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NYC Black Students Excelling On NYS Reading Tests

Adams, Aviles-Ramos Celebrate Test Score Data Showing Increased Proficiency New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Public...

Education3 months ago

9 Students Awarded 46th Annual Randolph Evans Memorial Scholarship

It’s been 49 years since a New York City police officer shot and killed 15-year-old Randolph Evans returning from the...

Education3 months ago

Noel Pointer’s Music Mentoring Legacy Lives

Fern GillespieNoel Pointer burst on the music scene in the 1970s as a young brilliantly talented jazz violinist. The Brooklyn-born...

Education3 months ago

Students Learn the Sky is the Limit inP.S. 5 Hands-on Learning and Career Exploration Program

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Education3 months ago

Cong. Hakeem Jeffries Takes P.S. 5 Student-Led Master Classes in Brooklyn

Ronald E McNair Public School 5 principal Lena Gates and students invited U.S. House Leader Hakeem Jeffries to join them...

Education3 months ago

The Association of Black Educators 47th Annual Scholarship & Awards Luncheon

By Eulene InnissA Swahili proverb states that “education has no end” and this was best exemplified the 47th Annual Scholarship...

Justice Matters2 weeks ago

L.A. and D.C. Grand Juries: More Than One Way to Protest

By Mary Alice MillerWhen ICE commenced its June sweep of undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles, protesters hit the streets. Trump...

Justice Matters2 months ago

Trump’s Revenge Machine Targets NYS AG Letitia James

By Mary Alice MillerRemember those pre-Apprentice days when tabloid gossip columnist Liz Smith dished the dirt on Trump, helping to...

Justice Matters2 months ago

Now is the Time for a Focus on Things Haitian

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Brooklyn is the Epicenter of New York’s Deed Theft Crisis, But Legal Service Providers are Strained for Capacity

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, NYC Council Brooklyn Delegation, Advocates, and Homeowners Rally to Demand Major Investment Into Fight Against...

Justice Matters5 months ago

Transparency Now: A Community’s Demand for Accountability in Superintendent Mims’ Removal

by Binta VannLike many Bedford-Stuyvesant natives whose roots run deep in this community, I am the product of District 16...

Justice Matters5 months ago

AG James, Gov. Hochul Announce Lawsuit Against Trump Administration

New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that New York and a coalition of 11...