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On February 25, more than 400 students traveled to the New York State Senate in Albany for Higher Education Action Day to call upon state Legislature to fight for increased investment in higher education.
Thanks to the work of activists concerned about the City's spraying of chemicals in New York City neighborhoods, now we know 2,000 locations where in 2014 the Department of Parks and Recreation sprayed glyphosate-containing herbicides, such as Roundup, many times without notifying the public.
Weary of already high rents and wary of the upwardly-trending Jamaica real estate market, artists, arts administrators and others gathered on Wednesday, January 13, for a discussion about what is needed for Jamaica artists to thrive in the rapidly changing neighborhood.
The Jamaica Arts Leaders Town Hall was a collaboration between the Queens Council on the Arts (QCA) and the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL), where the event was held. The forum was hosted by Molaundo Jones of QCA, who introduced panelists Cathy Hung, Executive Director of JCAL, Kendal Henry, Director of Percent for Art at the Department of Cultural Affairs and David Johnston, Executive Director of Exploring the Metropolis (EtM), the arts organization behind the Queens Workspace Initiative. Each answered questions posed by the Jamaica Arts Leaders program fellows. The current fellows are Stephanie Davis, Patricia Ghizamboule, Sol Gonzalez, Marvenia Knight, Rejin Leys, Okechukwu Ofiaeli, Dominique Sindayinganza, and Shenna Vaughn.
New York City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez is one of 154 City University of New York alumni, faculty and community members calling on the federal appeals court in New York City to convene a rare special session of all thirteen judges to reverse a court order that devastated an elderly lawyer who represented Rodriguez and hundreds of other CUNY students.
Ron McGuire, Esq. is a 67-year-old attorney who represented Rodriguez decades ago, when the progressive City Council member from upper Manhattan was a City College student and community organizer. McGuire, who says he represented low income students for free "as a matter of principle," now is distraught and penniless, due to the unusual actions of a federal judge that some of McGuire's clients call "vindictive" and "chilling."
There is an issue that should concern every turban-wearing man, their families, and their communities—a terror faced by American Sikhs.
On November 22nd, New Yorkers gathered at Barclays Center to remember Tamir Rice on the anniversary of his death. Rice was playing with a toy gun when he was killed by police in a Cleveland park.
Setting a fitness related resolution this New Year's? Statistics show that the #1 New Year's Resolution is to lose weight... yet on average only 8% actually achieve that resolution.
Jackie Earle Haley helms a a tight little disreputable tale that holds interest for 90 minutes.
David Lee Madison premieres documentary MIDDLE VILLAGE: THE MOVIE on Saturday, November 14th!
“There’s no democracy, no opportunity for new leadership in Southeast Queens,” says Scherie Murray, the Republican candidate for the 29th Assembly District.