A recent report from the New York City Health Department cites central Harlem as having the highest death rate of any community in the city. East Harlem also ranked first in the city for drug related deaths as well as for liver disease and cirrhosis. ALSO READ: WBW Honors: Adam Clayton Powell Jr. NYD.com reports: […]
NEW YORK-A Billboard that says, “The Most Dangerous Place For Black People Is The Womb” has popped in the trendy SoHo area of NYC. The billboard is made by by Heroic Media, a faith-based non-profit out of Austin Texas that promotes alternatives to abortion. RELATED: Top 5 MLK speeches The Billboard is angering NYC residents […]
On Tuesday, February 22nd the Elev8 team attended an exclusive listening session & performance from 3x Grammy Award Winning Duo Mary Mary. They performed songs from the upcoming release on March 29th of “Something Big”! The evening started out with a listening session of the new album, the audience gathered in great anticipation of the […]
QUEENS-Alexander Figueroa, shot and killed the mother of his two children, Giummia Villa at her job at a pharmacy with a bouquet of flowers before killing himself, police say. The New York Daily News reports: Villa, 32, was at the register at Crescent Chemists on 34th Ave. in Long Island City when Figueroa, 38, walked […]
Actress, author, activist, and philanthropist Holly Robinson Peete’s son, RJ’s autism was diagnosed 10 years ago and she has been consistent in bringing awareness to the public. Join her support and several other VIPs (Bill Cosby, Deepak Chopra, Susan L. Taylor) for the event on January 10, at Carnegie Hall in New York City for […]
SARATOGA-New York Daily News Details are unfolding in the case of Latino Skidmore College student, Justin Tavarez, charged with a hate crime for smashing a plate over a white man’s head. The New York Daily News reports: A college student from the Bronx has been charged with a felony hate crime upstate after smashing a […]
(HARLEM-WNYC) Al Sharpton teamed up with the NYPD for a gun buy back on Harlem, New York City. WNYC reports: A gun buyback held in Harlem by the New York Police Department and the Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network brought in more than 350 weapons. Saturday’s event at Saint Mark the Evangelist and Memorial […]
Crystal Simmons, the principal for Academy for Social Action in New York City, is facing being fired after it was revealed that she had an affair with her assistant principal, Candy Jones. The New York Daily News reports: Crystal Simmons, founding principal of the Academy for Social Action, turned to officials for help after her […]
Timothy West is being accused of raping a waitress in Queens, New York. She accused him of breaking into her house, and then raping her twice at knifepoint. She says she gave him her phone number to report him to policed if he called. When he called she arranged to meet him and called the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has awarded $18.5 million to a New York City man who was exonerated four years ago after spending more than two decades in prison. Alan Newton was cleared by DNA evidence in 2006. He had been sentenced in 1985 to up to 40 years in prison after being convicted […]
