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When Aaliyah Duah was 17, she realized one of the major differences between an underserved community like Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant, where she grew up, and more affluent ones was early access to information on how to manage money. In her public schools, she never learned about financial literacy — and had not heard

Get ready, Harlem! One of New York City’s most beloved traditions is back, and the 57th Annual African American Day Parade promises to be bigger, brighter and more exciting than ever. On Sunday, September 20, 2026, thousands of spectators are expected to line the streets of Harlem as celebrities,...

“There’s no money exchanged,” said 39-year-old Regina Carter, who sources furniture and home goods otherwise destined for a landfill, and donates them to fellow New Yorkers. “We’re just placing things in communities of need.”. Regina Carter, a 39-year-old resident of NYCHA’s Morris Houses in the South...

Facing money challenges across three states where it is building new casinos, Bally’s Corp. said Monday it has secured over a half-billion dollars in new financing to ensure its New York City project — the one that poses the greatest threat to Atlantic City — keeps moving forward.

The Marijuana Herald - Marijuana news and information The New York City Council has approved legislation that would allow city regulators to suspend, revoke or refuse to renew tobacco and electronic cigarette retail licenses when businesses are found to have illegally sold cannabis. The council approved Introduction 8

A teen was stabbed in front of his mother as he walked to school in The Bronx on Monday – while two other city students were busted with guns at their schools, cops said. In the first disturbing incident, a 17-year-old student and his mother were heading toward William H Taft High School Educational Campus on East 172n

The homeless encampment Whac-a-Mole continues. The city cleaned out a filthy East Side homeless encampment under the FDR Drive Monday, leaving behind a stomach-turning mess — while locals said the vagrants will likely come back anyway. “[The encampment] could start again as soon as, like, the end of the day,” Dina Elka

ST. GEORGE, Staten Island (PIX11) — A student was caught with a loaded gun at a Staten Island high school on Monday, according to police.  At around 10:20 a.m. at Curtis High School, officers found a loaded gun inside the backpack of a student, according to the NYPD. The 18-year-old was taken into custody. Sources […]

Two 24-year-olds from New Jersey were killed after being struck by a subway train in Manhattan early Sunday morning, Sept. 13, authorities said. According to the NY Post, video shows Navam Kaul, of Sayreville, and Malaika Chitre, of Dayton, sitting on the tracks moments before they were struck by th…

A Jersey City man is dead after a vehicle struck him on one of Hudson County's busiest roadways in the early hours of Thursday morning, according to NJ.com. The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office identified the victim as Glenn Minasian, 58, a Jersey City resident. The collision occurred around 5 a.m....