Series Sunday: Revisiting Schenectady’s recruitment of Guyanese-Americans 20 years later | The Daily Gazette
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If they aren’t already, Guyanese-Americans are widely considered Schenectady’s largest ethnic group, says former Mayor Al Jurczynski, who’s credited with the city’s recruitment of them from the commercial and residential Richmond Hill section of Queens in 2002.
They were drawn, in part, by property-investment opportunities. At the time, Schenectady offered rundown homes for as cheap as $1 to people who could prove they had the wherewithal to bring them back to life while adhering to code restrictions, then-city development director Jay Sherman said.
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220 people get vaccine at Hindu temple in Schenectady – ‘a really good day’ | The Daily Gazette
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“It was a really good day,” said Schenectady County Manager Rory Fluman.
Local churches, like the Hindu Temple, and community centers are aiding Schenectady County officials in the distribution of the COVID vaccine.
“It’s been a beautiful outreach,” Fluman said.
On Monday, another 200 doses will be distributed at Faith Deliverance Tabernacle and on March 20, 100 doses will be given out at Duryee Memorial AME Zion Church with the help of the Black Nurses Coalition of Albany.
But those aren’t the only churches looking to help county officials.