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Constituents listened with rapt attention to the information shared at a Jan. 12, Grant Guidance non-profit information session, at the Flatbush YMCA, hosted by Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, in partnership with Rita C. Joseph, District 40, Council Member Farah N. Louis, District 45, and Senator Kevin S. Parker, District 21.

Brooklyn legislators hosts informative guidance for grant seekers

By Tangerine Clarke

Gov. Kathy Hochul, joined by the state's Office of Mental Health Commissioner Ann Sullivan, announced "sweeping investments" in mental health services, especially for youth, in a press conference on Jan. 11, 2023.

Bronx Times

Gov. Hochul announces $50M to expand inpatient mental health care

Caribbean American New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams.

Williams, immigrant advocates rip Hochul’s State of the State address

By Nelson A. King

Photo by Nelson A. King

Brooklyn

Owners of Brooklyn’s first legal cannabis dispensary pleased with serving community

By Nelson A. King

Volunteers diligently pack fruits and food items to be shared to migrants and residents who joined lines to be served at Calvary's Mission Food Pantry in Richmond Hill, Queens on cold Saturday, Jan. 6.

Queens

Tony Singh serves asylum seekers at Calvary’s Mission Food Pantry in Queens

By Tangerine Clarke

Assemblywoman Monique Chandler-Waterman (left) with Santa and kids.

People

Flatbush Gardens hosts Jingle Bell Rockout holiday celebration

By Nelson A. King

Caribbean American New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams.

Williams, Bichotte Hermelyn join Kwanzaa celebrations

By Nelson A. King

Third from left, second row, Princess Cornneitte, founder of the Brownsville Devine Explosion Arts Program, joins volunteers at a Dec. 23 Christmas Bazaar, at the Love Zone outdoor space.

Devine Explosion Arts Program celebrates 22 years of giving in Brownsville community

By Tangerine Clarke

Children receive gifts and pose with Santa.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Canarsie Lions Club distribute toys to Canarsie children

By Nelson A. King

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Hunts Point, The Largest Wholesale Produce Market in the U.S. with Phillip Grant

The Lawrence family of seven children whose story from homelessness to nursing school went viral, and caught the attention of People Magazine, and the Sherry Shepherd show, are pictured with their parents, and Assemblywoman Monique Chandler Waterman (left), after being presented with an award at the 2nd Annual AD 58 Community Awards ceremony at the Top Civic Center, in Brooklyn, on Dec. 3.

Brooklyn

Assemblywoman Waterman honors 30 at community awards ceremony

By Tangerine Clarke

Murad Awawdeh, NYIC's executive director.

NYIC welcomes redrawing of Congressional maps

By Nelson A. King

St. Vincent and the Grenadines Consul General to the United States Rondy "Luta" McIntosh, center, receives plague, on behalf of Vincentian Prime Minister Dr. Ralph E. Gonsalves, from Dr. Ken Irish-Bramble, to McIntosh's left, chair of Brooklyn's Medgar Evers College's (MEC) Caribbean Research Center, in June 2023 in commemorating Caribbean-American History Month at MEC. Others in photo from left: Horace Davis, president of Caribbean-American Society of New York; MEC Provost Dr. Antoinette Coleman; Sherrill-Ann Mason-Haywood, director of MEC's Seek Program; Dr. Evelyn Castro, senior advisor to MEC President Dr. Patricia Ramsey; and Anna Walker, representative of the Caribbean-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACCI).

St Vincent

SVG Diaspora Committee of NY head ‘very happy’ about call for greater youth engagement

By Nelson A. King

From left: Rt. Hon. Errol G. Collins, Most Worshipful Grand Master, Sis. Jerrel Radix, Hon. Herald Saunders, District Grand Master – Ad Interim, Composite District Grand Lodge #2, Rt. Hon. Francisco Bethune, Sr., Executive Grand Tyler, Rt. Hon. Leighton Dingwall, Executive Grand Secretary, Rt. Hon. Neville S. Reid, Executive Grand Trustee, Det. Christopher Kenny, Sis. Hyacinth Robinson-Goldson, Community Liaison.

Brooklyn

Lighting up The Temple for Christmas

By Nelson A. King

New York Mayor Eric Adams.

‘Cities for Action’ to address Caribbean asylum seeker crisis

By Nelson A. King

Dale Charles, AKA Mrs. Clause is joined by her elves, and starry-eyed community kids after receiving gifts at the Bed-Stuy Winter Wonderland Christmas at the intersection of Fulton Street and Marcy Avenue.

Brooklyn

Bedford Stuyvesant Gateway BID opens fourth annual Winter Wonderland market

By Tangerine Clarke

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