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The melodious voices of the Braata Folk Singers, on Aug. 10, filled the air over the Holy Family Church tarmac in Canarsie, at a Bankra Caribbean Folk Festival in partnership with Assembly Member Monique Chandler-Waterman and Assembly Member Jamie Williams, State Senator Roxanne Persaud, and U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.

Brooklyn

From Flatlands to Festivity

By Tangerine Clarke

Celebrate the Caribbean BCM

Brooklyn Paper

‘A space for kids’: Brooklyn Children’s Museum to celebrate Caribbean culture with family festival

A migrant is detained by federal immigration officers at U.S. immigration court in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., July 23, 2025.

Calls grow to halt ICE arrests at immigration hearings

By Nelson A. King

Attorney General Letitia James is challenging Nassau County’s trans sports ban.

James secures major victory in education funds

By Nelson A. King

New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks at a news conference in New York, U.S., June 11, 2019.

James welcomes court order upholding birthright citizenship

By Nelson A. King

Jean Joseph gives acceptance speech as president of the Brooklyn Canarsie Lions for a fourth term.

Brooklyn

Four-time leader: Jean Joseph sworn in again as Lions Club president

By Nelson A. King

Jamaica Consul General to NY Alsion Wilson addresses the official launching of the Caribbean Diaspora United in June 2024 in honor of Caribbean-American Heritage Month at Russo's on the Bay in Howard Beach, Queens.

Jamaica

Jamaica Consulate NY announces independence anniversary celebrations

By Nelson A. King

From left, First Deputy Commissioner NYPD, Tonia Kinsella of Guyanese lineage, Chief Technology Officer for New York Matthew C. Fraser, of Guyanese lineage, Mayor Eric L. Adams, Consul General to New York, Michael E. Brotherson, honorees Claire Patterson-Monah, Sherif Fraser, Isiah Chappelle, and Elton Dharry, holding Citation, during a dynamic heritage reception on July 22, at Gracie Mansion in Manhattan.

Guyana

Mayor Adams honors five, applauds Guyanese values at dynamic Gracie Mansion gathering

By Tangerine Clarke

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.

Hochul highlights STAR Tax Relief for millions of New Yorkers

By Nelson A. King

President of the Guyana American Heritage Foundation, Lady Ira Lewis, all smiles, with a glass statue and bouquet of flowers received from Senator Britnee Timberlake, showing a peace sign at the July 13 Annual Guyana Caribbean Family Fund Day at Monte Irvin Orange Park, Orange, New Jersey.

Guyana

Timberlake salutes Lady Ira Lewis with top honor at spirited Guyana Fun Day

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

‘Enough is enough’: Gibson, Speaker Adams decry inequities facing Black women

By Nelson A. King

Mayor Eric Adams at the podium.

Adams expands ‘Schoolyards to Playgrounds’ program

By Nelson A. King

New York State Attorney General, Letitia James, speaks during a news conference, to announce criminal justice reform in New York City, U.S., May 21, 2021.

James defends ‘critical’ immigration services for unaccompanied Caribbean children

By Nelson A. King

Mayor Eric Adams.

Adams launches major housing project with 385 affordable units in East New York

By Tangerine Clarke

Reggae artist Beenie Man performs at the Reggae Sumfest 2014 in Montego Bay, July 19, 2014.

Music

Caribbean stars kick off all-boro Rise Up NYC Summerfest

By Vinette K. Pryce

Councilmember Mercedes Narcisse among members of the clergy as Brooklyn Canarsie Lions hosted a successful Brotherhood Service, distributed Thanksgiving gifts in November 2024.

Haiti

Haitian officials debunk viral video of alleged ICE confrontation

By Nelson A. King

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The exterior of the former Karl Ehmer store and manufacturing plant on Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood, as pictured in February 2011.

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