October - 2020 3/5

Trump Turns His Back on Struggling Americans, Small Businesses, State and Local Governments

“Today’s failure to deliver badly needed fiscal assistance to cities of all shapes and sizes is going to amount to increased job losses,...

Budgeting Our Way to the Poor House – A Mount Vernon Specialty

Part 4 of a 5-Part Series on the Lack of Accountability in Government in Mount Vernon By Former Mayor André Wallace It’s budget season...

2020 Census Update: The Great Debate and Response Rates

Over 57 million people tuned in for the 2020 Vice Presidential Debate with U.S. Senator Kamala Harris and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence,...

City of Peekskill Launches Microenterprise Assistance Program Grant Funding for Small Businesses

Peekskill, N.Y. – The City of Peekskill is pleased to announce their Microenterprise Assistance Program, which provides grant funding to...

Relief for Public Transit Also Protects the Thousands of Manufacturing Jobs that Keep the Trains

Riding the subway here in New York City right now is a little like riding a ghost train. There are few riders, almost all wearing masks,...

Elect Public Officials Who Are Committed to StopPolice Killings

Millions of Americans have turned out in big cities and small towns to protest the killings of unarmed civilians—often Black people—at...

Community Engagement Is Necessary to Guide Greenburgh Central School District’s Future

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: As the parent of a child in the Greenburgh Central School District, I am deeply troubled by the Board of...

Girls of Color are being Disenfranchised by the Juvenile Justice System

The number of girls of color in the Juvenile Justice system has reached such an alarming level that it qualifies as a public health...

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