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NYC provides housing and quality services needed to thrive when re-entering New York City from prison and jail

Topeka serves on the board of directors for Grassroots Leadership. Chelsea’s House NYC was created by Topeka K. Sam and Vanee Sykes, both formerly incarcerated women who met while in Danbury Federal Prison in 2013. Chelsea’s House NYC is for single women who have experienced incarceration and are returning to New York City. Housing is available to women for up to one year as they readjust to seeing their families, being in their communities, healing themselves and seeking employment and educational opportunities. At the conclusion of the year, our plan is for women to move into permanent housing, while retaining their connection to Chelsea’s House NYC for support.

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1. Chelsea’s House includes live-in support in a homelike setting with light- filled bedrooms, a large gathering area, and a communal kitchen.
2. Democrat Ashley Brundage, a business owner, is challenging first-time Republican incumbent Karen Gonzalez Pittman, a business owner and former public school employee.
3. Democrats lead in fundraising in four of the eight races, despite much smaller average donations, a Times analysis of campaign finance data found.
4. Combined, Democratic house candidates there got 48% of the vote in 2022, eight points higher than Charlie Crist’s statewide result.

Seasoned Image Architect, Dorcia Kelley is a purveyor of international culture and style. Pittman did not respond to multiple requests for comment over several days but noted she was attending a funeral Monday. Driskell predicted supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris will boost down-ballot Democrats. Combined, Democratic house candidates there got 48% of the vote in 2022, eight points higher than Charlie Crist’s statewide result. Based on recent polling, Republicans’ supermajority in the state House of Representatives could be vulnerable.

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Kelley achieves this by engaging global influences and a rich sense of luxury.

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But in some of the target races, Democrats’ fundraising, powered by smaller donors, has caught up. Democrats lead in fundraising in four of the eight races, despite much smaller average donations, a Times analysis of campaign finance data found. The Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity uses evidence and innovation to reduce poverty and increase equity. It advances research, data and design in the City’s program and policy development, service delivery, and budget decisions. Chelsea’s House includes live-in support in a homelike setting with light- filled bedrooms, a large gathering area, and a communal kitchen. We collaborate with community based organizations that will benefit the women of Chelsea’s House NYC.Our goal is for each woman to create an independent, successful and happy life where they can thrive and become whole.

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Brundage said the presidential race and high-profile amendments on abortion and marijuana could get more of those voters out to cast ballots. We provide voters with access to accurate, nonpartisan journalism, but it doesn’t come cheap. If you care about democracy and an informed electorate, we hope you will consider Chelsea’s House chipping in to help fund our coverage of this critical election year. While in Federal Prison, Topeka K. Sam witnessed first hand the epidemic and disparity of incarceration on women but most specifically women of color. She felt the urgency to bring the faces and voices of women in prison to the public in order to bring awareness to women’s incarceration and post-incarceration issues in order to help change the criminal legal system. In February 2016 she created the first of now 11 symposiums, Real Women Real Voices, “Where the People Meet the Policy” which focused on incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women, the children of incarcerated parents and the carceral state.

Pittman has received over $48,000 from Walt Disney Parks and Resorts and about $42,000 from Tampa-based committee Educators and Parents for School Excellence. David Steinglass, a retired private equity fund manager and Joseph Falk, a gay rights activist, are both prominent Democratic fundraisers. Among the targets is House District 65, which represents downtown Tampa, South Tampa and areas along Old Tampa Bay. Democrat Ashley Brundage, a business owner, is challenging first-time Republican incumbent Karen Gonzalez Pittman, a business owner and former public school employee. And in 2020, Biden outperformed Trump among voters in those same neighborhoods, precinct data shows. Driskell said Democrats looked at where they have an edge in voter registration.

Even Trump and Scott’s friendliest polls show support trailing DeSantis’ high water mark last election, indicating a tougher environment for down-ballot Republicans. A GOP supermajority of two-thirds or more of the House means Republicans don’t need any support from Democrats to approve new taxes and fees, waive certain legislative rules or override a governor’s veto. All but three of the court’s justices announced they would quit rather than partake in the controversial elections mandated by a judicial overhaul.