Every mayor tries to make his own mark on New York — in part by showing how he differs from his immediate predecessor, in part by choosing themes and programs that he can call his own. We have seen this pattern play out since the first term of the first “Mayor Swagger,” Ed Koch. As …
Thursday night at 7 p.m., we will gather virtually with over 1,000 leaders from 42 congregations, unions, schools and non-profits virtually to launch a new citizens organization: Queens Power. Our mission is to organize Queens residents to build the leverage needed to fight for and win justice for themselves and the communities they live in. Read …
Church leaders did that by working in partnership with the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation and the Community Healthcare Network, a federally qualified health center in the city, for Medicare and Medicaid services. “We wanted to use the site as model for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, so that he knew that religious institution sites could be used …
A Pastor in Queens Has But Two Pandemic Prayers, Presbyterian Mission Read More »
Bethany Baptist joined other churches and nonprofits in the East Brooklyn Congregations, a local advocacy group, to send a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo asking for a way to partner with the government in providing care to communities of color. The church-based coronavirus testing initiative is a result of that letter, Lacey said. The pastor is hoping …
New York Churches Open COVID-19 Testing Sites In Push To Reach Minority Communities Read More »
East New York’s St. Paul Community Church, nestled between NYCHA’s Linden Houses and Boulevard Houses, will reopen on Monday as a walk-in testing site for the community. Rev. David Brawley, the church’s pastor, declined to say how many of his congregants have passed away from the illness, noting simply that the virus “has taken a toll on …
COVID Sends Public Housing-Zone Residents to Hospitals At Unusually High Rates, The City Read More »
“We recognize that there is a disparity in testing in black and brown communities, such as where we are in Bedford-Stuyvesant. We are the most affected and the least tested so today we are launching a testing site,” said Adolphus Lacey, Senior Pastor at Bethany Baptist Church. The Metro Industrial Areas Foundation and the governor’s …
Local Churches Make Testing Sites More Accessible To Underserved Communities, News 12 Read More »
Rev. Patrick O’Connor and Rev. David Brawley, leaders with East Brooklyn Congregations, Queens Power and Metro IAF, interviewed on Pix 11 Read article>>
Meanwhile, more than 400 nonprofits and faith-based institutions, led by Metro Industrial Areas Foundation, are offering the state hundreds of thousands of square feet of space to set up testing sites across the boroughs, Long Island and Westchester. We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. Read article>>
