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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Politics

Brooklyn Dems chair welcomes Biden’s exit from presidential race, endorses Harris

By Nelson A. King

The Hon. Judge Claudia Daniels Depeyster.

Guyana

Guyanese-American jurist Claudia Daniels-DePeyster runs for NYS Supreme Court seat

By Nelson A. King

Janice Robinson, Esq.

Brooklyn

Jamaican-American attorney Janice Robinson wins judicial seat in Brooklyn in massive landslide

By Nelson A. King

Janice Robinson, Esq.

Jamaica

Jamaican-American lawyer Janice Robinson vies for Civil Court Judge in Brooklyn

By Nelson A. King

Anthony Beckford.

Politics

Early voting starts in Caribbean community

By Nelson A. King

Judge Cassandra A. Johnson, fifth from left, if elected will become the first woman, and first person of color to sit on the bench in the Queens County Surrogate's Court. Indian heritage, lawyer, CPA, and small business owner, Amish Doshi far right, is running for Civil Court judge in the county. They are surrounded by staff of the non-profit, Mercy Drive, at a recent Autism Walk, organized by Community Board 9 Leader, Sherry Algredo.

People

Haitian heritage judge Cassandra A. Johnson campaigns for Queens Surrogate’s court

By Tangerine Clarke

Attorney Kenneth Gayle, fifth from left, with members of Central Brooklyn Lions Club, of which his late mother was a former president, after addressing the congregation on Sunday at Fenimore Street United Methodist Church in Brooklyn.

Court

Caribbean-American lawyer Kenneth Gayle vies for Civil Court judge to be role model for youth

By Nelson A. King

Brooklyn resident, Lawman Lynch.

Brooklyn

Young, talented Lawman Lynch to run for NY City Council

By Dawn Plummer

Jamaican-American Community Advocate Anthony Beckford.

Jamaica

Jamaican-American community advocate seeks to ‘protect democracy’ in Brooklyn

By Nelson A. King

Chinatown in New York

PoliticsNY

Celebrating the power of NY’s Asian American and Pacific Islander community

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn council member introduces slate of bills to protect tenants after residential fires

By Kirstyn Brendlen

PoliticsNY

NYC Faith Leaders: We ask our officials in Washington to protect and strengthen medicare advantage

Gov. Kathy Hochul, joined by the state's Office of Mental Health Commissioner Ann Sullivan, announced "sweeping investments" in mental health services, especially for youth, in a press conference on Jan. 11, 2023.

Bronx Times

Gov. Hochul announces $50M to expand inpatient mental health care

Trinidad & Tobago

Former T&T Prime Minister Basdeo Panday dies at age 90

By Bert Wilkinson

Mayor Eric Adams

AMNY

Op-ed | Keeping nightlife safe in New York City

Brooklyn Council Member, Rita Joseph.

Brooklyn

Caribbean pols overwhelmingly re-elected in general elections

By Nelson A. King

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Willie Colon playing his trombone in front of a Puerto Rican flag.

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Decomposing head discovered at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Broad Channel six months after matching torso was found in Idlewild Park: NYPD

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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

Harlem man who gunned down roommate over stolen soda gets sentence of 25 to life