For 9/11 families, it is a day to shed tears and share memories. A day when emotions, so often held in check, resurface, and sometimes overwhelm. An honor guard made up of members of the FDNY, NYPD and Port Authority Police Department was on hand.
By CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Today, New York City and the nation marked 18 years since the September 11th terror attacks.…
Washington, D.C./USA-7/16/19: The headquarters of the U.S. Department of Education in S.W. Washington. – Shutterstock Image
By Yoav Gonen and Alex Zimmerman, THE CITY…
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) Investigators are trying to figure out what caused a construction accident in the Bronx on Tuesday left one worker dead and two …
On Monday, a bronze sculpture of Gibson, the first black player to win a Grand Slam, will be unveiled outside Arthur Ashe Stadium at Flushing Meadows in New York - the world's biggest tennis arena named after another pioneering African-American. These two tributes stand as testaments to obstacles overcome, during a time when the United States was politically and socially rooted in racial segregation.
Gibson was the first black player to win a tennis Grand Slam
By Jonathan Jurejko, BBC Sport in New York
“Everything was white. The …
In 109 of the last 118 years, the NYPD has been run by white men — including James O’Neill, the current commissioner. Since 1901, when the NYPD was first run by a single commissioner, only two of the 42 commissioners appointed by mayors have been non-white.
By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY
Nearly 70% of New York City’s residents are Hispanic, black, Asian or mixed race — a non-white majority …
By MSN
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A New York State law decriminalizing marijuana takes effect today.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the measure last month.
“Communities of color …
By Joey Fox, Gotham Gazette
On the night of November 7, 1989, then-Manhattan Borough President David Dinkins made history. With election night returns coming …
(Brooklyn, New York) — Legislation sponsored by Senator Roxanne J. Persaud that protects victims of domestic violence from discrimination in the workplace …
By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY
When then-City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito learned she was accused in a civil rights lawsuit of pressuring NYCHA …
By Anna Sanders (nydailynews.com)
Wannabe mayor and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is skirting campaign rules by raising tens of thousands of …