Politics News – Caribbean Life

Judge Jacqueline Williams at the Brooklyn Canarsie Lions' Annual Masquerade Ball on Oct. 17, 2025 in Canarsie, Brooklyn.

Courts

Battle for the Bench: Williams and Eze vie for Kings County Court seats

By Nelson A. King

Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams at press conference

AMNY

Op-ed | Why Mayor Adams says he’s endorsing Andrew Cuomo to succeed him

Roxanne Persaud

PoliticsNY

Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with State Senator Roxanne Persaud

Election day man at polls

AMNY

2025 Elections: What you need to know before voting

Curtis Sliwa,Republican candidate for mayor.

Politics

NYC Mayor’s Race: Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa on crime, cats and a campaign he’ll never quit

By Adam Daly

Robert Jackson

PoliticsNY

Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with State Senator Robert Jackson

Trinidadian Ernest Skinner, founder of Caribbean Americans United in Support of Mamdani for Mayor, addresses Democratic Mayoral Nominee Zohran Mamdani at press conference on Saturday, Aug. 30, flanked by Caribbean elected officials, including Assemblywoman Monique Chandler-Waterman, second from left, City Council Member Rita Joseph, fourth from left, and Josue Pierre, the Haitian-American District Leader for the 42nd Assembly District in Brooklyn, right.

Politics

Caribbean Americans United in Support of Mamdani for Mayor officially launches

By Nelson A. King

Nikki Lucas

PoliticsNY

Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Assembly Member Nikki Lucas

Phara Souffrant Forrest

PoliticsNY

Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Assembly Member Phara Souffrant Forrest

Aubrey Norton leads A Partnership for National Unity.

Guyana

Guyana elections plagued by allegations of rigging

By Bert Wilkinson

Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson, right, with Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, center, and Assemblywoman Monique Chandler-Waterman.

Caribbean

New York’s political leaders participate in Caribbean Carnival Parade

By Nelson A. King

Photos of the four NYC mayoral candidates Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa

AMNY

amNY Your Vote: Who will be NYC’s next mayor? Here’s the story behind each candidate

Guyana president and wife arrive to vote in elections

Guyana

Guyana elections: People’s Progressive Party wins second term, main opposition decimated at polls

By Bert Wilkinson

Erik Crew, staff attorney at Haitian Bridge Alliance

Venezuela

Haitian Bridge Alliance welcomes court ruling challenging Trump’s attempt to strip TPS from Venezuelans

By Nelson A. King

rally in support of haiti immigrants

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn pols and community groups unite in support of Haitian immigrants

Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke addresses town hall meeting at George Wingate High School Auditorium in Brooklyn on June 16, 2025.

Jamaica

Clarke introduces ‘Marcus Garvey Legacy Package’ to exonerate, commemorate Jamaica’s first national hero

By Nelson A. King

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District Attorney Melinda Katz was joined by NYC Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jason Graham and U.S. Rep. Grace Meng at the first Queens Missing Persons Day on Oct. 24.

DA Katz hosts first-ever Queens Missing Persons Day to assist families with lost loved ones

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Kristolyn Lloyd, Irene Sofia Lucio, Betsy Aidem and Audrey Corsa in the Broadway production of "Liberation" by Bess Wohl, directed by Whitney White

Review | ‘Liberation’ bares all—literally and politically