Monday July 6th is supposed to be the day that New York City moves into Phase 3 of reopening. In Phase 3, restaurants would be able to resume dine-in seating at 50% capacity. Nail salons, tattoo parlors, massage parlors and spas would also be allowed to resume business, also at 50% capacity. Our city was […]Read More
NEW YORK UPDATES Gun violence is the new virus running rampant through the streets of NYC, specifically in East New York, Brooklyn; Mott Haven, the Bronx; Jamaica, Queens; and East Harlem, Manhattan. There were 125 shootings during the first three weeks in June. From mid May to June 15, there were 38 gun- related fatalities. […]Read More
5th Grade On-Line June Commencement Address – June 2020 “Always remember: we are smarter than we think.” (Good morning Stockton family. This morning I have the honorable pleasure of introducing this year’s P.S. 297, 2020 valedictorian, Gabriela Thomas. When I think of Gabby, I am reminded of a caterpillar. Now I know some of you are saying, […]Read More
Covid 19 is leaving over 129,000 dead and the virus will be with us until a safe vaccine is available, but perhaps not for another year. Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, delivered a most sobering projection: he said we are headed toward increasing the number of cases to […]Read More
“Everybody who is a citizen of this great state has a voice in deciding what to change.” By Ariama Long KCP KCP: How are you feeling? How has the last week been? Zinerman: I’m feeling good. I have worked very hard over the last decade to represent local interests, working with community boards, working with […]Read More
Frederick Douglass’ Question to America, in 1852, Matters Today In this era of Black Lives Matter, it is instructive to look back at a time when Black lives were of no matter at all — except as tools for profit.Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass, born into enslavement in 1818 in Maryland, escaped and became a […]Read More
