1. “THE MOLD” | #FARROCKAWAY 60 DAYS AND COUNTING AFTER #HURRICANESANDY 

    In the aftermath of the hurricane, volunteers mobilized to provide aid to Rockaway residents. Twelve hundred and fifty one surveys were collected from residents living in Far Rockaways.

    In the last two weeks of December, New York Communities for Change organizers called and visited a sample of the initial survey takers to assess the current habitability situation, two months after Hurricane Sandy hit.

    The results document a clear failure by the Bloomberg administration to solve several problems of habitability, including electricity, heat, wet sheetrock removal and mold remediation.

    A significant number of Rockaway residents have still not returned to their homes. And for those that have been lucky enough to return home, things are still not back to normal.

     

     

  2. The Undercurrent: Hedges v. Obama, NDAA Part 1

    Recent On-Location cinematography for Lauren Windsor and The Young Turks.

     

  3. TOLD BY:

    FORMER HARLEM SUCCESS ACADEMY

    CURRENT CO-LOCATED PUBLIC SCHOOL

    PARENTS & STUDENTS

    HARLEM, NY

    PETITION: bit.ly/Q7TLUo

     

  4. KILLED BY #NYPD -TAMON ROBINSON’S FAMILY SPEAKS OUT - #JUSTICEFORTAMON #JUSTICEFORTHEMALL

    WHAT HAPPENED TO TAMON ROBINSON?
    “Tamon Robinson, 27, was allegedly spotted by NYPD around 5:30 AM on April 12th stealing cobblestones from the Bay View Houses, a public housing complex in.
    Robinson, the police reported, ran to his mother’s building after being spotted. The police, two officers on foot and others in a patrol car, then chased him onto the sidewalk to cut off his escape.
    Despite reports from two eyewitnesses who saw Robinson cornered and then struck by the car, the police maintain that he ran into the car.
    Police at the scene pulled Robinson from under the car, yelling ‘Wake up! Wake up!’ before bouncing him off the hood of the car.”
    The NYPD now says it is investigating its officer’s role in Mr. Robinson’s death.
    How many Mothers will have to bury their sons before we stand up for Justice?
    Justice For Tamon, Justice For Them All!”

    SIGN PETITION: “We want the 69th Precinct to be held accountable for their actions”
    change.org/petitions/justice-for-tamon-robinson-we-want-the-69th-precinct-to-be-held-accountable-for-their-actions
    FACEBOOK: facebook.com/JusticeForTamonRobinson

     


  5. Check out New York Film and Photo League we are getting up and running at the blessings of the original New York Photo League. 

    Stay tuned for more details.  

     

  6. “On May 1st 2012, a coalition of students and faculty from Brooklyn College, Columbia University, the CUNY Graduate Center, Eugene Lang College, Hunter College, New School for Social Research, New York University, the Occupy University, and Princeton University collaborated to produce a “collective educational experiment”.

    This day-long Free University is a form of an education strike in which we, a city-wide coalition of students and faculty, simultaneously withdraw our labor from an increasingly privatized, securitized, and exploitative educational system and redirect our energies towards a vision of what education could be.”

    Want to get involved in the Free University?

    Twitter: Follow @FreeUnivNYC #FreeU

     


  7. MY FIRST 360 DEGREE PANORAMIC SHORT FILM -TESTING @KOGETO #DOT

    Taking the Subway, visiting Occupy Wall Street, and hanging out at Time Square. Not much, but it’s a lot to take in, seeing another part of the world in 360 Degree video , shooting it with such ease is aspiring.


    Videos that are easy to watch on a computer, MAC or PC, iPhone, iPad and Android is coming soon, On your phone you need the looker.app (Application) to get the full experience.


    Imagine this type of stuff being the norm in the next few years. More cool stuff to come. Check these guys out kogeto.com.


    iPhone/iPad App Download

    http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/looker/id465782176?mt=8

     

  8. A pothead while awaiting some life changing news takes a tab of acid to relieve stress, but when his phone rings, looking for it becomes a bewildering psychedelic task.

    Recent Cut and files has been lost due to Hard Drive failure, might as well put up the last edit of this short film so it won’t be lost too.

    Created for Borough of Manhattan Community College Video Production class back in 2010.

    ….Cast
    Jonan Everett… Huey
    John Ramsey… Trent
    Mariel Suarez… Cynthia

    ….Producer
    Larry Leventhal

    ….Written and Directed By
    Messiah Rhodes

    facebook.com/pages/Getting-High/102320526482797

    (Source: vimeo.com)

     

  9. The subways and buses keep New York City running for the 99%, 24 hours, 7 days a week. For the last several years, the fares have been increasing, while train and bus service have been steadily decreasing. 
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    “Despite the fact that buses and subways are supposed to be a public service, the government and the MTA have turned the system backwards. Instead of using our tax money to properly fund transit, Albany and City Hall have intentionally starved transit of public funds for over twenty years; the MTA must resort to bonds (loans from Wall Street) to pay for projects and costs.
    “MTA is legally required to funnel tax dollars and fares away from transportation costs and towards interest on these bonds, called “debt service.” This means Wall Street bondholders receive a huge share of what we put into the system through the Metrocards we buy and the taxes we pay: more than $2 billion a year goes to debt service, and this number is expected to rise every year. If trends continue, by 2018 more than one out of every five dollars of MTA revenue will head to a banker’s pockets.”
    -Transcom Statement
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    MTA is using this self-inflicted crisis to not only lower the quality of life for Transit workers but for the entire city.
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    IF YOU TAKE A BUS OR A TRAIN EVERYDAY, LET BLOOMBERG AND CUOMO KNOW.
    TRANSIT WORKERS UNION 100 – ARE THE 99% AND MOVES THE 99%!

     

  10. Knowledge and Porn
    Reflections
    Red Dead Redemption - Homoerotic glitch

    Some random photos.