City Council’s Bridge Over Greedy Waters

New York’s City Council was caught with their split hooves in the cookie jar yesterday. The U.S. attorney’s office is investigating why more than $4 million was tucked neatly away in a “slush fund” and distributed to non-existing community organizations with irresistible names like the “Firewood Senior Center” and “Moving Up Building Bridges”.
Council Speaker Christine [...]

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Bailey House, the Hospice on the Hudson

 
I accepted a position as office manager of Bailey House in 1992. After two years of working at a legal service company with the responsibility of filing certificates of incorporations, amendments, mergers and UCC-1 financing statements with the Secretaries of State of all fifty states, the District of Columbia and most major U.S. territories, I [...]

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Schizophrenia- Disability Discrimination

 The New York State Division of Human Rights contacted my house last week. It was Alton Wolfe’s voice on the machine. He was the specialist assigned to my case several years ago—the case in which I filed charges of disability discrimination against my employer for their failure to recognize my disability—Schizophrenia.  
“Mr. Taylor, this is [...]

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Diss Ability

February 12, 2007
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
New York District Office
33 Whitehall Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10005-2112
Re: Federal Charge No. 16GA700686
To Whom It May Concern:
As per the attached Determination and Order After Investigation, issued by the New York State Division of Human Rights, I wish to formally request a review by EEOC into the details [...]

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The Jewish Board

New York State
Division of Human Rights
New York State Division of
Human Rights on the complaint of
CHARLES GEORGE TAYLOR
Complaintant,
v.
Jewish Board of Family & Children’s Services, Inc.
FEDERAL CHARGE NO: 16GA700686

On 11/21/2006, Charles George Taylor filed a verified complaint with the New York State Division of Human Rights (”Division”) charging the above-named respondent with an unlawful discriminatory practice relating [...]

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The Exorcism

 
My landlord tired to protect me from a group of born again Christians who came to console me after Shawn died. They were my co-workers. My boss was a deacon from Riverside church in Harlem and she knew I needed prayer. She sent Nicole Sterling and Gwen Florant over. Gwen is a certified social worker [...]

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Those Who Wait

A homeless man boarded the F train today and stood in front of where I was sitting. The stench of unwashed clothing that has been soaked of urine and dried stiff in the sun slapped my face to attention. Those around me scattered. They even gave up their seats. I didn’t. I breathed from my mouth [...]

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Dark Night of the Soul (Act II)

Geoffrey Holder tried to explain my psychotic break with humor.
“Tell me more, darling– I bet you looked fabulous. What did you have on?” The Un-cola, 7-Up soda spokesperson asked when I called to tell him that I was hospitalized for Schizophrenia.
“I saw the end, Geoffrey. I witnessed death.”
“Darling– you are reading from the Book of [...]

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Brother Can You Spare $7.25

The minimum wage increase is the biggest news story of the year and decade, yet few understand how just a few dollars could save our nation.
Mexicans have as much right to this land as anyone else. Our taco eating neighbors to the south have always been peaceful friends of the United States. They should receive [...]

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Funding Terrorist

 
The office holiday party is on Friday. We’re having a ‘holiday’ party, not a ‘Christmas’ party.
The tight-wad in charge at the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services allocated $15.50 for each staff member for the holiday party in 2006. Professional therapists who listen to the troubles of others all year long are rewarded with [...]

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