Guyanese mayor holds bilateral
talks with elected officials
By Tangerine Clarke
Mayor of the City of Georgetown,
Ubraj Narine, during
a five-day visit to New York,
raised concerns with elected
officials about the ongoing
combat City Council faces with
central government subversion,
and remittance of taxes
totaling billions of dollars owed
to the city.
The mayor met with New
York State Senator, Roxanne J.
Persaud in her 19th Senatorial
Brooklyn district office on July
22, to discuss these issues, as
well as race relations, and how
the politician could use her
influence in order for citizens
to be properly served.
Most relevant, is what the
councilor called a lack of local
democracy, and the 19th century
laws he demanded politicians
work together to change.
Sen. Persaud, who praised
Mayor Narine for his steadfast
loyalty, and willingness to
work for the people, expressed
worry that the Guyana government
had called on the United
States of America to assist with
reshaping its constitution, a
measure that alarmed her.
Persaud recalled, being met
with hostility from Guyanese
in Queens, who called for her to
be sanctioned when she tried to
promote unity among nationals
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he politician who was issuing
a 50th Republic Anniversary
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Resolution on the Senate
floor at the time, maintains,
that she is not against the Guyana
government, but insists
that politicians must work
together for the betterment of
all citizens.
In so doing, she disclosed,
that she had reached out to
Democratic Senate Majority
Leader, Senator Chuck Schumer,
to see how best his office
could assist Guyana on several
important issues.
She also promised Mayor
Narine, that she could meet
with colleagues to finalize a
delegation visit to the City of
Georgetown, a trip that was
being planned before the coronavirus
shutdown.
In an exclusive interview
with Caribbean Life, at the same
time, Mayor Narine described
the harsh punishment being
meted out to the Mayor and
City Council (M&CC) as vindictive
politics, adding, that of
the 600 million needed to keep
the city operational, only 30
million dollars were received
since the new administration
New York State Senator Roxanne J. Persaud, Mayor of the
City of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine and Pastor James Richmond,
facilitator, pictured at the Politician’s 19th Senatorial
Brooklyn District offi ce in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Photo by
took office.
Mayor Narine, who said he
was happy to meet with Sen.
Persaud on behalf of the City
Council, noted that 2.4 billion
dollars of taxes owed, but
only 700 million was received,
limiting the resources needed
to maintain Georgetown, now
being referred to as a garbage
city. He also claimed that he
is faced with challenges, on a
daily basis.
The three-term mayor called
on central government to play a
pivotal role, working alongside
the city council to better serve
the people of Georgetown.
“This is not what I am getting
as mayor. The central government
is playing vindictive
politics with the lives of Guyanese,”
he said, and accused the
administration of distributing
COVID-19 relief grants to only
certain sections of society.
Newly elected Assembly- Tangerine Clarke
woman of Assembly District
38, Jennifer Rajkumar
presents a citation to Mayor
Ubraj Narine.
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