Some NYC Schools Struggling to Spend Federal Relief Funds

Some NYC Schools Struggling to Spend Federal Relief Funds

By Reema Amin, Chalkbeat, THE CITY The promise of more than $7 billion in federal COVID relief funding for New York City schools inspired some families and educators to imagine big changes in this year’s classrooms. And while hundreds of millions of dollars have been distributed directly to schools to create extra tutoring, professional development, […]

Surprise – Your Kids may be Nervous About Ditching the Mask

Surprise – Your Kids may be Nervous About Ditching the Mask

By Elizabeth Englander and Katharine Covino-Poutasse, The Conversation The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new COVID-19 guidelines on Feb. 25, 2022, to help inform people’s individual decisions about wearing masks. The new guidance recommends masks be worn indoors only in areas of high community risk and allows approximately 70% of people in the […]

Black and Brown Refugees are Once Again Being Turned Away in Europe Amid Ukraine Migrant Crisis

Black and Brown Refugees are Once Again Being Turned Away in Europe Amid Ukraine Migrant Crisis

Budapest, Hungary – 03 01 2022: War refugees are waiting at the train station while the Hungarian red cross and volunteers are giving out clothes, food, water, pillows and other donations. (Shutterstock) By Grace Hauck, USA Today Hundreds of refugees from Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq and Yemen were stranded at the border of Belarus and Poland […]

‘Open the Door or We Die’: Africans Report Racism and Hostility Trying to Flee Ukraine

Thousands of African immigrants joining throngs of Ukrainians trying to flee the country say they face red tape and discrimination.

‘Open the Door or We Die’: Africans Report Racism and Hostility Trying to Flee Ukraine

African war refugee from Ukraine at the central station in Warsaw. – Warsaw, Poland 11.03.2022 (Shutterstock) By Char Adams, Zinhle Essamuah, Shamar Walters and Rima Abdelkader, NBC News Alexander Somto Orah, 25, was among thousands of people crowding a Kyiv train station Friday, hoping to flee Ukraine amid the Russian invasion. He said he and […]

EmblemHealth Partners with Community Organizations to Provide Scholarships for New York City Students

Scholarships, Internships and Jobs collaboration with One Hundred Black Men of New York and Mount Sinai Hospital

EmblemHealth Partners with Community Organizations to Provide Scholarships for New York City Students

NEW YORK, NY— As part of a multi-year financial commitment to supporting and investing in New York’s future leaders, EmblemHealth, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health insurers, is partnering with One Hundred Black Men of New York (OHBM) and Mount Sinai Hospital to provide scholarships to selected City University of New York students. “EmblemHealth […]

NYC Landlords Almost Never Get Arrested for Illegal DIY Evictions

While thousands of tenants have filed cases claiming their landlords locked them out to defy the eviction moratorium, just a handful have been charged for the crime.

NYC Landlords Almost Never Get Arrested for Illegal DIY Evictions

By Josefa Velasquez and Rachel Holliday Smith, THE CITY In Far Rockaway, Carol Holness called the police dozens of times last year as her home lost its heat and power. Eventually, her landlord changed the locks on her door. In Corona, Norma and Luis fled flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Ida that poured water […]