Manhattan News – Caribbean Life

Father drumming on a couch next to his daughter and wife on Kwanzaa

New York Family

Awesome Kwanzaa Events in New York City 2025

Residents set out compost bins for collection under New York City’s expanded sanitation program.

Bronx

‘Trash Chaos’: New Yorkers frustrated by rollout of City’s new composting rules

By Tracey Khan

Jamaica Consul General to NY Alsion Wilson addresses the official launching of the Caribbean Diaspora United in June 2024 in honor of Caribbean-American Heritage Month at Russo's on the Bay in Howard Beach, Queens.

Jamaica

Jamaica Consulate NY announces independence anniversary celebrations

By Nelson A. King

Consul General Ambassador Michael E. Brotherson, Bharati Kemraj (with Mayor's office Citation) Mayor Eric L. Adams, Manuel Castro, Richard David, First Deputy Commissioner Tania Kinsella, Sookranie Dhanpat, NYPD Officer, and Marcia Martinez, pictured with the Guyana Gateway in Brooklyn & Little Guyana in Queens and the Bronx immigrant poster, in honor of the country's 59th Independence Anniversary, flag raising on May 23.

Guyana

Mayor Eric L. Adams presents Guyana with Proclamation in honor of the nation’s 59th Anniversary of Independence at a flag-raising ceremony in Manhattan

By Tangerine Clarke

Supervisor Don Clavin, Hempstead Town Board, left, Consul General of Guyana to New York, Michael E. Brotherson, Permanent Representative to the UN, Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett, during an Independence flag raising ceremony last year.

Guyana

Guyana Consulate celebrates Republic Anniversary with Times Square video and Poughkeepsie Bridge lighting

By Tangerine Clarke

Mayor Eric Adams.

AMNY

Op-Ed | Celebrating 400 years of the greatest city in the world

Marcus Garvey.

Caribbean

Harlem Village shines spotlight on African-American heritage

By Vinette K. Pryce

BMCC President Dr. Anthony E. Munroe, left, signs agreement with Prof. Colin Gyles, CD, UCC president, flanked by officials

Jamaica

BMCC, UCC sign agreement for ‘knowledge exchange, cultural enhancement’

By Nelson A. King

Wyclef Jean performing at the Annual Haitian Day Parade with elected officials, advocates and members of the community.

Haiti

Wyclef Jean headlines star-studded Second Annual Haitian Day Parade NYC

By Nelson A. King

Far Rockaway, Queens native Gary Hilliard annually attends AADP in Harlem. Last year was no different, here he is joined by senior from the Bronx, Vena Baker.

Africa

Harlem bids farewell to summer with weekend last lap street fest

By Vinette K. Pryce

Historic ‘Pan in Times Square’ commemorates inaugural World Steelpan Day

By Nelson A. King

Bill Perkins

Williams, Adrienne Adams pay tribute to Bill Perkins

By Nelson A. King

‘STORMY’ SEAS FOR TRUMP AS HE IS INDICTED

By Nelson A. King

Illegal marijuana seller in Bronx

AMNY

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

Two children pack a box with canned goods, pasta, and other food items, representing a donation or food bank activity.

New York Family

Food Banks and Food Pantry Resources in NYC as SNAP Emergency Allotment Benefits End

Brooklyn

Year-in-Review 2022

By Nelson A. King

More from Around NYC

A flock of mostly Ring Billed Gulls settled on the shore of Clason Point Park on Sunday while local birders documented the number of birds in the Bronx for the NYC Christmas Bird Count.

An afternoon with the birders of the Bronx: counting birds for the Holiday Season

urban upbound

Spectrum provides $25K in funding to Urban Upbound’s Workforce Development Program

Jan. 1, 2026, New York City, New York, USA: Immigrants swear in Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams, with his wife India Sneed and family looking on, during a ceremony at City Hall. Zohran Mamdani was later sworn in as the 112th Mayor of New York City at City Hall. Mamdani is the city's first Muslim mayor, its first of South Asian descent and the first to be born in Africa. At 34, he is also the city's youngest mayor since the late 19th century.

Williams inaugurated on steps of City Hall

Mayor Zohran Mamdani at his inauguration event in New York City. His move into the city’s highest office left his Queens Assembly seat vacant, triggering a Feb. 3 special election.

Special election set to fill Mayor Mamdani’s former Assembly seat and other Albany vacancies