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​Dear Member,-----Please respond. 
Gov. Cuomo signs NYS Reform/Reinvention Act June 12, 2020
Rev. Al Sharpton, NAACP NYS ConferencePres. Hazel Dukes with
Valerie Bell, Mother of Sean Bell, Gwen Carr, Mother of Eric Garner, 		 
          Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Leader Carl Heastie
 

Your Newburgh-Highland Falls NAACP is scheduled to meet with City of Newburgh​ City Manager John Donat, Mayor Torrence Harvey, and Council Member Grice regarding issues framed in a letter sent to the City Manager in April of this year. 

Let us hear from you. Subscribed to the Blog? Post.  OR  Respond to the email you received. Do you have experience to share about the City of Newburgh or Highland Falls regarding:
  • Hiring practices
  • Police Dept.
  • City Department Heads
  • Advisory Boards oversight (In Newburgh City Charter)
  • Human Rights Commission (In Newburgh City Charter)
  • Body Cam use
  • Funding/City Budget
  • Other
More to follow.

Kind regards,
Melly

*. Names of Mothers whose children were slain by police to be added

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