By Olivia Truffaut-Won, NY Mag One day after new reports detailed his involvement with his brother’s efforts to remain in office after multiple allegations of sexual harassment, Chris Cuomo has been suspended by CNN. According to the network, the decision comes as a direct result of the newly released transcripts from the New York attorney […]
By ABC 7 New York New York City Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter on Wednesday announced she is leaving the Department of Education at the end of the month to head a Bronx nonprofit, clearing the way for a new head of city schools in Mayor-elect Eric Adams’ administration. Porter said she will be founding CEO […]
Barbados is no longer pledging allegiance to the Queen as the island nation becomes an independent republic
By Greta Bjornson, People Queen Elizabeth is sending her regards to Barbados as the country becomes the world’s newest republic. The Queen, 95, was removed as head of state when the island nation cut ties with her Monday in an official ceremony. Barbados President Sandra Mason — who previously served as governor-general — is now […]
On Veterans Day Mayor-elect Eric Adams and U.S. Senator Charles Schumer visit Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System. – New York, NY – November 11, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Samar Khurshid, Gotham Gazette Mayor-elect Eric Adams’ victory came with a hefty price tag. Over the course of the campaign, he raised just over $19.1 million, […]
By Peter Richards BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nov 30, CMC – Barbados Tuesday became the [fifth] Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to replace Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and sworn in Dame Sandra Mason as the island’s first President with a 21-gun salute. The move to republican status coincided with the island’s 55th anniversary of political […]
Watch the moment Barbados became a republic, and removed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. In a handover ceremony in the island’s capital, Bridgetown, the Queen was officially removed as its head of state. The Prince of Wales attended the ceremony as a representative of the Queen, but also in his role as […]
More than 5,000 public housing apartments in buildings long ago deemed “lead free” contain lead paint, THE CITY has learned. And that number is likely to grow. Meet a resident of one of those complexes: Mikhaila Bonaparte, who was born in 2013, just days before NYCHA falsified its lead report to the feds.
By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY The inspectors arrived at the Tompkins Houses in Brooklyn to check for lead paint when resident Shari Broomes was a young woman. They randomly tested a couple of apartments and later declared the entire public housing development — all 1,031 units — to be “lead free.” The Tompkins sampling […]
New York City will become the largest municipality in the country to allow legal residents to vote if the legislation is approved as expected in December.
By Jeffery C. Mays and Annie Correal, NY Times For decades, lawmakers and immigrant advocates in New York City have pushed for legislation that would allow legal residents who are not citizens to vote in municipal elections, a right they had in school board elections until the boards were abolished in the early 2000s. Now […]
By Julius Garvey, MD, Special to CAW Marcus Garvey after traveling throughout the Caribbean, Central America, Britain and Europe came back to Jamaica in 1914 and formed the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League. The purpose was to unite Africans worldwide for the Redemption of Africa. Redemption meaning to regain possession of what […]
Another damning report confirms a range of misbehavior by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
NYS Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie attends SEIU 32BJ rally on Columbus Circle.- New York, NY – September 17, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Zach Williams, City and State NY Assembly impeachment investigators have confirmed that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women in addition to a range of other misbehaviors – including a cover-up of data […]