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Opinion: Confronting the surge in domestic violence homicides in NYC
As council members, women of color and survivors of domestic violence, we are alarmed by the sharp increase in domestic violence homicides. Everyone should be. Despite a general decline in violent crime, domestic violence homicides increased by 29% citywide between 2021 and 2022. The increase is even more alarming in the boroughs we represent: domestic violence homicides increased by 57% in the Bronx and 225% in Brooklyn.
The New York City Council Demands Pay Equity for City Government Employees
City Council Members Louis, left, & De La Rosa, center - the authors (photo: Emil Cohen/NYC Council) Our first women-majority New York City Council continues to make strides towards addressing critical inequities and disparities in the largest municipal workforce in the United States. The Council took an important step in addressing pay inequities in the municipal workforce with the recent passage of three bills.
The New York City Council Demands Pay Equity for City Government Employees
City Council Members Louis, left, & De La Rosa, center - the authors (photo: Emil Cohen/NYC Council) Our first women-majority New York City Council continues to make strides towards addressing critical inequities and disparities in the largest municipal workforce in the United States. The Council took an important step in addressing pay inequities in the municipal workforce with the recent passage of three bills.
A Black Woman as the Next Leader of the New York City Council
The Place for New York Policy and politics Developed in conjunction with Joomla extensions. Farah Louis, the author (middle, in green) with Adrienne Adams (second from left) & others (photo: John McCarten/City Council) While tackling the global COVID-19 pandemic, New York City experienced a historic moment this year. We didn’t just break the proverbial glass ceiling; we demolished barriers that were created to leave marginalized communities out for generations.
The First Step to Fixing Our Disregard for Women of Color in the Workplace
Council Member Vanessa Gibson, left, is a coauthor (photo: Jeff Reed/City Council) The pandemic is setting women back and eroding years of progress, particularly for women of color in New York City. The pressure is coming from two places: women of color are more likely to work in sectors that have been hit hardest by layoffs, and women of color are more likely to have had to leave work or reduce hours to care for children during school closures.
Louis joins growing Haitian-American population in politics
Farah Louis for City Council Farah Louis’ election to the 45th District is the latest sign of Haitian-Americans’ political power. In the special election to fill the New York City Council seat left vacant by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, former Williams staffer Farah Louis emerged victorious, proving that she didn’t need the endorsement of her former boss to win. But Louis’ election also suggested that the political power of Haitian-Americans is steadily growing in New York.
Special election: Eight candidates vie for Williams’s former Council seat
May 14, 2019 / Brooklyn news / Photo Galleries By Kevin Duggan Brooklyn Paper ←→ 1/7 Farah Louis Farah Louis is another frontrunner candidate due to her six-year tenure as Williams’s deputy chief of staff and a host of endorsements, whcih includes politicians, a police union, and Brooklyn Democratic Party boss Frank Seddio. ←→ 2/7 Xamayla Rose Xamayla Rose is a community organizer and former aide to former Borough President Marty Markowitz.
5 Haitians That Contributed To American History
By Farah Louis Black History Month celebrates the contributions blacks made to American development. Take a look below at these five Haitian Americans who made an impact on America’s history. Jean Baptiste Point du Sable was one of the first permanent residents of Chicago, Illinois and is hailed as the founder of Chicago. Point du Sable was a successful fur and grain trader who established a base in the Great Lakes region of Chicago in the late 1770s.
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