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New York City enters phase three with personal care and only outdoor dining

New York City enters phase three with personal care businesses and outdoor dining

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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that New York City will enter Phase Three of reopening on July 6, but that indoor dining will not reopen. “New York City is a crowded, dense urban... Read More

Harlem unveils BLACK LIVES MATTER Street Mural paid for by community members

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Photos Credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell Harlem Park to Park in partnership with Got To Stop Social Impact Agency and Senator Brian Benjamin kicked off the Painting of the Harlem BLACK LIVES MATTER Street... Read More

New Law protects New Yorkers from eviction for unpaid rent accrued during COVID-19 crisis

New Law protects New Yorkers from eviction for unpaid rent accrued during COVID-19 crisis

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The Tenant Safe Harbor Act—sponsored by Senator Brad Hoylman and Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz—was signed into law by Governor Cuomo on June 30, 2020. The Tenant Safe Harbor Act (S.8192B (Hoylman)/A.10290B (Dinowitz)) provides... Read More

Summer Youth Employment Program to Serve Thousands of New York Teens starting late July

Summer Youth Employment Program to Serve Thousands of New York Teens starting late July

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Beginning in late July, SYEP Summer Bridge 2020, a $51M public-private partnership, will provide constructive engagement and enrichment activities to keep 35,000 New York City youth active and productive this summer. The program... Read More

Despite weeks of protest in NYC only nine council members voted for more cuts to NYPD budget

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NYC’s FY21 budget was voted on June 30 and despite several weeks of protest around the country and in New York City calling for defunding the Police, only nine council members among 51... Read More

New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams to prevent budget execution during final tax warrant process

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New York City Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams announced that he plans to prevent the execution of the budget during the final tax warrant process, after the City’s FY21 budget did not include... Read More

Muslim Community Network launches COVID-19 hotline in Soninke, Malinke and French

Muslim Community Network launches COVID-19 hotline in Soninke, Malinke and French

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Photo credit: MH The Muslim Community Network (MCN) has launched a hotline (888-409-0036) for community members who don’t have access to the internet or who cannot fill out necessary forms to access resources... Read More

Bronx Community College to offer free coding, music and video production workshops to 7th - 12th grade students this summer

Bronx Community College to offer free coding, music and video production workshops to 7th – 12th grade students this summer

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Photo credit: Sutipond This summer, the Bronx Community College Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) will offer to 7th – 12th grade students hands-on online exposure to state-of-the-art innovations in technology. The STEP... Read More

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams announces new ways New Yorkers can connect with his office
African New Yorker Gérard Koala to receive in July the Best African Cultural Promoter Award at PADEV 2020
Video : François Nzi gives African parents guidance on how to effectively homeschool their children this summer amid coronavirus crisis
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams unveils second Black Lives Matter mural in New York City
Immigration: U.S. Supreme Court authorizes expedited removal of asylum seekers without judicial review
New York City’s 8 public beaches will be open for swimming starting July 1
From June 29, New Yorkers will have to move their cars only once a week for Alternate Side Parking
Immigration : President Trump suspends entry of certain immigrants and nonimmigrants through December 31, 2020
What NYC Hair Salons, Barbershops, Restaurants and Stores need to know about Phase Two of reopening
Harlem celebrates Juneteenth
The Africa Center unveils art installation in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement
Video: An African father in New York City – Joseph Onwu
City’s burial assistance program of $1,700 now open to undocumented New Yorkers
City launches New, Improved Affordable Housing Application Website for all New Yorkers
One Hundred Black Men partners with Hennessy to provide grants up to $15,000 to black businesses
U.S. Supreme Court rules against Trump administration’s decision to end DACA
SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Advance Program Reopens after release of New Guidance Regarding Paycheck Protection Program
Your vote has never been so important! Democratic Presidential Primary, Primary Elections for Congress, State Assembly and State Senate, are on June 23
Immigration: Federal Judge Blocks ICE from Making Arrests at New York Courthouses
Applications for Harlem Entrepreneurial Micro-Grant Initiative are open until June 25
Activists march ‘for Stolen Lives & Looted Dreams’
How to successfully reopen your business on June 8 – with New York City Commissioner of Small Business Services Jonnel Doris
George Floyd : New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus pushes for Police Reform
George Floyd : Civil Rights Leaders call for National Day of Mourning and federal action to reform police
George Floyd: Charges against Derek Chauvin upgraded to felony second-degree murder
George Floyd’s Family calls for first-degree murder charges against Chauvin after independent autopsy determined George Floyd’s death was due to asphyxia from sustained forceful pressure
George Floyd: New Yorkers march and chant, “I can’t breathe” from Harlem to Times Square
Wolof: Financial assistance registration for the Senegalese Diaspora ends today
Coronavirus: New York City lays out plan for reopening on June 8
George Floyd’s family to hire forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden after Hennepin County Medical Examiner found cause of death was not asphyxiation
Former Minnesota police officer Dereck Chauvin arrested
When will the cold-blooded murder of unarmed Black men in America stop?
New York State launches $100 million New York Forward Loan Fund for small businesses, nonprofits and small landlords
Coronavirus: About 178,000 of NYC Public School students will need summer learning
Wolof : COVID-19 financial assistance programs for African businesses and nonprofits in New York City
Coronavirus : Black children are the most affected by the new “Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome Associated with COVID-19”
Coronavirus : The fiasco of the “not racist” NYPD enforcing social distancing continues at the expense of Black and brown New Yorkers
Coronavirus: Accra Restaurant joins local groups to feed African families in the Bronx during COVID-19 crisis
Coronavirus: New York issues alert on new “Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome Associated with COVID-19” impacting children
Video : Black Jogger Ahmaud Arbery’s shooters arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Video : This is how black jogger Ahmaud Arbery was killed in cold blood by two white men
Coronavirus : Black New Yorkers are violently arrested over social distancing violations and still no enforcement data released by the NYPD
Coronavirus: HRA can pay up to $1,700 towards your family member or friend’s burial expenses
Video: How to best honor the holy month of Ramadan during Coronavirus
Coronavirus : U.S. Immigration Services working on reopening on June 4
Coronavirus : Small Business Administration will resume accepting PPP loan applications on April 27
Coronavirus : Get ready Black businesses, $380 billion for small businesses are in the pipeline
Coronavirus : City to give undocumented New Yorkers up to $1,000
Coronavirus : What’s next for Black businesses with SBA funding exhausted and SBS loan on pause?
Coronavirus : African leaders in New York speak about the toll COVID-19 is taking on the African Immigrant community
Coronavirus : NYC schools will remain closed until at least September 2020
Coronavirus : Black and Brown New Yorkers account for 69% of COVID-19 deaths in New York City
Coronavirus : NYC Department of Health now recommends wearing a face covering in public
Immigration: Nearly 30,000 DACA recipients are frontline health care workers in the fight against COVID-19, but Trump wants them deported, says NYIC
Coronavirus: Tuesday Brooks, MBA discusses Federal and Local Assistance Programs for Small Businesses affected by COVID-19
NYC Census 2020: Why as an African New Yorker, you want to get counted even if you are undocumented
Immigration: White House Extends Wind-Down Period for Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians to January 10, 2021
Coronavirus: How to get a free COVID-19 test in New York City
Coronavirus: How to keep money coming during the COVID-19 crisis
Coronavirus: Beginning March 22 at 8 p.m., you must stay home unless you are an essential worker
Coronavirus: Mayor de Blasio issues new guidance to New Yorkers
Rokia Traoré: Single mothers group charges miscarriage of justice in arrest of famed Malian star
Coronavirus: If you have been a victim of price gouging, NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection has your back!
Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, MD thanks supporters and discusses way forward in new video
Harlemites seem unbothered by the Coronavirus but some businesses are feeling the heat!
Coronavirus: NYC Small Business Services releases new Guidance for Business Owners
10 things we learned from Mayor de Blasio’s Coronavirus roundtable with community and ethnic media
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams honors Ghanaian-American leaders on Independence Day
Coronavirus : what you can do beside freaking out!

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