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A new discrimination lawsuit filed in the Bronx Supreme Court on Monday alleges that sex between officers and supervisors is “rampant” at the city’s jails…

Regina Wilson is one of only 29 woman firefighters in New York City, which has over 10,000 firemen. Wilson, a black woman, and the members of Engine 219 were among the first responders to the September 11th attacks at the World Trade Center in New York. Read More 

In episode 1 of “Elle in the City,” Elle Varner takes trip back to the NYU, the college she attended before the world was introduced…

A New York City Assistant District Attorney has apologized for photos of himself in blackface that were found on his Facebook page, the New York…

It’s true, anyone who listens to the TJMS knows that on Monday, radio/tv host Wendy Williams has a gossip segment on the show.  However, when she speaks to Tom and crew she’s in a totally different city (New York) and out of all the years they have both been in the buisness they have never crossed […]

(CNN) — The National September 11 Memorial opens to the public Monday — a decade and a day after terror attacks brought down the twin towers of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan.

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 […]

NEW YORK – Smokey Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald and James Brownwere among the music legends being honored on the Apollo Theater’s new Walk of Fame in New York City. Workers on Monday began installing sidewalk plaques in front of the storied Harlem theater celebrating some of the artists who have performed there. Others include Little Richard, […]

From NYDailyNews.com: Black politicians and church leaders blasted cops Sunday for storming a Crown Heights church during services to pursue a suspect in a traffic incident. Police chased Kendall Jones, 18, into the Shiloh Seventh-Day Adventist Church Friday night after he dumped a stolen car and fled. “The police violated the sanctity of this house […]

VIA CNN: Authorities hunting for the suspect in the botched Times Square bombing dramatically beat the clock overnight, seizing a Pakistani-American citizen moments before he began a long trip to his strife-torn homeland. Faisal Shahzad, 30, was arrested around 11:45 p.m. ET Monday at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, said Attorney General Eric […]

From The New York Times Shortly before 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, the vendors — Lance Orton and Duane Jackson, who both served during the Vietnam War and now rely on special sidewalk vending privileges for disabled veterans — said they told nearby officers about the Pathfinder, which had begun filling with smoke and then emitted […]

New York City bureaucrats won't let Rosa Bracero graduate from high school because her family is homeless.