1. Stop and frisk and Racial Profiling: The NYPD's stop-and-frisk practices raise serious concerns over illegal stops and privacy rights. The NYPD are stopping hundreds of thousands of law abiding New Yorkers every year, and the vast majority are black and Latino.
>> This is the Stop and Frisk Campaign: http://www.nyclu.org/issues/racial-justice/stop-and-frisk-practices
2. Public housing cuts: The New York Times reports this week that, for the first
time, there are more New Yorkers on the waiting list for public housing than
there are even public housing units available. There are more than 200,000
people waiting for a little over 5,000 vacancies each year.
3. Hurricane Sandy and the Poor Population of
New York: Now it is the year
2015 and not everyone is covered from the aftermath and blow of Hurricane
Sandy. The
poor population is characterized as a vulnerable population before the storm and needs more attention because they are unable to take care of
themselves post the storm of Hurricane Sandy.
Question: Why did this happen? There is growing consensus that climate change was the root cause for storms like Sandy. If this statement is true can we really do something about it? Are we really willing to do what needs to be done?
There is still a current struggle and The Daily Show presents a video that provides us with the sad truth about the Hurricane Sandy Recovery.
>> Link: http://www.silive.com/opinion/columns/index.ssf/2015/03/daily_show_highlights_sad_trut.html
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