Dear Neighbor,
Yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Coronavirus (COVID-19) as a global pandemic. As of this morning, there were more than 60 confirmed cases in the city and over 200 statewide.
If you recently returned to New York from China, Iran, South Korea, Italy or Japan and you do not have symptoms, the Health Department requires that you home self-monitor.
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Media Contact: Kristia Winter
718-629-2900 / KWinter@council.nyc.gov
BROOKLYN, NY — New York City Council Member Farah N. Louis, Co-Chair of the Women’s Caucus, issued the following statement after sexual predator Harvey Weinstein was sentenced today to serve twenty-three years in prison.
STATEMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARAH N.
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May adversity and uncertainty never diminish the light and hope that Purim continues to inspire throughout the Jewish community.
Happy International Women’s Day!
On this day, we celebrate and honor women worldwide for their vital role in shaping and strengthening our families, communities, governments, and businesses.
Gender has been a centuries-old hindrance in American society and across the globe.
Women and girls have been denied an education, nontraditional employment, equal pay, merit-based promotions, reproductive freedom, the right to vote, and decide whether or whom to marry.
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Media Contact: Kristia Winter
718-629-2900 / KWinter@council.nyc.gov
BROOKLYN, NY — New York City Council Member Farah N. Louis issued the following statement after a video depicting excessive use of police force and aggression towards an unarmed young black man named Fitzroy Gayle in Canarsie went viral.
STATEMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARAH N.
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718-629-2900 / KWinter@council.nyc.gov
STATEMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARAH N. LOUIS
CITY HALL, NY — In a unanimous vote, New York City Council Members Farah N. Louis and Vanessa L. Gibson were elected as co-chairs of the Women’s Caucus on the cusp of Women’s HERstory Month.
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718-629-2900 / KWinter@council.nyc.gov
BROOKLYN, NY – New York City Council Member Farah N. Louis issued the following statement after a uniformed NYPD officer was shot in a marked police van in the Bronx on Saturday by an unidentified man who asked for directions. He sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was later rushed to Lincoln Hospital by his partner
STATEMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARAH N.
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Media Contact: Kristia Winter
718-629-2900 / KWinter@council.nyc.gov
BROOKLYN, NY – On this very solemn day, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we reflect on the moment when darkness and despair turned into hope as millions were liberated from the Auschwitz death camp 75 years ago.
Hate can only prevail in the absence of humanity, which is why we must remain forever united against all forms of anti-Semitism.
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Nearly sixty years ago, civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. shared his dreams of equality, freedom, economic and civil rights in our nation’s capital. Sadly, those dreams remain largely unfulfilled as we continue to grapple with discrimination and prejudice.
Communities of color are struggling to break the cycle of poverty and preserve their right to vote.
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Today, I am calling on America to stand with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Since December 28th, 2019 and each day since then, the media has been flooded with images of an island in crisis following a major earthquake. The earthquake—the strongest to hit the island in over a century— has knocked out power, displaced thousands, and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.
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