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New York Attorney General Letitia James
November 1, 2021
Stacey Abrams’s status as the only Black woman to win a major party’s nomination for governor may be erased this…
October 31, 2021
The gun rights case brought before the Supreme Court could threaten restrictions on guns in public spaces in New York…
FDNY thegrio.com
October 30, 2021
FDNY suspended six on-duty firefighters who allegedly protested New York’s vaccine mandate by driving a truck to a state senator's…
New York thegrio.com
October 30, 2021
Police officers, firefighters, garbage collectors, and most other New York city workers face a Monday deadline to get vaccinated.
October 29, 2021
Rep. Ilhan Omar blasts oil execs at hearing, asking them to resign given their role in pollution, climate change.
Leomie Anderson thegrio.com
October 25, 2021
Model Leomie Anderson shared a video exposing how poorly prepared New York Fashion Week organizers are to accommodate Black models.
October 25, 2021
"Kyrie has made a personal choice," Brooklyn Nets' Sean Marks said benching him, "and we respect his individual right to…
October 24, 2021
Organizers say they have collected more than 2,000 signatures at four Amazon facilities in Staten Island as they seek to…
October 24, 2021
Nathaniel DiRenzo, 29, who police say punched the girl during a confrontation at Stuyvesant Square Park, was arrested Saturday.
R. Kelly thegrio.com
October 21, 2021
Kelly’s lawyer informed a federal judge Wednesday that the disgraced R&B singer was being monitored since his recent conviction.
racism thegrio.com
October 20, 2021
The NYC Board of Health has declared racism a crisis and calls on the health department to develop a 'racially…
Cardi thegrio.com
October 20, 2021
On Monday, Cardi B revisits the 2018 incident when she allegedly threw a bottle at two sister bartenders at a…
Cuba Gooding Jr. thegrio.com
October 19, 2021
A judge ruled on Monday that actor Cuba Gooding Jr. will go on trial in February in his New York…
October 19, 2021
Early Tuesday, state party officials tweeted regrets from Jay Jacobs for his clumsy characterization of Walton akin to David Duke.
Broadway thegrio.com
October 18, 2021
These are five exciting new Black-led productions happening or are on the horizon in New York as Broadway reopens.
Richard Pryor Jr. thegrio.com
October 14, 2021
Richard Pryor Jr. tells TheGrio about the crowdfunding campaign to help him pay for his medical and living expense.
NYPD theGRIO.com
October 14, 2021
Off-duty NYPD cop Yvonne Wu, 31, is charged with murder and attempted murder after confessing to shooting two women -…
KyrieIrving -theGrio.com
October 14, 2021
"I know the consequences here," Irving said, "and if it means that I'm judged and demonized for that, that's just…
Ricki’a Jackson
October 9, 2021
Missing Black children are underreported. theGrio has compiled a list of the most recent reports of missing Black children in…
October 5, 2021
The Big Daddy Kane v. KRS-One battle is the third straight New York-themed Verzuz. The first was The Lox v.…