Donovan Richards’ Malcolm X Post Sparks New Debate: IS DSA for Black Voters?
A public disagreement inside New York's Democratic Party escalated this week after Queens Borough President Donovan Richards issued a sharp rebuke of the Democratic...
If Housing Justice Is the Goal, Why Doesn’t Mamdani Start at NYCHA?
The City's toughest housing rhetoric has been aimed at private landlords. But if equal accountability is the standard, New York's own public housing should...
Rikers Captain Indicted After Allegedly Gambling At Empire Casino While on the Clock
Federal Prosecutors Charge Rikers Captain Latanya Brown Indicted For Fraud, Extortion, and Overtime Theft
A Rikers Island correction captain has been indicted on federal charges,...
City Cracks Down on Slumlords With Largest Housing Judgment in NYC History—A $31 Million Wake-Up Call
The Cost of Neglect: NYC Sends Strong Message to Slumlords With Historic Court Judgment
New York City officials announced on Wednesday, May 6th, a record-breaking...
Congestion Pricing Money Finally Coming Uptown And The Bronx Said: “About Time.”
Mayor Mamdani Announces $20M Investment in Congestion Pricing Mitigation Funds to Address Childhood Asthma in the Bronx
On any given night in the Bronx, there’s...
True Colors Theatre’s National Monologue Competition Finals Anniversary: They’re Not the Future, They’re the Voice We’ve Been Ignoring
If you want honesty? This wasn’t a “nice youth arts event.”
This was a room full of young people refusing to be underestimated, in real...
NYC Mayor Mamdani Creates City’s First Deed Theft Prevention Office
Mayor Zohran Mamdani Names Peter White As The Director of The New Anti-Deed Theft Initiative
On Friday, April 24th, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani established the...
Is Mamdani Driving Capital Out of New York in the name of Justice
When Zohran Mamdani publicly singled out Ken Griffin and used Griffin’s penthouse as a symbol for taxing the rich, many treated it as populist theater. But this is...
A $30 Minimum Wage in New York Will Lead to More Unemployment — Here’s Why
In politics, policies are often judged by their intentions. In economics, policies are judged by their outcomes.
That distinction matters as New York City Council...
Mamdani Meets With Trump: From State of the Union Protests to Oval Office Negotiations
New York — Only days after Democratic lawmakers staged visible protests during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, New York City Mayor...
Black New Yorkers to Mayor Mamdani: Don’t Balance the Budget on the Backs of Black Homeowners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa_iScCLGgM
In Cambria Heights and across Southeast Queens, Black homeowners gathered in what they described as an emergency response to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s proposal to...
The Killing Of Kenneth Chamberlain – When Comfort Gets Checked: A Night at NYU’s Vanderbilt Hall
Let me be clear.
Last night, I didn’t “pull up” to an event.
I pulled up to accountability.
At New York University, inside Vanderbilt Hall, I wasn’t...
Sanctuary Without Limits Is Not a Budget — It’s a Bet
New York City’s fiscal crisis is being discussed as if it were a misunderstanding rather than a consequence. That confusion is not accidental. It...
Remembering Thomas H. Watkins: A Media Icon, Black Press Pioneer and Publisher of The Daily Challenge
Media Icon and Pioneer Thomas H. Watkins, Publisher of The Daily Challenge, Remembered and Honored
Thomas H. Watkins Jr. was more than a newspaper publisher....
Not Your Ideal Candidate? Why Mysonne’s Appointment Is Exactly What Justice Looks Like
Not Your Ideal Candidate? Why Mysonne’s Appointment Is Exactly What Justice Looks Like By Larnez Kinsey
Let’s talk facts and feelings.
People love to stay loud...
Homicide In Soundview Section Of The Bronx
Gregory Stewart, 38, was shot and killed in a stairway of Sotomayor Houses in the Soundview section of the Bronx on December 8th. On...
NYC Council Designates January 15 Annual Alpha Kappa Alpha Day, Recognizing The Historic Black Sorority
Resolution by AKA members, Speaker Adams, and Majority Leader Farías, honors organization’s long-lasting impact in communities
The New York City Council has designated January 15...
Urgent Action is Needed to Prevent Legionnaires’ Disease in NY – Op/Ed by NYS Senator Cordell Cleare
NYS Senator Cordell Cleare read with great interest the Black Westchester articles recently published by Damon K. Jones concerning the Legionnaires situation in Westchester: The Hidden...
Harlem Lit the Night and the Message Was Clear
All Photos courtesy of Living Redemption Community Development Corporation
— On Tuesday, November 18, 2025, if joy had a ZIP code, it would’ve...
Bicycle Accidents: Why Even Protected Lanes Don’t Guarantee Safety
In the last two years, New York City has recorded wave after wave of shocking reports regarding bicycle accidents. And nearly half of such...
