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Disabled Protest at NY Mayor's Doorstep

Disabled Protest at NY Mayor's Doorstep

August 09, 2012
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Floats and Spirits Soar At NY's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Floats and Spirits Soar At NY's Thanksgiving Day Parade

November 22, 2012
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Mourners Protest Black Youths Death By NYPD

Mourners Protest Black Youths Death By NYPD

February 04, 2013
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NY City Council Probes NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Policy

NY City Council Probes NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Policy

October 25, 2012
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NYC Students Demand End To Job Bias

NYC Students Demand End To Job Bias

October 17, 2012
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NYC Protestors Want Assad To Go

NYC Protestors Want Assad To Go

September 27, 2012
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NYC Minority Housing Project Gets Good $$$ News

NYC Minority Housing Project Gets Good $$$ News

September 21, 2012
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Dominican Day Parade Captures NYC

Dominican Day Parade Captures NYC

August 13, 2012
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Hispanics Celebrate Three Kings Day Parade in NYC

January 07, 2013
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VIOLENCE ROCKS BLACK NYC PARADE

VIOLENCE ROCKS BLACK NYC PARADE

September 06, 2011
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg today blamed illegal handguns and lack of courage by federal officials for the shooting that left three people dead Monday night in Brooklyn. The violence took place a few blocks away from the City's annual West Indian Day Parade. Bystander Denise Gay was killed while sitting on a stoop with her daughter. ... read more
COURT SAYS NYPD BIAS SUIT A GO

COURT SAYS NYPD BIAS SUIT A GO

August 31, 2011
Manhattan Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin has given the go ahead to a lawsuit that challenged the city's stop-and-frisk policies as biased, especially toward Blacks and Hispanics. Judge Scheindlin said the allegations in the lawsuit were supported well enough to justify a trial to decide if New York's stop-and-frisk policies are legal. She said the trial can determine whether quotas prompted officers to stop suspects without just cause. She said the trial can also decide whether police leadership has failed to adequately train officers. ... read more

Company Pulls Racist Skin Care Ad

August 19, 2011
Skin care company Nivea has apologized for an advertisement they placed in Esquire that featured a clean cut Black male throwing a mask of a face with an Afro and beard with the title “Look Like You Give a Damn. Re-civilize Yourself.” The ad for Nivea for Men appeared in the September issue of Esquire magazine. Reactions came ... read more

NY Hosts Int'l Latino Film Festival

August 18, 2011
The New York International Latino Film Festival (Nyilff) which this year pays tribute to actor Andy Garcia, began Monday with its traditional Cinema Under the Stars, a free outdoor screening. Nyilff includes conferences, premieres, documentaries, short subjects and concerts. Scheduled for today is a day dedicated to Andy Garcia with the presentation of ‘A Conversation with Andy Garcia’, which will delve into his career and achievements as an actor, director, musician, producer and family man. ... read more

NY College Earns Top Diversity Ranking

August 17, 2011
Brooklyn College is among the best schools in the country for diversity. The rankings of U.S. colleges and universities released by the Princeton Review ... read more

NY Lawmakers Push For Urban Jobs Act

August 16, 2011
With more than one-third of the nation's minority youth unemployed, a group of politicians and community activists today stood at Make the Road New York in Jackson Heights today, to continue their push for federal legislation aimed at increasing employment among at-risk youth. The Urban Jobs Act, they say, would provide federal funding to nonprofit organizations, allowing them to carry out programming ... read more

FDNY Official Says Minority Members Subjected To Harassment

August 16, 2011
A black FDNY official said minority members of the nation’s largest fire department are subjected to harassment, detailing several incidents of racism as he testified at a federal discrimination trial in Brooklyn federal court today. The department is only 3 percent black, while blacks represent nearly 26 percent of New York City’s population. ... read more

NYS Test Scores Fall Flat For Minorities

August 09, 2011
The New York State Education Department today released the results of the math and English Language Arts (ELA) exams taken by all New York students in grades 3-8 in May of this year. While there was good news for New York City, which saw both math and English scores rise from last year, the data for minority students was not so encouraging. ... read more

Ethics Panel Probes Black NY Lawmaker In Gift Scandal

August 08, 2011
A House ethics probe of black Queens congressman Gregory Meeks is focusing on possible criminal charges for his failure to report a $40,000 payment from a businessman that appears to have been an illegal gift. Meeks originally claimed that he received the money as a loan. The bipartisan Ethics Committee announced it would investigate Meeks over the $40,000 he was given by businessman Ed Ahmad in 2007. ... read more

MAJOR NYC MINORITY HELP

August 04, 2011
Two well-known billionaires are helping to launch a new program designed to lift black and Latino men out of poverty. The Young Men’s Initiative is a bold new program that overhauls how government interacts with young black and Latino men by, among other things, establishing job recruitment centers and fatherhood classes in public housing. “This can be a game-changer,” said Mayor Michael Bloomberg. “We can take ourselves to a new level ... read more

Blacks Top NY Hate Crimes Victims

July 14, 2011
New York State experienced a slight increase in the number of reported hate crimes last year, according to a report released today by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). The Hate Crime in New York State 2010 Annual Reportoffers a comprehensive, statewide look at reported hate crime ... read more
NY Education Group Aims To Increase Minority Success

NY Education Group Aims To Increase Minority Success

July 11, 2011
Since 1989 Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF), along with their school and community partnerships, has helped more than 10,000 New York City students develop the intellectual curiosity, academic ability, social values and personal resilience needed to ensure success in school, career and life. ... read more
Watchdog Group Continues Scrutiny Of Clarence Thomas' Travels

Watchdog Group Continues Scrutiny Of Clarence Thomas' Travels

July 07, 2011
Nonpartisan government watchdog group, Common Cause, moved on two new fronts today to address ethics questions surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court:In a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the U.S. Marshals Service, the non partisan government watchdog group formally asked for copies of government records relating ... read more
Voting Right Restrictions Under Scrutiny

Voting Right Restrictions Under Scrutiny

June 30, 2011
Sixteen U.S. senators sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice yesterday urging it to review new state voter ID laws and scrutinize their implementation to ensure that eligible voters are not disenfranchised. “The civil and human rights community welcomes the senators’ request ... read more
NY Dept Of Ed. Accused Of Mistreating Minorities

NY Dept Of Ed. Accused Of Mistreating Minorities

June 22, 2011
The New York Civil Liberties Union is urging the Department of Education to continue its ongoing efforts to include positive-discipline practices in the city’s schools. In testimony provided on the disciple code for New York City public schools the NYCLU cautioned that the DOE’s disciplinary code and zero-tolerance policies criminalize ... read more
NYC Comptroller To Address Caribbean Power Breakfast

NYC Comptroller To Address Caribbean Power Breakfast

June 03, 2011
He is hailed as a "trailblazer" and "pioneer," since he is the first Asian American elected in New York City - both to legislative office in 2001 and citywide office. ... read more
NY Gov Opts Out Of Controversial Deportation Program

NY Gov Opts Out Of Controversial Deportation Program

June 02, 2011
Two weeks ago, a letter released by a former ICE contractor confirmed that ICE intentionally misled New York to obtain the state’s participation in Secure Communities. ... read more
Some NY Immigrants Cite Lack Of Spanish As Barrier

Some NY Immigrants Cite Lack Of Spanish As Barrier

May 31, 2011
a sizable number of Latin American immigrants who have settled in New York in recent years and speak only indigenous languages. ... read more
NC Telecommunications Company Named Top US Minority-Owned Business

NC Telecommunications Company Named Top US Minority-Owned Business

May 27, 2011
LBA’s elevated year-by-year ranking tells a story of enduring small business success on an international scale. ... read more
Lawsuit Challenges NYPD Over Stop & Frisk Practices Of Cab Passengers

Lawsuit Challenges NYPD Over Stop & Frisk Practices Of Cab Passengers

May 26, 2011
The lawsuit maintains that the NYPD is using its Taxi/Livery Inspection Program to expand the reach of its unconstitutional stop-and-frisk practices. ... read more
NYC Program To Expand Minority And Women-Owned Businesses

NYC Program To Expand Minority And Women-Owned Businesses

May 25, 2011
“This mentorship program will provide classroom and one-on-one training and technical assistance to work-ready, but still-emerging M/WBEs,” said Speaker Quinn. ... read more

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