Rapper Jay Z is urging New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to reshape New York state’s current justice system in the wake of nationwide protests of unarmed blacks being killed by white police officers who aren’t held criminally responsible. MUST SEE: John Legend + Chrissy Teigen Feed NYC Protesters With Food Trucks Jay Z along with hip-hop […]
Students of the University School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve say they were moved by the recent events taking place in Ferguson, MO and in New York City– so much so that they have planned a Wednesday demonstration. The students are planning a “die-in” demonstration at 3 p.m. at the Biomedical Research Building of CWRU’s […]
After a Staten Island grand jury on Wednesday decided to not indict New York Police Department officer in the death of Eric Garner, the unarmed Black man whose death while in a chokehold was captured on video, police officer Daniel Pantaleo tweeted his condolences: However, Garner’s grieving widow Esaw was not having it. During a press conference at the National […]
The doctor did not have a fever until after he got back to NYC and went out in public before contacting the Health Department. The city is now “on heightened alert.” (CNN) – A New York City doctor is in isolation after testing positive for Ebola. He just returned from West Africa, where […]
In response to a decision made by their union to stand with organizations calling for justice for Eric Garner, who was killed by an NYPD…
The NYPD’s approval ratings have reportedly taken a strong hit in the wake of Eric Garner’s death, a new Quinipiac poll shows. SEE ALSO: Kill A Black Teen And Make Six Figures Soon After The poll found that the department’s approval rating has dropped 50 percent: 42 percent of New Yorkers disapprove of how the […]
New York City residents converged on the Lower East Side Wednesday night for the #HandsUp, #TurnUp march to honor Michael Brown and decry police brutality. RELATED: Attorney General Arrives In Ferguson A contingency of protestors coming from an earlier Palestine rally stormed in to Sara D. Roosevelt Park around 9 p.m., chanting, “Please don’t shoot me […]
Subway performers gathered outside City Hall Monday afternoon, denouncing NYPD Commissioner William Bratton’s crackdown on their underground performances this year. Subway arts advocacy group Busk NY and ad-hoc group New Yorkers Against Bratton organized the event. RELATED: New Yorkers Against Bratton Hold Press Conference Denouncing Garner’s Death, Demand Commissioner Resign [VIDEO] Citing section 1050.6 of […]
Ad-hoc group “New Yorkers Against Bratton” held a press conference outside City Hall Monday, demanding that Police Commissioner Bill Bratton resign over Eric Garner‘s death due to his controversial Broken Windows theory. RELATED: Officer In Fatal NY Arrest Stripped Of Gun, Badge [VIDEO] “We’re out here today in response to the chokehold death of Staten […]
Dave Chappelle Stopped by The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to promote his upcoming comedy show in NYC. While he was there he talked…
Designer, decorator, restaurateur, model and television personality Barbara “B.” Smith is saying good bye to the East Coast. The mogul is reportedly closing shop on yet…
The death toll has risen to seven in Wednesday’s gas explosion that rocked a New York City neighborhood. One of the victims – who lived above the church where the explosion originated – was tragically on a rare day off from work. Three of the seven victims killed in the explosion have been identified: Rosaura Hernandez-Barrios, […]