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...
Sharon Owens Makes History As Syracuse’s First Black Mayor
Syracuse, New York's fifth-most populous city, has elected its first Black mayor in the city’s 177-year history. Sharon Owens makes history as the first Black...
Dorcey Applyrs Makes History As Albany’s First Black Mayor
At 9:45 p.m. on Tuesday, November 4th, Dr. Dorcey Lanier Applyrs, the first Black Mayor of New York's capital city and sixth-largest city, Albany,...
MV Youth Bureau’s Debbie Burrell-Butler, Selected One of 914 Inc. Magazine’s Westchester Women in Business in 2025
Debbie Burrell-Butler, Mount Vernon Youth Bureau Executive Director, was selected by 914 Inc as one of 21 amazing women making Westchester exponentially better in...
Environmental Leaders of Color Students Lead ‘Don’t Strain Your Drain’ Initiative to Protect Westchester’s Waterways
Yonkers, NY — October 25, 2025 — Students from Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, and Port Chester participating in the Environmental Leaders of Color (ELOC) Student Environmental...
America No Longer Believes the News — And That’s a Bigger Crisis Than Politics
When Americans stop believing the news, democracy loses its compass. A new Pew Research Center survey reveals that only 56 percent of U.S. adults now trust information...
Educators Gather for 57th Annual Outdoor Education Conference at Sharpe Reservation
The New York State Outdoor Education Association (NYSOEA) hosted its 57th Annual Conference at the Fresh Air Fund’s Sharpe Reservation in Fishkill, New York,...
