Jamaican American attorney Alison Smith, now immediate past president of the Broward County Bar Association (BCBA), Florida, continues to be active in her community while looking out for Jamaican .
Fed Up With Socialism and Antisemitism, Attorney Seeks to Clean Up NYC By Heather Robinson/JNS.org | June 03, 2021
Ukrainian-born Inna Vernikov, who practices immigration and divorce law, says she was energized to run for New York City Council by distress over the state of the city and a belief in a two-party system that provides viable checks and choices.
Inna Vernikov remembers what life was like for families in the former Soviet Union when she was a child.
“I remember standing in very long lines with my grandfather he’d have a ticket so we could get one loaf of bread and one bottle of milk for the entire family,” said Vernikov, who was born in Czernowitz, Ukraine, and immigrated with her family to the United States at the age of 12.
Fed up with socialism and anti-Semitism, attorney seeks to clean up New York City
June 4, 2021
(JNS) Inna Vernikov remembers what life was like for families in the former Soviet Union when she was a child.
“I remember standing in very long lines with my grandfather he’d have a ticket so we could get one loaf of bread and one bottle of milk for the entire family,” said Vernikov, who was born in Czernovitz, Ukraine, and immigrated with her family to the United States at the age of 12.
Memories like this, the desire to effect change on issues related to crime and New York’s economy, as well as her perception of a parallel between the former Soviet Union’s collectivism an.
Ukrainian-born Inna Vernikov, who practices immigration and divorce law, says she was energized to run for New York City Council by distress over the state of the city and a belief in a two-party system that provides viable checks and choices.