NEW YORK- New York officials want to increase the fines given to cab drivers who do not pick up people based on race. RELATED: Top 10 black movies that should have won an Oscar The New York Post reports: Cabdrivers who refuse passengers on the basis of race or their far-flung destinations are being targeted […]
A recent report from the New York City Health Department cites central Harlem as having the highest death rate of any community in the city. East Harlem also ranked first in the city for drug related deaths as well as for liver disease and cirrhosis. ALSO READ: WBW Honors: Adam Clayton Powell Jr. NYD.com reports: […]
NEW YORK-A Billboard that says, “The Most Dangerous Place For Black People Is The Womb” has popped in the trendy SoHo area of NYC. The billboard is made by by Heroic Media, a faith-based non-profit out of Austin Texas that promotes alternatives to abortion. RELATED: Top 5 MLK speeches The Billboard is angering NYC residents […]
QUEENS-Alexander Figueroa, shot and killed the mother of his two children, Giummia Villa at her job at a pharmacy with a bouquet of flowers before killing himself, police say. The New York Daily News reports: Villa, 32, was at the register at Crescent Chemists on 34th Ave. in Long Island City when Figueroa, 38, walked […]
SARATOGA-New York Daily News Details are unfolding in the case of Latino Skidmore College student, Justin Tavarez,  charged with a hate crime for smashing a plate over a white man’s head. The New York Daily News reports: A college student from the Bronx has been charged with a felony hate crime upstate after smashing a […]
Man, what we would give to have been in New York City this past weekend! That’s right, even though it is now nearly two-thirds of the way through the following Monday, there are still thousands of Prince fans buzzing in purple delight from his sold out concerts – the first of the set to blaze […]
(HARLEM-WNYC) Al Sharpton teamed up with the NYPD for a gun buy back on Harlem, New York City. WNYC reports: A gun buyback held in Harlem by the New York Police Department and the Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network brought in more than 350 weapons. Saturday’s event at Saint Mark the Evangelist and Memorial […]
Crystal Simmons, the principal for Academy for Social Action in New York City, is facing being fired after it was revealed that she had an affair with her assistant principal, Candy Jones. The New York Daily News reports: Crystal Simmons, founding principal of the Academy for Social Action, turned to officials for help after her […]
This is the most aggravating story in the news today and I cannot stop thinking about how exactly this has happened. Unfortunately, as you know, all summer long we’ve been seeing satellite cases across the nation of high volume bed bug infestation. Today, news has spread (just like the bed bugs have done, too) that […]
Today, a federal grand jury in New York on Thursday indicted a suspect in the Times Square bombing attempt on 10 counts. Find out the what each count is and how long he might go to prison.
Check out the latest on the failed Times Square bomb attempt from last month. Will the suspect be sentenced soon? Details available now.
