Wednesday Links
On Putnam, a Trip Across Africa [NY Times] Finding a Way to Pay for Green Makeovers [NY Times] $2.4 Million Clean Up for Floyd Bennett Field [NY Post] New Movie ‘Apostles of Park Slope’ [NY Daily News] Head of New York City Rent Board Resigns [NY Daily News] Artists Tackle Gentrification at Upcoming MOCADA Show…
On Putnam, a Trip Across Africa [NY Times]
Finding a Way to Pay for Green Makeovers [NY Times]
$2.4 Million Clean Up for Floyd Bennett Field [NY Post]
New Movie ‘Apostles of Park Slope’ [NY Daily News]
Head of New York City Rent Board Resigns [NY Daily News]
Artists Tackle Gentrification at Upcoming MOCADA Show [NY Daily News]
Brooklyn Bus Routes May Be Spared MTA Cuts [NBC]
B & Q Subway Stops Set to Reopen [Brooklyn Eagle]
Shipping Container Building Takes Shape in W’burg [Curbed]
Photo by bageltam.
What about that last artist profiled in the gentrification piece, trying to make some claim that gentrification causes police to beat Black women and/or that gentrifiers don’t care about police beating Black women? Did I miss some kind of Guiliani type incident? What? Ugh, this seems thoughtless and harmful. Not to mention stupid, off putting, and uncredible.
Hi All
you can also donate $5 via text (the cost will appear on your cell phone bill) to 501501 and text YELE HAITI
this is Wyclef’s organization and can be assured your money will actually reach relief victims!
I’m not as shocked at the severity of the proposed Brooklyn bus cuts as I thought I would be.
Rob, if voodoo worked, I’m sure the minority of Haitians who actually practiced and believed in it would have seen to it that the country was in better shape. The only true voodoo going on down there is the magical ability of being able to render Haiti invisible until some horrible natural disaster occurs. If you are turned off by the non-stop coverage on your tv this morning, something I won’t bother to slap you around for, because it’s a waste of time, don’t worry, it will totally be gone from the media memory in about a week, maybe two if a couple of celebrities like Wyclef Jean can manage it. That’s about the national attention level for disasters in countries with desperately poor, non-English speaking people of color.
In the meantime, I agree with Bxgrl, donate money only to organizations that put 85% or better directly on the ground to the people affected. I’ll see who else, like local Haitian aid societies, who can actually deliver, are out there, as well. This is a horrible natural disaster affecting one of the poorest countries on earth, right in our backyard.
Just checked- yes they are. I’m donating there online-
http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf
Mopar- do you know if the Salvation Army is down there? I’d rather send them money because they put about 85% of your dollar into disaster relief, not administrative costs.
that doesnt work on prepaid phones does it?
*rob*
If you text Haiti to 90999, you can automatically donate $10 to Haiti relief efforts via the Red Cross. So easy. I did it.
oh yeah, the before and after pic of the presidential palace was kind of surreal.. haiti is known for their voodoo export right? jeez i know nothing about haiti other than they are good at magic.
*rob*