Around Brooklyn: Salazar seeks to end ‘predatory’ court fees
Salazar seeks to end “predatory” court fees
State Sen. Julia Salazar (D-Bushwick-Cypress Hills-Williamsburg) joined other legislators and advocates to announce the introduction of the End Predatory Court Fees Act. The legislation would eliminate court fees, mandatory minimum fines, incarceration solely on the basis of unpaid fines and fees, and garnishment of commissary accounts in prison. The press conference also served as the launch for the No Price on Justice Campaign.
Subway stations to be named for Medgar Evers College
Two Brooklyn subway stations will officially be named for Medgar Evers College later this week. Assemblymember Diana Richardson and state Sen. Zellnor Myrie will gather with Brooklynites to unveil the new names for the President Street and Franklin Avenue stations. The name change was done not only to honor Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights but to honor Medgar Evers himself. Richardson, an alumni of the college, introduced the bill in the Assembly. As for Evers himself, he was a Black NAACP activist in Mississippi who organized protests against segregation, according to NY1. He was gunned down in 1963.