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Community Activism
Scarsdale, NY
News
Scarsdale Ends Contract With License Plate Reader Company Amid Privacy Concerns
A village in Westchester has officially canceled its contract with an automated license plate reader company after failing to secure necessary funding, a development that comes amid community opposition. Scarsdale Mayor Justin Arest announced the village's cancellation of its contract with surveillance company Flock Safety in a community update on Wednesday, Aug. 6. The move ends plans to implement a public safety system that would have included automated license plate readers, live-view surveillance cameras, and Drone as a First Responder technology. According to Arest, the vill…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
‘Devastating’ House Fire Prompts Wave Of Support For Morris County Activist
Support is on the rise for a Morris County activist who lost everything in a devastating house fire. Long Hill resident Donna Fucci’s home was ravaged by a “devastating” fire that took with it the majority of her personal items, her sister Debbie writes in a GoFundMe launched on Thursday, April 27. The fire occurred on Mercer Street the morning of Tuesday, April 18, the Stirling Fire Company said: This morning at approximately 10:56 AM the Stirling and Millington Fire Companies along with the Long Hill First Aid... Posted by Stirling Fire Company No. 1 on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 “Clot…
Arlington, VA
News
Community Rallying To Restore Defaced DC Mural Of Black Pioneer Paul Robeson
A DC community is up in arms after a mural that has stood for years celebrating the legacy of Black performer and activist Paul Robeson was defaced by a seedy-looking suspect caught red-handed in the act. The Metropolitan Police Department has released photos of a suspect who is wanted for destroying property in the 1300 block of U Street in Northwest DC over the weekend. Part of the defaced mural in DC.GoFundMe In the photos, a White man with a thin moustache, hat, and colorful shirt can be seen spray-painting over the mural of Robeson, which was painted by a pair of artists in 2015 to…
Paterson, NJ
News
3 Paterson Officers Used 'Less Lethal Force' Before Two Shot Non-Violence Activist, AG Says
UPDATE: Three Paterson police officers first employed “less lethal force” before two others shot and killed a local non-violence activist who was in the middle of a mental health crisis last week, the state’s top law enforcement official said Wednesday. Tensions were rising in the city as New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin formally identified Najee Seabrooks, who was killed during the nearly five-hour confrontation at his home last Friday, and the officers who were directly involved in a release on Wednesday. Mayor Andre Sayegh, who has been criticized by community leaders for …
Paterson, NJ
News
Paterson Non-Violence Activist Shot Dead In Police Standoff Was Clearly In Crisis: Advocates
The shooting death of a Paterson non-violence activist following a five-hour barricaded standoff with city police has a pained, shaken and angry community demanding answers. Najee Seabrooks was pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson shortly after the 12:30 p.m. shooting at an apartment near the corner of Mill and Edison streets on Friday, March 3, state Attorney General Matthew Platkin confirmed. Although initial details remained sketchy, all agreed that Seabrooks was in a mental health crisis. Officers initially responded to a report of an emotionally distu…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Man Gets Free Sandwich From Bodega Worker, Then Shoots Him Dead: TikToker
A young deli worker in Brooklyn who was fatally shot by a New Jersey man earlier this month knew his killer, according to a TikTok video. Not only is Ricardo Senatus, 28, of Newark, a regular at the Flatbush Avenue deli, but he was the same person who 20-year-old worker Fadhl Moosa gave a free sandwich to before he shot him dead during a robbery, user Robbynyc says in the video. "The crazy part is the person that shot him is the same guy that came into the deli earlier and he gave him a free sandwich, bro," Robbynyc says. "Son held it down and he got shot." Senatus was arrested Tuesday a…
Teaneck, NJ
News
'White Privilege': Political Operative Accused Of Trashing Teaneck Board Of Ed Candidate's Sign
A community activist recorded images of what he said was a political operative literally trashing a school board election campaign sign at a Teaneck restaurant. Nathan Smalls posted took to Facebook to post the images, which became the subject of a complaint filed with police by one of the aggrieved candidates. Police are investigating the allegation against Gina Gerszberg, who is a part of the leadership team on the Teaneck Democratic Municipal Committee, township Councilman Michael Pagan said Monday. Gerszberg is “a prominent member of the Teaneck political community and a vocal supporte…
Paterson, NJ
News
'The Opposite Of Dangerous: Pharmacy Tech Slain In Paterson Avoided Guns, Gangs
Small minds will often wonder when someone is shot and killed in an inner city whether that person somehow had something to do with his or her own death. A chorus of voices rose this weekend, however, after word spread that the man known as “Rei” -- Ravel Trejo -- had been gunned down outside a city shopping center. Trejo, 32, worked as a pharmacy tech at the CVS on Union Boulevard in Totowa. He was "a cool dude, a down-to-earth person,” wrote friend Mel Taylor. “He wasn’t with that goofy s**t.” “He wasn’t with that s**t at all,” Destinee Corina added. “That’s what makes me so mad!” Na…
Cortlandt, NY
Obituaries
22-Year-Old Hudson Valley Woman Dies Days After Being Diagnosed With Flu
A 22-year-old woman who was a community activist in the Hudson Valley has died after battling a flu virus. Newburgh resident Rebekah Grohl, an outspoken activist who was the campaign manager for Orange County Legislator Kevindaryan Lujan and volunteered on the campaigns of Sen. James Skoufis and Congressman Antonio Delgado, died on Sunday, Jan. 5 after being diagnosed with the flu last week. Lujan took to Facebook to remember Grohl, calling her “courageous, fierce, loving, compassionate and truly powerful.” “Her light was unlike any other I have ever seen,” he said. “She inspired people …
Mount Vernon, NY
Politics
Mount Vernon Mayor, Clergy, To Say 'No More!' To Trump
Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas and the city’s clergy are calling on the community to say “no more” to President Donald Trump’s “hateful remarks,” with a petition that they plan to deliver to the White House. Thomas and members of the clergy “from all walks of faith will unite to say ‘No More!’” and call on Trump to apologize for recent remarks with a change.org petition that will kick off at 11 a.m. on Tuesday following remarks from the mayor at Mount Vernon City Hall. As of 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, before Thomas’ remarks, more than 50 people had already signed the petition. “I am…
