Photo: City Of New York On April 16, 2024, Manuel Castro, Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, launched the 20th annual Immigrant Heritage Week with a campaign Celebrating the City of Immigrants, honoring long-time immigrant New Yorkers and … Read More
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit New York around 10:23 a.m. According to Governor Hochul who held a press conference earlier, there are no reports of damages in the state. Mayor Eric Adams stated during a press briefing that: “responders are … Read More
The Health Department released on February 13, 2024, its 2022 Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Surveillance Report highlighting the ongoing need for New Yorkers to get tested and treated for STIs and employ prevention tactics that work for them. While the … Read More
By Mayor Adams Last week, in the Bronx, the borough where hip hop was born, I reported to New Yorkers on the state of our city. When our administration came into office 24 months ago, we had a clear mission: … Read More
Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell Hundreds of Mourides gathered in Harlem on September 15, 2022, to celebrate the life and legacy of the brotherhood’s founder Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba during one of their most important events of the year, the Magal. … Read More
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. who is scheduled to survey storm damage in New York on September 7, 2021, ordered Federal aid to supplement State, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by the remnants of Hurricane Ida … Read More
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Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last week 3-K for All, the most ambitious effort in U.S. history to provide universal, free, full-day, high-quality early childhood education for every three-year-old child regardless of family income. 3-K for All will build on … Read More
The New York Immigration Coalition received information that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has officially arrested nearly 40 individuals in the greater New York area, as part of a targeted enforcement operation. In a memo dated Saturday, February 11th, ICE … Read More
Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Lorelei Salas kicked off last week the tax season with the launch of the Agency’s 15th annual tax time campaign and encouraged New Yorkers who earned $64,000 or less to file for free using … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell President Trump can sign as many executive orders he wants, Mayor de Blasio is not budging from the position he has always had about protecting all New Yorkers including the undocumented. “The stroke of a pen … Read More
Today, the NYC Commission on Human Rights charges Pax Assist Inc., a wheelchair assistance service at JFK International Airport, with violating the NYC Human Rights Law for discriminating against Muslim employees by repeatedly denying their requests for break time to … Read More
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Department of Small Business Services Commissioner Gregg Bishop announced on December 14, 2016 that nearly 1,500 women have been reached through the City’s WE NYC program, a new program connecting women entrepreneurs with the resources … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell Mayor Bill de Blasio met with members of the ethnic media in a recent roundtable at City Hall to reassure concerned immigrant New-Yorkers following the election of a new president that New York City will remain … Read More
At a meeting last month with members of ethnic and community media outlets, cosponsored with City University of New York Center for Community and Ethnic Media, Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett revealed new data that show a steady … Read More
Extreme heat events in New York City are defined as a heat index (which accounts for both temperature and humidity) reaching 95 degrees or more for two or more consecutive days or 100 or more for one or more days. … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell HCC president Dr. Ram Raju and NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Basset explain how they were able to treat and cure Dr. Craig Spencer who was diagnosed with Ebola at Bellevue Hospital on October 23, 2014. Related Images:
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