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Governor Hochul.

Health

Hochul rips Republicans for spiking health care costs for New Yorkers

By Nelson A. King

Ambassador Lou-Anne Gilchrist addresses Vincentians during Ecumenical Service of Thanksgiving, at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Canarsie, Brooklyn, marking St. Vincent and the Grenadines 46th Anniversary of Independence.

St Vincent

Envoy urges celebration of SVG’s new identity

By Nelson A. King

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: Prime Minister of Grenada The Hon. Dickon Mitchell attends the 2024 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York Times Square on Sept. 23, 2024 in New York City.

Grenada

Grenada on the radar

By Bert Wilkinson

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Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, speaks onstage during the 2024 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York Times Square on Sept. 24, 2024 in New York City.

Sports

‘Unsustainable’: Guyana’s president blasts BCCI for banning players from overseas leagues

By Devika Ragoonanan

West Indies' Roston Chase walks off after losing his wicket during the Second Test against England at the Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain on July 20, 2020.

Sports

India defeats WI to sweep Test Series

By Devika Ragoonanan

Brooklyn Canarsie Lions Club Member Kamla Millwood in full masquerade costume hits the dance floor.

Dance

Success behind the mask

By Nelson A. King

Celebrated Jamaican footballer player and cultural figure Allan 'Skill' Cole (R) sharing lens time with Louis Grant (Irie Jam Radio, NY) and Niambe McIntosh, daughter of reggae icon Peter Tosh, at the annual Peter Tosh Symposium in Kingston, Jamaica on Oct. 16, 2024.

Jamaica

NY radio program remembers Jamaican folk hero Allan’ Skill’ Cole

By Nelson A. King

Breast cancer survivors receive an award, with CABS' CEO Sherly Demosthenes-Atkinson, fourth from left, and CABS' staff member Lanicia Francis, left.

Health

CABS honors 12 at Annual Circle of Care Awards and Benefit Gala

By Nelson A. King

Former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson.

Jamaica

‘Dangerous and erosive’: P.J. Patterson blasts U.S. drone strikes in Caribbean waters

By Dawn Plummer

Dennery segment takes center stage at Lucian Carnival 2026 launch in Miami.

St Lucia

Lucian Carnival 2026 launches in Miami

By Nelson A. King

Jamaican-born reggae recording singer Elihu Morris.

Music

‘Prince of Lovers Rock’ Elihu Morris breaks silence

By Nelson A. King

A poster highlighting Caribbean Cinema at the ADIFF NYC 2025.

Movies

Caribbean stories to take center stage at ADIFF 2025

By Nelson A. King

Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., Sept. 26, 2025.

Bahamas

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Members of the group, the Doo Wop Project. From left, Santino "Sonny" Paladino (Musical Director), Charl Brown, Dominic Nolfi, Russell Fischer, John Michael Dias, and Dwayne Cooper.

Music

Keeping Doo-Wop alive: Musical group celebrates new album release

By Milette Millington

Roxanne Persaud

PoliticsNY

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

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. hosted a spirited Diwali celebration at the Kissena Hindu Center in Queens, and presented Citation of Honor to community leaders who have made significant contributions throughout the borough. From left are Dr. Vipul Patel, Sami Sarkar, Guyanese-born Dr. Sharla Madho-Khargi, Dr. Shreeya Tuladhar, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. (in back), Nagasser Ramgarib, Ashif Ahmed, and Rasik Sanghavi. The event was held on Oct. 16.

Queens

Queens BP Donovan Richards Jr. Diwali celebration honors seven

By Tangerine Clarke

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Curtis Sliwa visited St. Margaret’s Parish Hall to discuss the mayoral race and answer questions at the Middle Village Resident’s Association.

Mayoral Candidate Curtis Sliwa makes appearance at Middle Village community meeting

Curtis Sliwa visited St. Margaret’s Parish Hall to discuss the mayoral race and answer questions at the Middle Village Resident’s Association.

Mayoral Candidate Curtis Sliwa makes appearance at Middle Village community meeting

Wendy Moonan, Sylvia Hemingway, Barbara Tober and Lee Fryd attend Musical Bodies at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 14, 2025 in New York.

The Met’s ‘Musical Bodies’ — where form becomes sound and sound becomes soul