Donovan Praises Trump ‘America First Speech’ To UN
Congressman Dan Donovan (R-South Brooklyn, Staten Island) praised President Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly yesterday.
Trump was back in New York City on Tuesday, addressing the UN General Assembly for the first time. The 45th U.S. President made an “America First” speech in which he threaten North Korea will complete destruction, called Iran a “rogue nation” and claimed the US was “prepared to take further action” on the crisis in Venezuela.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Emmanuel Macron of France also addressed the assembly with their own country’s stance on the Iran nuclear deal.
“President Trump delivered a forceful and inspired vision for a peaceful and prosperous world order based on sovereignty and mutual interest. President Trump emphasized his commitment to putting America first, and called on world leaders to do the same in their own countries. He’s right to meet provocations from rogue regimes with strength, especially after years of ‘strategic patience’ haven’t stopped Kim Jong-Un,” said Donovan.
“International progress comes from the productivity and innovation of the world’s diverse people. They should all be free to pursue their interests within their own countries – countries that respect one another’s sovereign rights to seek peace and prosperity.I wholeheartedly support President Trump’s vision. America has been the greatest force for good in history based on the principles he embraced in this morning’s speech,” added Donovan.
BK Lawmakers Hosts Raise The Age Town Hall
Assembly members Walter T. Mosley (D-Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, Crown Heights) and Tremaine Wright (D-Bedford-Stuyvesant, Northern Crown Heights) alongside Senator Velmanette Montgomery (D-Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Boerum Hill) will host a town hall to discuss the recently passed Raise the Age legislation next week.
The Raise the Age state legislation, raises the age of adult criminal responsibility in New York state from 16 to 18-years-old. The measure also requires the city to move all 16- and 17-year-olds currently held at Rikers Island to specialized juvenile detention facilities by April 1, 2018, to the extent practicable, but no later than October 1, 2018.
The event will feature a discussion on the effects the new law will have on young people. The town hall is also serve as an opportunity for people of all ages to learn about the legislation and the changes it will create in the NYS criminal justice system.
The event is slated for 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., on Thursday, Sept. 28, at Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA, at 1121 Bedford Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Lander, Espinal To Release Report On State Of Workers’ Right In NYC
City Council members Brad Lander (D-Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Kensington, Gowanus) and Rafael Espinal (D-Bushwick, East New York) will join the Department of Consumer Affairs’ (DCA) and the Office of Labor Policy & Standards (OLPS) in releasing the “State of Workers’ Rights” report today.
The report highlights the many challenges facing today’s workforce and reviews the city’s innovative policy and enforcement approaches to help workers realize a new generation of workplace protections.
At the release, DCA, the New York City Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), and the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) will participate in a roundtable discussion with advocacy groups, worker organizations, and labor unions about the report’s findings and the issues affecting workers in the city.
OLPS will also release the 2017 Empire State Poll results, a survey that was conducted on New Yorkers on a range of issues related to inequality, working conditions, and the role of city and local government in protecting immigrants and defending worker rights. Among other things, the survey revealed that, following the 2016 elections, overwhelming majorities of New Yorkers want the City to help workers and immigrants.
The event is slated for 9:30 a.m., today, Sept. 20, at City Hall in The Committee of the Whole Room, in Lower Manhattan.
BK Lawmakers Make This Year’s List f MIT Mel King Fellows
City Council member Robert Cornegy (D-Bedford-Stuyvesant, Northern Crown Heights) and Assembly member Rodneyse Bichotte (D-Flatbush, Ditmas Park) alongside a host of Brooklyn City and State lawmakers made this year’s 2017-2018 Class of Mel King Community Fellows.
Each year, the MIT CoLab Mel King Community Fellows (MKCF) Program recognizes leading innovators in communities across the country with exceptional achievements in a range of social justice pursuits. Through convenings facilitated by MIT, as well as field-based learning journeys, the program provides participants with an opportunity to explore ways to advance economic democracy and urban sustainability in neighborhoods and cities.
During the 12-month program, the New York legislators will examine models of community and economic planning that have advanced sustainability and inclusive development in economically marginalized urban communities. MIT CoLab is developing innovative economic democracy demonstration projects with local partners in Brooklyn, and will support this MKCF cohort in applying lessons learned in the program to their work in the borough.
Previous Mel King Community Fellows have included leaders from labor, the business community, the arts and non-profits. This is the first time that the program has selected elected officials as fellows.
“Learning what economic models have and have not worked is an essential part of creating a strong economy. Here in Brooklyn we enjoy a strong economy, but we continue to struggle with some longstanding structural problems. I have been fortunate as Chair of the New York City Council’s Committee on Small Business to play a role in harnessing the enormous social and intellectual capital of our residents to support a more equitable local economy here,” said Cornegy.
“As the Chair of the Oversight of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises Subcommittee, I am deeply honored to be appointed a Mel King Community Fellow and explore ways to build a local economy that closes the economic disparity gap we’re facing in New York,” said Bichotte.
Also on the list was City Council member Rafael Espinal, Assembly members Latrice Walker, Diana Richardson, Tremaine Wright and State Senator Kevin Parker.
