War and Global Unrest: Black Folks Respond

As the media has the nation hyper-focused on the war with Iran over 6,000 miles away from the five boroughs, healthcare, housing, and groceries, are the concerns of most New Yorkers.

“By Nayaba Arinde Editor-at-Large As the media has the nation hyper-focused on the war with Iran over 6,000 miles away from the five boroughs, healthcare, housing, and groceries, are the concerns of most New Yorkers”

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This, alongside crime on the streets, food insecurity, unemployment, the increasing cost of daily living, and high transportation costs.

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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani slammed what he called, “Opening a new theater of war.

Americans do not want this.

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They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change.

They want relief from the affordability crisis.

They want peace…I am focused on making sure that every New Yorker is safe.

I have been in contact with our Police Commissioner and emergency management officials.

We are taking proactive steps, including increasing coordination across agencies and enhancing patrols of sensitive locations out of an abundance of caution.”

Attorney General Letitia James urged New Yorkers to remain vigilant for price hiking in the wake of heightened geopolitical conflict in the “Middle East,” affecting supply chains.

“By Nayaba Arinde Editor-at-Large As the media has the nation hyper-focused on the war with Iran over 6,000 miles away from the five boroughs, healthcare, housing, and groceries, are the concerns of most New Yorkers”

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“There is no excuse for unfairly raising prices of essential goods and services that New Yorkers depend on.

With sudden increases in oil prices poised to drive up costs for New Yorkers, I am encouraging everyone to be on the lookout for unreasonable price hikes.”

His twenty or so supporters were met by over a hundred counter protestors.

Now facing federal terrorism charges, police said that two men, Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, drove from Pennsylvania with at least 3 improvised explosives–one was thrown into the crowd, and none of the devices detonated.

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