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Hercules sings "50 Years" on way to winning Golden Jubilee Independence Monarch.

Grenada

KING HERCULES

By Nelson A. King

Honorees with members of the South Jersey Caribbean Cultural and Development Organization Inc. From left, Star Benjamin, Livingston Benjamin, Kordell Baily, Dave Benjamin Watkis, Rohan Pierre, Berdine Gordon-Litterean, Niger Ali Sr, Denise Willoughby, Keith Mitchell Morgan, Eldiean Morgan, James Cordice, and Kylla Herbert.

South Jersey Caribbean Cultural group shows appreciation, honors six

By Nelson A. King

Murad Awawdeh, NYIC's executive director.

Caribbean asylum seekers ‘out in the cold’ in city preliminary budget: NYIC

By Nelson A. King

Martin Luther King Jr.

Dan’s Papers

Op-Ed: What Would Martin Luther King Jr.’s Response be to Current Anti-Semitism?

Elected officials, clergy leaders, pastors gathered together for a moment during the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King birthday on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024 at Alliance Tabernacle Church, on Clarendon Road.

Brooklyn

It was King’s legacy!

By Dawn Plummer

An image of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. displayed at Queens College.

Queens

Queens College pays tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., honors Jennifer Jones Austin for outstanding contributions to change

By Tracey Khan

President of VMW Law, Dr. Vivian M. Williams.

People

Guyana Police serving criminal summons in US ‘a grave misstep’: Distinguished Guyanese lawyer

By Nelson A. King

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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Associate Court of Appeals Judge Shirley Troutman, who wrote a concurring opinion emphasizing the Equal Rights Ammendement's importance while upholding the state's judicial age cap.

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