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St. Vincent and the Grenadines' United States Consul General Rondy McIntosh, back row, in white shirt, without cap, with nationals, with some relief items in foreground, at the Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

SVG Hurricane Beryl relief ‘continues to go well’

By Nelson A. King

Rally goers hold signs demanding that the NYPD report the truth about Christin Emile's shooting death

AMNY

Seeking the truth: Family of Christin Emile demand answers from NYPD months after cops shot Brooklyn man dead

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

GGRF's Young Women's Leadership Academy (YWLA) graduates of 2024, with current GGRF board members.

Guyana

Guyanese Girls Rock Foundation celebrates achievements of young girls

By Milette Millington

Senator Britnee Timberlake and Lady Ira Lewis, president of the Guyana American Heritage Foundation, Inc. on stage at the Annual Family Fun Day in Orange, NJ on July 14. The two danced to Bob Marley's hit “One Love.”

Food

Thousands enjoy music, games, food at Caribbean American Annual Family Day, Orange, NJ

By Tangerine Clarke

donation

QNS

Queens residents can participate in donation drive for islanders impacted by Hurricane Beryl

Governor Kathy Hochul unveils Liberty Landing, a transformative project to convert the state-owned 100,000 square-foot former Bayview Correctional Facility in Manhattan into affordable housing for low-income residents and supportive housing for formerly incarcerated individuals reentering the community. The proposed project, a joint venture between Camber Property Group and Osborne Association, would invest over $108 million in West Chelsea and provide 124 permanently affordable housing units and on-site supportive services.

$500M investment to build, preserve affordable housing in NYC

By Nelson A. King

caribbean cultural

QNS

Caribbean Cultural Festival comes to St. Albans next month. Here’s what to know before you go.

Life of Hope grows non-profit services with a new Flatbush center.

Brooklyn Paper

‘A transformative chapter’: Haitian non-profit Life of Hope expands to new Flatbush center

From left 1st Vice District Governor Jennifer Seymour Wright, Sandra Hitlall, Romeo HItlall, and Past District Governor Ingrid Andrew Campbell in Australia after he was sworn in as District Governor for Brooklyn & Queens.

Brooklyn

Romeo Hitlall sworn in as first Indo-Guyanese District Governor of Brooklyn and Queens for Lions in 106-yr history

By Tracey Khan

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn DA, NYPD to host 2024 New York city gun buyback program

By Tangerine Clarke

Unveiling of 'Justice P. Satterfield Way’ signage in Queens.

Queens

Street co-named to honor first female African-American elected judge

By Nelson A. King

Mayor Eric Adams speaking about the major investment in Brownsville Recreation Center.

Adams celebrates $160M investment in Brownsville Recreation Center, 62 parks to improve quality of life

By Nelson A. King

New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

Adams celebrates $53M investment for cultural institutions

By Nelson A. King

Sherly Demosthenes-Atkinson.

Brooklyn

Haitian-born Sherly Demosthenes-Atkinson makes waves in homecare industry

By Nelson A. King

Shaggy, a legendary dancehall artist and Brooklynite will stop by the Coney Island Amphitheater to celebrate Federation Sounds 25th anniversary.

Brooklyn Paper

Dancehall icon Shaggy headed to Coney Island to celebrate Federation Sounds’ 25th anniversary

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NYPL After School at Kingsbridge Library. Credit_ NYPL_Jonathan Blanc

New York Public Library After School program receives $10 million investment from The Gottesman Fund

Spring houses, like this one in Pennsylvania, were a common sight around Queens before the borough had a network of underground pipes hooked to reservoirs providing clean water to residents.

Finding clean water in early days of Greater Ridgewood area wasn’t easy: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

Deliveristas rallied at City Hall for protections from being fired without cause from delivery apps.

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Brian Daboll Giants practice, NFL

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