NYC Comptroller Statement on Mid-Year Enrollment Estimates And Budgets

 

Following the release of preliminary enrollment numbers for the 2022-23 school year and an announcement that schools that lost students would not be required to return funding mid-year, NYC Comptroller Brad Lander issued the following statement:

“Holding schools harmless for enrollment declines so that they can provide the instruction and support our students need after these hard pandemic years is exactly the purpose of COVID relief funds. I’m glad that the administration and the Chancellor have finally come to the same conclusion.

“My office warned back in June that enrollment projections were being made based on the unique pandemic years, resulting in larger than necessary cuts to our public schools. It’s good to learn today that enrollment declines were not as low as projected.

“But for many schools that had to excess teachers or couldn’t hire to meet existing needs, the mid-year budget adjustments will come too late to create new classes.

“We cannot afford to fuel the self-fulfilling prophesy of underfunding schools based on projected enrollment declines. Quality public education is essential to ensuring New York City remains a vibrant place to raise a family, grow a business, and invest in a community.”

An open letter to Michael Ryan Executive Director New York City Board of Elections

This is being written due to the fact that I Robert Press a reporter for several Newspapers and co-host of a weekly political television show, have covered elections in the Bronx for the past seven year with official NYC Board of Elections media identification, but have not had one election where a site coordinator did not know their job and that goes for both parties. This letter could not be emailed to you.

One time a coordinator said I couldn't survey the number of votes on the ballot scanning machine without a poll watchers certificate after showing the BOE media ID that states in the first paragraph I can observe, film (with restrictions on the second page), survey, record results, and or voter poll within a poll site (at least 100 feet from the entrance). One time a coordinator wanted to keep the BOE media ID. One time during a special election at the Bronx Science Early Voting poll site a person who said he was a technician said that the media ID was phoney, and I had to wait for the Democratic Bronx Borough director to clear the situation who apologized to me for what had happened. The second time I went to the poll site two days later the entrance door was locked. After banging on the door several times someone opened it, but the precinct was called because it was said I was making a disturbance. when the officers arrived they looked at the two pages of Media ID left, and I got another apology from the Democratic Bronx Borough Director. I would get a third apology two day later when I was told there is a bell on the door to ring which was down on the Handicap sign for people in wheelchairs to push for assistance. I was rudely treated again inside, and for the third time the Democratic Bronx Borough Board Director apologized to me. Last year one of the poll workers at a site I know began to speak to me and the coordinator yelled out don't talk to the poll workers. 

There are several other times things occurred with coordinators, but what last year when I went into the Morris Park poll site to vote, I had complained that there were poll workers sitting behind the voters booth, and I was told they are eating lunch. I said I wanted privacy they can eat their lunch somewhere else. After I voted I came back in and was given a hard time by one of the coordinators after signing in and showing the BOE media ID.

This year after voting at the Morris Park poll site I said hello to one of the poll workers I know.  When I returned after going outside to show the BOE media ID and sign in, I was given a look by one of the coordinators who was at the poll site last year and did not like that I came back in as a media person. The second day I came in I had a hard time with the female coordinator who said I was not wearing my NYC police issued ID which I had in my shirt pocket and immediately put on when I noticed it was not on. The female coordinator then asked the officer to remove me from the site. I showed him the BOE Media ID and he called his superior who came to the site in a few minutes. The Sergeant did not know about the media ID and in order not to make a scene inside the poll site I chose to walk out of the site. I went back the fourth day after hearing a male Democratic candidate filmed a female Republican candidate going into the bathroom at the Morris Park poll site the day before. I signed in and asked both coordinators about the incident. They said to call the Board of Elections who still hasn't called me back after Early Voting has ended. I returned the next day to the Morris Park poll site signed in did the survey of the amount of votes in the machines, used the bathroom, and left said good bye to my friend. I skipped one day to do the survey again after signing in, and had to wait this time as there were more poll voting booths this year with some in front of the bathroom doors. this time there was a voter in one of the booth so I waited until they finished to use the bathroom.  On the last day of early voting I came in towards the end of the day signed in showed the BOE media ID, and observed one of the poll workers giving a voter a ballot then giving the voter a second piece of paper that he had written on. I mentioned thi to the male coordinator who said not to worry about it. After ten minutes the female coordinator asked the police officer to remove me that I had spent enough time in the poll site as a poll watcher. I showed the officer the BOE media credentials which said I could record results which meant after the poll site closed, and there was no set time for me to stay inside to which this officer agreed and let me stay. I had gone outside for a minute before to see the female coordinator say to a voter you can not take that (a palm card) inside with you, put it in your pocket. The previous election August 23, 2022 I was in Riverdale with Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz the former Bronx Democratic County Committee Chair who gave a palm card to a voter saying that the voter could take it inside the poll site to find the candidate on the palm card. He reassured me that he knows New York State Election Law. 

Mr. Ryan I would like to know why I have these problems with the Bronx poll site coordinators as I know what to do and have been doing it for years.  I have been told they are not trained right, it's an open book test, and some other things you don't want me to mention. This year it seems to be a close race in the 80th Assembly District and certain experienced poll coordinators there on the Democratic side have been removed at the last minute so inexperienced poll coordinators or those loyal to the Democratic candidate in the 80th A.D. who were placed there by the Bronx Democratic Party at the last minute.

Robert Press 

Bronx Chronicle, and several other news outlets.

100percentbronxnews@gmail.com 

Repeat Armed Felon Sentenced to 102 Months in Federal Prison for Illegal Possession of Ammunition and a Firearm while on Supervised Release

 Nicholas Hines, 39, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 102 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.

According to court documents, on April 9, 2014, Hines was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and was sentenced to 92 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release by the U.S. Probation Office. Hines was released from prison in March of 2020 and began serving his supervised release sentence. As part of the conditions of Hines’ supervised release sentence, and because he is a convicted felon, under federal law Hines is prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition.

On December 15, 2020, federal probation officers visited Hines’ residence on Eastern Avenue in Indianapolis to conduct a compliance check. Hines met the officers at his front door but was reluctant to unlock the door and allow the officers inside his residence. Officers negotiated with Hines for several minutes before Hines unlocked the door. Hines was placed in handcuffs while the officers searched the residence.

The officers searched two upstairs bedrooms and found a box of live .38 caliber ammunition in one of the bedrooms. The box contained nineteen rounds of live ammunition, and officers estimated that five or six rounds of ammunition were missing from the box. Hines was interviewed by the officers, and he admitted that the ammunition was his, but he denied having a firearm.

U.S. Probation Officers tried to reach Hines after the December 15, 2020, visit, but they were unsuccessful, and Hines was no longer accepting phone calls. A warrant was issued to arrest Hines for violation of the terms of his release. On December 18, 2020, a federal criminal complaint was filed against Hines for unlawful possession of ammunition by a convicted felon and another warrant was issued for his arrest. Federal law enforcement officers organized a search to locate Hines to arrest him for his outstanding warrants.

On January 14, 2021, officers located Hines at a Red Roof Inn on Lynhurst Drive in Indianapolis. Hines and a woman were seen exiting the front door of the hotel and walking towards a vehicle. The officers attempted to arrest Hines, but he ran, and a foot pursuit ensued. Hines ran behind the hotel, jumped a fence, and entered an apartment complex before a pursuing officer deployed his taser, causing Hines to fall to the ground. Hines rolled over on his back revealing a revolver in his right hand. As another officer tried to approach Hines, Hines held the revolver to his own head. After a five-minute standoff, Hines dropped the revolver and was taken into custody. The revolver was loaded with five rounds of the same brand of .38 caliber ammunition found in Hines’ upstairs bedroom during the probation search.  

Zachary A. Myers, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana; Herbert J. Stapleton, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Indianapolis Field Office; and Joseph “Dan” McClain, U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Indiana; made the announcement.

The FBI investigated the case. The U.S. Marshals Service provided valuable assistance. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Chief Judge Tanya Walton Pratt. As part of the sentence, Judge Pratt ordered that Hines be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for two years following his release from federal prison.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results. 

Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association Community Meeting

 

Please join us as the Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association is back  with their  monthly community  meeting  on Tuesday  November 15, 2022 at 7pm  at our new location 2134 Barnes Avenue on the corner of Barnes and Lydig Avenue.  Scheduled  to appear are  ALL   the local elected  officials  from our  community .  Please join us for this very important and  informative session .Get ready to learn all about the happenings in our  community .This is your opportunity to bring your community issues, questions and concerns and problems to this meeting. Involvement from the community  is essential  to having a safe, clean neighborhood.  Its time to get  involved in your community  and stay involved .Your  problems get addressed and action is taken. Show  up  and speak up! 

KRVC - Gallery 505 News - Save the Dates

Our current exhibit -- From Every Angle: Through the Female Gaze explores confidence, inner strength, and, of course, the female form, as seen through the eyes of artist Erika Shallcross  through November 11th Gallery 505 505 West 236th Street We had a terrific opening of Erika's show in September

 

(Linda Manning, our curator, and Erika) Erika Shallcross is a visual artist based in New York City. A photographer, painter, and collage technician, her pieces are both whimsical and evocative. Regularly experimenting with new techniques and touching on various themes, Shallcross believes these parameters simultaneously anchor, free, and guide her work. Shallcross is the owner of the Riverdale-based New York Portrait Company, which specializes in unique and innovative women’s portraiture. In addition, she teaches a variety of courses at Pelham Art Center in Westchester, New York. NewYorkPortraitCompany.com   More about Erika in the Bronx Times.

SAVE THE DATES Our next Gallery 505 opening is Thursday, November 17th, 7-9PM Featuring the work of Herb Kaplan “Beginning in the early 2000s, in addition to taking photos to record my travels with my wife Leah in the U.S. and abroad, I began to take pictures of nature, scenery and landscapes.   In recent years, I have become more conscious of taking photographs of flowers and plants very close up, both on vacations and close to home, especially at Wave Hill and New York Botanical Garden. And I have become more interested in the visual effect of the pictures I take, moving much closer in to capture the mystery, the intimacy, the sensuality in nature. In some cases, my intention is to take a photo of an object and crop it in such a way that the viewer might not immediately recognize what it is.”   Herb’s photographs have been exhibited at his synagogue in Manhattan (SAJ), Gallery 18 at Riverdale Y, Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, and KRVC ‘s Art at Amalgamated annual exhibit.

State Office for the Aging Honors 94 Older Adults for their Volunteerism on Older New Yorkers’ Day

 

November 4 virtual event recognizes special class of volunteers who join 1 million of their peers in collectively contributing more than 495 million hours of volunteer service

The New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) recently honored 94 older adults for their volunteerism in every region of the state as part of NYSOFA's annual Older New Yorkers' Day celebration.

The November 4 program is available to watch and share at any time on YouTube. In it, NYSOFA and guests recognize the exceptional talents and generosity of older adults nominated by New York's network of 59 county-based Area Agencies on Aging.

NYSOFA's Older New Yorkers’ Day award program book, available on NYSOFA’s website, includes profiles of all awardees. It describes the many ways that each awardee uniquely contributes through civic organizations, charities, in schools or libraries, on behalf of health and human services organizations or other non-profits, through acts of kindness to their friends and neighbors of all ages, and so much more. Please read the program book to find awardees from your region, organized alphabetically by county.

As a group, older New Yorkers age 55 and over contribute more than 495 million hours of volunteer service each year at an economic value of $13.8 billion. The 94 volunteers recognized during NYSOFA’s 2022 Older New Yorkers’ Day program live in 55 counties. Collectively, they represent 5,500 years of life experience and have volunteered for a combined 2,568 years of service.

“The word 'volunteer' cannot capture fully the accomplishments of this group of incredible individuals,” said NYSOFA Director Greg Olsen in his prepared remarks. “Older adults impress us all with their commitment to a greater good and a greater cause. You tell the real story of what’s good about people, what’s good about New York. Through your deeds and actions, time and again, you show us how valuable you all are to those you touch, to those you serve, to the families and communities and lives you make better.”

Olsen also emphasized that the example set by these 94 volunteers is vital to overcoming ageist stereotypes that one-dimensionally cast older adults as frail or a burden on society – “a misnomer to say the least,” he said.

Olsen added: “Individuals of all ages sometimes need assistance, but older adults as a whole consider themselves healthy, remain active and engaged and are a very important part of the local, regional, state and national economies as well as the ability of community organizations to operate. Further, they give a tremendous amount of their time to hundreds of civic groups and organizations that are critical in delivering direct services and supporting local agencies.”

Further Background About Older New Yorkers’ Day

Each year, since 1963, federal, state and local governments recognize Older Americans Month in May. In May 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul marked the occasion with a proclamation designating May as Older Americans Month in New York “in honor of individuals age 60 and over who contribute to the social, economic, and cultural vibrancy of our state,” calling upon communities across the state to “promote the value and contribution of older adults through age-friendly systems and supports that provide for needs across the age spectrum.”

New York State goes a step further, additionally holding a special observance of Older New Yorkers’ Day by collecting nominations of exceptional older adults from county-based offices for the aging. While traditionally held in May, Older New Yorkers’ Day has recently been held in November as a virtual event, due to COVID-19. The November program coincides with National Family Caregivers Month as a special spotlight on the contributions of older adults.

Resource Links

Visit the 2022 Older New Yorkers’ Day webpage.
Download the 2022 Older New Yorkers’ Day Program Book.
Download remarks by NYSOFA Director Greg Olsen.
Watch the program on YouTube.

U.S. Attorney Announces Historic $3.36 Billion Cryptocurrency Seizure And Conviction In Connection With Silk Road Dark Web Fraud

 

In November 2021, Law Enforcement Seized Over 50,676 Bitcoin Hidden in Devices in Defendant JAMES ZHONG’s Home; ZHONG Has Now Pled Guilty to Unlawfully Obtaining that Bitcoin From the Silk Road Dark Web in 2012

 Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Tyler Hatcher, the Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Los Angeles Field Office (“IRS-CI”), announced today that JAMES ZHONG pled guilty to committing wire fraud in September 2012 when he unlawfully obtained over 50,000 Bitcoin from the Silk Road dark web internet marketplace.  ZHONG pled guilty on Friday, November 4, 2022, before United States District Judge Paul G. Gardephe. 

On November 9, 2021, pursuant to a judicially authorized premises search warrant of ZHONG’s Gainesville, Georgia, house, law enforcement seized approximately 50,676.17851897 Bitcoin, then valued at over $3.36 billion.  This seizure was then the largest cryptocurrency seizure in the history of the U.S. Department of Justice and today remains the Department’s second largest financial seizure ever.  The Government is seeking to forfeit, collectively: approximately 51,680.32473733 Bitcoin; ZHONG’s 80% interest in RE&D Investments, LLC, a Memphis-based company with substantial real estate holdings; $661,900 in cash seized from ZHONG’s home; and various metals also seized from ZHONG’s home.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “James Zhong committed wire fraud over a decade ago when he stole approximately 50,000 Bitcoin from Silk Road.  For almost ten years, the whereabouts of this massive chunk of missing Bitcoin had ballooned into an over $3.3 billion mystery.  Thanks to state-of-the-art cryptocurrency tracing and good old-fashioned police work, law enforcement located and recovered this impressive cache of crime proceeds.  This case shows that we won’t stop following the money, no matter how expertly hidden, even to a circuit board in the bottom of a popcorn tin.”

IRS-CI Special Agent in Charge Tyler Hatcher said: “Mr. Zhong executed a sophisticated scheme designed to steal bitcoin from the notorious Silk Road Marketplace.  Once he was successful in his heist, he attempted to hide his spoils through a series of complex transactions which he hoped would be enhanced as he hid behind the mystery of the ‘darknet.’  IRS-CI Special Agents are the best in the world at following the money through cyberspace or wherever our financial investigations lead us.  We will continue to work with our partners at the US Attorney’s Office to track down these criminals and bring them to justice.”

According to the allegations contained in filings in Manhattan federal court and statements made during court proceedings:

ZHONG’s Scheme to Defraud

Silk Road was an online “darknet” black market.  In operation from approximately 2011 until 2013, Silk Road was used by numerous drug dealers and other unlawful vendors to distribute massive quantities of illegal drugs and other illicit goods and services to many buyers and to launder all funds passing through it.  In 2015, following a groundbreaking prosecution by this Office, Silk Road’s founder Ross Ulbricht was convicted by a unanimous jury and sentenced to life in prison. 

In September 2012, ZHONG executed a scheme to defraud Silk Road of its money and property by (a) creating a string of approximately nine Silk Road accounts (the “Fraud Accounts”) in a manner designed to conceal his identity; (b) triggering over 140 transactions in rapid succession in order to trick Silk Road’s withdrawal-processing system into releasing approximately 50,000 Bitcoin from its Bitcoin-based payment system into ZHONG’s accounts; and (c) transferring this Bitcoin into a variety of separate addresses also under ZHONG’s control, all in a manner designed to prevent detection, conceal his identity and ownership, and obfuscate the Bitcoin’s source. 

While executing the September 2012 fraud, ZHONG did not list any item or service for sale on Silk Road, nor did he buy any item or service on Silk Road.  ZHONG registered the accounts by providing the bare minimum of information required by Silk Road to create the account; the Fraud Accounts were merely a conduit for ZHONG to defraud Silk Road of Bitcoin.

ZHONG funded the Fraud Accounts with an initial deposit of between 200 and 2,000 Bitcoin.  After the initial deposit, ZHONG then quickly executed a series of withdrawals.  Through his scheme to defraud, ZHONG was able to withdraw many times more Bitcoin out of Silk Road than he had deposited in the first instance.  As an example, on September 19, 2012, ZHONG deposited 500 Bitcoin into a Silk Road wallet.  Less than five seconds after making the initial deposit, ZHONG executed five withdrawals of 500 Bitcoin in rapid succession — i.e., within the same second — resulting in a net gain of 2,000 Bitcoin.  As another example, a different Fraud Account made a single deposit and over 50 Bitcoin withdrawals before the account ceased its activity.  ZHONG moved this Bitcoin out of Silk Road and, in a matter of days, consolidated them into two high-value amounts.

Nearly five years after ZHONG’s fraud, in August 2017, solely by virtue of ZHONG’s possession of the 50,000 Bitcoin that he unlawfully obtained from Silk Road, ZHONG received a matching amount of a related cryptocurrency — 50,000 Bitcoin Cash (“BCH Crime Proceeds”) — on top of the 50,000 Bitcoin.  In August 2017, in a hard fork coin split, Bitcoin split into two cryptocurrencies, traditional Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash (“BCH”).  When this split occurred, any Bitcoin address that had a Bitcoin balance (as ZHONG’s addresses did) now had the exact same balance on both the Bitcoin blockchain and on the Bitcoin Cash blockchain.  As of August 2017, ZHONG thus possessed 50,000 BCH in addition to the 50,000 Bitcoin that ZHONG unlawfully obtained from Silk Road.  ZHONG thereafter exchanged through an overseas cryptocurrency exchange all of the BCH Crime Proceeds for additional Bitcoin, amounting to approximately 3,500 Bitcoin of additional crime proceeds.  Collectively, by the last quarter of 2017, ZHONG thus possessed approximately 53,500 Bitcoin of total crime proceeds (the “Crime Proceeds”).

The Government’s Seizure of Forfeitable Property

On November 9, 2021, pursuant to a judicially authorized premises search warrant (the “Search”), IRS-CI agents recovered approximately 50,491.06251844 Bitcoin of the Crime Proceeds from ZHONG’s Gainesville, Georgia, house.  Specifically, law enforcement located 50,491.06251844 Bitcoin of the approximately 53,500 Bitcoin Crime Proceeds (a) in an underground floor safe; and (b) on a single-board computer that was submerged under blankets in a popcorn tin stored in a bathroom closet.  In addition, law enforcement recovered $661,900 in cash, 25 Casascius coins (physical bitcoin) with an approximate value of 174 Bitcoin, 11.1160005300044 additional Bitcoin, and four one-ounce silver-colored bars, three one-ounce gold-colored bars, four 10-ounce silver-colored bars, and one gold-colored coin. 

Beginning in or around March 2022, ZHONG began voluntarily surrendering to the Government additional Bitcoin that ZHONG had access to and had not dissipated.  In total, ZHONG voluntarily surrendered 1,004.14621836 additional Bitcoin.

Forfeiture Actions

In connection with ZHONG’s guilty plea, on November 4, 2022, Judge Gardephe entered a Consent Preliminary Order of Forfeiture as to Specific Property and Substitute Assets/Money Judgment forfeiting ZHONG’s interest in the following property:

• ZHONG’s 80% interest in RE&D Investments, LLC, a Memphis-based company with substantial real estate holdings;
• $661,900 in United States currency seized from ZHONG’s home on November 9, 2021;
• Metal items, consisting of four one-ounce silver-colored bars, three one-ounce gold-colored bars, four 10-ounce silver-colored bars, and one gold-colored coin, all seized from ZHONG’s home on November 9, 2021;
• 11.1160005300044 Bitcoin seized from ZHONG’s home on November 9, 2021;
• 25 Casascius coins (physical Bitcoin) with an approximate value of 174 Bitcoin, collectively, seized from ZHONG’s home on November 9, 2021;
• 23.7112850 Bitcoin provided by ZHONG on April 27, 2022;
• 115.02532155 Bitcoin provided by ZHONG on April 28, 2022; and
• 4.57427222 Bitcoin provided by ZHONG on June 8, 2022.

Today, in United States v. Ross Ulbricht, S1 14 Cr. 68 (LGS), the Government filed a motion for entry of an Amended Preliminary Order of Forfeiture, seeking to forfeit approximately 51,351.89785803 Bitcoin traceable to Silk Road, valued at approximately $3,388,817,011.90 at the time of seizure, as follows:

• 50,491.06251844 Bitcoin seized from ZHONG’s home on November 9, 2021;
• 825.38833159 Bitcoin provided by ZHONG on March 25, 2022; and
• 35.4470080 Bitcoin provided by ZHONG on May 25, 2022.

ZHONG, 32, of Gainesville, Georgia, and Athens, Georgia, pled guilty to one count of wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

The maximum potential sentence in this case is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the judge.  ZHONG is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Gardephe on February 22, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. 

Mr. Williams praised the outstanding work of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation’s Western Cyber Crimes Unit of the Los Angeles Field Office.  Mr. Williams also thanked the Athens-Clarke County Police Department in Athens, Georgia, for its support and assistance with the case.  

From Former Democratic NYC Councilman Ruben Diaz Sr. A Message to Voters in the Bronx and New York City

 

You should know that finally, this Tuesday, November 8^th the long-awaited elections will take place in the State of New York.

 

This Tuesday at 9:00 pm the doors of all polling precincts will close, and by 11:00 pm New Yorker’s will know if the "Accidental Governor” Kathy Hochul, will officially be elected Governor (given that she became Governor by default and not by the vote of the people) or if Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin gives us the upset of the year becoming New York State’s next Republican Governor.

 

This Tuesday we will also know if the millions of dollars spent on the reelection campaign by the Socialist Congress woman, Alexandria Ocasio Cortes, gets to keep her congressional seat representing the 14^th district in the Bronx and part of Queens. In the event AOC is reelected, it will be interesting to see by how many votes?

 

You should know that AOC’s Republican challenger, Tina Forte, has campaigned with limited resources and has been slowly winning the hearts of voters and perhaps could cause a political embarrassment for "AOC".

 

I urge you to vote, and choose wisely, but as for me and my house we will be casting our votes, crossing over to the Republican Column voting from top to bottom Republican.  We will do it for the love of our State, Community, Family, Faith, and for the least of these, the children, and the elderly. So, get out there and VOTE!

 

I am Rev. Ruben Diaz, and this is What You Should Know.