BP Adams To Spotlight Black Entrepreneurship As Part of #BLKCoffeeInBK Tour
Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams will visit a local black-owned business today, highlighting the importance of black-owned businesses to the economic prosperity of Brooklyn in advance of Small Business Saturday.
The visit is part of Adams’ ongoing #BLKCoffeeInBK tour of all the borough’s black-owned coffee shops, which was launched earlier this year to encourage Brooklynites to patronize local mom-and-pop stores.
Adams will tour Brown Butter Craft Bar & Kitchen today. The coffee shop, which opened last year, serves up home-style baked goods, sandwiches, and hot meals, as well as features indoor seating and a backyard with picnic tables. Adams will take a tour of the shop with owner Myriam Nicolas, a longtime Bedford-Stuyvesant resident and mother of three children.
The event is slated for 1 p.m., today, Nov. 20, at Brown Butter Craft Bar & Kitchen, at 413 Tompkins Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Carroll Calls On Legislature To Overhaul State Corporate Tax Code
Assembly member Bobby Carroll (D-Windsor Terrace, Park Slope, Kensington) this week called on the state legislature to overhaul state corporate tax code.
Carroll is specifically calling for re-introduction and passage of the alternative minimum corporate income tax and for New Yorkers to be allowed to deduct all student loan interest. In 2018, under the Trump tax plan passed, corporations federal income tax rate decreased from 35% to 21% and the corporate alternative minimum tax was repealed.
The call for a change comes just less than a week since Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Amazon’s arrival to Long Island City. The billion dollar company is slated to receive $1.5 billion in tax subsidies, according to the Council of the City of New York Office of Communications for establishing it’s HQ2 in Queens.
“Amazon, like many other large corporations provides opportunity and wealth to many New Yorkers but this should not exclude them from paying their fair share. We must make sure that New York State stays economically competitive, that will not be done by providing overly lavish incentives to a lucky few corporations, but instead by ensuring that all corporations pay their fair share so that we can invest in our collective future.
In addition to this, New York State should look to relieve the crushing burden of student loan debt on New Yorkers by allowing New Yorkers to deduct the full amount of interest they pay in student loans every year on their state income tax.
Implementing these two tax policies will make sure all corporations contribute to our state coffers while giving meaningful tax relief to New Yorkers who invested in their education but still struggle to make ends meet,” said Carroll.
Menchaca To Hosts Public Charge Town Hall
City Council members Carlos Menchaca (D-Sunset Park, Red Hook) and Daniel Dromm (D-Queens) will hold a community Town Hall on the Public Charge Rule today.
This past Sept. the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a notice of proposed rulemaking that could dramatically impact immigrants, temporary visa holders and U.S. employers.
The “public charge rule” is a policy designed to reduce the number of people who are eligible for green cards and other visas, by redefining what makes them dependent on government benefits (or likely to be in the future).
Congress long ago established that the U.S. government can deny a green card to anyone who “is likely at any time to become a public charge” but without defining what “public charge” means.
Since 1999, immigration officers have adopted the guiding principle that a public charge is someone “primarily dependent on the government for subsistence,” as demonstrated by either (a) using public cash assistance for income maintenance or (b) institutionalization for long-term care at government expense, according to Forbes.
The event is slated for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., today, Nov. 20, at P.S. 69Q, at 77-02 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens.
Malliotakis Kicks Off 2018 Annual Holiday Toy Drive
Assembly member Nicole Malliotakis (R,C,I,Ref-Brooklyn/Staten Island) will kick-off her annual holiday toy drive to benefit local children this week.
Toys collected will be donated to various local organizations across the 64th Assembly District.
“Our toy drive is one of my favorite events of the year. The generosity and kindness exhibited by the community is truly amazing, and has only increased since our first toy drive back in 2010. I look forward to working with some of our local organizations once again to spread some holiday cheer!” said Malliotakis.
Donors are encouraged to drop off unwrapped toys until Friday, December 14th at the following locations:
Office of Assemblymember Malliotakis, located at 11 Maplewood Place, in Staten Island.
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church, at 8401 Ridge Boulevard Brooklyn in Bay Ridge.
Salam Arabic Lutheran Church, at 414 80th Street in Bay Ridge.
Dimitrios & Georgia Kaloidis (DGK) Parochial School, at 8502 Ridge Boulevard in Bay Ridge.
