Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 22 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title Wheres the mayor? VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication Highbridge Horizon VTMBH Article: Original Language English and Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb In the 82 days we tracked his appearances, the mayor scheduled events outside of Manhattan on only 31 days--and he's come to the Bronx only seven times. Its like the mayor is afraid to leave Manhattan! VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Every morning when we get into the office, an e-mail message from the mayors press office is waiting in our inbox. Public Schedule for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg for… followed by the date. Basic details of the mayors public schedule appear in the text of the message, with the location of each event written in capital letters: MANHATTAN; QUEENS; BROOKLYN; STATEN ISLAND; BRONX; LONG ISLAND; WASHINGTON, D.C. Having rarely seen BRONX in those e-mails, on Feb. 15 we decided to start saving them. As of Tuesday, May 7, we have accumulated 82 messages. Only seven contained the word BRONX. None of those seven contained more than one Bronx event. Here are the seven events that brought our mayor, Michael Bloomberg, to our borough. February 28 Swears in members of the Bronx Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at a ceremony at Hostos Community College in Melrose. March 10 Marches in a St. Patricks Day parade in Throgs Neck, on the Bronx southeastern tip. March 26 At Van Cortlandt Park, declares a drought emergency. April 4 Attends the funeral of Police Detective Jamie Betancourt in Unionport, on the eastern half of the Bronx. April 13 Speaks at a luncheon of the New York Hispanic Clergy Organization in Baychester. May 3 Attends the funeral of firefighter Michael Lynch in Schuylerville, on the Bronx eastern shore. Heres the one we like most: April 5 The mayor is in the Bronx for the second day in a row, this time to throw out the first pitch before the Yankees first home game of the season. Three of those visits came while the mayor was on his way to an event or back from an event outside New York City. Staten Island has it worse, only being graced with the mayors presence six times since Feb. 15. Mr. Bloomberg has visited Brooklyn nine times and Queens 15 times. Add them up and subtract the six days when he visited more than one borough in a day, and heres the bottom-line: in 82 days, the mayor scheduled events outside of Manhattan on only 31 days. Its like the mayor is afraid to leave Manhattan! Half the job of being mayor is simply showing up. We need to see our officials in order to know they are working for us. Where is the mayor? In the first months of his administration a big deal was made over his weekend excursions out of the city. We suppose Mr. Bloomberg cannot be blamed for preferring to spend his weekends in Bali or the Bahamas instead of the Bronx. Wouldnt we all like to be there for a little R & R? Of course we would, but were not the mayor. His job is to manage the cityall five boroughs, all 8 million people. If he continues to neglect us now, lets not forget to neglect him when he runs for reelection. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-05-15 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 153 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wheres the mayor? 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. In the 82 days we tracked his appearances, the mayor scheduled events outside of Manhattan on only 3 Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-05-15