Newark residents know we are moving in the right direction, and at a speed that many say makes me a viable candidate to become the first African American governor in New Jersey
By Ras J. Baraka
In the last few years, Newark has been lauded for finding solutions to problems that plagued American cities. Through our violence prevention initiatives, we had fewer homicides in 2022 than we did in 1961 and reduced the number of non-fatal shootings by 36% in the last year alone. Our drinking water is among the safest in the nation after our unprecedented lead-line replacement program. We opened transitional housing centers for our homeless, instituted homeownership programs, and major housing rehabilitation and development in our long-neglected wards to stabilize neighborhoods and make them safer.
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