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Pro-Palestinian Protesters Decry Dismantling of Rutgers – Newark Encampment
NEWARK — Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered on the steps of City Hall on Wednesday and spoke against the clearing of their 40-day-long encampment at Rutgers University’s New Street Plaza. The Newark Solidarity Coalition organizers, who had demanded that the university divest from Israel amid its war in Gaza and put those resources into the Newark community, countered the narrative offered by university officials that the decampment was “peaceful.”CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Simeon Marsalis, a professor in the English Department at Rutgers – Newark, said a school official barked orders through a megaphone at...
NYCHA’s not just a landlord. It's going to train young adults to work in construction.
The workforce training program comes as the city's need for affordable housing is reaching an apex. The $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Labor Department will fund the workforce development program for 40 months. [ more › ]
After altercation video goes viral, NYC migrant street vendors get an assist
A street vendor sells products along Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, on Aug. 16, 2023. The number of street vendors in the city has surged amid an immigration wave that started in 2022. Many of those vending do so without city licenses. Volunteers lend aid to migrant street vendors, who say child care is one of their most pressing needs. [ more › ]
Newark Charter School Parents and Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Restore Funding Cuts
Faced with a 75% funding cut for their school buildings in Governor Phil Murphy’s proposed budget, dozens of charter school parents and advocates from across the state, including a Newark contingent, descended on Trenton last week urging legislators to restore their funding. Representatives from the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association (NJPCSA) and the New Jersey Children’s Foundation (NJCF) were joined by 35 public charter school parents and advocates from Newark and other cities across the state, including Camden, Paterson, Trenton, Plainfield, and Jersey City. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Parents walked the halls...
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