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NEW YORK – Council Member Farah Louis (D-Brooklyn) issued the following statement after the Honorable David Dinkins, New York City’s first and only African-American mayor, died at home on Monday. He was 93.

STATEMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS

“From the United States Marine Corps to city and state government, former New York City Mayor David Dinkins was a man of humility with a heart for service to others.

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NEW YORK – Today, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) designated the East 25th Street Historic District in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. The East 25th Street Historic District is a remarkably intact and cohesive group of 56 Renaissance Revival-style row houses that reflects the dedication of its community.

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BROOKLYN, NY ⁠– Council Member Farah N. Louis (D-Brooklyn) issued the following statement after 24-year-old Saqueo Mejia, a dump truck driver for Brooklyn-based Prime Junk Removal was killed when he was pinned between two of the trucks in Flatbush. The accident is under investigation by the NYPD.

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We owe a debt of gratitude to our former servicemembers and their families who made tremendous sacrifices to protect our freedoms. Without their contributions, the American Dream and spirit would cease to exist.  Despite fulfilling their commitments in the U.S. or abroad, many veterans continue to serve our community – particularly during this pandemic. They are our first responders, nurses and doctors, small business owners, educators, sanitation and transpoortation workers.

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BROOKLYN, NY – Council Member Farah N. Louis (D-Brooklyn) issued the following statement after Joe Biden was elected as the 46th President of the United States of America. Kamala Harris will become the nation’s first Black, South Asian, and female Vice President.

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Women City Workers and Workers of Color Earn Thousands of Dollars Less A Year Than Male Workers 

New York, NY – A preliminary analysis of anonymized and publicly available New York City employee payroll data conducted by the New York City Council shows significant gender, racial, and ethnic pay disparities in the city’s workforce, Speaker Corey Johnson and the Women’s Caucus of the New York City Council announced on Thursday.  

The analysis of salaries of roughly 180,000, full-time city workers shows that male employees roughly average about $4,500 a year more than female employees. The analysis also found that Black city workers average about $7,600 a year less than white workers, while Asians tend to make $6,500 a year less than white employees. Additionally, the analysis found that non-Hispanic/non-Latino workers roughly average about $8,700 a year more than Hispanic/Latino.  

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Education in the 21st century is not at all what we have imagined. The present-day challenges that families across District 45 and beyond face are inexcusable.

We are nearly halfway through the 2020-2021 school year and yet 77,000 students still lack the internet-equipped iPads that are necessary for remote learning. Without computers or affordable internet access, the achievement gap will only worsen in divested communities.

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BROOKLYN, NY — Council Member Farah N. Louis (D-Brooklyn), co-chair of the Women’s Caucus,issued the following statement after former New York City First Lady Joyce Dinkins passed away at the age of 89. She was the first African-American woman to serve in this capacity.

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BROOKLYN, NY — Today, tons of debris and garbage was removed from an illegal dumping site in East Flatbush by the Department of Sanitation, in conjunction with Council Member Farah N. Louis (D-Brooklyn).

The massive cleanup of the abandoned car wash was a culmination to the interagency walk-through that she organized on Monday to address the illegal disposal of household and business trash along the Farragut Road corridor.

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BROOKLYN, NY — Council Member Farah N. Louis (D-Brooklyn), co-chair of the Women’s Caucus, issued the following statement after the suspect in the murder of 32-year-old Jamel Copeland in Flatbush was apprehended by the NYPD’s Regional Fugitive Task Force in Virginia.

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