Former police captain Eric Adams cruised to victory Tuesday to become the next mayor of New York as voters across the U.S. picked new city leaders from candidates who were largely defined by their stances on police and crime. Adams, who will become the second Black mayor of the nation’s largest city, first triumphed this summer in […]
A musical breaks out at a shopping mall in New Jersey. Full story: http://improveverywhere.com/2011/11/29/mall-santa-musical/ SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=ImprovEverywhere JOIN US: http://improveverywhere.com/email-lists/ Hire us to create a custom musical for your conference or event: http://improveverywhere.com/contact A musical breaks out at a shopping mall in New Jersey. A man is suddenly compelled to express his desire to sit on […]
New York City is giving every public school kindergartner $100 in a college savings account Many parents dream about saving money for their children for college, but many are unable to make those dreams a reality. Thanks to a program New York City school district, led by non-profit NYC Kids Rise, started giving every kindergartner […]
An Upstate New York man has been arrested and charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief as a hate crime after law enforcement officials claimed he vandalized a Black Lives Matter street mural. According to witnesses Ian Rawlinson, 43, to Albany police on Thursday, Sept. 16, for defacing the Lark Street mural. Once officers arrived, Rawlinson already […]
(BPRW) ESSENCE Celebrates Global Black Fashion With Its Annual ESSENCE Fashion House During New York Fashion Week Happening Thursday, September 9th, the Experience Will Highlight Cutting-Edge Global Black Creatives and Feature Fashion Runway Collections, Exclusive Designer Showcases, Industry Conversations and Much More! (Black PR Wire) NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– ESSENCE, the leading and only 100% Black-owned […]
A former business owner of a ice cream shop in Schenectady, New York will now have to pay nine Black Lives Matter protesters $4,500 after he made false, race-fueled against them in 2020. A New York State Supreme Court judge ordered David Elmendorf last week to pay nine Black Lives Matter protesters $500 each after […]
Cellphone video released this week shows an incident involving David Crowell, a 29-year-old Black man who was tased by New York police on a subway train after being accused of allowing a rider onto the station without paying. The video, recorded by a bystander, shows several officers trying to restrain Crowell before shooting him with a […]
Dolores Diaz Lopez, the mother of a 5-year-old boy in Queens, New York, rushed to save her son from a kidnapper on Thursday, ABC7 reported. The child was running ahead of his mother on the sidewalk when a man in his 30s came out from his car and snagged the boy before forcing him into […]
Rory Spain has been identified from body camera footage as the officer who punched Tyreana Edmonds in the throat during the incident.On July 4, police were called to an East Syracuse Walmart after a fight allegedly broke out between 5-6 people. Employees were reportredly threatened during the altercation and struck in the face by two women who also […]
A police officer was placed on administrative leave after a video captured him punching a woman in the throat during an arrest at a New York Walmart, WSYR reported. The scuffle occurred on July 4 when officers were dispatched to the store in East Syracuse after two women were fighting and using pepper spray. “While in […]