The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) is up and running to provide support for both renters and landlords who need rental assistance. Apply now for this important program.Emergency assistance and resources continue to be available to those in need of Hurricane Ida-related support, from the City and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), including their Hazard Mitigation […]readmore
By Alicia Boyd, MTOPPToday, the Crown Height/Flatbush Community has made history. For the first time in the known NYC world, a project that was certified by the City Planning Commission has been voted down by the efforts of a predominately Black low to moderate income community. The 960 Franklin Ave rezoning also known as the […]readmore
More than 1,000 National Grid employees gave back to their local communities on Monday, September 20 to celebrate a Day of Service across the company’s 26,000-square-mile New York service area. Company employees reaffirmed their spirit of altruism across the state by volunteering at food banks, Habitat for Humanity and Meals on Wheels, as well as […]readmore
by Jessica Gould, WNYCMayor de Blasio has announced some revised testing and quarantine protocols for the city’s public schools, which will go into effect next Monday. Sample COVID-19 testing of unvaccinated students will now happen weekly, rather than twice-a-month at all elementary, middle, and high schools. This comes a day after the city’s teachers’ union, the […]readmore
by Jamie Weber July 8, 2021Desperate need. That’s one way to describe the situation in Brooklyn, New York’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, which happens to be home to International President Douglas Alexander.Historically a disadvantaged neighborhood, Bed-Stuy, as it’s known to locals, needed an ambulance, residents often waiting 45 minutes for help to arrive. With demand outpacing resources, […]readmore
Caribbean pride was on full display when the Lions Clubs of District 20-K1 — in full regalia and with its newly elected Governor Anthony Cochran still helming — led a vibrant though scaled-down version of the West Indian Day Parade, last Monday, September 6 on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn. Despite being largely postponed because of COVID, […]readmore
LAWRENCE O’DONNELL of MSNBC’s “The Last Word”: The vaccination rate among adults in Panola, Alabama is now 94 percent. And it is 100 percent among people over the age of 65. And joining us now is Dorothy Oliver from Panola, Alabama. Also with us Jeremy Levine and Rachael DeCruz who directed and produced “The Panola Project” […]readmore
Jon Campbell, NYS Teamdemocratandchronicle.comBrian Benjamin was born in the famed Manhattan neighborhood in 1976, to a Caribbean mother who moved there to start a new life. He returned post-college, after receiving degrees from Harvard and Brown. And since 2017, he’s represented Harlem — his home — in the state Senate. So when it came time to […]readmore
