Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda Gaston Browne speaks on stage during 2019 Global Citizen Festival at Central Park. – New York, NY – September 28, 2019 (Shutterstock) Watch video of The Atlantic Council’s conversation with CARICOM Chairman and Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Hon. Gaston Browne, on Caribbean priorities heading into 2022 and […]
Christmas Message 2021 Consul General of Barbados at New York O St. E. Mackie Holder GOODWILL WILL WIN For Barbados, thankfully the true spirit of Christmas was very much evident and a blessing throughout the year. Twenty twenty-one was Barbados’ annus horribilis. The country endured possibly the hardest year in its history as a democracy […]
Today, Mayor-elect Adams announced that Dr. Dave A. Chokshi will continue to serve as Commissioner of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) through March 15 of 2022. Mayor-elect Adams also announced that Ashwin Vasan, M.D., PhD will then become DOHMH Commissioner in March and will serve as Senior Adviser for Public Health in […]
By Andrew Harding, BBC News South African scientists – hailed for their discovery of Omicron – are investigating the “highly plausible hypothesis” that the emergence of new Covid-19 variants could be linked, in some cases, to mutations taking place inside infected people whose immune systems have already been weakened by other factors, including, though not […]
Mayor-elect Eric Adams speaks during his unveiling of 5 women to be appointed as his deputy at Brooklyn Borough Hall. – New York, NY – December 20, 2021 (Shutterstock) New York, NY – Today, Mayor-elect Eric Adams announced the appointment of Matthew Fraser as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Melanie LaRocca as Chief Efficiency Officer. […]
All five incoming deputy mayors appointed today women, including the first deputy mayors of Asian descent Adams and deputy mayors joined by trailblazing leaders Gotbaum, Holtzman, Messinger, Montgomery, and Quinn
Mayor-elect Eric Adams poses with 5 women to be appointed as his deputy at Brooklyn Borough Hall. – New York, NY – December 20, 2021 (Shutterstock) Brooklyn, NY — Today, Mayor-elect Eric Adams announced the appointment of five deputy mayors to his incoming administration — all women — including two appointees who will be the […]
(L-R) New York City Council Members Adrienne Adams, Ydanis Rodriguez, Brad Lander and Speaker and Acting Public Advocate Corey Johnson at a news conference. – New York NY/USA-February 13, 2019 (Shutterstock) By Samar Khurshid, Gotham Gazette City Council Member Adrienne Adams, a Democrat from Southeastern Queens, is poised to become the next Speaker of the […]
Photo Credit: Erica Krodman Today, Mayor-elect Adams appointed Chief Louis L. Molina as the next Commissioner of the New York City Department of Corrections. Chief Molina will be the first Latino to lead the department in its 126-year history. A Bronx native who currently serves as Chief of the Las Vegas Department of Public Safety, […]
BY Sam Mellins, New York Focus, THE CITY A New York state judge Tuesday ordered that a proposed cost-cutting change in city government retirees’ health insurance be delayed until at least April 1, 2022. Retired city workers will have until June 30, 2022 to opt out of the plan. The ruling also listed several steps […]
De Blasio reverses plan to eliminate high school geographic priorities and zones, after families expressed concerns about potentially long commutes.
View of the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, located near the Lincoln Center in the Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York. (Shutterstock) By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat, THE CITY New York City officials unveiled long-awaited details on how middle and high schools will accept students for the coming year: […]