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A coalition of organizations, elected officials, on on March 8, demanded funding and resources to end gun violence, after a mass shooting outside Richard's Restaurant & Bar on Avenue L, in Canarsie, Brooklyn, over the weekend. From left, are Senator Roxanne Persaud’s Chief of Staff Tanequa Strong, a representative from Enough is Enough, NYS Assembly Member (AD59) Jamie Williams, organizer, Jibreel Jalloh (sixth from left), a speaker from Save Our Streets (SOS), and Founder & CEO of Man Up Inc. Andre T. Mitchell.

Brooklyn

Community, NYPD join call for action after Canarsie shooting

By Tangerine Clarke

Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn (center) with honorees.

People

Ten years strong: Bichotte Hermelyn honors eight Women of Distinction

By Nelson A. King

Attendees participate in a Pilates session during IYKYK Collective’s second annual Women’s Wellness Day, celebrating International Women’s Month.

News

Inside IYKYK Collective’s Women’s Wellness Day: A celebration of connection, care and community

By Tracey Khan

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are present as passengers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint after hundreds of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were ordered to deploy to airports to help fill TSA staffing gaps, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. March 23, 2026.

Immigration advocates condemn Trump ‘erroneously’ justifying court house arrests of Caribbean migrants

By Nelson A. King

New York State Senator James Sanders, Jr., speaks alongside Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn.

Politics

State lawmakers call communities to Albany for 2026 MWBE Advocacy Day

By Orlande Fleury

A vintage car passes by the Calixto Garcia hospital as Cuba’s once-vaunted healthcare system, long hailed as a cornerstone of the 1959 revolution, has deteriorated amid years of economic crisis and U.S. sanctions, a decline that has accelerated this year with U.S. restrictions on oil supplies, in Havana, Cuba, March 24, 2026.

News

Caribbean moves to aid Cuba amid crisis

By Bert Wilkinson

Barbados' Mia Amor Mottley was elected the 8th prime minister of Barbados in 2018.

Barbados

Reggae royals battle for Crown and country; world leaders in the spotlight for Women’s History Month

By Vinette K. Pryce

Guyanese-born Michelle R. DeSouza-Forte, Esq. addresses congregation at Fenimore Street United Methodist Church (FSUMC) in Brooklyn on Sunday, Mar. 15.

Guyana

Guyanese-born Attorney Michelle DeSouza-Forte seeks seat on Kings County Civil Court bench

By Nelson A. King

Port Au Prince, Haiti.

News

Troops from Chad replacing Kenyans in Haiti

By Bert Wilkinson

Philip "Brave" Davis has confirmed that a general election in The Bahamas will be held soon, but he stopped short of announcing a specific date.

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

A view of St. George's in Grenada.

Grenada

Trump adds Grenada to countries requiring visa bond

By Bert Wilkinson

Murad Awawdeh

Immigration advocates welcome release of Dylan Lopez Contreras, first NYC high schooler abducted by ICE

By Nelson A. King

Demonstrators hold signs during the March4Democracy rally and march in Washington D.C., U.S., February 28, 2026.

National

Month-end ‘No Kings’ protest set to rally third nationwide anti-Trump movement

By Vinette K. Pryce

group of people in a bar cheering a sports team

AMNY

Score! Here’s where to watch 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in NYC

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar alongside Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meetings in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, February 25, 2026.

Trinidad & Tobago

US removes military radar from Tobago as opposition slams government

By Bert Wilkinson

NYC Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) Commissioner Faiza N. Ali.

Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs report outlines priorities under Mayor Mamdani

By Nelson King

More from Around NYC

Assemblymember Amanda Septimo speaks out against the Essential Plan cuts at the Tax the Rich rally, alongside State Sens. Jose Serrano and Kristen Gonzalez.

As Essential Plan cuts approach, advocates urge Governor Hochul to raise taxes on rich

Rodolfo Lopez-Porillo of Hollis beat a pawn shop owner to death in 2022 and spent a month as a fugitive on the run until authorities tracked him down at a Baltimore Greyhound bus station and extradited back to Queens.

Hollis man convicted in fatal beating of pawn shop owner from Jamaica Estates: DA

Ariola_QNS File

Woodhaven’s Forest Park Drive repaving completed with funding secured from CM Ariola

Installation view of Marcel Duchamp on view at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, from April 12 through August 22, 2026.

Marcel Duchamp: The mind above the hand