And theyre here to talk about it. Here to share some of the campaigns goals for the upcoming year, our good friend, Javier Nieves, who has been on the show before, and joining us this morning, reverend samuel cruz, tambien. Good to see you, my friend. How are you . Toma bien . Thank you. Youve had a few of these forums, so let me cause i want to get to a lot here run tackled. Tell me where we stand in terms of the campaign and moving forward. Affordable housing. Well, we are certainly pretty much talking about a lot of the issues, not only Affordable Housing, but Affordable Housing in particular because that has direct connotations to the whole issue of gentrification in our neighborhood, and particularly the mayors Affordable Housing plan, which we pretty much are set on looking at it, which is sort of like a back door to gentrifying our neighborhoods to some degree. All right. So thats where were at, and every neighborhood is dealing with it differently, so were getting feedback from every forum as to how they want to deal with that issue. Reverend, tackle one of those for me. Well, unemployment is still a complicated issue in the Latino Community, and the mayor has made it worse in not including people in his administration. Mmhmm. But our greatest concern, or one of my greatest concerns and other clergy throughout the city is the gentrification and displacement of latinos has taken over and how the mayor is not responding or listening to the zoning boards in different communities who disagree with what he wants to do, and the hubris of his administration is out of control. All right, before we get into what you would like to see to sort of address those issues, let me just throw one more out at you, and well move from there. Healthcare. Where are we in the realm of healthcare for addressing the goals that you guys want to achieve . Well, where were at now is that each of these forums that have been taking place in our local neighborhoods yes. Weve already had three. Mmhmm. Weve had a Citywide Forum, which in january, we are taking in that information. Every neighborhood is dealing for example, the one in the bronx, for example, dealt with it has a high incident of asthma rates. The issue of also, the issue of development has a correlation to that whole asthma rate, the whole issue of fresh direct. So theres all of these components that come to bear on the Health Quality of our neighborhoods. And as you gather this information, whats the game plan . What do you hope to do with it . Well, to organize our latino communities, to start challenging our elective officials. In this case, we are focusing on mayor de blasio because his approach in speaking during his campaign to bring inclusion into the city and to his administration is not happening, and in fact, most of the work hes doing is excluding poor people and workingclass people. So when you talk about gentrification, and it sounds like thats a big issue that thats not happening that youd like to see happening . Well, in turns of gentrification, what were seeing is that his Affordable Housing plan is something that is giving impetus to not only in the realestate sector to come in, develop properties in the name of socalled Affordable Housing, and the question that we ask and is being asked is affordable for who . Because, really, you have to have a medium income of close to 70,000, 80,000 now, a family of four, and so in our neighborhoods, theyre not going to be able to afford this, so it just pushes out people. The more development happens in our neighborhood, the more the rents go up high, the more incidents of Health Issues are prevalent, and so were being pushed out, in other words. But, reverend, as we often do on tiempo, its not just a matter of highlighting a problem, its offering a solution. Have you come together where you say, mayor, not only is this is not whats happening, heres what id like you to be doing . Ive told his commissioner of Community Affairs that what we need is lowincome housing to be built. We dont need Affordable Housing is for those who are upper class. Can afford it. Can afford it. And its not affordable to the majority of latinos living in this city. We dont need higherdensity buildings in our communities, we dont need highrise buildings in our community, and we dont need luxury condominiums in our community. All right, sit tight, cause theres something i specifically want to ask you about, about one of your forums and who wasnt there more than who was there. When we come back, more on the campaign for fair latino representations community forums. About this . A program that helps highachieving, lowincome students transfer from Community Colleges to Fouryear Colleges. Very Important Information to back on tiempo. Its the holidays. Which means a house full of people who all want to get online. So its the perfect time for verizon fios. With speeds from 50 to 500 megs. And right now, youll get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for 79. 99 a month online for your first year. And with a 2 year agreement, well give you all the premium movie channels for a year. Plus, 400 dollars back. So go online or call now. Get out of the past. Get fios. Welcome back to tiempo. The campaign for fair latino representation a Citywide Coalition of Latino Community leaders. Theyve now held three community they had quite a bit to talk about. Weve been discussing the campaigns goals with Javier Nieves and reverend samuel cruz. You also had a meeting with city leaders, correct . Yes, we did. And if my understanding is correct, there was quite a bit of effort just to schedule and arrange that meeting. Yes. You have the meeting when was it . Already a few weeks ago, right . No, that particular meeting with the city was several months ago. Several months ago. Didnt go so well. Did not go so well. What happened . Basically, what we did we decided to use the opportunity since we didnt know until the very end of the night before who was going to be there. We had asked for the deputy mayors and Latino Deputy major, lilliam paoli, gladys carri n, buery, and so forth, to be there, people with the decisionmaking power that needed to be there. And so to that end, what we ended up doing was preparing a letter with our recommendations directed to the mayor himself. That you wanted to present at the meeting. The meeting. So, given the lack of respect that they have shown towards our campaign and the lack of dealing with our campaign, we used the opportunity rather than canceling the meeting, since we didnt know who was going to be there or not, to give them at least that respect and show up there and at that meeting, when they showed up, and you had certain i think the highestranking person in the administration was maya wiley, i think, the general counsel to the mayor, and you had dcas, and you had the office of appointments, and, you know, its nothing personal, but the reality was that we at least gave them the respect that we were not afforded in but let me fill in the missing blank. Up. Were there. None of them. Talk to. We wanted to them and we wanted people who can make these decisions, you know . Reverend, do you get the impression, because none of the deputy mayors showed up, that theyre not taking us seriously, and worse than that, no tiene respeto. They have no respect for the Latino Community. The administration is very arrogant. In fact, recently, his aide said that if the zoning boards who advise the mayor on issues of zoning issues dont agree with the mayor, they dont really care because the council has the last word. Well, if they werent treating you with the respect that you think you deserve, or they werent taking you seriously in the past, what makes you think thats gonna change down the road . Well, were not going away. Mmhmm. Were here. They expected us to go away from the very onset. We had several hundred people march over a yearandahalf ago, over a year ago. We had a march at the steps of city hall on a rainy day. They expected us to go away back then. They expected us to go away with some of the press stuff that weve been doing. At the same time, they expected us to go away after the Citywide Forum that we had, which was extremely successful. We did not. Now were having our local forums, and speaking of that, i want to put up the next one, cause you have another one coming up already, i think, at the end of this month. I think weve prepared a graphic to show folks. Here we go. December 29th at Trinity Lutheran church. Thats at 411 46th street in brooklyn. It goes from 6 00 p. M. To 9 00 p. M. Thats your church, reverend, is it not . Yes. Make the sales pitch. I mean, you want the more people show up, the better, correct . Absolutely. This is really sort of to put our finger on the pulse of our community and get some feedback, very indigenous feedback from that local flavor, and we want to thank the reverend to certainly have helped us in facilitating this. Hes not an executive member of the campaign, but certainly he is with us in what were trying to achieve out there, which is to make certain that our communitys getting heard, that we develop a policy, a progressive latino policy agenda, which is our goal at the end of these forums. You got the final 30 seconds. Go ahead. Things are happening. More people are getting together and in fact, we just started the first sunset park Clergy Association for justice by latino pastors who will there at this meeting. Mmhmm. The numbers are growing. Yes. And i think youll probably see that at that meeting. How big is your church . How many can you hold . Oh, we could hold 400. Well, im sure youd like to see it filled to the rafters. Oh, absolutely. Much. Update. Continued success, and keep us posted with the campaign and how things move forward. Coming up next on tiempo, the Health Department is hosting Community Consultations in neighborhoods across new york city. Theres a major push to make sure latinos participate. The details from the next. Who coined the term side bread . Because theres nothing side about this bread. It may look like the moon. But its the star of the show. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. Its always worth remembering. That icing the Cinnamon Rolls is a privilege not a right. The new york city Health Department is hosting Community Consultations in neighborhoods across the five boroughs. Its all part of take Care New York 2020. Theyd love to have latinos who live in these areas to please come out and participate. New York City First Deputy Health commissioner dr. Oxiris barbot is here with us this morning. Thank you so much for being here on tiempo. Tcny 2020. Grand scale is. . So the big picture is to make sure that we provide a framework so that all communities in new york city can be as healthy as possible. Thats the big picture. Big picture. The Community Consultations, the goal and the focus of those, on a lower scale, would be. . So, the reality is that even though new yorkers have gotten healthier in the last 10 years, those benefits havent been equally realized along all communities. So this version of tcny 2020 is level. Mmhmm. Share data with community members, but most importantly, get them to tell us their priorities so that we can Work Together to make stuff happen. So youre there more to listen than to talk, correct . I know it works both ways, but you want feedback. Yeah, so were sharing data in a way that we want people to give us a reality check. How well do these data reflect everyday life . And beyond that, tell us what are your priorities so that we can jointly plan. Thats key. Youve had nine of these already out of how many are scheduled . 28. So youre about a third of the way there. Are the needs different, say, in bushwick, brooklyn, than they might be in mott haven, the bronx, or in kew gardens, queens . So, what were seeing is that we have Different Health outcomes for the same general areas, right . So, for example, Life Expectancy. In general, latinos have a longer Life Expectancy than the average new yorker, which sounds great. But if we look at individual communities, we see Washington Heights on one end, at 83. 2 years. Okay. And then we see mott haven on the other end at 76. 1. And we see that variability for a number of different issues. So armed with that information and the feedback that you would get from those communities allows you to do allows us to jointly plan with communities. I think, historically, you know, there has been the approach of a onesizefitsall. Yes. And we know whats best for communities. And that really doesnt work. So give me something to chew on. What would be a typical example of what might work better for this community while this else . Right, so for example, one of our major priorities is to reduce smoking. Mmhmm. And another priority that we have is to improve asthma rates, right . Two things that are really impacting the Latino Community. One community may look at the Community Health profiles and say, oh, wow, you know, our air quality is not what we would like it to be. Our Housing Quality is not what we would like it to be. Those are the ways in which we want to tackle reducing asthma. A Different Community might say, you know what . Our asthma hospitalizations arent what they would be. Our access to healthcare, our insurance rates we want to go at it from a different perspective. Okay. Both sides are appropriate. Equally valid. Exactly. Minutes, and i want to get to two quick questions that are really important. Number one, we got into this by saying you really want latinos to participate. Am i reading into it too much that you havent had the latino participation that youd like to see, or is this just a blanket call to say, make sure latinos come out . So, part of the priorities in tcny is to reduce the equity gaps, right . Meaning that we want all groups to realize their full health potential, and so we need their input in prioritizing Health Issues for their communities. How are the health needs of latinos any different than the health needs of africanamericans, asianamericans, et cetera . Well, thats a key point. We are all dying from the same things. Yes. Some of us die earlier than we would like to or that we would like them to, for those issues, and so latinos, like everybody else, are dying from heart disease, cancer. Diabetes. Diabetes, exactly. And so the issue is, how do we work with communities so that, im the most motivated individual to improve my access to fresh fruits and vegetables, i cant do it, right . You have another one coming up in fact, you have two coming up in this coming week. I just want to put them up on the screen so people are fully aware and knowledgeable about where to go for the next one. Community consultation scheduled for tuesday, coming up quickly. 16 Brighton Road in brooklyn from 6 00 p. M. To 8 00 p. M. More information, you can go to your website, nyc. Gov health, and and then theres another one, i think, on thursday. Here we go. Thursday, 360 irving avenue in brooklyn, 6 00 p. M. To 8 00 p. M. And again, as many people come as possible because the more input and the more information you get, the better you can serve. Right. And were gonna have simultaneous translation at these events, so we want all latinos to come out. Espaol, tambien. Tambien. Que bueno. Un plase. Thank you very much. Much simas gracias. Felicidades, okay . [ speaks spanish ] coming up next on tiempo, a Program Designed to help highachieving, lowincome students in our area transfer from Community Colleges to Fouryear Colleges. Back on tiempo. Meet the moores were the moore family, and were always looking for ways to enjoy more. So we called Time Warner Cable and got even more than we expected. Call now to get more. More speed. Like, 300 meg. More tv shows and movies on demand. More places to make more unlimited calls. Call now. 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She is a former, an alumnus of yes. All right. Well get to you in a second. I think this is fabulous because it sounds like youre plugging a hole in the educational career of many people. Is there a general impression among many latinos, okay, i im good to go . Absolutely. I think that there is an assumption by many people. Ive made it. Im able to get a job. But we really urge our students, and we urge both fouryear institutions and colleges to go to Community Colleges and recruit students from there, because these are hardworking individuals and the students themselves should see a twoyear Associates Degree as just the beginning. Yes. That is just the beginning. How do you go about the sales pitch to the students . How do you tell it to them . Two years is good, but four years is better. Absolutely. You know, at the kaplan educational foundation, we like to think about barriers, and one of the barriers is convincing a student that says, two years from now, i can get a job. Why do i need to transfer to a fouryear institution and then wait . So we really work with them in saying, look, the earning potential that you will have out of fouryear if you get a bachelors degree will be much higher over a longer term of time. So in the end, its better for you. Absolutely. I see you nodding your head, nolvia. Were you at that stage after you got your Associates Degree from whered you get your associates . Borough of Manhattan Community college. Okay, so you get it i and whats your thinking after you get your diploma . My thinking at the time was, im gonna transfer to another cuny. Im going away to school with something that i saw on tv. I didnt think it was a reality for me. Mmhmm. But the foundation really opened the doors for me. Yeah, let me cut to the chase. What did they do for you that helped make this reality possible . They did everything. I think like what . One of the things the foundation did was that it taught me what i needed to be a successful transfer student. They didnt tell us what we needed to do. Mmhmm. They helped us with selecting our schools, they provided us with resources, whether its books, metrocards, financial assistance, so everything you can think of that you need to go to school, the foundation covered. Let me go back to you for the details. I mean, youve been doing it 10 years now, so youve probably got it down. What are some of the physical, tangible things that you help provide to the students to make this happen . Sure. If you think of a student like Nolvia Delgado and like many of our scholars, theyre working many hours. These are hardworking students. Focus in your studies to really develop your writing skills, to develop your math skills so that you can actually transfer to a fouryear institution and be successful . Okay. And keep in mind, joe, that were looking for students to have as many opportunities and transfer to highly selective institutions, as well. So if i hear what youre saying, say she has a job, will you guys help we provide them with a stipend. Aha. And that stipend allows them to work less hours. We dont want our students to work more than 15 hours a week. We provide them with a laptop. We also provide them, as nolvia mentioned, a metrocard so that they can have access to the city. We cover all of the fees related to transfer. Transfer is a very expensive process. You think of an application fee being 60, 70. By the way, we do ask for waivers for those. But we also provide transportation to go and see these schools. Mmhmm. And im proud to say that we okay. You ultimately got your fouryear degree from where . Smith college. Smith college. Yeah, thats not local. No, allwomens college up in massachusetts. Okay, and you graduated with a degree in. . Government and thirdworld development. And now you are. . Now i am director of partnerships for Cypress Hills local development corporation. I work for their Community Schools initiative. Congratulations. And do you think that would have been possible without a fouryear degree . No, definitely not. No. So your education at smith certainly helped you, for sure. Yes, it definitely helped me. I want to quickly have you mention theres an application process, correct, for you guys, as well. What is it, and how do kids go about it, and where do they go for information . Our application process is very similar to you applying to any fouryear institution. There is an essay, and there is a series of interviews that a student has to go to. Our deadline will be may 17th of the coming year. Application will open up at some okay. Were very excited. We are looking for highpotential, highachieving students. Give me gpas. Sure. We need them to demonstrate leadership. Again, recognizing that our students are leaders in their communities. So, for example, a single parent can apply. Thats a person whos working very hard. They dont need to actually say, oh, i volunteered here or done this. Actually displaying leadership in their own family is good. Give me the website real quick. Kaplanedfoundation. Org. Okay, and all the information is there. Okay. Absolutely. Continued success. Thank you. Thank you. Very much. Way to go. Felicidades. Thank you, guys, for being here. Gracias. Before we go, we want to take a quick look at the Community Calendar for this week. Two free events to bring to your attention. This coming thursday in manhattan, enjoy a free concert from the camerata Washington Heights. I hope im saying that correctly. Camerata Washington Heights. Thats at aaron davis hall, 160 convent avenue, 7 00 p. M. Dominican Classical Music artists. Dont want to miss that. Next saturday, super s bado at el museo del barrio. Every third saturday of the month, el museo offers free admission to all. How great is that . 5 00 p. M. Museum is located at 1230 5th avenue in manhattan. Thats between 104th street and 105th street. Always a good time at el museo. More information, elmuseo. Org. Much simas gracias. Thank you so much for spending part of your sunday with us. If you missed any part of our show, dont worry. You can watch it abc7ny on the web, on your tablet, even on your smartphone. Watch it two or three times. Im joe torres. Thanks for watching. We will see you next time on tiempo
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