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Saturday, May 18, 2019
OUR HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCILWOMAN ELECT FARAH N LOUIS ON HER GREAT WIN.HER VICTORY SENDS A MESSAGE TO ALL OF BROOKLYN'S DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THAT ONLY TOGETHER AS JEWS CHRISTANS MUSLIMS CAN WE PREVAIL TO MAKE OUR COMUNITIES A BETTER PLACE
Farah N Louis has won the election to be the city’s newest Councilwoman and will fill the seat vacated by now Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, after winning the special election on May 14.
Louis recieved 42 percent of the votes, She earned 3861 votes out of a total 9,235 ballots cast with more than 99 percent of scanners counted by Wednesday morning.
The councilwoman-elect will take up the seat in City Hall to represent the 45th district, which includes parts or all of Flatbush, East Flatbush, Flatlands, Midwood, and Canarsie.
Farah worked as Williams’s deputy chief of staff for six years when he was a councilman as did former staffer Monique Chandler-Waterman, who came in second with 2,790 votes, just north of 30 percent.
The two front runners soared ahead of the other candidates, with Jovia Radix — daughter of New York Supreme Court judge Sylvia Hinds-Radix — coming in third at a mere nine percent of the vote and 849 ballots cast.
In a unexpected move Williams passed over Louis by endorsing Monique Chandler-Waterman, despite the latter having worked for him as Deputy chief of of staff
But the incoming legislator had the backing of multiple local political heavyweights and organizations that have clashed with the public advocate in the past.
They include Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte (D-Flatbush), the police union the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, , Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein (D-Flatlands), and the late former Councilman Lew Fidler,and strong support from Councilman Chaim Deutsch and Councilman Kalman Yeger who campaigned hard for her in the Jewish community
Farah Louis who spend ten days in Israel with the Unity in Action team led by Mark Meyer Appel Founder of The Bridge proclaimed that her visit to the Wailing Wall and other religious sites in Israel sealed her decision to run for the Council seat in the 45th Council District
Mark Meyer Appel a early supporter of her candidacy was beaming with tears of joy as news of her win reached the campaign.Farah is a true leader and I am sure her call for unity and her strong commitment to justice will make all very proud to have her as our leader
Louis also received the endorsement of powerful Brooklyn Democratic Party boss Frank Seddio, who had previously thrown his support behind Williams’s Public Advocate campaign
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At her victory celebration Farah louis expressed thanks to all the diverse groups in her district who joined together in the getting out the message of unity and expressed her special thanks to the Jewish community who came out strongly by endorsing her candidacy
Jumaane Williams sent his congratulations to Louis on her victory on social media.
“Congratulations to @FarahNLouis Councilmember of the 45th District,” he wrote on Twitter.
Louis campaigned on stemming the displacement of locals by a new wave of developers and has advocated for what she calls “contextual zoning” that would mandate new buildings suit the neighborhood’s existing character and building sizes.
She also wants to reform the federally-mandated formula of the Area Median Income for determining so-called “affordable housing” to better reflect local communities.
The newcomer will serve out the remainder of the current term of the office and will soon have to revive her campaign to run again during the upcoming June primaries, followed by the general election in November for a two-year term ending in 2021.
Louis thanked her team and her voters for helping her to victory.
“This campaign has shown me the beauty, resiliency & power of this district,” she said on Twitter. “Every person who contributed, volunteered, voted & every person who offered a word of encouragement played an integral part in tonight’s outcome. It is my deepest honor to represent
Friday, May 3, 2019
INERFAITH FREEDOM SEDER
UNITY IN ACTION
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Saturday, January 26, 2019
Monday, October 22, 2018
A Hate Attack on One Person of Any Faith, Race or Sexual Orientation is an Attack on All New Yorkers
PRESS RELEASE OCTOBER 22,2018
By Mark Meyer Appel,
Founder
THE BRIDGE MULTICULURAL AND ADVOCACY CENTER
THE BRIDGE MULTICULURAL AND ADVOCACY CENTER
The past couple of weeks have been troubling for all New Yorkers. Four hate crimes committed against people of different racial and religious groups from four different communities brought pain and anguish to the residents of Brooklyn.
In the past few days I proudly stood with political and community leaders of all races and religions to denounce these recent hate crimes, calling for peace in our communities. I stood with members of the Anti-Defamation League, Agudath Israel and with prominent Afro-American, Caribbean and Muslim civil rights leaders—all united by one clear message: THAT HATE AGAINST ONE NEW YORKER FROM ANY BACKGROUND IS A HATE CRIME AGAINST ALL NEW YORKERS
I believe that to be successful in fighting hate crimes of today, we must examine how leaders of our city had worked to reduce hate crimes in the past. During the unrest in Crown Heights in the 1980’s, the late Congressman Major Owens created an ongoing dialogue of all the groups living in Crown Heights known as the Crown Heights Coalition. The coalition addressed issues of hate crimes by finding ways to unite different groups living in the community. In 1998, Congressman Owens helped to create the Crown Heights Mediation Center to continue the work of the Crown Heights Coalition. Today, the Mediation Center’s focus is on much needed criminal justice reforms.
Congressman Owens’ efforts aimed at the improvement of the relations between African Americans and Jews living in Crown Heights, almost immediately following the rioting. We must follow the example of Congressman Owens and form a City-Wide Coalition Mediation Center to battle the rise of hate crimes in 2018. A new coalition must create educational and inter-group programs to enlighten the young, old and all residents that New Yorkers, despite their different backgrounds and beliefs, are all members of one NYC family.
In 2012 I founded THE Bridge Multi-Cultural and Advocacy center, known as the Bridge. The mission of the Bridge is to bring all racial, religious and sexual orientation groups that make up our great city together. The Bridge’s objective is to show that We have much more in common than what divides us. The Bridge advocates events and programs to bring New Yorkers from different groups and backgrounds together.
In the past years the Bridge held numerous events that highlighted the beautiful history of different cultures, Jewish, Caribbean, Muslim. The Bridge invites members from every community to each of its cultural events. The Bridge’s Unity in Action Team is made up of community leaders from many backgrounds who march and fight back against hate all over Brooklyn. The Bridge is also fighting for more affordable housing, to lessen the increasing tensions caused by gentrification.
If we are to remain a great nation, each generation of Americans must improve the work of the past. It is the duty of our generation to reduce the hate and bring Americans from different groups and backgrounds together. I formed the Bridge to help accomplish this mission. We can only fix today’s problems of hate, lack of quality education, poverty, homelessness and lack of affordable housing by working together. If all of us, from different religious, racial, ethnic and sexual orientation groups work together, we can make America a better county for all. Communication, understanding and respect between people from different backgrounds is what the heart and soul of America is all about.
THE BRIDGE MULTICULTURAL AND ADVOCACY PROJECT
1894 FLATBUSH AV
BROOKLYN, NY 11210
718 338-5200
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