Bloomberg: Soda decision just a 'temporary setback'
NEW YORK (AP) — Eateries from corner delis to movie concession stands have gotten a last-minute reprieve from the nation's first ban on big sugary drinks. But Mayor Michael Bloomberg is urging them to shrink their cups and bottles anyway.
Fatal teen shooting by cops protested
NBC News - The fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy by undercover police sparked a protest in New York City on Monday night.
Judge strikes down NYC soda ban, NY NAACP president responds
theGRIO REPORT - A judge has struck down a ban restricting the size of sodas sold in certain establishments in New York City that was set to go into effect Tuesday...
Soul stars perform at Prince tribute
NEW YORK (AP) — They partied like it was 1999 — the audience and the musicians — at a Prince tribute concert at Carnegie Hall.
6-year-old boy killed in Harlem hit and run during crossing guard break
VIDEO - A 6-year-old boy was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer one block from his school in East Harlem Thursday morning while the crossing guard was taking a break, according to a law enforcement official...
Bloomberg spends big bucks on race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - Mayor Bloomberg has been a passionate voice for stricter gun laws for years and especially in the wake of the mass shootings in Aurora, Colorado and Newtown, Connecticut...
NY assemblyman apologizes for blackface costume
ALBANY, New York (AP) - A New York assemblyman who at first vigorously defended wearing blackface, an Afro wig and a basketball jersey to a costume party apologized Monday, saying he didn't mean to hurt anyone...
Ex-NYC mayor Dinkins on legacy, 'ridiculous' politics
VIDEO - Former NYC Mayor David Dinkins sat down with MSNBC’s Alex Witt on Saturday to talk about a range of issues, from America's national debt to partisanship in Washington, and his hard fought battle to become the first black Mayor of New York City in 1989...
Slavery-math homework causes uproar at school
NEW YORK (AP) - A school principal said she's 'appalled' by a homework assignment that used scenarios about killing and whipping slaves to teach math...
NAACP leader vs. Bloomberg on ‘Stop and Frisk’
theGRIO REPORT - The national president of the NAACP took to a Brooklyn pulpit Sunday to condemn the city’s 'Stop and Frisk' policy and recent comments made in support of it by New York City’s mayor...
