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From Exclusion to Leadership: Black Women Lawyers and the Legal Organizations they Established By Hon. Rhonda Tomlinson, Kings County Supreme Court The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association, the Caribbean American Lawyers Association and Brooklyn Borough President, Antonio Reynoso, co-sponsored a centennial celebration of Black History Month. The...
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New York State Legislators Propose Change to Law that Allows Predatory Vulture Funds to Target Developing Countries

By Mary Alice MillerWhen Puerto Rico defaulted on its debt a few years ago in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017, family and friends in New York watched as the territory’s schools and hospitals closed and people lost their pensions. Several high-risk hedge...

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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...
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Trump’s Revenge Machine Targets NYS AG Letitia James

By Mary Alice MillerRemember those pre-Apprentice days when tabloid gossip columnist Liz Smith dished...
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Now is the Time for a Focus on Things Haitian

By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbatts“Haitians are eating the pets, cats, and dogs,” he claimed...
Finance

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...
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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...
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AG James, Gov. Hochul Announce Lawsuit Against Trump Administration

New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that New...
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April in New York

People & Politics, Poetry & Jazz NEW YORK. April 5, 2025: Public Advocate Jumaane Williams,...
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Attorney General James Puts Medical Transportation Industry on Notice, Announces New Actions to Stop Ongoing Fraud

AG James Has Secured More Than $10 Million From Transportation Companies, Won Criminal Convictions...
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The Tubman Factor

Vice President Kamala Harris’ positive messages this month encouraging the next generation of leaders...
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From Bernhard Goetz to Daniel Perry; Does Black Life Matter?

By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbatts Following George Zinnermans killing of Trayvon Martin on February 26,...
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Questions the jury asked before acquitting Daniel Penny in the subway chokehold death

Below, in the juror’s questions, we learn how deeply they had to go, parsing...
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AG James Secures Relief from Conspiracy Theorists Who Attempted to Suppress Black Voters’ 2020 Election Vote with Robocalls

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James earlier this week announced that...
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Arts-Theater

Once Upon a Time in Harlem Received Critical Acclaim at 2026 Cannes Film Festival

By Mary Alice Miller It is extremely rare for a film to screen at the...
Black History

‘Once Upon a Time in Harlem’ has its day at the Cannes Film Festival, 50 years after it was shot

By  JAKE COYLE CANNES, France (AP) — David Greaves was 26 when his father, the pioneering...
Community News

One Brooklyn Health Expands BKHI Survey Access Through MyChart to Advance Health Equity

Brooklyn, NY — One Brooklyn Health (OBH) is expanding its commitment to health equity...
City Politics

Voter Participation Requested for This Year’s Impactful Primary Election

By Mary Alice Miller Many of us know That Voter who only votes in the...