A New York City police officer put a seven-months-pregnant woman in a chokehold after a dispute over illegal grilling in Brooklyn, NY. For more…
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said ‘Justice delayed is justice denied,’ but for the Central Park Five, justice has come at last. The New York Times is reporting that the City of New York has agreed to a $40 million settlement in the infamous case. In 1989, five Black and Hispanic teenagers […]
Hip Hop icons Salt-N-Pepa rocked the stage in New York City last night for a reunion show. Along with performing their biggest hits to the crowd of screaming fans, the female rap group paid tribute to ‘Younce with a dance routine to “Run the World (Girls).” Real Beyonce fans know she also honored Salt-N-Pepa in “Nasty Girl,” […]
“The black experience is an integral part of American culture; and the universal appeal of Black stories is becoming more apparent as African Americans make substantial inroads into the motion picture industry,” says Jeff Friday, founder of the American Black Film Festival (ABFF). Listen to the audio player as Friday talks with Russ Parr about what to […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Forget schlepping to Jones Beach or down the Jersey Shore. A Brooklyn design team said Tuesday that New York’s East River could be the next great place for a summer swim. The backers of the floating Plus Pool — an Olympic-sized structure with cruise-like decking — said they’re on course to […]
For iPhone: The whole country is watching New York City to see with it does with its controversial “Stop and Frisk” policy. The new Mayor Bill de Blasio knows it. That’s why he’s tasked his newly-appointed police commissioner Bill Bratton to figure it out. Part of that figuring it out process is to try to […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A long-awaited museum dedicated to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will open to the public at the World Trade Center site on May 21, officials announced Monday. The opening will follow a May 15 ceremony and a six-day dedication period during which the museum will be open around […]
The death toll has risen to seven in Wednesday’s gas explosion that rocked a New York City neighborhood. One of the victims – who lived…
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YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) — The revelation that a New York City commuter train derailed while barreling into a sharp curve at nearly three times the speed limit is fueling questions about whether automated crash-avoidance technology could have prevented the carnage. Safety officials have championed what’s known as positive train control technology for decades, but the […]
Writer, poet, editor, political strategist and feminist Chirlane McCray, 58, becomes the second Black First Lady of New York City with the exhilarating election of her…
NEW YORK (AP) — Front-running mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio faces political and legal dilemmas now that a judge’s ruling critical of the police department’s stop-and-frisk tactic has been blocked. The federal judge’s summertime rebuke of the department’s stop-and-frisk policy as discriminatory to blacks and Hispanics was a ringing affirmation of one of de Blasio’s […]
