By Germania Rodriguez Poleo | Dailymail New York governor Kathy Hochul welcomed asylum seekers with ‘open arms’ and pledged to house them just three years before telling migrants to ‘go elsewhere’ because the city is at its limit. The Democrat addressed the migrant crisis on Wednesday, warning that asylum seekers who arrive in New York City will not be housed in hotel rooms […]
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) and Congressman Glenn Ivey (D-MD) introduced the DEEPFAKES Accountability Act of 2023 to require creators to digitally watermark deepfake content. This legislation would also make it a crime to fail to identify malicious deepfakes, including deepfakes depicting sexual content, related to criminal conduct, used to incite violence, and related to […]
View the speech here. NEW YORK (September 16, 2023) – On the occasion of the inaugural USA-Caribbean Investment Forum at the New York Marriott Marquis, Kenneth Bryan, Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization and Minister of Tourism of Cayman Islands spoke of the immense investment potential of the Caribbean region that beckons investors worldwide. Representing […]
By Jamaica Observer United States President Joe Biden has named several Caribbean countries among major drug transit or major illicit drug-producing countries for Fiscal Year 2024. In a White House memorandum, Biden on Friday listed The Bahamas, Belize, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica among countries world-wide as major transit or major illicit drug-producing countries. […]
Good afternoon, President Irfaan Ali of Guyana told the Atlantic Council today: “We cannot achieve net zero if we’re arguing against each other (…) Any conversation on this matter that locks out the producers of oil, or investors in gas, is not a balanced conversation.” On the upcoming COP28 in Dubai, he argued: “We are going into COP28 with so many unresolved […]
Editorial credit: Sean Aidan Calderbank / Shutterstock.com New York, NY — New York City Comptroller Brad Lander published an opinion piece in The Nation offering a vision for how government can work together so that asylum seekers can help the city thrive. Read the full op-ed below: Mayor Eric Adams said the quiet part way too loud last […]
By AP Associated Press The president of the Dominican Republic announced Monday that he has suspended issuing visas to Haitians, and he threatened to shut down land, air and sea traffic between the two neighbors over their latest dispute. President Luis Abinader’s move follows the recent excavation of a supposed canal in Haiti that Dominican […]
The floor opened up in Alvin Henry’s Canarsie home earlier this year, photo taken Samantha Maldonado/THE CITY | September 7, 2023. BY Samantha Maldonaldo | Sept 11, 2023 A phenomenon called subsidence could be the result of poor soil quality or rising water levels — but not all cases are reported to the city. Alvin Henry was […]
All Agencies to Submit PEGs in Response to Risks Posed by Rising Asylum Seeker Costs with COVID Funding Ending, Revenue Growth Slowing WATCH: Mayor Adams Speaks to New Yorkers About Budget Stabilizing Measures NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced several steps to stabilize the city’s finances given the convergence of circumstances threatening […]
