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Black community leaders and business owners in the Elmont area are stressing the importance of uplifting Black small businesses, as protests against institutionalized racism and police brutality …
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By Visvajit Sriramrajan
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6/23/20
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On the same day Mahir Nisar, a civil rights attorney from Glen Head, marched along with thousands of protesters against police brutality through the neighborhoods of Glen Cove and Sea Cliff on June 7, he published a tweet offering free legal services to peaceful protesters that were arrested.
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By Jennifer Corr
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6/23/20
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As this year’s Pride Month comes to a close, LGBTQ+ rights activists in Bellmore-Merrick are reflecting on the community’s progress and shortcomings in creating a safer, more welcoming …
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By Victoria Caruso
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6/23/20
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Rev. Roger Williams of First Baptist Church of Glen Cove came to the city in 1999, when he said there were few black businesses. “That is still the situation,” he said. “The narrative that I have received over the years from people who grew up in Glen Cove is that there were more black owned businesses and the entrepreneurial spirit was common. The question of how that spirit diminished is met with a myriad of reasons.”
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By Jennifer Corr
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6/22/20
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About 60 protesters marched down Long Beach Road in Oceanside on June 17, hoping to raise awareness about systemic racism and promote unity among those advocating for racial justice.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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6/19/20
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Justice for George Floyd came swiftly in New York. During two weeks of intense protests at hundreds of locales across the state . . .
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6/19/20
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Protesters joined in front of State Sen. Todd Kaminsky’s office in Rockville Centre on June 18 to demand that he refuse campaign contributions from police unions.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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6/18/20
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After weeks of nationwide protests following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a 10-bill package of police reforms passed earlier in the week by the State Legislature.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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6/16/20
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In a protest against police brutality and systemic racism on Sunday night, more than 100 Sewanhaka Central High School District parents, students and alumni marched through the residential streets …
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By Melissa Koenig
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6/16/20
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Nassau County wound down a whirlwind week of Black Lives Matter protests through local neighborhoods last week that were, with one exception, peaceful and uplifting. Tens of thousands marched . . .
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6/12/20
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