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Michael Che Pays Rent for 160 NYC Residents in Honor of Grandmother
While Saturday Night Live head writer and “Weekend Update” host Michael Che, unfortunately, lost his grandmother last week to COVID-19, he’s working to make the lives of others impacted by the crisis a bit easier. The comedian wrote in a note sent to Instagram that “in the spirit and memory of his late grandmother,” he would…
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Knocking Down the PJs? NYC Considers Building Mixed-Income Residence on Site of Public Housing
Ask any native New Yorkers, especially black and brown New Yorkers, and “word on the street” has long been the notion that with gentrification would come the demolition of public housing, long the place many poorer black and brown New Yorkers have called home. Now comes word that the idea is no longer just a…
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Jury Awards Mom $57,000,000 After Daughter Tests Positive for High Levels of Lead; Housing Authority Found Responsible: Report
Eight years after learning that her daughter had tested positive for dangerous levels of lead—the result of living for years in lead-tainted public housing—Tiesha Jones has finally received some measure of justice. On Friday, a Bronx, N.Y., jury awarded Jones a $57 million verdict against the New York City Housing Authority for failing to do…
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