Maya Wiley Testifies Before the Senate Rules Committee on AI and Elections
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Consumer Alert: New York Department of State’s Division of Consumer Protection Releases Guidance for Consumers Purchasing Newly Approved Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
Federal Regulations Now in Effect Allow Consumers to Buy Hearing Aids Over the Counter Follow the New York Department of State on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for “Tuesday’s Tips” – Practical Tips to Educate and Empower New York Consumers on a Variety of Topics Secretary Rodriguez: “I urge New Yorkers who are in the process of purchasing hearing aids to read […]
Will any of these progressives run against Eric Adams in 2025?
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Angela Bunay | September 26, 2023 State Sen. Jessica Ramos, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and city Comptroller Brad Lander are being floated as potential primary challengers to Adams. Mayor Eric Adams insists the job is easy, but he’s come under sharp scrutiny for his handling of asylum-seekers, his close […]
FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power
Editorial credit: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com By FTC | September 26, 2023 Amazon’s ongoing pattern of illegal conduct blocks competition, allowing it to wield monopoly power to inflate prices, degrade quality, and stifle innovation for consumers and businesses. The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general today sued Amazon.com, Inc. alleging that the online […]
How to Keep Tabs on COVID Through Wastewater Testing in NYC
Department of Environmental Protection microbiologist Alexander Clare helps test wastewater samples for the coronavirus inside at a lab at the Newtown Creek facility in Brooklyn, Dec. 3, 2020. Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Sam Rabiyah | SEP 26, 2023 City officials monitor our sewage systems for COVID genetic material. How should you interpret the data coming […]
Fifth and Final Olympics for Jamaican Sprint Legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in 2024
By Jamaicans.com | September 26, 2023 Jamaican sprint superstar Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has confirmed that the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024 will be her last. A recent silver and bronze medal winner at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Fraser-Pryce also suffered a muscle injury at the competition and was taken to a hospital. While the injury […]
Bahamas Deepens Relations with Qatar Including Tourism
Bahamas-Qatar: Editorial credit: HasanZaidi / Shutterstock.com By Juergen T Steinmetz Bahamas Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments and Aviation the Honorable I. Chester Cooper today led a team from his ministry, along with a delegation of tourism and other government officials, on a trade mission to West Asia, beginning with an official visit […]
New York State Senator James Sanders Jr. and Assemblymember Chantel Jackson Call on Governor Kathy Hochul to Sign Reparations Legislation During Panel Discussion in the Bronx
Photos courtesy of Senator Sanders’ Office September 25, 2023 Listen to People, Power & Politics interview with Senator James Sanders Jr: (New York, NY) Senator James Sanders Jr., Chair of the NY State Senate Select Majority Task Force on Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises, and Assemblymember Chantel Jackson called on Governor Kathy Hochul to […]
With COVID Surging, Here’s What You Need to Know About Tests, Treatments and Vaccines
A health care worker signs people in outside an urgent care COVID testing site on Dyckman Street in Inwood, Oct. 6, 2021. Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Imogen Mcnamara and Rachel Holliday Smith | SEP 25, 2023 Can you still get Paxlovid for free? Where did all the COVID testing sites go? And how do you […]
Jamaica Tourism Minister on Tourism Awareness Week
Allow me to start by extending my heartfelt appreciation to Bishop Ruel Robinson and the congregation of the Montego Bay New Testament Church of God for allowing the Ministry of Tourism, its public bodies and tourism partners to join you today as we mark the start of Tourism Awareness Week 2023 with this service of […]