as Jumaane Williams,
who served us all so well
for the past 10 years,”
said Chandler-Waterman,
who served as Williams’s
Director of Community
Outreach when he was
first elected to office in
2012, in an exclusive Caribbean
Life interview over
the weekend.
Williams, who was
recently elected New
York City public advocate,
endorsed Chandler-
Waterman over Louis, his
former deputy chief-ofstaff,
in the special election.
“That’s who I am and
that’s what I’ll bring to
the City Council from day
one on the job — years
of experience as a local
activist and community
organizer, and a true
passion for solving the
problems that affect our
families,” said Chandler-
Waterman, stating that
she is a first generation
American of Caribbean
descent, who got her start
as an activist creating
“round-the-clock child
care in our community
to help parents who have
to take on two or more
jobs to pay the bills and
support their families.”
She said she then
launched a non-profit,
East Flatbush Village,
Inc., “to provide a broad
range of youth services
and support for our seniors.
“And I went on to serve
as our Councilmember
Jumaane Williams’ director
of Community Outreach,
working closely
with him to make sure
the city is solving urgent
problems and providing
help and resources to
those who need it most,”
added Chandler-Waterman.
“I’m so proud to
have won Public Advocate,
Jumaane Williams’
endorsement in this race
and truly humbled by
what he said in endorsing
me.”
She quoted Williams
as saying: “’From the
moment I got elected 10
years ago, this activist
and organizer has been
alongside me for our
community on the issues
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that matter — whether
it’s expanding child care,
reducing gun violence or
demanding more for our
public schools.’”
Chandler-Waterman
said those issues will be
her priorities on the City
Council.
“We must take stronger
stands against the
big landlords and developers
who are pushing
long-time residents out
their homes, so they can
gentrify our community
more,” she said. “We’ve
too much gentrification
taking place already.
Affordable apartments
are disappearing, and no
one – not our people,
not our small stores and
businesses – can afford
the rising rents. That’s
got to change.
“We’ve also got to
change the over-policing
going on in our neighborhoods,”
she added.
“We lead the entire city
in unwarranted stopand
frisks.”
Chandler-Waterman
pointed to a recent report
that shows that “when
we call the police for help
in an emergency, our
neighborhood has the
slowest 9-1-1 response in
the entire city.
“That’s unacceptable,”
she asserted, adding:
“And I’ll use my voice
as an activist and organizer
and my experience
as a liaison to work with
our community and the
police to change that.”
In addition, Chandler-
Waterman said there’s
need to invest more in
our public schools in
making sure that “every
student, in every neighborhood,
has access to
quality schools.”
She said she is a former
teacher, “a product of our
public schools with children
of my own in public
schools today; so, I know
the challenges, and I feel
the urgency to make sure
all our children get the
tools they need to succeed
in life.”
Chandler-Waterman
said she has lived in East
Flatbush her entire life,
where she and her husband,
Eric, are raising
their four kids.
“I know what makes
our neighborhoods special,
and I see every day
the forces of gentrification
that threaten it,” she
said, stating that she is
“proud to have the support
of Public Advocate
Jumaane Williams, State
Senators Kevin Parker
and Zellnor Myrie,
Assemblyman Nick Perry
and so many labor unions
and community leaders.
“I look forward to
letting the Democrats
in our district — not
Republicans — decide
who our next city council
member should be,” she
added. “It would be an
honor to serve the people
of the 45th District,
as I have for the better
part of two decades now
as a teacher, activist and
organizer.
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