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Vol. 32, Issue 21 BROOKLYN EDITION May 21-27, 2021
New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams speaks during a demonstration on
Thursday, March 25, 2021, in New York. (Associated Press/John Minchillo, fi le
By Nelson A. King
As subways this week
resumed 24/7 service for the
first time in a year, Public
Advocate Jumaane D. Williams
called for a series of
measures to promote true
public safety on public transportation,
with solutions
rooted in public health rather
than over-policing.
Mayor Bill de Blasio
announced that an additional
250 New York Police
Department (NYPD) officers
would patrol the subways
in addition to other recent
expansion of police presence
on trains.
“Again, and again, we see
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By Bert Wilkinson
Until quite recently, Trinidad
was among a number of Caribbean
countries whose aggressive
approach to the Covid-19
pandemic had won admiration
across the region.
Prime Minister Keith Rowley’s
cabinet had shuttered the
two major airports and had
closed coastal borders since
March of last year, determined
to ensure that a proper lid was
kept on the rate of infections
and deaths.
Now, all this appears to be
falling apart before the very
eyes of authorities whose endless
appeals to citizens to obey
social distancing rules, wear
face masks and avoid large
gatherings seem to have been
palpably ignored.
The twin-island republic
with Tobago is now in the
throes of its worst Covid outbreak
with 148 deaths in the
first 19 days in May. Authorities
are also recording hundreds of
positive infections each day and
the country is worried about a
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