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NYC BODEGA WORKERS OUTRAGED

NYC BODEGA WORKERS OUTRAGED

August 25, 2022
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
VEEP VISITS BROOKLYN

VEEP VISITS BROOKLYN

August 25, 2022
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 OPENS JACKIE ROBINSON MUSEUM

August 25, 2022
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
MAYORS TARGET GUN VIOLENCE

MAYORS TARGET GUN VIOLENCE

August 25, 2022
NEW YORK - A group of mayors from across the country met at Gracie Mansion today, the official residence of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, to delve into the continuing problem of gun violence. ... read more
DOMINICAN DAY IN NEW YORK CITY

DOMINICAN DAY IN NEW YORK CITY

August 25, 2022
NEW YORK - After a three-year absence because of Covid, today the 40th National Dominican Day Parade marched smartly up New York's Avenue of the Americas today. The weather was beautiful and the thousands of participants and observers all had smiles on their faces. ... read more
PROTESTS MOUNT AFTER SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS ROE V. WADE

PROTESTS MOUNT AFTER SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS ROE V. WADE

August 25, 2022
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
BLACKS MARCH AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE

BLACKS MARCH AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE

August 25, 2022
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
PRIDE MARCH STEPS OFF IN NYC

PRIDE MARCH STEPS OFF IN NYC

August 25, 2022
NEW YORK - Tens of thousands of participants and spectators today took part in or witnessed the 53rd annual Pride March in Manhattan. ... read more
NYC CELEBRATES PUERTO RICAN DAY

NYC CELEBRATES PUERTO RICAN DAY

August 25, 2022
NEW YORK - New York City's famed Fifth Avenue featured the loud and colorful Puerto Rican Day parade today. ... read more
NYC GETS GUN CZAR

NYC GETS GUN CZAR

August 25, 2022
NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Eric Adams today appointed the city's first "gun violence prevention czar." He made the announcement following nearly 600 shootings this year in the Big Apple. ... read more
GEORGE FLOYD REMEMBERED

GEORGE FLOYD REMEMBERED

August 25, 2022
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
ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES PROTEST

ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES PROTEST

August 25, 2022
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
NYC Minority Housing Project Gets Good $$$ News

NYC Minority Housing Project Gets Good $$$ News

November 27, 2020
NEW YORK - The 4000 mostly minority tenants of the Diego Beekman Houses in New York’s South Bronx are receiving some good news today. That news is taking the form of a new, low interest, 30-year mortgage for $19 million dollars. NYC Comptroller John Liu told reporters the funds came from the NYC Employee Retirement System and the Police Pension Fund. ... read more
NYC Protestors Want Assad To Go

NYC Protestors Want Assad To Go

November 27, 2020
NEW YORK - New Yorkers of Syrian and Iranian descent have added their voices to demonstrations taking place outside United Nations Headquarters in New York. They are demanding the immediate departure of President Bashar al-Assad from Syria and the return of secular rule to the Mideast nation. ... read more
NYC Students Demand End To Job Bias

NYC Students Demand End To Job Bias

November 27, 2020
NEW YORK – Students and graduates from the Borough of Manhattan Community College, joined by members of the NY City Council, are demanding an end to credit checks by employees, which they charge unfairly blocks qualified students and recent graduates from needed jobs. ... read more
NY City Council Probes NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Policy

NY City Council Probes NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Policy

November 27, 2020
NEW YORK – The New York City Council Civil Rights Committee has started a series of public hearings to investigate the NYPD’s use of stop-and-frisk tactics. Residents appearing before the panel claim the police procedures mostly negatively impact on minority and gay people. ... read more
Asian-Americans Make Demands on China

Asian-Americans Make Demands on China

November 27, 2020
NEW YORK – Demonstrators from the New York Chinese-American community are out in force outside the United Nations building in New York, expressing the view that their homeland in China doesn’t deserve its membership in the UN Security Council because of its political hold on Tibet . Displaying pictures of Tibetans who immolated themselves or otherwise violently protested Chinese rule over Tibet, the protestors charge the level of violence China has enacted in Tibet today is greater than when it hit record levels in 2008. ... read more
West Indians Say No To Occupy Wall Street

West Indians Say No To Occupy Wall Street

November 27, 2020
NEW YORK - The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement, which has been center stage in many of the world media’s stories over the past year, got a jolt yesterday from the organizers of the annual West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn. About two dozen OWS members, carrying a large bright yellow banner, became the object of disdain from the parade officials shortly after our photographer took this picture. ... read more
Violence Against Asians Grips Harlem

Violence Against Asians Grips Harlem

November 27, 2020
New York – Rocked by eight violent muggings in recent days of Asian residents of New York’s predominately Spanish Harlem, calls for better police protection are being sounded. Witnesses report a single male has been seen following Asian people entering local housing projects, board elevators where the attacks take place. After brutally beating the victims, mostly women, the thug then robs them. ... read more
Mourners Protest Black Youths Death By NYPD

Mourners Protest Black Youths Death By NYPD

November 27, 2020
NEW YORK – One year after a white New York police officer shot and killed an 18-year-old black youth, the victim’s friends and family took to the streets of the Bronx, NY over the weekend to protest police bias. Ramarley Graham was killed from a single shot fired by police officer Richard Haste who followed Graham into his home. The cop was part of a narcotics detail. Haste said he fired his weapon believing Graham was reaching for a gun. He had no weapon. ... read more
MINORITY COMMUNITIES HIT BY NEW DRUG CRISIS

MINORITY COMMUNITIES HIT BY NEW DRUG CRISIS

November 27, 2020
Alarmed that 33 people were severally sickened by an overdose of the synthetic marijuana known as K2, law enforcement have fanned out in minority sections of Brooklyn, NY to locate the sources of the drugs. ... read more
NY CABBIES SEEK RELIEF

NY CABBIES SEEK RELIEF

November 27, 2020
NEW YORK - Hundreds of New York City taxi drivers, many of them minorities, today took their yellow cabs to City Hall to seek help. They want financial support from the City because of the sharp decline in ridership resulting from the COVID-19 impact. They also are complaining about the increased competition from Uber and Lyft and the fact that their taxi licenses have substantially decreased in value. The taxi licenses, which are issued in limited numbers by the City, once were valued at about one million dollars, but today are only worth a fraction of that amount. The drivers demanded debt forgiveness. ... read more
ENTERTAINERS JOIN PLEA TO WEAR MASKS

ENTERTAINERS JOIN PLEA TO WEAR MASKS

November 27, 2020
NEW YORK - Comedian Chris Rock and actress Rosie Perez today joined New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in urging the public to wear masks and get tested for the coronavirus.They pointed out that Black and Hispanic people are disproportionally impact by COVID-19 and need to protect themselves and others by wearing the masks. "Everybody that can get tested should get tested as quickly as possible," said Rock. ... read more
MAKE EVERY VOTE COUNT

MAKE EVERY VOTE COUNT

November 04, 2020
NEW YORK - As votes continue to be tallied across the nation today, a group of minority voters in New York demonstrated to make the point that every vote needs to be counted. Concerned that minority votes may be discounted or ignored, the protestors say this election is the most important in their lives. Election observers believe the turnout of minority and women voters could very well determine the election and the direction of the nation. ... read more
NYC STARTS TAKE BACK YOUR STREETS DRIVE

NYC STARTS TAKE BACK YOUR STREETS DRIVE

July 11, 2020
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
BLM AT TRUMP TOWER

BLM AT TRUMP TOWER

July 09, 2020
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
MINORITY NYC BUSINESSES COMPLAIN

MINORITY NYC BUSINESSES COMPLAIN

July 03, 2020
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 WANTS POLICE $ CUTS

BLM WANTS POLICE $ CUTS

June 25, 2020
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

June 19, 2020
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
SHARPTON HAILS NYS POLICE REFORMS

SHARPTON HAILS NYS POLICE REFORMS

June 12, 2020
Rev. Al Sharpton today hailed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's signature to a series of police reforms. He sat alongside Cuomo at the signing ceremony. Sharpton said the move "raised the bar." The executive order requires mayors and police departments to modernize their programs or risk losing state aid. Cuomo said "there is no quick fix to this. There is no stop tear gas, change the uniforms." Also at the signing were the mothers of Eric Garner and Sean Bell. ... read more

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