| Today is Election Day! Make sure you hit the polls if you haven’t already! |
CORONAVIRUS & MONKEYPOX
1. HERE’S THE NY SCOOP
THE STATS:
| 18, 178, 634 vaccines administered across NYC 187 new hospitalizations 7,573 new cases (wear your masks) 2, 910 Monkeypox cases in NY |
GOOD NEWS
| Voting Day is Today! – It’s Election Day today! Click here to find your polling place and candidates. Polls close at 9PM today! If you need a refresher on why…check out our last email here for the rundown. So You Wanna Do the Deed with Weed?– Starting a business that is. Today, Mayor Adams and the Dept of Small Business launched Cannabis NYC, a program to help “justice-involved New Yorkers” aka black and brown people who were disproportionally indicted for marijuana related crimes apply for the first retail (CAURD) licenses. Perhaps our favorite part is the Obama inspired hashtag #YesWeCANnabis |
BAD NEWS
| Fetty Wap’s No Longer Needs a Trap Queen – Oh how the mighty have fallen. Fetty Wap, singer of the smash hit, “Trap Queen” is accused of distributing more than 100 kilograms of drugs in Suffolk County. I said oh hey what’s up hello…prison. |
HERE’S THE RUNDOWN
2. SO WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THE STUDENT LOANS?
| ARE YOUR STUDENT LOANS GETTING CANCELLED? We don’t know definitively yet. Debates surrounding student loan forgiveness have been prevalent on the Congressional floor since COVID, when payments for federal student loans were placed on pause. So far, Biden has delayed student loan payments six times and cancelled over $32 Billion in student loans. WHEN WILL WE KNOW? Biden promised he’d make a decision before August 31, 2022, the same day the student loan payment pause ends. Many are expecting Biden to cancel student loans for federal loan borrowers who make less than $125,000. This means your loans will NOT qualify if you have: |
- older FFEL loans not owned by U.S. ED and not in default;
- Perkins Loans owned by schools; and
- private student loans.
| A FEW THINGS TO KNOW |
- If student loans are NOT cancelled, then you will have to begin payments starting September 1st. Read here for more repayment options in NY.
- You can get a refund for any autopayment between March 13, 2020 and August 31, 2022. Contact your loan servicer for help with refunds.
- If you do not know who is servicing your loan or how to contact them, you can visit StudentAid.gov/login or call 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243) for assistance.
EVENTS COMING UP
3. WIN TICKETS TO GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL BY BEING A GREAT HUMAN!
| Want to feature an event? Email us if you have an event that you would like for us to share! The Global Citizen Festival is celebrating its tenth year in Central Park with an incredible lineup, and you can join us by taking action NOW — for girls, for the planet, and to end poverty. Since Global Citizen built its first stage in 2012, Global Citizens have taken over 30 million actions, leading to over $41.1B in dispersed funding that’s impacting the lives of over 1.15 billion people. Download the Global Citizen app to earn points and get your free tickets to the Great Lawn by doing things like writing your senator, signing petitions and more! Headliners this year include Metallica, Mariah Carey, Rosalia, Charlie Puth and more! |
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