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...
Teresa B. Clarke Honored with Zeta Amicae Award and Proclamation
“Teresa B. Clarke Day” Declared Following Zeta Amicae Honor
At its annual Scholarship Luncheon, on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at the VIP Country Club in...
Traffic Stop on I-84 Leads to Multiple Weapons Charges — Suspect Released After Arraignment
BW News Brief: Troopers Seize Multiple Firearms in Southeast Stop
A routine traffic stop in the Hudson Valley turned into a major weapons case late...
Mount Vernon Community Speaks Out At Rally on City Hall Steps
Power To The People: Mount Vernon Residents Step Up and Speak Out At Open Mic Rally On Steps Of City Hall
On Saturday, May 2nd,...
August Wilson’s “ Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” Holding Space, Holding History: A Night Inside August Wilson’s World
Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer star in the Broadway revival of August Wilson's classic.
There are some nights at the theater where you...
Sisters in Step: Healing, Liberation, and a 9AM Start with GirlTREK Westchester article
If you know GirlTREK, then you already understand, this is not just movement, this is ministry. And right here in Westchester? Oh, it’s personal.
Let...
MV NAACP & Greater Centennial A.M.E. Zion Church Host 2026 School Board Candidate Forum
The Mount Vernon NAACP, in collaboration with the Greater Centennial A.M.E. Zion Church hosted a Mount Vernon City School District Trustee Board Candidate Forum on Thursday, April 30,...
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...
Healthy Aging Workshop Brings White Plains Older Adults Together to Connect, Build Healthy Habits
White Plains — Dozens of older adults attended a Healthy Aging Workshop at the Thomas H. Slater Community Center, located at 2 Fisher Ct.,...
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...
The Price of Breathing in Westchester
Let’s begin with what cannot be ignored.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, African Americans are significantly more likely to be hospitalized...
Royster, Robinson, Henderson & Bobbitt Family Celebrate 100+ Years In Westchester
“The Great Migration” was a historic movement of Black Americans, primarily in response to rampant injustices, extreme poverty, and racial violence. From around 1910...
Dare to Be Different Westchester Hosts the Largest Women’s History Month Gala
And This One Didn’t Just Shine… It Shifted Something
Greenburgh, NY — You ever walked into a room and immediately known this isn’t about to...
Westchester County Youth Bureau Joins My Brother’s Keeper Alliance For 2026 Youth Leadership Symposium
Legacy in Action: Empowering Youth, Building Futures
(White Plains, NY) – Westchester County Youth Bureau, in collaboration with the Lower Hudson Valley My Brother's Keeper...
When Rules Become Excuses: The Derek Williams Case and the Moral Failure of Leadership in Mount Vernon
The situation involving Mount Vernon police officer Derek Williams has sparked outrage, confusion, and now an official response from City Hall. But once you...
Global Pulse: The Conversation Black and Minority Women Needed to Hear
There’s a particular kind of silence Black and minority women in New York know too well.
Not the city silence, we don’t really have that.
Not...
Chris Brown & Usher Bring Star Power to MetLife Stadium In August
“…the pairing of Usher and Brown signals a major moment for contemporary R&B.” – Black Enterprise
“…anticipation building for what could be one of the...
Mount Vernon Man Arraigned On Murder Charge In Connection With Killing NYC School Employee
Joveair Brice is accused of beating his girlfriend, a paraprofessional in the New York City school system, to death with a hammer
Joveair Brice, 28,...
Breaking the Silence Was Just the Beginning: What Happened When We Finally Told the Truth About Menopause
I arrived on March 30 at 5:30 p.m., just as registration opened, and before anything was even said from a microphone, the room was...
