November - 2022

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AG James Cracks Down on Online Ammunition Sellers Illegally Shipping Ammunition to New York

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today cracked down on online ammunition sellers illegally shipping ammunition to New York residents and failing to keep records of these sales. An investigation by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) found that 39 ammunition sellers have been shipping ammunition directly to New York residents in violation of New York’s SAFE Act, which prohibits direct online sales of ammunition to New York residents. Attorney General Jam

During AARP Tele-Town Hall, Rep. Jones Highlights Health Care and Prescription Drug Savings

Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Mondaire Jones (D-NY) hosted a community town hall with AARP New York to discuss recent victories on health care reform in the Inflation Reduction Act. The historic legislation, passed this summer, includes provisions to bring down high prescription drug costs for Medicare recipients by allowing Medicare to negotiate prices, cap insulin prices at $35 a month, and lower other out-of-pocket health care costs for millions of older Am

Rev. Calvin Butts Took His Ministry to the Streets

“Reverend Butts worked more effectively than any other leader at the intersection of power, politics, and faith in New York. He understood the role of faith in our lives, especially in the Black community. But he also understood power and how to wield it and how to demand power from those who often sought to hoard it. And so he was a pragmatist, he was a realist, but he was also a dreamer.” – Ford Foundation President Darren Walker Last year, during a town hall on vaccines ho

Advocates Rally in Support of Prohibiting Flavored Tobacco Sales in Westchester County

White Plains, NY – This past Monday afternoon, Westchester County Legislators, the New York State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the Center for Black Health and Equity, Miss Abbie’s Kids, and other community advocates held a rally and press conference on the steps of the Michaelian Office Building to urge the passage of a new bill to prohibit the sales of flavored tobacco products acros

‘Give Light and People Will Find the Way’

NNPA NEWSWIRE: Teaching all children about our shared history by exposing them to books by excellent authors like Carole Boston Weatherford and others who are part of the CDF Freedom Schools curriculum, and by taking them to visit important historical and cultural sites like the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park, are ways of giving children the light they will need to be prepared to plot their own futures. But this midterm election season reminds u

Time’s Up for Clarence Thomas Being on the Supreme Court

NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to dozens of messages to Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Ginni Thomas worked tirelessly after the presidential election in 2020 to overturn the thoroughly vetted defeat of Trump (who has still not conceded). Moreover, the couple has long had questions raised about Thomas’ ethics in cases in the past where she has been an active advocate. He has continued to refuse to answer those questions appropriately. Clarence Thomas has been a controv

Black Law Enforcement Response to NAACP Press Release Regarding County Menthol Ban

As Black Law Enforcement professionals, We agree that the health of Black people in Westchester is a concern. Yes, there is a crisis in healthcare, obesity, cancer, and other chronic and seriously fatal illnesses. However, a menthol ban that only punishes only Westchester’s Black population while Westchester’s white population lives are unaffected is biased and, some might say, outright racist. It is good to see the NACCP State Office in Westchester County; the NAACP has a lo

Russia Transfers Brittney Griner to Dreaded Penal Colony

NNPA NEWSWIRE — A court convicted Griner in August of trying to smuggle narcotics. She received a nine-year sentence, which an appeals court upheld last month. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Biden had directed all in the administration to prevail on her “Russian captors” to improve Griner’s treatment and the conditions many must endure in the country’s penal colony. Individuals who’ve spent time at one of Russia’s infamous penal colonies reporte

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