State and city leaders release bill to relieve impoverished neighborhoods 

By Tashi McQueenAFRO Political writertmcqueen@afro.com Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Mayor Brandon M. Scott and other legislators across the city and state gathered in support of the new legislation, the Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments, and Households Grant Program (ENOUGH Act), SB482/HB694. “As legislators, we get tens of hundreds of emails, sometimes tens of thousands of emails, that come into our inbox about resources needed for different families the violence that is erupting in our communities,” said Baltimore City Councilwoman Phylicia Porter (D-District 10) on Jan. 29. “The ENOUGH Act provides us with the political will, action to make meaningful changes. Not only within our policy but within our people that serve you all every single day.” The ENOUGH Act aims to eliminate poverty in Maryland communities by putting state money into impoverished neighborhoods and building partnerships based on data. The bill requires the governor to allocate $15 million to fund the initiative’s first year.& “For most of our city’s history, as you all know, communities just like the one we’re in today in Brooklyn have been neglected, ignored, disinvested,” said Scott at L.I.F.E Church Ministries in Baltimore. According to Moore, the median household income statewide is $98,000 but in Brooklyn,...