New York Local News – Caribbean Life

Michael Blake to run for mayor.

Politics

Jamaican-American candidate for mayor unveils Project 2026 NYC

By Nelson A. King

Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson.

Black History Month

Bronx Borough Prez celebrates Black History Month

By Nelson A. King

Mayor Eric Adams speaks at the Billie Holiday Theatre in Restoration Plaza on July 28, 2022 in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City

Mayor Adams celebrates 120 years of career, technical education at NYC public schools

By Nelson A. King

Murad Awawdeh, NYIC’s executive director

NYIC warns Trump’s registry will force Caribbean immigrants into the shadows

By Nelson A. King

Michael Blake to run for mayor.

Jamaica

Michael Blake, son of Jamaican immigrants, runs for NYC Mayor

By Nelson A. King

qns power women 2025

QNS

Queens’ most influential and iconic Power Women celebrated at the esteemed annual ceremony

Participants at the annual Legislative Scholarship Gala, an event aimed at raising funds for college students.

The 54th Annual Legislative Conference: A celebration of Diversity, Equity, and Empowerment

By Orlande Fleury

NY Attorney General Letitia James speaks as Connecticut Attorney General William Tong (L) listens on during a press conference on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at Manhattan Federal Courthouse on Feb. 14, 2025 in New York City.

James stops Elon Musk, DOGE from accessing private information and cutting federal funds

By Nelson A. King

NY Attorney Gen. James Holds News Conference Before Hearing On Case To Protect Citizens From Musk’s DOGE Accessing Private Data

James condemns Trump’s cuts to World Trade Center Health Program

By Nelson A. King

New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

Immigration advocates in NY City condem Mayor Adams

By Dawn Plummer

Supervisor Don Clavin, Hempstead Town Board, left, Consul General of Guyana to New York, Michael E. Brotherson, Permanent Representative to the UN, Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett, during an Independence flag raising ceremony last year.

Guyana

Guyana Consulate celebrates Republic Anniversary with Times Square video and Poughkeepsie Bridge lighting

By Tangerine Clarke

New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Brooklyn

AG James secures $6M judgment against unlicensed cannabis store in Brooklyn

By Nelson A. King

Sparkle Sugar, the creative force behind Coki by Cottage Kind, brings dreams to life one candle at a time.

Guyana

Coki by Cottage Kind: A whimsical escape for creativity and candle making

By Tracey Khan

Attorney General of New York Letitia James speaks onstage during the 39th Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building on Jan. 20, 2025 in New York City.

James secures over $6.9M in refunds for New Yorkers wrongfully charged for COVID-19 testing

By Nelson A. King

New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives for Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s “State of the NYPD” address on January 30, 2025 in New York City. The Justice Department is reportedly in talks to drop its corruption case against Mayor Adams. Adams is schedule to stand trial on federal corruption charges on April 21, 2025.

‘I never broke the law, and I never would’: Adams on DOJ’S dismissal of corruption charges

By Nelson A. King

Candidate for NY City Council District 28, Janeet Singh, left, is pictured with a resident, District Leader Albert Baldeo, Dr. Dhanpaul Narine, Bibi Alli, and others, who pleaded with President Trump for compassion, and to make a pathway to legal status, for law-abiding immigrants, who are business owners, and parents of professional children, during a demonstration in Richmond Hill, Queens.

Richmond Hill, Queens community hold unity rally amidst growing rhetoric from the Trump administration

By Tangerine Clarke

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school

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City Comptroller candidates Mark Levine and Justin Brannan shaking hands

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Mahmoud Khalil protester

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