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New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Brooklyn

AG James secures $6M judgment against unlicensed cannabis store in Brooklyn

By Nelson A. King

Retired sprinter Usain Bolt.

News

Usain Bolt upping pressure for his money

By Bert Wilkinson

Attorney General of New York Letitia James speaks onstage during the 39th Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building on Jan. 20, 2025 in New York City.

James secures over $6.9M in refunds for New Yorkers wrongfully charged for COVID-19 testing

By Nelson A. King

New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives for Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s “State of the NYPD” address on January 30, 2025 in New York City. The Justice Department is reportedly in talks to drop its corruption case against Mayor Adams. Adams is schedule to stand trial on federal corruption charges on April 21, 2025.

‘I never broke the law, and I never would’: Adams on DOJ’S dismissal of corruption charges

By Nelson A. King

Simone Espinet is the business development manager at Henricksen’s Manhattan office furniture store.

Trinidad & Tobago

Local business honors contributions of Black community

By Milette Millington

Reggae-dancehall artiste, Alkaline.

Music

Alkaline enlists Armanii, Rahjahwild for New Rules Festival UK

By Nelson A. King

Candidate for NY City Council District 28, Janeet Singh, left, is pictured with a resident, District Leader Albert Baldeo, Dr. Dhanpaul Narine, Bibi Alli, and others, who pleaded with President Trump for compassion, and to make a pathway to legal status, for law-abiding immigrants, who are business owners, and parents of professional children, during a demonstration in Richmond Hill, Queens.

Richmond Hill, Queens community hold unity rally amidst growing rhetoric from the Trump administration

By Tangerine Clarke

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.

NY City Council launches fund drive to support Immigrants

By Dawn Plummer

Jamaica's Prime Minister, Andrew Holness.

Anguilla

CARICOM leaders to discuss deportations

By Bert Wilkinson

Screengrab of panel: From left, panel moderator Linda Tigani with NYC Council Member Crystal Hudson, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Council Member Dr. Nantasha Willams, and Council Member Farah Louis.

News

How the impact of slavery is still being felt in New York today

By Milette Millington

Nelson Mandela.

Haiti

UN welcomes nominations for Nelson Mandela Prize

By Vinette K. Pryce

Senator Zellnor Y. Myrie addesses a press confrernce on a rainy Thursday flanked by New York City Council Member Rita Joseph, the Haitian-born representative for the 40th Council District in Brooklyn

Caribbean immigration advocates rally against ICE enforcement at sensitive locations

By Nelson A. King

Demonstrators at rally

News

Hundreds of families, labor and pols protest shutdown of four childcare centers in Brooklyn

By Nelson A. King

Murad Awawdeh

News

Immigration advocates strongly condemn Nassau County Executive collaboration with ICE to deport Caribbean immigrants

By Nelson A. King

Olive Rowe states, "everything is gone, everything is gone," as she stands in her home that was destroyed when Hurricane Beryl passed through the area on July 05, 2024 in Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica.

News

Caribbean Roundup

By Devika Ragoonanan

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso with Dr. Thomasena Ellison Clarke, president, Psi Lambda Omega Chapter, left, and Deputy Brooklyn Borough President the Rev. Kimberly Council

News

Brooklyn chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority commemorates 117th Founders’ Day at Borough Hall

By Nelson A. King

More from Around NYC

Elected representatives and business leaders in the South Bronx continued to sound the alarm Wednesday during a press conference about the public health crisis about open air drug use in the Hub around the Third Avenue commercial corridor.

Torres continues full court press on Adams admin over drug use in the Hub

rape

Hollis man arrested for alleged rape of 14-year-old boy, NYPD seeks additional victims

The Thurgood Marshall federal courthouse in lower Manhattan.

Legal Aid union notifies management of bargaining agreement termination as threat of strike looms

PSG Fabian Ruiz Real Madrid goal Club World Cup Semifinals MetLife Stadium

PSG roll over Real Madrid in Club World Cup Final at MetLife Stadium, will meet Chelsea in Final Sunday