Above and Beyond At CCD, we recognize and acknowledge individuals from all walks of life who are dedicated toeffect positive change and make remarkable contribution to promote equity and Justice inmarginalized communities. Our personalities of the month are the 11 Commissioners of NYCRacial Justice Commission who spearhead the relentless campaign and successful outcome of theNovember […]
Novelist Aya de Leon (left), Nelson German, head chef and owner of alaMar, and Jacqueline Garcel, CEO of the Latino Community Foundation. All three are Afro Latinos who live in the Bay Area. (Blanca Torres/KQED) Nelson German, the chef and owner of alaMar, a seafood restaurant in Oakland, remembers the day a Black family asked […]
Bank of America recently announced a new zero down payment, zero closing cost mortgage plan for first-time homebuyers, which will be available in certain markets, including African American and/or Hispanic-Latino neighborhoods in Charlotte, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles and Miami. What BofA is calling “The Community Affordable Loan Solution™” aims to help eligible individuals and families obtain an affordable loan to purchase a […]
“We believe there are some options we have, because when you involuntarily place someone on a bus, we believe that actually skates the law,” Mayor Eric Adams said. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a press conference on Sept. 13, 2022, in Houston, Texas. | Brandon Bell/Getty Images NEW YORK — New York City is […]
The New York City Council on Tuesday passed a nonbinding resolution calling on Mayor Adams to restore nearly $500 million in cuts to school budgets — some of which the Council itself approved during negotiations over the city budget in June. The resolution, which asks the city to use unspent federal stimulus money to reverse $469 […]
Snow days are gone forever for New York City students. New York City Public Schools will no longer announce snow days, and will instead shift to remote learning on days of severe weather. According to New York law, students must attend a minimum of 180 days in school per year. Officials believe the shift from cancelations to remote learning will […]
Frustrated New York City straphangers are sounding off after yet another unprovoked case of subway violence, the third in the transit system this week, according to police, left a good Samaritan slashed in the face — and one victim’s TikTok recounting of her experience is resonating strongly with hundreds of thousands of them. The stories have […]
An electronic sign across from Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Manhattan office ahead of the bulk of the state’s new gun laws set to take effect Thursday. GOTHAMIST/KATE HINDS Starting Thursday, gun owners will not be allowed to carry their firearms into a wide swath of facilities designated as “sensitive” locations in New York, including most health […]
An NYPD cop was caught on camera slugging a woman in the face — sending her flying backward to the pavement — after police say she attempted to interfere with the arrest of an attempted-murder suspect. The shocking footage shows the scuffle break out on the sidewalk on West 136th Street near Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard in […]
This image provided by the Plano, Texas, Police Department shows Esmeralda Upton in her police booking photo on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022 in Plano, Texas. Upton was arrested and faces a possible hate crime charge after she was captured on video in a racist rant and assault on women of South Asian descent in a […]