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Seeding Opportunity Initiative seeks to build equity in NY’s cannabis industry
Promoted as the ‘first’ of its kind in the country, the initiative seeks to award the first 100 retail adult-use cannabis dispensary licenses to individuals with cannabis-related criminal records, or their immediate relatives.
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New York City’s Ukraine Village unites as war in Ukraine continues
As the war goes on, the community keeps gathering for fundraising events.
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A Cinderella Story From New Jersey
The team continued to preach that although they are enjoying what they are doing, they are focused on the task at hand and will continue to handle the preparation for each game with maturity.
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The St. Patrick Day Parade Returns to 5th Avenue
The pandemic put a halt to this loud and joyful celebration of the Irish.
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Formerly Incarcerated People Call Hochul’s Private Prison Labor Proposal “Legal Slavery”
“It is slavery,” Johnson said. “You’re getting 10 cents an hour, and it takes jobs away out here. If private companies can have prisoners make products, they aren’t going to pay minimum wage out here.”
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Q&A with Ukrainian LGBTQ Rights Activist Yevhen Trachuk
"I'm sure that if the baddest happens, if Russia takes control of Ukraine, it's bad for all and for gay people also, because still they don't like gays."
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International Women’s Day rally for abortion rights
Over 100 people organized in the downtown Manhattan park to march from Union Square to Washington Square Park in support of safe and legal abortion, preserving women’s rights, and in support of preserving Roe v. Wade.
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Teaching Black History that begins in Africa can empower Black children
"Trauma would lessen, if children were taught at a young age what life was like before slavery."
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The fight for climate education in New York
Education is a missing link in the climate action plan.
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Public housing residents in East Harlem live in food desert
From 125th to 129th street on Lexington Ave, residents are met with fast food chains like Popeyes, Dunkin Donuts, IHOP, various bodegas, and a couple of pizza places. There are about 750,000 New York City residents living in food deserts.