NYC Council candidate Marni Halasa joins transportation advocacy group at a press conference at Governor Cuomo’s office over budget cuts to the MTA. – New York City, New York USA – March 7, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Christine Chung and Ann Choi, THE CITY More than 150 women are running for a seat on the City […]
By BlackNews Tanzania — Tanzania’s vice president, 61-year old Samia Suluhu Hassan, was recently sworn in as the country’s president following the sudden death of John Magufuli, making her the first female president in the history of the East African country. “It’s not a good day for me to talk to you because I have a […]
By Eyewitness News NEW YORK (WABC) — Governor Andrew Cuomo made a big announcement on vaccine eligibility in New York State, and starting Tuesday, residents ages 50 and up will be eligible to get the COVID vaccine. The governor made the announcement as he kicked off his “Roll Up Your Sleeve” campaign on Monday, joined by […]
By Wired JA GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 18, 2021 – Former Lands and Survey Commissioner, Trevor Benn on Wednesday emerged from a question and answer session with the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID), saying that the Irfaan Ali administration was becoming a “creeping dictatorship.” He was reacting following his interrogation by the police in […]
By Reema Amin, Chalkbeat, THE CITY New York is cancelling most spring and summer high school Regents exams. State education officials approved the move on Monday along with removing the high school exit tests from this year’s graduation requirements, citing the myriad challenges students have faced during the pandemic. Only Regents exams in Algebra I, […]
By David Leonhardt, NY Times A labor union’s effort to organize about 5,800 Amazon workers in Bessemer, Ala., has turned into a national story. The workers are now voting whether to join the union, in an election that runs through March 29. I asked Noam Scheiber, who covers workplace issues for The Times, to explain what’s going […]
Eric Adams won three big labor union endorsements, confirming his status as a top contender, and Loree Sutton dropped out of the race.
Eric Adams Brooklyn Borough President attends launch EAT-Lancet Commission Report on Food, Planet, Health at United Nations Headquarters – New York, NY – February 5, 2019 (Shutterstock) By Emma G. Fitzsimmons, Dana Rubinstein, Andy Newman and Jeffery C. Mays, NY Times Labor leaders are throwing their weight behind Eric Adams in the New York City […]
NYC honors victims of COVID-19 pandemic by projectine their photos on pylons of Brooklyn Bridge on anniversary of 1st death. – New York, NY – March 14, 2021 (Shutterstock) NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio, First Lady Chirlane McCray and New Yorkers from across the city tonight honored the more than 30,000 New Yorkers lost […]
Senator James Sanders Jr. last week saw important pieces of his legislation pass the senate. One bill (S664/A5601) related to student debt would require standard financial aid award letters to include the estimated cost of repayment of all outstanding loans including expected monthly payments. Debt from student loans has continued to grow over the last […]
Police standing on 5th avenue empty city road closure during pandemic coronavirus outbreak. – New York City, New York / USA – March 28, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Rachel Holliday Smith, THE CITY It’s the disaster without a date. You could choose to mark the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis as the day the NBA shuttered, […]