New York Attorney General Letitia James today launched on March 4, 2022, a rulemaking process to look into whether major corporations are using the pandemic and inflation as an excuse to unfairly raise the price of basic goods. The first-ever … Read More
Photo credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell On March 4, 2022, victims of the January-9 fire in the Bronx lined up at the Angelo Patri Middle school, down the street from where the tragedy took place, to receive a check from the … Read More
In the face of quickly declining COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations and more than 17 million doses of vaccines administered, Mayor Eric Adams announced on February 4, 2022 the suspension of the Key to NYC program and the removal of indoor … Read More
Photo credit: ProstoSvet New York Attorney General Letitia James provided on March 2, 2022, guidance to consumers who may have been impacted by a 2021 T-Mobile data breach, following reports that the stolen information was put for sale on the dark … Read More
Photo credit: York City Department of Youth and Community Development New York City Mayor Eric Adams opened on March 1, 2022, applications for the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development’s (DYCD) Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), the … Read More
Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell On February 28, 2022, the New York Women Chamber of Commerce celebrated Black Excellence in Business on the last day of Black History Month by honoring one of its own Lawrence (Ben) Miles, NYWCC Office … Read More
Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell The Turkish Consulate General in New York hosted a reception on February 26, 2022, in Manhattan to celebrate its new partnership with Ghana and Nigeria. The very well-attended event included Ghanaian and Nigerian food and … Read More
Photo credit: Alex Yeung New York Attorney General Letitia James took action on February 28, 2022, to protect consumers from unexpectedly high energy bills from Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison). In a letter to Con Edison, Attorney General James requested an explanation for … Read More
Photo credit: Rose Lincoln On February 25, 2022, President Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Currently a judge on U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Judge Jackson is one of … Read More
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
