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Democratic Primary campaign
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With the strong backing
of the Haitian and
Jewish communities in
Brooklyn, and support
from many elected officials
and labor unions,
Louis, in the special election,
garnered over 41
percent of the votes, with
99 percent of precincts
reporting, according to
New York City Board of
Elections (BOE).
The BOE said Louis
received 3,861 votes, or
41.8 percent, of the 9,200
votes cast on the rainy
day.
Chandler-Waterman
received 2,790 votes, or
30 percent.
Lawyer Jovia Radix,
the daughter of Barbadian
and Grenadian
immigrants, placed third,
receiving 849 votes, or
9.1 percent. Radix, a
former Brooklyn regional
director for New York
State Governor Andrew
Cuomo, is the daughter
of Grenadian-born dentist
Dr. Joseph Radix and
Barbadian-born Justice
Sylvia Hinds-Radix. They
all reside in Brooklyn.
The other candidates
in the special election
were: Jamaican-born senior
director at New York
City Health + Hospitals
Rickie Tulloch; Trinidadian
born community
advocate for seniors in
Brooklyn Anthony Alexis;
Xamayla Rose, the
daughter of Jamaican
immigrants and trustee
for the Brooklyn-based
Christopher Rose Community
Empowerment
Campaign, which directs
youth services; economist
Victor Jordan; and
Adina Sash, a small business
owner and community
activist in Brooklyn.
Radix told Caribbean
Life on Saturday that
she will not contest the
Democratic Primary, but
Chandler-Waterman has
reportedly stated that she
will again oppose Louis in
the primary.
The decision of the
other candidates is
uncertain. But should
they decide to challenge
Louis in the Democratic
Primary, they are most
likely to once again split
the ballots from English
Caribbean voters in the
district, giving Louis an
easier passage to victory.
More than 188,000
people live in the 45th
Council District, of which
about 61 percent are
either Caribbean American
or African American,
according to reports.
Analysts say Louis has
the Haitian and Jewish
community votes “locked
down.” And she would
again count on them to
put her over the top.
But Louis is not taking
anything for granted,
appealing to all voters
for their support in the
upcoming primary.
“From the very beginning
of this campaign,
up until this past week,
I have seen the passion
and support rallied
behind our joint vision,”
she said in her email message.
“As a proud resident,
born and raised in
the district, I am forever
inspired and empowered
by your dedication to our
community.”
Louis urged constituents
to join her in her
fight for affordable housing,
funding for education,
quality healthcare
and “economic development
for our neighborhoods
in Brooklyn and
NYC (New York City).
“Team Farah needs
dedicated, talented and
hardworking people like
yourselves to be the soldiers,
change makers and
strategists that will lead
us into a historical win
in the 45th City Council
District,” she said.
Rolling blackouts in Haiti
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the price around $2.50
a gallon. But the cashstrapped
Haitian state
has gone months without
paying subsidies and at
one point owed some $71
million, leaving Haitian
businesspeople to call for
the end of the complicated
state-oil purchase
structure.
The path out is murky
at best. When President
Jovenel Moise tried to
eliminate fuel subsidies on
July 6 and raise prices of
various petroleum products
by 38 percent to 51
percent, protesters took to
streets across the country
calling for him to step
down. The decision was
quickly reversed, and the
International Monetary
Fund has since offered
the hemisphere’s poorest
nation a $96 million lowinterest
loan.
Protesters are also
enraged by corruption. A
Haitian senate investigation
found that more than
$2 billion in profits from
the Petrocaribe program
had been wasted or stolen,
leading to a months-long
citizen campaign calling
for more probes and prosecutions.
“The shortages are creating
panic. The economy
is being damaged. The
best approach is liberalizing
the market and regulating
it, to avoid these
problems,” said Maarten
Boute, the CEO of Digicel,
Haiti’s largest mobile
phone network provider.
Some other countries in
the region have weathered
the end of Petrocaribe far
better. Jamaica is seeing
record economic performance.
Cuba, however, is
suffering from food and
fuel shortages, although
not as grave as Haiti’s.
Moise’s administration
has asked BMPAD,
the finance ministry and
private energy companies
to suggest ways to further
open up the petroleum
market. But BMPAD’s
director, Fils Aime Ignace
St Fleur, says the agency
will not give up its role
overseeing the importation
and wholesale pricing
of petroleum in Haiti.
“The state reserves the
right to intervene directly
in the market,” he said.
But in the district of
Bourdon, Jean says her situation
is becoming dire.
Jean says she can’t find
gas, the price of a taxi has
doubled, and her children
often strain their eyes to
study in dim light.
“Without electricity,”
she says, “we’re in a very
difficult situation.”
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