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Vol. 32, Issue 1 QUEENS/LONG ISLAND/BRONX/MANHATTAN January 1-7, 2021
New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams. Associated Press / Frank Franklin II, fi le
Caribbean politicians commend
passage of eviction moratorium
By Nelson A. King
Caribbean legislators on
Tuesday commended New
York State Legislature’s passage
of an emergency measure
to stop New York’s looming
eviction crisis.
The bill, which Gov. Andrew
Cuomo has agreed to sign into
law, takes effect immediately
and keeps tenants in their
homes.
“I want to commend the
state Legislature for passing
a bill that will protect tenants
struggling in a public health
and economic crisis from
eviction, and thank the advocates
who have spent months
fighting for the true blanket
moratorium that New Yorkers
across our city and state needed,”
said New York City Public
Advocate, Jumaane Williams.
“For renters and owners
alike, the lack of security or
clarity has been debilitating,
and passing this legislation is
both morally imperative and
economically vital,” added
Williams.
But he said “as crucial as
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RETURN
SCHEME
UPROAR
Controversy over T&T
repatriation scheme
By Bert Wilkinson
A major row has erupted
in Trinidad over the country’s
COVID-19 repatriation exemption
scheme for nationals
stranded overseas with various
sections of society criticizing
the cabinet for giving preferential
treatment to relatives and
friends of high officials including
the New York-based daughter
of Prime Minister Keith
Rowley.
Rowley’s administration has
been under severe pressure to
ease the closed border restrictions
which have been in place
for more than nine months.
Locals want the closed system
to be linked mainly to non
nationals, arguing that citizens
and nationals should be
allowed to return home once
they comply with the pandemic
protocols as many have run out
of money, have accommodation
and other problems and
are destitute in foreign lands.
The issue has raised its rather
ugly head after Dr. Sonel
Rowley-Stewart made it back
home and in time for Christmas
in mid December after
applying for a return exemption
in early November. Rowley
was forced to defend the family’s
honor by denying that she
was given preferential treatment
and allowed to jump the
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