Hey Mr. DeBlasio, Want to Improve Emergency Services? Call a Community Activist

... the backbone of the region's relief effort. For example, CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities became a hub in Chinatown collecting and distributing food, clothing and medical supplies. Members of El Centro del Inmigrante, a Staten Island worker center ...

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