Brooklyn\u2019s Jamaican community is stepping up to support families still recovering from Hurricane Melissa\u2019s devastation.<\/p>\n
Assemblywoman Monique Chandler-Waterman, Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams, and the Consulate General of Jamaica joined with Ambassador N. Nick Perry, JAMLEO President Lt. Danae McFarlane, elected officials, clergy, and community stakeholders for a relief effort in East Flatbush.<\/p>\n
Members shared updates on the island\u2019s recovery and outlined how New Yorkers can get involved. Community leaders are collecting donations at several drop-off locations across the city, including local NYPD precincts, which are partnering in the effort. Volunteers are gathering basic necessities and assembling care packages to send to those in need.<\/p>\n
For New Yorkers still unable to reach loved ones in Jamaica, there\u2019s a Hurricane Melissa Relief Hotline available. Call 888-817-9050 to request assistance. Representatives will forward each inquiry to the relevant authorities in Jamaica to help reconnect families.<\/p>\n
Christopher Benjamin, from the Consulate General of Jamaica, says the hotline is an important way for families to get answers and peace of mind while recovery continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooklyn\u2019s Jamaican community is stepping up to support families still recovering from Hurricane Melissa\u2019s devastation. Assemblywoman Monique Chandler-Waterman,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,13979,7379,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-27669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-hurricane-melissa","tag-jamaica","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}