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Mayor Eric Adams.

AMNY

Op-Ed | Breaking housing records and giving New Yorkers a key to their future

From left, Kayla Sconiers, Brittney Bryanna Burgess, Alexis V. Prescott, and Brianna Garcon are all alumni of the Eastman College of Music at the University of Rochester and the creators of Black Collegiate Musicians (BCM).

Music

New union aids Black music students access to needed resources

By Milette Millington

Jack O. Ombaka spokesman for the Multinational Security Mission in Haiti (MMS) addresses the press as second contingent of 70 Salvadoran soldiers arrive in Haiti to join UN-backed multinational force aimed at combating armed criminal gangs in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti on February 04, 2025. Despite the presence of the multinational force, gangs continue to wreak havoc in metropolitan areas of Port-au-Prince.

Bahamas

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives to meet with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at the 61st Munich Security Conference on February 15, 2025 in Munich, Germany. International defence and security leaders from around the world are gathering for the Feb. 14-16 conference.

Guyana

Stop China’s march on Caribbean say Congressional reps to administration

By Bert Wilkinson

Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. had a deep discussion about libraries with podcast guest Dennis Walcott.

Books

Addabbo features Dennis Walcott on ‘Library Lovers’

By Nelson A. King

Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. (1887-1940) Jamaican-born Pan-Africanist publisher, journalist and orator. Founder in 1914 of the Universal Negro Improvement Association aimed at uniting Africa and its diaspora.

Guest Perspective

Garvey pardoned after 101 years

By Sadie Campbell – President of the Jamaica Progressive League

Book cover of “Becoming Spectacular” by Jennifer Jones.

Books

The steps you take to break ground

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Jamaica PM Andrew Holness at White House.

Jamaica

Despite slash to USAID ‘Friends’ assure partnerships with Jamaica

By Vinette K. Pryce

Brooklyn-born singer/songwriter Ajii, left, and Wé Ani.

Music

Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter Ajii, Wé Ani ‘Forget About You’

By Nelson A. King

From left, Pastor Phyllis Ramey, Lady Ira Lewis, and Dr. Sidney Ramey, after a recent Sidney Ramey Films Presents Double Feature in Newark, New Jersey.

Guyana

Guyana American Heritage Foundation hosts Brooklyn dance to celebrate Guyana’s 55th Republic Anniversary

By Tangerine Clarke

New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Brooklyn

AG James secures $6M judgment against unlicensed cannabis store in Brooklyn

By Nelson A. King

Dr. Anthony E. Munroe, left, with Dr. David A Thomas.

BMCC, Morehouse College strengthen partnership with new pipeline opportunities

By Nelson A. King

The Reverend Dr. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones, a priest at Trinity Church in New York City, delivers a sermon on Absalom Jones’s legacy and the collective responsibility to fight for justice.

Black History Month

A Legacy of Faith: Celebrating the First Black Episcopal Priest

By Nelson A. King

Retired sprinter Usain Bolt.

News

Usain Bolt upping pressure for his money

By Bert Wilkinson

Sparkle Sugar, the creative force behind Coki by Cottage Kind, brings dreams to life one candle at a time.

Guyana

Coki by Cottage Kind: A whimsical escape for creativity and candle making

By Tracey Khan

First Deputy Chief Administrative Judge Norman St. George

AMNY

With a trial lawyer’s instincts, St. George steers the court system forward

More from Around NYC

The heavy-duty tow truck removed a tractor-trailor off of the Throgs Neck Expressway service road.

Tow operation clears illegally parked trucks from Throgs Neck Expressway service road

Tsoureki

Where to find the best Tsoureki in Astoria for Greek Easter

group of people wearing orange shirts in a large room

New Rent Guidelines Board reports fuel competing cases for and against a rent freeze

woman and man on a theater stage with car in the background

Review | Nathan Lane electrifies in a daring ‘Death of a Salesman’