Photo credit: NYC Department of Education On February 25, 2022, Schools Chancellor David C. Banks announced that beginning Monday, February 28, 2022 masks or face coverings will no longer be required when outside on school grounds. Masks will still be … Read More
In New York City, most students apply to middle school during their fifth-grade year. The middle school application is open, and the deadline to apply is March 1, 2022! Applying to Middle School? Welcome! from NYC Public Schools on Vimeo. … Read More
Photo credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell In partnership with the African Film Festival Inc, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture held in Harlem, a Black History Month screening of Bigger Than Africa, a film by Toyin Ibrahim Adekeye documenting … Read More
Photo credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell Senegalese painter and women’s rights advocate Rackie Diankha traveled the world to showcase her talent before settling in the US. These days, when she is not teaching art at a local school, she is exhibiting … Read More
Photo credit: Steheap The NYC Test & Trace Corps’ at-home test distribution initiative, in partnership with 14 landmark City cultural sites and 27 branches of The New York Public Library, Queens Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library, began handing out … Read More
Photo credit: Insta_Photos The City of New York will open wellness rooms at two NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health clinics, providing support and resources to city health care workers. An anonymous $100,000 donation will fund spaces at NYC Health + … Read More
Photo credit: Mazur Travel The Health Department announced on February 10, 2022, that New Yorkers have the opportunity to apply for permits to operate Green Carts and Seasonal food carts or trucks. Green Carts increase access to healthy foods such as … Read More
Photo credit: Michael Appleton New York City Mayor Eric Adams and NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H) announced this week the expansion of groundbreaking lifestyle medicine services at six public health care sites across New York City — the most comprehensive … Read More
Photo credit: New York Urban League The Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) announced on February 8, 2022 that Arva Rice has been named interim chair of the Board. Chair Rice will preside over the CCRB’s February Board meeting this Wednesday at 4:00pm and deliver her first remarks and … Read More
Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell The stakes were high for Senegalese New Yorkers who gathered in several locations in Harlem, including Patisserie Les Ambassades, the headquarters of the Senegalese Association of America, and Lenox Sapphire to cheer for the Senegalese … Read More
Photo credit: Marie Sacha The Health Department announced on February 2, 2022, increases in gonorrhea and syphilis among people reported as female in New York City during the first half of 2021. The Health Department issued a recent Health Alert noting a … Read More
The New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (NYS OASAS) announced on February 2, 2022, the launch of the “Stick to the Game Plan” campaign. The goal of this new multi-faceted campaign is to bring awareness to problem gambling … Read More
Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell On January 25, 2022, Malians New Yorkers rallied at the Permanent Mission of Mali to the UN in Manhattan against France and in support of Colonel Assimi Goita, sworn in as transitional president in June … Read More
Photo credit: Asiraj New York Attorney General Letitia James issued guidance to remind New Yorkers of the various rights and protections for residents following the expiration of New York’s eviction moratorium on January 15, 2022. Though landlords are now able to start new … Read More
Photo credit: Michael Appleton New York City Mayor Eric Adams released on January 24, 2022, a “Blueprint to End Gun Violence” in New York City, which lays out numerous policy proposals Mayor Adams is seeking to implement to curb the … Read More
Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell On January 22, 2022, Mayor Eric Adams warned killers in New York City during a press conference held with Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell at Harlem Hospital following the shooting of two NYPD officers in Harlem. … Read More
Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell After touring the Twin Parks North West building, on January 17, 2022, Congressman Ritchie Torres and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced they would introduce legislation to mandate heat sensors in every federally funded building to prevent … Read More
Photos Credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell Harlem-based nonprofit organization Zeina Lorraine Inc Community Food Pantry, in partnership with Islamic Relief Fund, Assembly member Inez Dickens, Senator Cordell Cleare, NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, Council member Kristin Richardson Jordan and African Communities Together … Read More
Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell The Gambian community led by Imam Sanku Kabba and Imam Bajaha said their last goodbye to the 15 Twin Parks North West residents who lost their lives in the 19-story building on January 9, 2022. … Read More
Photos Credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell On January 11, 2022, Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson held a vigil for victims of the fire that broke out last Sunday in the 19-story building located in the Bronx at 333 Twins Parks North … Read More
