Get The Scoop On Ca$h Da$h On The Rock's Free Empowering Acce$$ To Capital For Local Businesses Forum

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ACCE$$ TO CAPITAL

"CONNECTING LOCAL BUSINESSES TO CASH"

Far Rockaway, NY, Saturday, January 10, 2026 (10 AM - 2 PM) Ca$H DA$H ON THE ROCK, a grassroots collective, will host a Meet the Lenders event, ACCE$$ TO CAPITAL.

Small Business owners, Micro entrepreneurs and Startup Entrepreneurs will meet at the Peninsula Preparatory Academy, located at 16 - 11 Beach 19th Street in Downtown Far Rockaway for ACCE$$ TO CAPITAL +, a free event hosted by CA$H DA$H ON THE ROCK.

Designed to support the Small Business Owners of the Rockaway Peninsula to successfully get the money and services they need for their businesses. The ACCE$$ TO CAPITAL + event will bring together Alternative Lenders, Banks, CDFIs (Community Development Funding Institutions), Credit Unions, Crowdfunding, Micro and Online Lenders, all in one place, along with attorneys, CPA's and Tax, Insurance and Marketing Professionals.

"Connecting our local business community DIRECTLY with decision-makers -- consumers, funding or professional resources, is at the heart of what we do," said Gail Johnson, co-founder of CA$H DA$H ON THE ROCK.

"A lot of the Small Businesses on the Peninsula are not aware these resources even exist, and this event is the perfect way to bridge that gap," said Aiysha Simon, co-founder of CA$H DA$H ON THE ROCK.

Thinking of launching a startup, building out a home-based business or expanding an established business, ACCE$$ TO CAPITAL, will provide invaluable primary access points to funding, financing, freemiums and lasting connections - - at no cost to the attendees.

As Kamau Austin, Founder and Co-Founder of the Southeast Queens Scoop, notes, the urgency of capital access cannot be overstated.  Austin asks “How can we talk about a fair and equitable society within a capitalist system if our community’s businesses are systematically denied access to capital?” The question underscores the core mission of Ca$h Da$H on the Rock—ensuring Black and POC entrepreneurs are not only included in economic growth, but positioned to lead it.

Come Early. Leave Late.

For more information Contact: Gail Johnson 718.608.5423 or
Aiysha Simon 347.693.1224

The Sad Twilight of Mayor Eric Adams' Career

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The Sad Twilight of
Mayor Eric Adams’ Career

Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams

By Kamau Austin

There’s something deeply unsettling about how New York City is choosing to remember Eric Adams.

The pile-on, the erasure, the selective outrage—it all feels too familiar for Black New Yorkers who have watched this cycle repeat itself again and again.

I remember Eric Adams long before Gracie Mansion. I remember him as a street activist fighting police brutality when doing so came with real risk. He was threatened—by elements within the police department and by street hustlers alike—because we were trying to reduce violence in our communities through grassroots organizing like the Black United Front. That work wasn’t glamorous. It was dangerous. And it was necessary.