CAMPAIGN ISSUES: THE ELDERLY (Photo) The older gentleman on the left is homeless and lives in a world that is completely different than the one on the right knows. There is a human connection, a bond being made between two men from different worlds over a casual game of chess. Ken Gibson NYC 2020 Recently many have lost an elderly relative due to the COVID 19. Much that has been due not just to the virus itself, but also due to policies such as keeping many patients in nursing homes where the germs could fester…

CAMPAIGN ISSUES: NOISE IN THE CITY (Photo) Daby B. Carreras   Ken Gibson NYC 2020 Daby has made a list of a number of issues on the ISSUES column on this site, and one that I see as often overlooked by politicians but of great concern to New Yorkers is noise. NOISE. From construction crews to drunks turning up their radio to 100 or more decibels, noise is part of the NYC experience. Along with mugging and bad smells, it is something we all hate. Noise is even more of a burden in this time of the China virus,…

CAMPAIGN ISSUES: HOUSING (Photo) Wilson Public Housing, East Harlem NY 🇺🇸 ver abajo para la versión en Español KEN GIBSON NYC 2020 Housing is one of the key campaign issues with Daby. Having grown up in this city, and as a  long term resident of the district, he knows first hand this issue. After Brownsville in Brooklyn, the district has the highest concentration of public housing in the nation. Two dozen public housing complexes shelter tens of thousands of East Harlem residents. NYCHA, the city…

CAMPAIGN ISSUES: CRIME (Photo) Daby B. Carreras KEN GIBSON NYC 2020 This issue brings to mind the line of a 1970s Elton John song called "Boogie Pilgrim." "Crime in the streets, You  read about it every day in the papers" Justice is needed in the city, in the city that never sleeps, especially when people don't want to close their eyes for fear of being robbed. Or killed. No political campaign in New York City is complete without a candidate entering at large upon this topic; which is a key issue with…