On Thursday, March 24th, Castle III passed the City Council vote at the stated meeting. For Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan this is the step the city needs to take to develop Actually Affordable Housing. Castle Gardens is under development for The Fortune Society, whose mission is to assist previously incarcerated…

As most of you know, there was a devastating fire on Sunday March 13th at 117 West 142nd Street. This week my team has tried to connect at least 16 residents of that building with disaster relief and we were met with abhorrent results. I am in the process of…

On March 16th, in front of the Harriet Tubman Memorial, New York native Shana Harmongoff announced her candidacy for District 32 State Senate. Harmongoff is challenging Cordell Cleare, who was appointed and not elected to the State Senate. District 9’s Councilwoman, Kristin Richardson Jordan was eager to declare her support…

As Black History Month has just ended, and with March bringing Women’s History Month, it is important to recognize intersectionality and how legislation affects the workers of our city. On March 10th, I attended the Just Par Rally at City Hall to ensure higher pay and better contracts for the…

“The @NYCCouncil has approved the Open Restaurants zoning amendment, a giant step towards a permanent outdoor dining program that all NYC communities will be able to benefit from. The Open Restaurants zoning text approved by @NYCCouncil today removes geographic restrictions on where sidewalk cafés can be located in NYC. It…

After a decades-long fight, cannabis is finally legal in New York State! That this specific legislation passed in New York — the “marijuana arrest capital of the world” — is nothing less than an incredible achievement. Some of the hard-won hallmarks of the new law — known as the Marijuana…

Workers have always formed the backbone of our economy. Yet, looking at the way workers have been exploited and abused over the past few decades, and this past year especially, you could hardly tell this is the case. That is why today, on International Workers Day, I proudly stand alongside…

Over the past year, the small businesses of Central Harlem have faced a number of existential threats: from the public health catastrophe of the COVID-19 pandemic, to the subsequent economic fallout and racial unrest against police terror. For Black small business owners, especially, this has been a tumultuous year that…

Our seniors are under attack. Capitalism’s focus on human beings as commodities constantly jeopardizes the welfare of our seniors, and the lack of care is unacceptable. Years of mismanagement and neglect has left many of our older community members without the means to survive, let alone thrive, and I am…