The city’s African-American “elites” met last week in the basement of a church on East 22nd Street to decide on a candidate they can back without letting few members of the Black community entry, according to those who attended.
Paterson declares violence as a public health crisis
After a month of deliberation and discussion the city council on Tuesday evening voted in favor of declaring violence as a public health crisis, a declaration which some say will allow the city to obtain grant funding from state and federal entities to address the violence issue plaguing the city.