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The Rev. Michael Blake, the Jamaican-American candidate for New York City mayor, officially launched Project 2026 NYC at Bronx Drafthouse in The Bronx on Monday, March 10. The event, which also served as a Believe in Blake campaign fundraiser, featured performances by Tony & Grammy Award-winning actor and singer Leslie Odom, Jr. and GRAMMY Award-winning contemporary Christian artist Israel Houghton. Blake introduced Project 2026 NYC as “a bold, New York-first […]

The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), partners, legal service providers, immigrant New Yorkers, and allies on Tuesday rallied at the New York State Capitol in support of the Access to Representation Act (ARA, S141/A270) and the Building Up Immigrant Legal Defense Act (BUILD Act, A2689/S4538) for the 2025 New York State Legislative Session. They also called for an investment of $165 million in the State budget for immigration legal services […]

Surinamese Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin was Monday elected as the new secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), becoming the first Caribbean Community national to do so and breaking a decades old stranglehold by candidates from Latin American countries. Ramdin will succeed Uruguayan diplomat Luis Almagro in the top position in the coming weeks. It was a relatively easy ride for Ramdin, 66, a former two term assistant secretary […]

On Sunday, the United Women in Faith (UWF) at Fenimore Street United Methodist Church in Brooklyn honored Antiguan Joycelyn King with its “Women of the Year” award during its grand Women’s History Month celebration.  In presenting Ms. King, UWF’s communications secretary, with the award during the 2 ½-long 66th Anniversary Worship Service, UWF’s Special Mission Recognition Committee Member, Vincentian-born Althea Aird described her as “a multi-tasker, planner, and leader.” “She […]