Mount Vernon Disaster Relief Press Conference
Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard, the Mount Vernon City School District, and the Westchester County Department of Social Services held a press conference on Monday at 1:00...
Letitia James & James Comey’ Cases Dismissed, Judge Determined Prosecutor Was Appointed Illegally
Judge dismisses cases against ex-FBI Director James Comey and NYS Attorney General Letitia "Tish" James, without prejudice, meaning they can be refiled at a...
Breaking News Early Morning Fire in Mount Vernon Displaces Close To 100 People
While very few details were available, Black Westchester has received multiple reports of a 5-alarm fire early Sunday morning at 30 Cottage Avenue in...
Arrest Made Following Fatal Stabbing on Stevens Avenue
Two homicides occurred on the same day in Mount Vernon
Two murders occurred in Mount Vernon on the same day: a shooting close to the...
The Voices of Westchester: Inside the Final Stop of the NYS Black Legislative Task Force Listening Tour
Words by Larnez Kinsey - Photos by Nya Vincent
If you weren’t inside the Gothic Chamber at Philipse Manor Hall last night, let me tell...
CVH Exec Dir. Named Power Woman of Manhattan + City & State’s Women Power 100!
Congratulations to Community Voices Heard's Executive Director, Juanita O. Lewis, who has been named to both Schneps Media's Power Women of Manhattan and City &...
MV Comptroller Financial Town Hall 11-20-25
Mount Vernon Comptroller Dr. Darren M. Morton hosted a Community Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, November 20th, in the City Council Chambers. An opportunity...
Mount Vernon’s Budget Crisis — When Government Prospers and the People Don’t
Mount Vernon is learning a hard lesson that Thomas Sowell warned about for decades: the first rule of economics is scarcity, and the first...
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...
America’s Convenient Compassion: Nicki Minaj at the UN: What New Yorkers See That America Won’t Say By Larnez Kinsey
New York has an instinct for truth.
It’s something in the air, something in the architecture, something in the lived experience of people who have...
The Entertainment Game Has Changed: How the $38 Billion OpenAI–Amazon Deal Rewires Music, Media, and Power
The entertainment industry is undergoing a transformation far more profound than most observers realize. The recent $38 billion agreement between OpenAI and Amazon Web...
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...
Mount Vernon NewsCenter Receives Letter Demanding Retraction of Inaccurate & Misleading Statements About Comrie Ent. LLC
Mount Vernon NewsCenter (MVNC) received a demand letter from Christian DiPalermo, Esq., the Attorney representing Comrie Enterprises, LLC, on Tuesday, November 18th, demanding a retraction...
A Major Win for Yonkers: New $1.5B Subway Car Deal Secures Jobs and Strengthens Local Industry
Yonkers, NY — The industrial resurgence unfolding in Yonkers under Mayor Mike Spano reached a new milestone with the announcement that Kawasaki Rail Car,...
Local Food Pantries and Distribution Sites
Even before the federal government shutdown in November, which threatened to cut off Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP benefits, communities of color and other marginalized...
MVCSD To Hold Public Hearing On State Monitor’s Findings Report
The Mount Vernon City School District (MVCSD) was appointed an academic monitor by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) and will hold a...
Know Your Rights Tenant Forum To Be Held By NAACP-Yonkers Housing Committee
NAACP-Yonkers Branch Housing Committee will be hosting a Know Your Rights Tenant Forum on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at Sarah Lawrence College Center for...
Westchester Leaders Confront Asthma Crisis in Black Communities at Mount Vernon Forum
Mount Vernon, NY — November 7, 2025 — Community members, health professionals, and local leaders gathered Thursday evening at Westchester Community College’s Mount Vernon Extension...
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...
