Editorial credit: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com NEW YORK, NY – Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga today announced nearly $3 million in relief secured for workers from six major businesses to resolve violations of the City’s workplace laws: White Castle, Taco Bell, Domino’s Pizza, Amazon, Farm Country grocery store, and Public Preparatory […]
Editorial credit: Paul Froggatt / Shutterstock.com By Bethan Sexton | January 18, 2024 | MSN Lawmaker tabled bill H.R. 414 in 2023 claiming the US has a ‘moral and legal obligation’ to make restitution to the descendants of slaves Bowman believes $14 T should be distributed to black people who make up 12 percent of […]
By Selen Ozturk | January 9, 2024 | Ethnic Media Services A surging “tripledemic” of COVID-19, flu and RSV threatens to overburden an already burdened U.S. healthcare system. At a Friday, January 5 briefing co-hosted by Ethnic Media Services and Blue Shield of California Foundation, medical experts discussed tripledemic predictions; the newest JN.1 strain of […]
Editorial credit: ThePhotosite / Shutterstock.com By NPR Staff | January 2, 2024 | npr.org Harvard University President Claudine Gay announced Tuesday afternoon that she will step aside following new accusations of plagiarism. Her resignation comes just six months after she was appointed in the top job. A letter from Gay, the university’s first Black president, […]
By Frank Dobson | The Conversation On Dec. 26, millions throughout the world’s African community will start weeklong celebrations of Kwanzaa. There will be daily ceremonies with food, decorations and other cultural objects, such as the kinara, which holds seven candles. At many Kwanzaa ceremonies, there is also African drumming and dancing. It is a time […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Governor’s Press Office | December 19, 2023 Listen to New York Gov. Hochul on signing the bill on reparations below and here: Listen to Senator James Sanders speaking about the reparations bill here. Listen to Brian Figeroux speaking about reparations here. S.1163-A/A.7691 Establishes the New York State Community […]
Editorial credit: Roy De La Cruz / Shutterstock.com By Arya Sundaram | December 15, 2023 | Gothamist New York City’s budget watchdog estimates it will cost $6 billion to 7.8 billion to care for the city’s migrants over the next two years, up to $4.8 billion less than what the mayor’s office forecast in August. The new […]
Editorial credit: Peace-loving / Shutterstock.com New Initiatives Expand Language Accessibility, Addressing a 30% Surge in Consumer Fraud Losses and Empowering Diverse Communities to Recognize and Report Scams By JR Holguin BROOKLYN, NY — A recent briefing by the Ethnic Media Services and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revealed significant steps in the FTC’s fraud combat […]
Listen to Yvonne O’Neal, member of The Diocese of New York Task Force on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault here: Only 10 U.S. States Have Laws Against Child Marriage New York, NY − The Episcopal Diocese of New York Task Force on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault and Episcopal Relief & Development are pleased to present a webinar on […]
By George Sweeting | November 21, 2023 | Center for New York City Affairs Immediate budget cuts; impending higher costs: New York City’s public schools face a seemingly inexorable financial squeeze. Last week, Mayor Eric Adams released a first-quarter modification to the current (Fiscal Year 2024) budget, as required by the City Charter. It included […]