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Karen from the Workers' Center of Central New York shares her story and demands passage of the Access to Representation Act at the NYS Capitol.

Elected officials, immigrant advocates rally for passage of Access to Representation Act

By Nelson A. King

Mayor Eric Adams addresses the Women’s Health Summit.

Adams hosts first ever Women’s Health Summit

By Nelson A. King

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NYC nonprofit DOVE program providing assistance for domestic abuse survivors

‘STORMY’ SEAS FOR TRUMP AS HE IS INDICTED

By Nelson A. King

Senate Kevin Parker, center, is surrounded by members of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority at their recent annual Youth Symposium.

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Senator Kevin S. Parker appointed to Budget Subcommittees

By Tangerine Clarke

The 2023 Women of Distinction honorees on stage with electeds, holding Proclamations from Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn.

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Bichotte Hermelyn honors Brooklyn’s ‘Sheroes’

By Nelson A. King

Mayor Eric Adams.

Adams, union leaders rally for ‘Working People’s Agenda’

By Nelson A. King

Vendors in a line around City Hall with signs in six languages reading “Cut the Red Tape” and “Street Vendors are Small Businesses.”

Street vendors rally at City Hall, call for industry reform

By Milette Millington

Tenants protest Gov. Kathy Hochul at a rally for Good Cause eviction protections.

Protesters call out Hochul for failing to support tenants in state budget

By Nelson A. King

Mayor Eric Adams announces his four-part plan promoting and incentivizing safe battery use.

Adams announces plan to combat lithium-ion battery fires, promote safe electric micro-mobility usage

By Nelson A. King

City and State event host Jon Lentz introducing speakers for the webinar. Top row from left: Jon Lentz, Joel Berg, Laurie Wheelock. Berg: CEO of Hunger Free America. Wheelock: Executive Director and Counsel at the Public Utility Law Project of New York (PULP). Middle row (left to right): Beth Shyken-Rothbart, Roxanne Persaud, Beth Finkel. Shyken-Rothbart: Senior Counsel for Client Services and New York Policy at the Medicare Rights Center. Persaud: NYS Senator and the Chairperson of the NYS Senate Committee on Social Services. Finkel: State Director of AARP New York. Bottom row: Maritza Davila. Davila: NYS Assemblymember and Chairperson of NYS Assembly Committee on Social Services.

Data matching helps older low-income New Yorkers, lawmakers say

By Milette Millington

Lynelle Maginley-Liddie, first deputy commissioner with the New York City Department of Correction.

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Antiguan-born Lynelle Maginley-Liddie serves as NYCDOC First Dep. Commish

By Nelson A. King

Residents joined long lines outside Calvary's Mission Food Pantry in Richmond Hill, Queens, during talk of rising food insecurity.

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Calvary’s Mission 15th fundraiser gala towards fighting food insecurity

By Tangerine Clarke

Public Advocate, Jumaane D. Williams

Williams wants affordable housing production, increased staffing levels in city budget

By Nelson A. King

Office of Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson

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Bronx Borough Prez celebrates Garifuna Heritage Month, honors three

By Nelson A. King

James wins lawsuit against conspiracy theorists using threatening robocalls to intimidate Black voters

By Nelson A. King

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City and state officials break ground on Haffen Pool reconstruction.

Construction kicks off on $13.4M Haffen Park Pool Complex reconstruction in Baychester

The floor of the Brunner-Winkle factory in Glendale

Flying back in time to explore Glendale’s link to aviation history: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

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Mamdani jolts Council race on Manhattan’s West Side ahead of early voting

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