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Governor Kathy Hochul at the 217th session of the Basic School of the New York State Police Academy. The ceremony was held at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany.

NYSCA awards $63M in arts and culture grants

By Nelson A. King

Prof. Martin Felix delivers the featured address at the 136th Anniversary Celebration at Fenimore Street United Methodist Church.

Grenada

Grenadian academic, community activist underscores ‘Unity in Diversity’

By Nelson A. King

Governor Kathy Hochul announced the opening of a new state-funded 21-bed inpatient psychiatric facility to serve youth at the New York City Children’s Center campus in the Bronx on Nov. 24, 2025.

Bronx

Hochul announces 1,000 psychiatric beds opened since taking office

By Nelson A. King

From left, Council Member Rita Joseph, PS 135 Superintendent Celeste Terry, Principal of PS 135 Mrs. Mcrae, front, Assembly Member Monique Chandler-Waterman, Busta Rhymes, Dr. Meda Leacock, and others helping the Blessings Don't Stop singer distribute turkeys on Nov.22, 2025 at PS 135.

Brooklyn

Busta Rhymes, community leaders deliver big Thanksgiving giveback

By Tangerine Clarke

The Decorations Committee members display a large bread to be cut up and distributed to congregants.

Brooklyn

Faith, gratitude shine at Fenimore Street UMC’s Harvest celebration

By Nelson A. King

New York Governor Kathy Hochul addresses the media following President Trump's efforts to kill New York's congestion pricing on Feb. 19, 2025 in New York City.

Hochul to Trump: Release heating assistance for 1.5M New Yorkers

By Nelson A. King

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QNS

BP Richards launches donation drive benefiting families impacted by Hurricane Melissa on island of Jamaica

Kente Cones

Brooklyn Paper

How Kente Cones blends African ingredients and ancestral stories in East New York

Members and officers of the First Responders Lions and Leos clubs pose for a photo in Liberty Bible Fellowship Church lobby, after prayers. They distributed pre-Thanksgiving pies to worshipers on Nov. 17, 2025.

Queens

Lions and Leos bring holiday cheer with pre-Thanksgiving pie donation

By Tangerine Clarke

New York City Mayor Eric Adams

Adams gives COVID vaccine ‘refusers’ a second chance

By Nelson A. King

Veteran honorees display proclamation with New York State Assembly Member Stefani L. Zinerman, center, and NYC Department of Veterans' Services Commissioner James W. Hendon, to her immediate left.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn celebrates veterans, families with parade and resource fair

By Nelson A. King

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, right, after accepting the Lawrence M. Orton Award for Leadership in City and Regional Planning from the American Planning Association’s New York Metro Chapter’s (APA-NYM).

Brooklyn

Reynoso’s 2025 Plan for Brooklyn wins top city planning award

By Tangerine Clarke

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

Mohamed Q. Amin, third from left, founder/president of the Caribbean Equality Project, surrounded by members, in front of their colorful ornate booth at the Annual Diwali Festival on Oct. 18, in Smokey Park, Queens.

Queens

Richmond Hill shines bright as Diwali motorcade lights up the night

By Tangerine Clarke

Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson addressing the Caribbean-American Heritage Month Celebration at Andrew Freeman House, 1125 Grand Concourse, Bronx, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.

Bronx

Gibson hosts annual DiVA Spa in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month

By Nelson A. King

Governor Hochul.

Health

Hochul rips Republicans for spiking health care costs for New Yorkers

By Nelson A. King

More from Around NYC

Saint Barnabas Hospital hosts celebration honoring Dominican changemakers during Dominican Heritage Month

Nine vehicles were involved in a massive crash on the Long Island Expressway in the Blissville section of Long Island City on Friday, Feb. 27.

Four injured in massive chain-reaction crash on the Long Island Expressway in Long Island City: FDNY

Brooklyn public library passport services

Brooklyn Public Library ends passport services after State Department order

Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Supreme Court for a suppression of evidence hearing in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Feds won’t fight dismissal of death penalty-eligible Mangione charges