NEW YORK — The NYPD has released video of a shooting in Brooklyn on Labor Day in which an innocent woman was killed bu a stray bullet. The woman, 56-year-old Denise Gay, was sitting outside her home when she was the unfortunate victim in a hail of gunfire between two men and NYPD officers. The […]

In a weekend in which 47 people were shot, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday that he blamed illegal handguns for the rise in violence and a shooting that killed three people and wounded two police officers a few blocks from the route of the annual West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn. He called out federal […]

The Fiscal Policy Institute recently came out with a report detailing estimated percentages of the Black male unemployment crisis in different neighborhoods of New York City. Just last month, billionaires George Soros and Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a plan to help assist minority men; and cut down on some of the factors that result in […]

NEW YORK — The father of the children who were driven into the Hudson River by their mother, LaShanda Armstrong,  is suing New York City for $40 million. Black News 2 reports: Pierre, Armstrong’s 26-year-old estranged boyfriend, says there should have been proper barriers erected to keep vehicles from going into the river. He also […]

NEW YORK — According to the Black Star News, legendary Black journalist and host of the long running New York City TV program, “Like It Is” on WABC, Gil Noble,  has suffered a stroke. My dear brother and friend, Gil Noble, renowned journalist and long-time host of “Like It Is” suffered a stroke last week, […]

NEW YORK— New York City will spend $127 million in public and private funds on programs designed to help young black and Latino men. Billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg will kick in $30 million from his foundation and hedge fund manager George Soros will match that amount, according to the mayor’s office. The remaining $67.5 million […]

NEW YORK — A New York City man tried to hijack a 5 train with a screwdriver before passengers came to the train conductor’s defense. The conductor, Daryl George, struggled with the man while other passengers tried to keep him off. The New York Daily News reports: “He said, ‘Move the train or I’m going […]

NEW YORK — After police fought with party goers and friends and family of the group Smif N’ Wessun and rapper Pete Rock at their release party last week, members of the group, affiliates, and social activists have planned a protest at New York City’s City Hall today. Concerned community members, hip hop artists, local […]

NEW YORK-Steangeli Medina a 17-year-old girl from the Bronx, allegedly beat bus driver, Marlene Bien-Aime, after the bus driver told her she couldn’t board the bus with the small dog she was carrying. The New York Daily News reports: The driver, Marlene Bien-Aime, 48, spotted a pooch tucked in the teen’s jacket and told her […]

NEW YORK-Sarah Palin’s tour bus, which said “One Nation” and “We The People” was vandalized with a sign that said “I, The Media Whore” on top of the “We The People” slogan. Palin is on a nationwide tour that many people believe is to start her 2012 Presidential run. RELATED STORIES Running Mates? Sarah Palin […]