PROPOSED LEDE: THIS PAST WEDNESDAY AT THE TOP OF RUSH HOUR AROUND 300 RESPONDED TO THE CALL FROM A NEW COALITION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO BLOCK ONE OF THE BUSIEST INTERSECTION IN NEWARK FOR A MASS MEETING TO DEMAND AN END TO STREET VIOLENCE AND JOBS. MAYOR BOOKER WAS REPORTEDLY INVITED BUT DID NOT APPEAR. THE ACTION WAS THE SEVENTH IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS, AS NEWARK RESIDENTS ARE GROWING RESTLESS AT THE LACK OF ACTION BY THE MAYOR IN ADDRESSING THEIR PROBLEMS.