Woke NY Times’ ‘1619 Project’ writer’s husband hit with ethics complaint for plugging family biz during public education meeting

An ethics complaint has been slapped against the husband of Nikole Hannah-Jones, the woke New York Times scribe behind the controversial “1619 Project” — for shamelessly plugging his new bookstore and bar at a recent public-education meeting he helped run. Getty Images for ESSENCE6 Faraji and Nikole Hannah-Jones and her husband, Faraji Hannah Jones, who serves as chairman of the PEP’s contracts committee. “My wife and I are building an institution in Brooklyn, in Bed-Stuy, called North Star Books and Bar,” Faraji said. 6 Work permits for the North Star Books + Bar building at 339 Macon St. in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. 6 Faraji Hannah-Jones holding a sign that reads, “Patriotism… means to stand by the Country, it does NOT mean to stand by the president.”