Clearly we cannot bury our heads in the sand anymore, for those of us who are tempted to. We try to make light of things here or at least add levity, but right now many of our community in NYC are desperately worried about family members in Puerto Rico, and aid has not been getting to them after the storm.
While it is a relief for many to find that Trump is actually one of the most ineffective leaders in terms of getting major legislation or many of the pillars of his anti-everybody-except-the-rich agenda passed, that same ineffectiveness puts citizens in harms way – as appears to be happening right now on that island of US citizens of 3.4 million. When 55% of the island doesn’t have drinkable water, you know a human disaster is close. Meanwhile Trump is tweeting from his golf course in New Jersey to insult a mayor on the island.
New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito is on top of the situation but cannot countenance the response from the feds: “I wanna cry. This is worse, not better, 10 days in. And Sr. Trump’s fragile ego is what is driving policy. Criminal.” she says in her latest tweet
At the recommendation of Lee Quinones, a proud New Yorker, Puerto Ricano, and NYC train writer of the 1970s and 1980s – here are some charities you can contribute to:
- United for Puerto Rico
- The Empire State Relief and Recovery Effort for Puerto Rico
- Community Foundation of the US Virgin Islands
Here’s our weekly interview with the streets, this week featuring Adam Fujita, CB23, Ces53, City Kitty, Dan Witz, Dirty Bandits, GIZ, Jazz Guetta, Kafka is Famous, MRVN, Myth, NeverCrew, Smart, Stray Ones, and Such.
Top image: Adam Fujita . Dirty Bandits (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Kafka Is Famous (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Dan Witz (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
MRVN (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ces53 . Smart . Giz . Such. The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Giz. The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Such. The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Ces53. The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified Artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
City Kitty (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jazz Guetta. The Bushwick Collective. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Stray Ones (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Myth (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
cb23 with friends. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Nevercrew in Kiev for Art United Us. (photo © Nevercrew)
Mind The Heart Project (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Utitled. The Last Picture. Hudson River, NY. 2017 (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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