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Today's Date: September 21, 2023
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ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES PROTEST

ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES PROTEST

NEW YORK - Abortion rights advocates took to the streets nationwide today against the possibility the U. S. Supreme Court will soon overturn Roe v. Wade. ... read more
GEORGE FLOYD REMEMBERED

GEORGE FLOYD REMEMBERED

NEW YORK - A rally took place in New York's Union Square Park today to mark the second anniversary of 46-year-old George Floyd's murder by a police officer in Minneapolis. ... read more
NYC CELEBRATES PUERTO RICAN DAY

NYC CELEBRATES PUERTO RICAN DAY

NEW YORK - New York City's famed Fifth Avenue featured the loud and colorful Puerto Rican Day parade today. ... read more
PRIDE MARCH STEPS OFF IN NYC

PRIDE MARCH STEPS OFF IN NYC

NEW YORK - Tens of thousands of participants and spectators today took part in or witnessed the 53rd annual Pride March in Manhattan. ... read more
BLACKS MARCH AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE

BLACKS MARCH AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE

NEW YORK - Scores of black ministers and community leaders marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to New York's City Hall today to raise awareness about mounting gun violence. ... read more
PROTESTS MOUNT AFTER SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS ROE V. WADE

PROTESTS MOUNT AFTER SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS ROE V. WADE

NEW YORK - People are taking to the streets around the nation today to protest the U. S. Supreme Court's historic decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion. ... read more

NYC OPENS JACKIE ROBINSON MUSEUM

NEW YORK --- It's finally opened! After 14 years of all sorts of delays, the Jackie Robinson Museum opened in Lower Manhattan today after a ribbon cutting ceremony by Robinson's 100-year-old widow Rachel. ... read more
VEEP VISITS BROOKLYN

VEEP VISITS BROOKLYN

NEW YORK - Vice President Kamala Harris today visited the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corp's Economic Solutions Center in downtown Brooklyn to see how the Center helps expand access to capital and community development. ... read more
NYC BODEGA WORKERS OUTRAGED

NYC BODEGA WORKERS OUTRAGED

NEW YORK - Supporters of a Harlem, New York bodega worker, who is facing a murder charge relating to an on-the-job stabbing of a robbery assailant, are hoping today that the local District Attorney will drop the charges after meeting with him. ... read more
FLOYD DEMONSTRATIONS REACH TIMES SQUARE

FLOYD DEMONSTRATIONS REACH TIMES SQUARE

NEW YORK - The angry protests over the brutal death of George Floyd are continuing worldwide, including closing down the "Crossroads of the World," New York's Times Square. Carrying signs and banners demanding justice, thousands of demonstrators vented their collective disdain for police brutality. ... read more
NYC STARTS TAKE BACK YOUR STREETS DRIVE

NYC STARTS TAKE BACK YOUR STREETS DRIVE

NEW YORK - With Black on Black crime growing rapidly, New York City officials have started an "Occupy the Corner" campaign in Harlem and other minority communities. Mayor Bill de Blasio said stopping the violence is a "we thing, not a me thing." The Mayor added "this is a very moving matter to me. This is the people taking back the street. We will solve our own challenges and make something good happen in our community." ... read more
MINORITY NYC BUSINESSES COMPLAIN

MINORITY NYC BUSINESSES COMPLAIN

NEW YORK - Angered by what they consider overly punitive enforcement by police, Black and Brown New York City business leaders today demanded the practice end. Led by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams outside of New York Police headquarters, the minority businesses claimed they received exorbitant fines, required changes to a business's method of operations, including shorter hours, and even revocation of a business's liquor license. ... read more
BLM AT TRUMP TOWER

BLM AT TRUMP TOWER

NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Bill DiBlasio today led a group of other New Yorkers in painting a large Black Lives Matters sign on Fifth Avenue in front of Trump Tower. The Mayor said the yellow sign "isn't just painted words on Fifth Avenue, but this city is committed to the meaning of the message." Today's action is one of many New York observances and demonstrations in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. ... read more
BLM WANTS POLICE $ CUTS

BLM WANTS POLICE $ CUTS

NEW YORK - Since the death of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter campaign has achieved some success, and today BLM protestors demanded that NY cut $1 billion from the $6 billion police budget. At a demonstration at City Hall, some of the participants even went so far as to call for the abolishment of the police department. A number of the BLM protestors stated they will stay at City Hall until their demands are met. ... read more
NYC MAKES JUNETEENTH A HOLIDAY

NYC MAKES JUNETEENTH A HOLIDAY

NEW YORK - NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio participated in a Black Lives Matter street painting on Staten Island to announce the Big Apple will recognize Juneteenth as an official city holiday to recognize the liberation of the last freed Black slave. "We will give this day the importance and recognition it deserves," said de Blasio, adding "every student and city worker will have the opportunity to reflect on the meaning of our history through the pain and struggle that should bring an extraordinary purposefulness and vision to inspire change." ... read more
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