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01/23/2024

Empowering Mallin.... Dis empowers his appointed....

GOVERNOR HOCHUL APPOINTS ERIKA MALLIN TO SERVE AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS

Nationally Recognized Arts Leader to Champion New York’s Creative Industries and Advance Arts and Culture for All

Governor Kathy Hochul yesterday announced the appointment of Erika Mallin to serve as Executive Director of the New York State Council on the Arts. An experienced and nationally recognized arts and cultural leader, Mallin recently led the Aspen Institute Arts Program and served for over a decade as Executive Director of New York’s Tony Award® winning Signature Theatre.

“New York State’s arts and culture sector is a powerful economic driver, a contributing force to our health and well-being and a keystone of our community strength,” Governor Hochul said. “We welcome Erika's leadership, experience and innovative work in the field. Under her direction, we will continue to grow our creative economy and its impact on all of our communities.”

Please read the entire announcement here: https://governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-appoints-erika-mallin-serve-executive-director-new-york-state-council-arts.

12/20/2023

PreLaunch ! Visual Artist Lisa Washington sold her first 7 eBooks of poems. She expresses her deepest gratitude and appreciation for $10 donations and all the link shares!

Color Me Divine is a chapbook of poems. The chapbook features titles such as: In the Abstract, Moving Forward, The Wealth I See, In All Ways Be Winning, These Things, Own the Life you Live, Every Little Win, Songs of Victory and Divinity Within.

12/17/2023

Poems Anyone?

Color Me Divine is a chapbook of poems. The chapbook features titles such as: In the Abstract, Moving Forward, The Wealth I See, In All Ways Be Winning, These Things, Own the Life you Live, Every Little Win, Songs of Victory and Divinity Within.

07/13/2023

Mission Impossible!!! If you like action👍

09/27/2022

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03/15/2022

Spring into Summer Fashions with wearable art

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03/08/2022

MOTIVATIONAL - someone needs this
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The best motivational videos to help ignite inspiration. You can watch free motivational videos as easy as 1, 2, 3.

01/30/2022

01/22/2022

Pre-Requisite to POLITICS101: Get Involved!
"How to Change the New York Landscape in 5 Steps"
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Use The Legislative Process
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Step 1: Bill introduction
Council Members work with the Legislation Division to craft a bill that is introduced at stated meetings, where it is assigned to the appropriate Committee.

Step 2: Public hearings
The Committee will hold a public hearing on a bill to obtain feedback from the public and other government entities who may be affected by the bill. This may result in amendments to the bill.

Step 3: Voting
The Committee votes on the bill. If the bill passes the Committee by majority vote, the bill is then sent to the full Council where it will be considered and voted on at a Stated Meeting. The bill must again pass by majority vote.

Step 4: Mayoral decision

After a bill is passed by the Council, it is presented to the Mayor, who has 30 days to either sign the bill into law, veto the bill or take no action. If the Mayor vetoes the bill, it is sent back to the Council. If this happens, the Council can override the Mayor’s veto with a 2/3 vote. If the Mayor doesn’t sign or veto the bill within 30 days, it becomes law.

Step 5: Bill becomes law
Once a bill is signed by the Mayor (or its veto has been overridden by Council), it’s then added to the New York City Charter or Administrative Code.

See, easy as pie.
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Tools you will need: "BILL DRAFTING MANUAL"
"A Guide to Researching and Writing Legislation for
New York City"https://council.nyc.gov/legislation/wp-content/uploads/sites/55/2018/04/BDM-Final-2018-Version.pdf

visit https://council.nyc.gov/legislation/

New York City is diverse, complex, and unlike anywhere else. The Council creates laws to provide a framework for governing our unique city.

01/22/2022

01/22/2022

What color is it? Monica Lewinsky "Blue"

https://miaminewdrama.org/show/when-monica-met-hillary/

MARCH 3 - MARCH 27, 2022 - Girl meets boss. Girl falls for boss. Girl loses everything. A First Lady breaks the glass ceiling...only to find another. Monica and Hillary have never met. Until now.

12/18/2021

Where to go

12/18/2021

Where to go...

12/16/2021

On Monday, Mayor-elect Eric Adams announced that the historic Kings Theatre in Flatbush will be the site of his inauguration ceremony, which will be held in conjunction with the ceremonies for Comptroller-elect Brad Lander and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams. The event will take place on the evenin...

12/11/2021

The leader of New York’s state university system, Chancellor James Malatras, said Thursday he will resign amid criticism for sending text messages mocking a woman who later accused former Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment. Calls for Malatras’ resignation or removal began after state Attorne...

12/09/2021

Reports indicate that David Banks is being named the next NYC Schools Chancellor. Banks is the founder of The Eagle Academy for Young Men, which is a hybrid of a charter school and a public school. Mayor-elect Eric Adams is expected to make the announcement on Thursday. Banks comes in as current Cha...

12/03/2021

She just keeps raising the bar! A DC native who was previously accepted to all eight Ivy League schools is now a 2022 Rhodes Scholar, WUSA 9 reports. Samantha “Sam” O’Sullivan’s name first started ringing bells when she was accepted to all eight Ivy League schools in 2018. A DC native, O’S...

11/29/2021

Airline Troubles? Conde Nest Traveller offers this

11/26/2021

Lyda D. Newman born in 1865 (no exact date known) was a patented inventor and involved activist for women's suffrage. She is known for the invention of the first synthetic hairbrush. Lyda spent the majority of her life living and working in New York City.

Newman's primary occupation was hair care as she listed “hair specialist” or “hairdresser” in various New York City Directories and US Government Federal and New York City censuses.
In the late 1800s, Newman invented a hairbrush that could be taken apart easily for cleaning because it contained a compartment at the bottom that could be removed from the back and be cleaned. The U.S. Patent 614,335 was filed on July 11, 1898 and granted on November 15, 1898.

Even more important than creating her patented invention, Newman was an active community member and organizer for women's suffrage in the early 20th century. The suffrage movement was a push for women's right to vote in elections. As a suffragist, she spent her time canvasing neighborhoods in New York City, hosted street meetings to educate passing people and to support the Woman Suffrage Party, Newman started the Negro Suffrage Headquarters in Manhattan.

On August 29, 1915, the New York Times noted under "Suffrage Centre for Negroes", "The Woman Suffrage Party is to open a suffrage headquarters for colored people at 207 West Sixty-third Street on Wednesday. This will be in charge of Miss Lyda Newman, who is doing excellent work for suffrage among her own people. The headquarters will be gayly decorated with suffrage posters, flags and streamers.”

Unfortunately, just as in her birth there is no record of what year in which died, however what is undeniable is that she used her money and resources to advance the cause for all women's rights.

11/24/2021

There are creative ways that collectors, auction houses, and artists can collaborate to build a system of "resale equity."

11/24/2021

Can you see clearly now... the government can't make you... but they strong arm the companies who hire you to force ppl.

Veteran “General Hospital” actor Steve Burton said Tuesday that he's been fired from the iconic ABC soap opera for failing to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

11/24/2021

It was good while it lasted...

YOUR THOUGHTS? Starting in 2022, bargain chain Dollar Tree is raising the price of its items to $1.25. https://bit.ly/3oYmJy4

11/23/2021

NYU..... They never saw em coming.

NYU Langone Health on Monday announced the receipt of a $166 million gift from the Bezos family to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, whose main campus is in Sunset Park. This gift follows a $25 million philanthropic pledge made in 2017 by the Bezos Family Foundation to support major initiatives to help...

11/23/2021

Math opens the portals to every thing awesome.... Git it kids!!!!!

Nationwide — Meet LaMailede “Assata” Moore, a former educator and high school principal who has launched the Black Math Genius (BMG) program to address the dismal mathematics proficiency amongst Black […]