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COURIER LIFE, APRIL 8-14, 2022
MOVING ON UP! Schneps Media welcomes
BY ANNA DONCH
Schneps Media is pleased
to welcome Emmy Award-winning
journalist Jane Hanson as
the new host of the web series
2022 Meet the Candidates! Jane
brings over 30 years of experience
to the Schneps Media team,
and her sharp eye and incisive
questions are perfectly suited
for interviewing candidates for
New York political office.
Jane worked previously as
primary anchor for NBC and
hosted “Jane’s New York.” She
has received numerous honors
for her work and community
service, and is a past president
of the New York Chapter of the
National Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences.
“I’m excited to join the
Schneps Media team as we
prepare for this year’s important
elections in the New York
metro area,” Jane says. “I’ll be
helping you get to know the candidates
better through our 2022
Jane Hanson. Jane Hanson
Meet the Candidates series, as
well as through debates. It’s all
an effort so you can make good
choices at the ballot box.”
Check out Jane’s first video
with a candidate at PoliticsNY.
com!
BY NELSON A. KING
An almost Who’s Who in
Brooklyn politics, as well as hundreds
of supporters and well-wishers
were present April 2, as the
community gave Jamaican-born
Assemblymember Nick Perry a
rousing send-off as the new United
States ambassador to Jamaica.
Perry, who was officially installed
this week by the US Department
of State as the new envoy
to Jamaica, hosted Saturday
night’s gala celebration, at the
Holy Family (Catholic) Church
Auditorium, on Flatlands Avenue
in Canarsie, Brooklyn, as a
“Community Thank You.”
Among the dignitaries were
on hand Saturday night were US
Senate Majority Leader Charles
“Chuck” Schumer, who recommended
Perry for the position;
Congressional Reps. Hakeem
Jeffries and Yvette D. Clarke,
the daughter of Jamaican immigrants;
New York State Comptroller
Tom DiNapoli; New York
City Public Advocate Jumaane
Williams; and State Assembly
Member Latrice Walker.
Councilmember Mercedes
Narcisse served as Mistress of
Ceremonies until the arrival of
the official Master of Ceremonies,
the retired Jamaican-born
Rev. Canon, Calvin C. McIntyre,
who trekked from Jamaica specifically
for that role.
Rev. McIntyre, Perry’s close
friend and school mate at Kingston
College, had the stellar crowd
in stitches with jokes.
In addition to speeches and
blessings from the diverse clergy,
there were moving renditions by
Haitian-born Felina Backer, and
dance performances.
“Nick is the most qualified person
to be Ambassador to Jamaica,”
said Schumer, stating that he first
met the legislator in 1992 when he
(Schumer) was a congressman.
“When Nick appeared before the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
even some Republicans said
‘you made the best choice.’
“The Caribbean dream is the
American dream,” he added.
“Perry came to America, enlisted
in the Armed Forces,
served on the Community Board
and has won every election since
in the State Assembly ... We’re
so proud he’ll be Ambassador to
Jamaica.”
Perry’s children, Novalie
and Nickolas, Jr., said they were
“very proud” of their dad.
Jane Hanson as host of
Brooklyn gives Nick Perry rousing send-off 2022 Meet the Candidates
Nick Perry and Sen. Schumer converse
on stage. Photo by Nelson A. King
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