My reason for leaving NYC after 8 years was that a Murder for Hire contract had been taken out on my life by then Chairman of the Board of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. I was CEO of Nuyorican Press, a business involving the Founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Miguel Algarin, my business partner. In fact, Nuyorican Press won the National Book Award our first printing. The book, ironically was authored by the same Chairman of the Board of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, a racist lawyer from New Jersey. My company had a contract with the Cafe to webcast all content from this world famous venue. Our company owned Nuyorican.TV - Poetry.TV - Spokenword.TV and Anti-Racism.TV.... From the moment of the contract signing (which the Chairman signed) there was a pushback and attempts to undermine the contract. In fact, the contract was breached and my production team was approached to work for the Chairman directly. Of course I called the Chairman to inquire about his motives and was told he would have me buried in the back of the Cafe if I sought legal redress. Well I filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court, Pro Se immediately. A few months into the lawsuit I received a phone call from the person who had been approached about taking the hit. I was told that if he did not do it, someone else would. This person, had spent 15 years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to commit murder, so needless to say I took this information seriously. I knew of this person and was able to have someone engage him on the subject of being hired to kill me. He actually admitted and named names. That conversation was recorded. Of course having your business destroyed is one thing, having your like taken for revealing the process in a court of law is another thing....This is why I left New York. As it turns out, the Occupy National Gathering was taking place in Michigan so I decided to stay for the Gathering....And that is another story yet...
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 02:36:46 +0000
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