David Dinkins, New York City’s first and so far only Black mayor, has died from apparent natural causes at 93.
Democrats Ritchie Torres and Mondaire Jones have become the first openly gay Black men elected to Congress after winning their elections.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed a new legislation declaring Juneteenth as an official state holiday.
The NYPD have announced an arrest in connection with a racial attack on a black jogger in Queens, New York.
The NYPD is investigating an incident in which a white woman allegedly yelled a racial slur at a Black female jogger.
The family of a Black man who died after Rochester, New York, police arrested him during a mental health emergency earlier this year
Actor Jason Mitchell will portray Sean Bell who was fatally shot by the police hours before his 2006 wedding.
New York radio stations HOT 97 and WBLS-FM 107.5, collaborated to donate more 225,000 than meals to communities affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Comedian Michael Che wants to honor his late grandmother, who died after contracting coronavirus.
A new guidance under the New York City Human Rights Law states New Yorkers have the right to style their hair consistent with their identities.
