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San Francisco will divert $3.75 million from its law enforcement budget to programs assisting black business owners in the city.
The Office of Economic and Workforce Development will distribute funding to 17 community organizations, including the San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce, the Center for Equity and Success, Inc., and the African American Arts and Culture Complex.
The funding is aimed at preserving black cultural events and establishing Incubation Hubs for small businesses in historically black neighborhoods. Community organizations that receive funding will also be tasked with providing technical assistance, advice, and training to small business owners.
“This funding is part [of] our efforts to undo the harm of generations of disinvestment and economic inequities, Mayor London Breed said. As we work to recover and make San Francisco a better place to live, work, and do business, we have to invest our resources in a way that l
Mother and young daughter shot in New York s Times Square
8 May, 2021 10:11 PM
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Mother and young daughter shot in New York s Times Square. Video / NYPD
NZ Herald
A four-year-old girl and her mother have been shot and injured in Times Square, the New York Police Department say.
The afternoon shooting occurred at 44th Street and 7th Avenue in the New York City s tourism zone,
NBC reports.
The young girl was struck in the leg, a 24-year-old woman was hit in her thigh and a 44-year-old woman was shot in the foot, police said. All three victims were taken to nearby Bellevue Hospital and expected to survive.
National Nurses Week honors pandemic heroes
National Nurses Week
Hospitals on Long Island are paying tribute to the healthcare heroes who have been on the forefront of the pandemic.
GLEN COVE, N.Y. - As the coronavirus pandemic drags further into 2021, nurses and other hospital workers on Long Island are being honored for their dedication. They ve been working day and night on the front lines of the pandemic to protect others. I look at the last year and I wonder how we made it through. There were points where we just felt hopeless because it seemed like there were no good outcomes, registered nurse Zabella Simos said. I think that was the darkest part of this whole pandemic.
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