Mike Bloomberg campaigns for president in California in December. Photo: @TeamMike2020/Facebook In 2013, shortly before Manhattan Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin declared then-Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s stop-and-frisk policy unconstitutional, a taxpayer-funded dossier that portrayed her as anti-police surfaced. After Scheindlin’s ruling, Bloomberg referred to her as “some woman” who knew “absolutely zero” about policing. On Thursday, […]
Alsion Wilson-Roach, Consul General of Jamaica to New York (center), joins the award-winning JTB team of Philip Rose, Regional Director, Northeast USA and Marcia Sinclair, District Sales Manager, Northeast USA on the red carpet to celebrate their win at the 2020 Travvys in midtown Manhattan NEW YORK, NY – February 14, 2020 – Jamaica captured three […]
BY JUSTIN CHAN (In The Know) If you take one look at Tamara Jacqueline Smith’s Instagram account, @taqueth, you’d find it hard to miss images of vibrant faces and food that litter her page. Since 2015, the 24-year-old New York City native and freelance videographer — who goes by Taqueth — has been heavily promoting her Jamaican […]
Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tim Miller By Megan Brown, Navy Office of Community Outreach SAN DIEGO – Nearly three years ago, Petty Officer 3rd Class Gavaughn Smith joined the Navy to advance his career and better himself. Now he is serving aboard USS Boxer. Smith is a hospital corpsman who is responsible […]
Linden Houses resident Tawana Myers says mold and other issues in her apartment exacerbate her asthma. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY Tawana Myers lives in a 10th-floor public housing apartment with her Yorkie, Casey, a row of silver oxygen tanks, a “No Smoking” sign on her door and a nebulizer with […]
A local artist is honoring NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant with a large mural, across the street from the Barclays Center. Efren Andaluz created the work of art at Pacific and Flatbush Avenues. The mural features both Kobe and Gianna Bryant, who both loved basketball. Kobe, his daughter Gianna, and seven […]
By Trone Dowd, THE CITY With the 2020 Census stakes high for the city, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Speaker Corey Johnson have awarded $16 million grants to scores of nonprofits to help ensure every New Yorker is counted. Meanwhile, the city’s Department of Buildings is cracking down on unregistered apartments carved out of basements […]
Former Pan American International High School teacher, Lisa-Erika James holds a press conference at City Hall about a lawsuit against the Department of Education, Jan. 20, 2020 Photo: Vitaliy Piltser By Christine Chung, THE CITY A federal case alleging repeated discrimination at a Queens high school heads to trial Wednesday — with the one teacher remaining in […]
New York, NY – January 21, 2019: US Congresswoman Yvette Diane Clarke speaks during 33rd Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King at BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (Shutterstock) By Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Clifford Michel, THE CITY Adem Bunkeddeko came within 2,000 votes of unseating longtime Brooklyn Rep. Yvette Clarke two years ago, on the […]
Listen to an Interview with Ann-Marie Grant, Executive Director of AFUWI below or download the interview here. Why not say Yes! Dear Dear Friend of AFUWI, Show your support for education: the pathway to progress and empowerment. Join us along with our distinguished honorees and student scholarship representatives on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at the 23rd Annual […]