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Neil Walters, Acting Secretary General, Caribbean Tourism Organization

Business

CTO gears up for SOTIC 2023 in Turks and Caicos Islands

By Nelson A. King

Demonstrators protesting against the mayor’s plan to shift public-sector retirees to Medicare Advantage on Thursday, March 9, 2023.

AMNY

State judge blocks city plan to shift municipal retirees to Medicare Advantage plan

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Brooklyn Paper

Jewelry designer Burkindy brings high fashion with traditional African flair to Crown Heights

Male hands rolling marijuana joint

Business

James, Hochul shut down unlicensed ganja stores

By Nelson A. King

Isra Gordon, owner of Mint Porch Café points to her sign to attract customers to her business, at the intersection of Flatbush (Dr. Roy Hastick Way) and Caton Avenue, Brooklyn.

Brooklyn

Vendors at Flatbush Central Caribbean Marketplace struggling to bounce back, ask for help

By Tangerine Clarke

Entrepreneurs Cindy Lee and Marie Driven.

Business

Event space Room43 opens in Brooklyn

By Nelson A. King

Fe Noel posed with guests after making her opening remarks at the opening of her new business.

Grenada

Fe Noel’s homecoming with her brand’s store in Little Caribbean

By Ebony Prescod

Naomi James Sweet[ish] - selling baked goods at Baruch's Marketplace campus event.

St Lucia

Caribbean heritage inspires this first-generation student and business owner

By Milette Millington

Schneps Media owners Victoria and Joshua Schneps

AMNY

Schneps Media nationally recognized by leading media industry outlet

Times Square,

AMNY

Rolling the dice: A closer look at the 10 contenders seeking lucrative New York casino licenses

Illegal marijuana seller in Bronx

AMNY

Potful of trouble: NYC stores skirting marijuana licensing rules, prompting legal confusion and safety concerns

Wilbur Pack, Jr., fashion designer and creative director of the B.Brave by SK WiLBUR backpacks, with two of his backpacks.

Business

Backpacks that tell Black stories

By Orlande Fleury

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AMNY

Inaugural ‘Power Admin’ event recognizes the importance of administrative pros

Mark Bendah, Guyanese-born New Yorker, by way of Atlanta, Georgia outside his open-concept Hotel, Restaurant and Bar in Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana.

Guyana

From Georgia to Georgetown, re-migrant renews love for Guyana opens hotel, restaurant, bar

By Tangerine Clarke

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AMNY

Schneps Media buys Queens Post, expanding reach across ‘The World’s Borough’

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Grenada

Grenada Tourism Authority celebrates at Christmas appreciation dinner

By Orlande Fleury

More from Around NYC

Tenants and members of Bronx Defenders, Community Action for Safe Apartments (CASA), New Settlement, Bronx Leadership Organizing Center, Met Council on Housing, PSC-CUNY and NYC-DSA rally outside of Hostos Community College ahead of the Bronx Rent Guidelines Board meeting.

‘The Bronx is not for sale’ Rent-stabilized tenants demand rent freeze at Bronx Rent Guidelines Board hearing

Matthew Rodriguez of Levittown, Long Island was tracked down in Virginia, where he had been a fugitive since shooting a 15-year-old boy on an A train in Ozone Park.

Long Islander held without bail for allegedly shooting a 15-year-old boy on a crowded A train in Ozone Park in April before fleeing the state: DA

Mamdani budget director speaks at city council hearing on Office of Mass Engagement

Mamdani’s $53M Mass Engagement office draws Council questions over budget, political guardrails

Mamdani budget director speaks at city council hearing on Office of Mass Engagement

Mamdani’s $53M Mass Engagement office draws Council questions over budget, political guardrails