HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS
Statement from Manhattan B.P. Brewer on Samantha ‘Just Sam’ Diaz being crowned the newest American Idol
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anhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer issued the following statement Monday in response to Manhattan subway singer Just Sam being crowned American Idol last night. Just Sam learned of her victory virtually while in Los Angeles, where she stayed when filming of American Idol shut down in March because of COVID-19 and she was unable to return to her home in Douglass Houses because she feared risking her grandmother Elizabeth’s health. “I am so proud of Samantha ‘Just Sam’ From page 8
Diaz, a 21-year-old from uptown Manhattan who has won America’s hearts as their newest American Idol. Just Sam is a proud resident of Douglass Houses still didn’t know whether I was still “POSITIVE” with the Coronavirus.
and she has worked all of her life to get to where she is. Her mother spent time in the justice system, and she was adopted, along with her sister, by their grandmother
Elizabeth. “I have enjoyed organizing New Yorkers to vote for her every week and have been so honored to lend a hand in uplifting her journey so that we as
a borough and a city could come together to witness her powerful story and her stellar talent as she rose through the ranks to become the next American Idol. Thank
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Harlem Community Newspapers | May 21. 2020
Finally, I felt like I was turning
you to the residents of Douglass Houses, particularly TA president Carmen Quiniones who has spearheaded much of the local energy and support for Just Sam.”
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