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Vol. 30, Issue 48 BROOKLYN EDITION Nov. 29-Dec. 5, 2019
Sen. Zellnor Myrie addresses tenants of 545 46th Street, a building owned by Sharp Management
Company. Sen. Zellnor Myrie
By Nelson A. King
State Sen. Zellnor Y.
Myrie, Congresswoman Nydia
Velazquez, Assembly Member
Felix Ortiz and City Council
Member Carlos Menchaca on
Monday joined Brooklyn tenants
who have been without gas
for more than two months.
Myrie, who represents the
20th Senatorial District in
Brooklyn, said the apartments
of 545 46th Street, owned by
Sharp Management Co., consist
of 17 units with at least 50
tenants, including many children.
With just days before
Thanksgiving, the tenants,
elected officials and advocates
gathered in front of the building
to demand action.
“This is a week where we are
supposed to be giving gratitude.
But instead of coming
out here with gratitude, this
morning we are out here with
an attitude,” Myrie said. “We
are upset. We are angry.
“While the landlords get to
enjoy their Thanksgiving dinner
this week, the tenants who
pay rent have no cooking gas,”
he added. “How dare you spend
time with your family, eat with
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By Bert Wilkinson
Three influential member
nations of the Caribbean Community
have made significant
moves to decriminalize small
amounts of marijuana in keeping
with a region-wide recommendation
for governments
to act sensibly on this issue,
putting pressure on others
such as Guyana to get progressive
with the program.
Authorities in Barbados,
Trinidad and The Bahamas
have all in the past week made
major policy decisions to deal
with a community decision to
decriminalize marijuana use
for limited amounts and to
cease arresting people possessing
weed for personal or sacramental
purposes.
In Trinidad, the administration
of Prime Minister, Keith
Rowley, facing general elections
by next September, introduced
a decriminalization bill in the
house, allowing for possession
of up to 30 grams for personal
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Pols, tenants blast landlord over gas outage
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CARICOM grapples with
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