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What Does The Law Say About Potential English Language Learners If COVID19 Has Impacted Your Home?

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                                                New York City Subway Scenery During School Hours New York -  The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released joint guidance on January 7, 2015, reminding states, school districts, and schools of their obligations under federal law to ensure that English Learners (ELs) have equal access to a high-quality education and the opportunity to achieve their full academic potential, according to the English Learner Toolkit.   A s “Dear Colleague Letter” (DCL) was designed to help state and local education agencies support the attainment of English language proficiency while meeting college-and career-readiness standards.   The explanations of Civil Rights and Legal obligations were laid out to aid schools with comp...

Weather Warning! The Tri-State Weather Story Is Going To Be Stormy Today

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Creative Commons New York      Timing News -  According to the latest weather report, strong winds and heavy rain is expected today in the Tri-State area.  Expect a period of strong damaging winds and heavy rain this afternoon into the early evening.  The strongest winds are likely to blow over the Long Island and coastal Southeastern  Connecticut  area.  Possible thunderstorms will embed into heavy rain by the afternoon.   News Alert! A wind advisory is in effect for Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, and much of southern Connecticut from 10am until 7pm today. Hazard & Impacts Expect peak wind hazards to reach 25 to 35 mph with wind gusts up to 45 - 55 mph.  There will be 1 - 2 inches of rainfall that will lead to minor street flooding 

What Do You Do When Someone Is Imminently Dangerous To Another? Story In The Death Of 68 Year Old Florida Woman Named Vicki Savage

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Vicki Savage, 68, Murdered  Seminole County, Florida Press Release - The police in Florida is looking for a motive in the death of a 68 year old woman who lived alone.  According to the Seminole County Sheriff Department, Adam Savage, 37, was found in the home of his mother at the time of death when relatives arrived in response to a call for help by the suspect.  Lawrence and Lucas Lavigne, the relatives of Vicky Savage entered the home on an unknown emergency after midnight October 1, 2020, to discovered a violent Adam Savage, son of the deceased and his dead mother in her bedroom on the floor with multiple trauma impacts to the head covered in blood.   The reports and public outcry for help in this case lies on when someone imminently dangerous to another and why no one heard the violence in the neighborhood.  Does the public in Florida understand what a imminent dangerous situation is and how to address it before physical harm is reached?  Why didn't V...

Who’s Responsible For The Gun Violence In Brooklyn?

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               September 8, 2020 - Indication Media for Gentrification - Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY                        April 18, 2015 - Broken Window Policing - City of Newark, New Jersey  Brooklyn News - The segregated communities of Brooklyn have been plagued with unexplained #gunviolence #gentrification #pandemic #hatred and devastating deaths.  Brooklyn, New York once known for its #Black purpose and #Black owned businesses is now in the middle of a war to change the power of what freedom means to children.  Everyday by the hour the boiler plate headlines are flashing across cellphones about who has been injured or killed in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn with the aid of a hand gun.   The psychological impacts on the New York Police Department has forced environmental and targeted racism against the African American communities who are already overwhe...

Does Writing Perspective Letters Bring Power Back To The People?

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                                                         Circle of Sisters 2015 Rhetoric  New York Press - Since the death of #GeorgeFloyd driving global unrest in America, the tone of voices in the streets were heard using adaptive media, narratives, point of view languages, letters, and conveyances.  The story or stories to drive change and force the President to respond about bringing Power back to the people created new Rhetorical Modes to move forward for Black America.  The question one must ask at a time of Global Unrest during a "Shelter In Place War" is "Who is going to pay to bring the dead back to life...after the George Floyd murder?" The creator of the #LiquidLove Movement stemming from the perspectives in 2013 - 2014, made headlines an emotional reality when the writer's story about "My Son Is Not Safe" cam...

MAYOR DE BLASIO SIGNS NYPD ACCOUNTABILITY PACKAGE AT BLACK LIVES MATTER MURAL

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Law - Accountability Mural of a Movement Designed to Respect Race In America New York Press Release - NEW YORK —Mayor Bill de Blasio today signed into law the NYPD Accountability Package, a comprehensive set of police reforms aimed at increasing transparency within the NYPD and strengthening trust between the police department and the community it serves. The sweeping reforms will ban the use of chokeholds across the NYPD, protect the right of citizens to record police activity, require NYPD transparency on the use of surveillance technologies, establish an online NYPD disciplinary matrix, and ensure all NYPD officers have their shield number and rank designations visible at all times while on the job. Together, the legislation will expand accountability within the NYPD and transform policing across the city. “The Black Lives Matter movement has been at the forefront of change in New York City and across our nation. I’m proud to sign these sweeping...

Is There A Cure For Racism?

Click Link Below For Racism: George Floyd Adaptive Media Probe Brooklyn Thought Piece -  Since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, the global unrest is still left with unanswered claims of racism.  Who is to blame for the Burning Bush that left the echo of White Supremacy, Drug Cartels, and the Black people with a bill on tax payers and businesses.  Should the world go silent when a fist of symbolism drives "Power To The People" rhetoric of change?  What about the Visuals of change?   Philosopher after philosopher has printed and taught about managing change for years, yet not one set solution has been offered to the People when the focus of rage is poured out into the streets against the habits that weakened them.  "Defunding the police" discussions were spit onto the people to Adapt new technologies by closing old budgets, yet the proposed benefits on the White Man's budget has not been met to leverage conversion....

MAYOR RAS J. BARAKA’S STATEMENT ON CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS STATUE

Mayor Ras Baraka Issues A Statement To The Public About White Supremacy Within The Tribal Government Response  Newark, NJ (Press Release) -        “ In keeping with the movement to remove symbols of oppression and white supremacy, we have decided to remove the statue of Christopher Columbus from Washington Park,” Mayor Ras J. Baraka said. “We took it down with City work crews in a safe and orderly manner, to avoid the potential danger of people taking it upon themselves to topple it.” Mayor Baraka said the statue will be kept in storage until the City decides what to do with it. The statue was dedicated on Oct. 12, 1997, as gift to the City from the Italian-American community. “The removal of this statue should not be perceived as an insult to the Italian-American community,” Mayor Baraka said. “It is a statement against the barbarism, enslavement, and oppression that this explorer represents. ”

National Congress of American Indians Broadcast Justice After George Floyd’s Murder

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Christopher Columbus 1493 - Creative Commons  Washington, DC Press Release -   The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the largest and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native organization in the country, does not acknowledge Christopher Columbus as a hero.  To Indigenous people’s, he was the opposite, especially after the death of George Floyd, murdered / lynched by a White police officer: Out of timbers for the Santa Maria,...Columbus built a fort on Hispaniola, the first European military base in the Western Hemisphere...He took...Indian prisoners and put them abroad his two remaining ships...He got into a fight with Indians who refused to trade as many bows and arrows as he and his men wanted. Two were run through with swords and bled to death. Then the Nina and the Pinta set sail....When the weather turned cold, the Indian prisoners began to die. In the year 1495, they went on a great slave raid, rounded up fifteen hundred Arawak m...

A Call For Justice Panel On The Murder Of Ahmaud Arbery

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Creative Common Photo Release Black Press - In response to increase racism, anti Semitic and xenophobia, the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism (ISGAP) will hold a special online conference on Combating Racism and Antisemitism on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at 11 am EST, featuring leading scholars who will assess the current situation in the United States. ISGAP Statement on The Murder of Ahmaud Arbery A recent video on the murder of Ahmaud Arbery was released to the public sparking an additional investigation and statement by the ISGAP Executive Director Dr. Charles Asher Small, he stated:  “The murder of Mr. Arbery was not only a senseless, vicious act, but one that is reminiscent of lynching and terror that was more commonplace in decades ago.   Chasing down Mr. Arbery, and laying in wait to kill him is unconscionable. Dr. Small continues, “Given that there have been no arrests made in this case for two months, ISGAP calls on the Department of Justice an...

Has The CoronaVirus Spearheaded A Change In The Vegetable Oil Market Projections?

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Photo Release of Culinary North American Fortune -  Healthy Edible Oils Brooklyn Press - Business Insights released key market insights regarding food use forecasts till 2026.  By application in July 2019, no one outside of the culinary arts community service has understood the value added demand from natural resources propelled from the vegetable oils market. Now that there is a #CoronaVirus Pandemic #Response for #Medical #Financial rescue, there is no media Awareness regarding the adverse health affects of consuming saturated and unrefined fat from animal sources to remain alive.  Mexico and Canada have adopted resilient healthy strategies to market players to promote healthy vegetables, but the economics in boosting the markets need a more innovate Harvard approach in expanding product portfolios for North America tomorrow.  The future of edible vegetable oils projected an increasing rate in the millions at approximately $32.89 until Corona Virus 🦠 pollute...

Mayor Bill de Blasio Defeats The Corona Virus Impacted By Low Income Neighborhoods

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New York Citywide News - Photo Release - Jacob Javits Center FEMA CoronaVirus Response (Financial) TEST AND TRACE: MAYOR DE BLASIO OUTLINES PLAN TO DEFEAT COVID-19 IN NEW YORK CITY Builds on City’s commitment to drastically expand testing capacity in hardest hit neighborhoods NEW YORK —To contain and mitigate the spread of COVID-19, Mayor de Blasio today announced a comprehensive “Test and Trace” strategy to reduce COVID-19 infections citywide. “To defeat this virus, we need to test and trace every last case,” said  Mayor Bill de Blasio.  “That’s why we are drastically expanding our testing capacity and exercising every last option to get the quantity of testing we need.” Test and Trace To test as many people as possible, the City will set up sites in communities across the five boroughs to collect specimens and test them for COVID-19. These sites will operate outside of traditional clinic and hospital settings to minimize the burden on ...

Governor Cuomo Has Announced A New Pandemic Unemployment Assistance No Waiting Program

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NYS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR LAUNCHES NEW STREAMLINED APPLICATION FOR NEW YORKERS TO APPLY FOR PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE WITHOUT HAVING TO FIRST APPLY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE Cumbersome federal policy that slowed New York from distributing benefits lifted In conjunction with this morning's rollout of improved application, over 3,100 DOL representatives solely dedicated to answering unemployment benefit needs in improved process Since the COVID-19 crisis began, DOL has paid $2.2 billion in Unemployment benefits to 1.1 million New Yorkers Application call backlog prior to 4/8 reduced to 4,305 from 275,000 The New York State Department of Labor today announced the launch of a new application for New Yorkers to apply for traditional Unemployment Insurance or the new COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. This one-stop-shop for unemployment benefits will connect New Yorkers with the benefits they deserve faster, without  requiring  them...