Photo: Georgia Congressman John Lewis waves at the 50th Anniversary of the march on Washington and Martin Luther King’s I Have A Dream Speech, August 24, 2013, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. By Theresa Braine, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis is undergoing treatment for stage 4 pancreatic cancer, his office […]
Photo: © Provided by 12 News Brooklyn By MSN Neighbors in Crown Heights say their local crossing guard has had a positive impact on their community. Neighbors say Flora Wilson has been bringing smiles and joy to the intersection of Albany Avenue and Crown Street for years. Wilson, who goes by Flo, says what makes […]
A Haitian-American, she landed fashion campaigns, appeared on the cover of Teen Vogue and walked runways at the White House and at New York Fashion Week.
Mama Cax on a runway during New York Fashion Week in September. “As a cancer survivor, she had grown accustomed to taking on life’s several challenges head on and successfully,” her agency said. Credit…Casey Kelbaugh for The New York Times By Derrick Bryson Taylor, NY Times Mama Cax, a Brooklyn-born advocate for people with disabilities […]
By Guyanese Online The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman, Claudette Singh on Wednesday defended her decision to vote in favour of field verification of so far 16,000 registrants before they are included in the National Register of Registrants (NRR). “I ruled in the interest of transparency and because I would like a credible list…I would […]
#PrepTalkNYC {Click to listen to episode 44} December 23, 2019 — As spectators anticipate the countdown to a new year, the eyes of the world turn to the crossroads of the world. On the latest episode of “Prep Talk,” officials from Times Square Alliance and NYC Emergency Management provide exclusive, behind-the-scenes insight into the organization of this special […]
The “Liza Destiny,” the first of a number of Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels that will be deployed in Guyana’s waters by ExxonMobil. (Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited photo) (Stabroek News) Guyana is now officially a producer of petroleum – on December 20, 2019. The historic moment was announced last night by […]
Franklin Avenue – Medgar Evers College and President Street – Medgar Evers College Brooklyn, New York – Assemblymember Richardson (D-Brooklyn) announced that a bill she authored to change the names of the MTA’s Franklin Avenue and President Street stops to Medgar Evers College subway stations has been signed into law (A.1512A/ Chp. 669). “I […]
By Marco Poggio, Trevor Boyer and Denis Slattery (New York Daily News)
Long lines at the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles office on Fort Greene Place in Brooklyn on Monday, the first day undocumented immigrants could apply for driver’s licenses. (Jeff Bachner/for New York Daily News) The groan-inducing lines at city Department of Motor Vehicles offices were even longer than usual on Monday — […]
By Mike Peterson, iDropNews Smart TVs are connected, convenient and, according to a warning from the FBI, possibly a vector for hackers to see or hear inside of your home. Last week, the Oregon branch of the FBI issued a warning about smart TVs ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, a shopping period in which tens […]
Eliyanna Kaiser and her son have been through five hearing officer assignments since filing a complaint in July. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Alex Zimmerman and Yoav Gonen, THE CITY Thousands of unresolved special education complaints have been piled onto a small group of hearing officers charged with addressing them, adding delays to an already […]