on Tuesday against the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Yankees, who opened this season at home taking two out of three against Boston, have been dominant after going 5-5 in their first 10 games. “There’s a lot of toughness and grit in

Yankees lefty Nestor Cortes Jr., who is scheduled to start tomorrow against the Boston Red Sox, is an impressive 7-3 with a 2.43 ERA this season (Photo credit: Wikipedia /DR Buddie)

this clubhouse,” said veteran switch hitting infielder Matt Carpenter, who the Yankees acquired in May after he was released by the Texas Rangers.

Carpenter hit two home runs and drove in four runs against the Cleveland Guardians in the first game of the teams doubleheader on Saturday, a 13-4 Yankees win. They also had a 6-1 victory in Game 2 as first baseman Anthony Rizzo and outfielder Giancarlo Stanton, who was serving as the designated hitter, hit back-to-back homers in the fourth inning to help lift starter Nestor Cortes Jr. to his seventh win. The lefty, who is 7-3 and scheduled to start tomorrow, went six innings against the Guardians allowing just three hits.

At the season’s halfway mark, the Mets’ lead over the Braves shrinks

By JAIME C. HARRIS AmNews Sports Editor It stood to reason that the Mets weren’t going to run away and hide from the defending World Series champion Atlanta Braves this early in the season. There are too many ups and downs, numerous variables, over the 162game Major League Baseball marathon.

Despite the Mets holding a 10.5 game lead over the Braves in the National League East on June 1 with a record of 35-17, a little over a month later, they were 50-31, tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the most wins in the NL, but just 2.5 games up on Atlanta after a 1-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on the road on Tuesday night.

The Braves were inevitably going to close the gap as the Mets pitching staff was depleted by the absence of its two aces. Moving forward, the race will get tighter if the Mets bats waste great starts like the one Max Scherzer had on Tuesday in his return to the rotation. Pitch-

ing in a Major League game for the first time since May 18 recovering from an oblique strain, Scherzer had a season-high 11 strikeouts and didn’t give up a run, and the Reds had only two hits off of the 37-year-old righty in his six shining innings of work. Unfortunately for Scherzer, the Mets’ lineup was as feeble as he was imposing.

They mustered a mere six hits and were 0-8 with runners in scoring position. The Mets, who won the series opener 7-4 on the Fourth of July, looked to leave Cincinnati winning two out of three when the team’s began their scheduled game last night. They are set to face the Miami Marlins four games at Citi Field weather permitting, with Game 1 slated for tonight.

“Tonight we gotta score some runs,” said Mets manager Buck Showalter after his team was shutout. “I was really impressed with [Scherzer’s] command more than anything, [to] take that much time off. He’s just a hard worker.

“You had a rain delay. You had a couple of long innings…

with a lot of their pitching changes…Other than the loss, didn’t score any runs, there was a lot of good things from Max’s standpoint. It’s been a long haul for him,’ expanded Showalter, “and all the people working with him, so hopefully it bodes well for what we hope is the rest of the season.”

Now the Mets are optimistically looking forward to twotime Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom getting back into the rotation. DeGrom hasn’t pitched in the majors since being shut down by the Mets last July with forearm and elbow issues, and then sustained a stress fracture in his right shoulder bone during spring training ahead of this season. The 34-year-old righty struck out five of the six batters he faced in his first minor rehab start on Sunday.

After the Marlins, the Mets will face the Braves next Monday through Wednesday in a threegame series in Atlanta.

Mets starter Max Scherzer struck out a season-high 11 batters on Tuesday in his first game since May 18 but his team fell to the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 (Photo credit: Wiki/All Pro Reels)

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Sports The signing of Jalen Brunson can’t be the Knicks’ major move

By JAIME C. HARRIS AmNews Sports Editor Will the Knicks’ signing of former Dallas Mavericks point guard Jalen Brunson to a four-year, $104 million free-agent contract, which became official yesterday, be their major summer move? If it ultimately is, then the Knicks will once again have an arduous path to being in the upper half of the Eastern Conference’s 15 teams.

The Knicks finished as the 11th seed last season at 37-45 and did not make the playoffs nor the PlayIn Tournament, which is composed of the 7th to 10th seeds in each conference. But their objective, after ending the 2020-2021 campaign as the East’s No. 4 seed, should be to contend for the conference title. Realistically, as currently constructed, their roster is not built to battle the big dogs, the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics most prominently among them.

Maybe team president Leon Rose has a strategically prudent

four-year plan that Knicks owner James Dolan will allow him to execute. However, two-plus years into his tenure, the vision isn’t clear to those outside of the organization’s inner circle. The Knicks’ free-agent signings last summer of Kemba Walker and Evan Fournier didn’t engender trust among Knicks fans that Rose and his front office staff are capable of acquiring the requisite pieces that will drive a sustained high level of success.

So the 25-year-old Brunson’s signing has been justifiably met with skepticism by some that see him as another good player who will not substantially improve the ball club. Although Brunson could indeed be the Knicks’ answer in their seemingly perpetual quest for a proficient lead guard, his addition is not the solution to the team’s essential need—a star who can by his sheer talent raise the overall production and capability of the collective group.

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid, Jayson Tatum, Jimmy

Butler and Kevin Durant, if he returns to a stable situation with the Nets, all are under that classification. Last February, speculation morphed into extensive discussions on various platforms that Westchester County, New York, native Donovan Mitchell, who partly honed his game as a youth in the city summer leagues, desired to play for the Knicks.

The conjecture hasn’t dissipated and has intensified after the Utah Jazz traded All-Star center Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves and starting forward Royce O’Neale to the Brooklyn Nets last week, leaving the impression that Danny Ainge, the Jazz’s CEO of Basketball Operations, is tearing down the team and Mitchell is the next to be dealt.

There is plausible debate among basketball insiders and the general NBA fan base as to whether Mitchell is a game changer. It is irrefutable that at 25 he is already a three-time All-Star with a cumulative scoring average of 25

points per game over the last three seasons on 44% field goal shooting. Most importantly, Mitchell is a late game closer and lethal shot creator that the Knicks have desperately lacked since Carmelo Anthony’s departure as much as they have a stabilizing point guard.

The Knicks haven’t been able to obtain a player of Mitchell’s caliber through the draft or free-agency in decades. Therefore, the trade route appears to be the most viable option. They’ll have to part with key assets but that is simply the art of the deal and the price of doing business. What has been evident going back to the Celtics dynasty of Bill Russell and before that the legendary Harlem Rens, no team becomes a serious contender or champion without a roster anchored by a singular or multiple All-Star and Hall of Fame figures.

Perhaps Rose sees next season or next summer as the occasion to execute a franchise altering maneuver. Thus far this summer, he has not acted with all deliberate speed.

Utah Jazz guard and New York native Donovan Mitchell should be a target of the Knicks in a possible trade (Photo credit: Bill Moore)

The best option for Durant and the Nets is to run it back

By JAIME C. HARRIS AmNews Sports Editor Kevin Durant and the Nets need to engage in reconciliation.

Whatever reason the superlative forward has requested a trade from the Nets after signing with them as a free-agent in July of 2019 on the heels of winning two championships and two Finals MVPs with Golden State Warriors should be revisited.

There has been a plethora of wild and complicated trade scenarios put forth by various people with perhaps too much downtime that won’t happen beGetting equal trade value for Kevin Durant cause of the numerous is an unlikely prospect for the Nets proposed moving parts (Photo credit: Bill Moore) or illogical nature of the suggestions from the

Nets position. Brooklyn is not obligated to oblige Durant, who has four more years on his deal with the team that will pay him $53.28 million in the final year of his contract 2026.

He is not eligible to become an unrestricted free-agent until the summer of 2026, when he’ll be two months shy of his 38th birthday. So Durant’s leverage is minimal. He’s a consummate baller for Washington, D.C. and PG County, Maryland, who indisputably has a deep love and respect for the game. Durant admirably handled a dysfunctional situation with the Nets last season underscored by the drama surrounding Kyrie Irving and the arrival of Ben Simmons.

He gave maximum effort on the court and tried to lift the Nets above circumstances that were fundamentally intolerable. Viewing the immediate future of the team through Durant’s prism, it is un-

derstandable why he would be resigned to believing not much will change with the mercurial Irving and unpredictable Simmons, a lingering uncertainty of their availability and commitment.

But the opportunity and infrastructure to win a championship elsewhere may not be more favorable for Durant if the Nets’ potential trade partner has to gut their team of some of its top players and prime draft picks to acquire Durant. He’d then join a team that does have the necessities to compete for a title. Nets general manager Sean Marks’ charge, first and foremost, is to set the franchise up to continue being a contender now and years to come.

If Irving and Simmons AM NEWS are mentally and emo07/07/22 tionally level and en0 gaged going into next season, the Nets will be a dangerous threat

for the rest of the league to confront. If Durant, as some unconfirmed media reports have stated, wants out because the Nets did not extend Irving an offer for a long term deal, instead having him play on his one-year option next season, then the stage is set for Irving to ball out and force the Nets to pay him what he wants.

He will also have the choice to move on and ink a lucrative contract elsewhere. It is an ideal motivator for the amazingly gifted guard. Weighing the current state of affairs, an amicable accord between the Nets and Durant is the reasonable win-win for both parties.

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