NYPD Sergeant Charged With Assault, Attempted Assault During Two Arrests

NYPD Sergeant Charged With Assault, Attempted Assault During Two Arrests

NYPD responds to a student stabbing at the Corona Civic Leadership Academy high school. Sergeant in the School Safety Division with responding officer. – Elmhurst, NY / United States – November 8 2018 (Shutterstock) By Jen Chung, Gothamist The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has charged an NYPD sergeant with assault and attempted assault during two […]

Some NYC Healthcare Workers Face Vaccine Requirements or Weekly Tests. Teachers Could Be Next

Some NYC Healthcare Workers Face Vaccine Requirements or Weekly Tests. Teachers Could Be Next

Elmhurst Hospital NYC Fireman show their appreciation for healthcare workers during the pandemic. – Queens, New York/USA April 2, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Alex Zimmerman, THE CITY After announcing that certain healthcare workers would be required to get vaccinated or submit to weekly coronavirus testing, Mayor Bill de Blasio is now considering the same for other […]

A Recovery for All of Us: Mayor De Blasio Announces “NYC Homecoming Week” Concerts Coming to All Five Boroughs in August 2021

A Recovery for All of Us: Mayor De Blasio Announces “NYC Homecoming Week” Concerts Coming to All Five Boroughs in August 2021

NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced that the City of New York will host concerts in each of the five boroughs—between August 14th to 22nd—as part of NYC Homecoming Week and to celebrate the Summer of New York City.   The concerts will be held:  Monday, August 16th at Orchard Beach in The Bronx Tuesday, August 17th at Richmond […]

Finding Joy Amidst Hardship

Finding Joy Amidst Hardship

NYC’s “Hometown Heroes” Parade celebrated essential workers who supported New Yorkers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic on July 7, 2021. The parade’s route started at Manhattan’s Battery Park, traveled along the Canyon of Heroes, and ended with a special ceremony in City Hall Park. One such hero is Trinidadian Heather Juman-James. Heather Juman-James, RN, describes her […]

Senator Chuck Schumer Proposes Decriminalization of Marijuana at the Federal Level

Senator Chuck Schumer Proposes Decriminalization of Marijuana at the Federal Level

Senate Majority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) calls to subpoena Barr and Sessions on June 13, 2021 in New York City. (Shutterstock) By Victoria Falk, Special to CAW Just a few months after New York’s Governor, Andrew Cuomo, signed legislation on March 31, 2021, legalizing recreational marijuana use for adults in New York State, Senator […]

Mayor De Blasio Announces Health Worker COVID-Safe Requirement

Beginning August 2, City will require proof of vaccination or weekly COVID-19 tests for employees at city-run health care facilities.

Mayor De Blasio Announces Health Worker COVID-Safe Requirement

NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Dave A. Chokshi and NYC Health + Hospitals President and CEO Dr. Mitchell Katz today announced the Health Worker COVID-Safe Requirement. Beginning August 2, the City will require employees of NYC Health + Hospitals and employees working in Department of Health and […]

Strife-torn Haiti Gets new Prime Minister

Strife-torn Haiti Gets new Prime Minister

Prime Minister Ariel Henry, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. | Photo: Twitter/ @MiQuiquella By BBC Ariel Henry has been sworn in as Haiti’s new prime minister, nearly two weeks after the assassination of the country’s President Jovenel Moïse. The late president asked Mr Henry to take the job, days before he was gunned down in the capital, Port-au-Prince. […]

Crystal Dunn, one of the World’s Best Soccer Players, Feels ‘like someone has dimmed my light’

Even as she appears in her second Olympics, Dunn faces problems common to Black women.

Crystal Dunn, one of the World’s Best Soccer Players, Feels ‘like someone has dimmed my light’

Crystal Dunn during the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup France Final match between The United State of America and The Netherlands at Stade de Lyon on July 7, 2019 in Lyon, France. (Shutterstock) By Mariah Lee, The Undefeated The grass is cut, field lines are drawn and cameras are readied. The stage is set for […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo Scores 50 Points in Game 6 of NBA Finals, Milwaukee Bucks Win Club’s 1st NBA Title Since 1971

Giannis Antetokounmpo Scores 50 Points in Game 6 of NBA Finals, Milwaukee Bucks Win Club’s 1st NBA Title Since 1971

Giannis Antetokounmpo (player Milwaukee Bucks) during Antetokounbros Streetball Event 2016 at Thessaloniki. – Thessaloniki, Greece – May 22, 2016 (Shutterstock) By Tim Bontemps, ESPN MILWAUKEE — In the immediate aftermath of a legendary performance to close out the 2021 NBA Finals and win a championship for the first time in his career, Milwaukee Bucks superstar […]

For Unvaccinated, Coronavirus is Soaring Again

An analysis of adjusted rates for cases, covid-19 deaths and hospitalizations shows the country’s summer upswing is slamming the unprotected while others enjoy freedom.

For Unvaccinated, Coronavirus is Soaring Again

By Dan Keating and Leslie Shapiro, The Washington Post The country’s months-long decline in coronavirus cases, deaths and hospitalizations bottomed out in late June. The U.S. case rate, or seven-day average of new confirmed cases per 100,000 residents, was lower than at any point in the past 14 months. But the spread of variants has pushed […]