(L to R) Newly Elected Kings County Democratic Party Chair, Rodneyse Bichotte, Vice Chair, Annette Robinson and Chair Emeritus Frank Seddio – Photo Credit Hassan Bakriddin BROOKLYN, NY – Rodneyse Bichotte, the New York State Assembly Member and Democratic State Committeewoman for the 42nd District, made history today, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, as the first-ever woman elected […]
Gloria Espada joined First Pentecostal Church in Brooklyn eight months ago. Rediscovering her faith helped her commit to sobriety. Credit: Daniel Krieger for The New York Times By Elisha Brown, NY Times When Gloria Espada boards the subway, she keeps at hand a change purse stashed with a few dollar bills, just in case anyone asks […]
An illegal gas line triggered the deadly East Village blast that killed two people and injured twenty more victims in a Second Ave. building near E. 7th St. on March 26, 2015. (Todd Maisel/New York Daily News) By Trevor Boyer and Leonard Greene, NY Daily News A Manhattan building owner and a pair of crooked construction workers were […]
New York, NY, USA – May 16, 2019: Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray arrive at the Statue Of Liberty Museum Opening Celebration on Liberty Island, NY USA (Shutterstock) By Anna Sanders and Shant Shahrigian, NY Daily News Mayor de Blasio is pushing his wife as the next borough […]
DSNY Issues ‘Snow Alert’ for Sunday, January 18, 2020 at 7 a.m. The New York City Department of Sanitation has issued a Snow Alert for Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 7 a.m. In a snow alert, DSNY coordinates with NYC Emergency Management and the Department of Transportation on snow clearing protocol in accordance […]
Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte seems most likely to become Brooklyn’s next party boss. | Office of Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte By Jeff Coltin, City & State NY Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte seems poised to become Brooklyn’s next Democratic county leader – aka party boss – after the current boss, Frank Seddio, who has led the state’s largest local […]
The Government of Saint Lucia has announced the names of twelve Saint Lucians appointed as Goodwill Ambassadors and nine as Brand Ambassadors. Speaking on behalf of the Government during a press briefing Monday, Minister for Culture and Creative Industries, Senator Hon. Fortuna Belrose said that Cabinet had ratified the proposal which came out of the […]
Photo: Opening Statement by the Hon. Prime Minister, Dr. Timothy Harris at the Monthly Press Conference on Wednesday, January 15th, 2020 at the Parliamentary Lounge, Government Headquarters Introduction Good afternoon and Happy New Year. This year, we open an exciting new chapter in the history of our Federation. By working together, 2020 can be […]
CUNY’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Hell’s Kitchen Photo: Roman Tiraspolsky/Shutterstock By Josefa Velasquez, THE CITY After a roughly three-month wait, 24-year-old Jesus finally received an email on Thanksgiving detailing how much tuition assistance he’d be getting under a recently enacted New York law that opens state financial aid to undocumented immigrants. “You […]
By The Editorial Board, NY Times New York City’s public school system is already one of the most segregated and unequal in the country. Why then should its parent-teacher associations exacerbate inequality? New York’s P.T.A.s are doing exactly that, according to city data and reports from the city’s Independent Budget Office. Across the city, the […]