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February 10, 2010
A day after he came out swinging against rumors of a scandal that have dogged his administration for nearly a…
February 9, 2010
ALBANY, NY (AP) - David Paterson, New York's first black governor, has cited as fabricated a report that he was…
February 9, 2010
From The NY Times - Parents and educators criticize Stuyvesant and Bronx Science for admitting few black & Latino children…
February 8, 2010
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Gov. David Paterson met privately with key Democratic leaders about his re-election plans as questions swirl…
February 5, 2010
VIDEO - A mentally ill New York man who spent nearly six years behind bars for a 1976 rape he…
February 4, 2010
The rapper, real name Shawn Carter, says that, when the value of the land he had bought fell, he tried…
February 4, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Majora Carter, 43, has been described as a green power broker and a visionary in environmentally sound…
February 1, 2010
"A governor with $600,000 on hand less than a year before the general election is a dead duck," said Democratic…
January 29, 2010
A transgender New Yorker has filed a $10 million sex assault suit against an NFL player - and in a…
January 25, 2010
Preparing to challenge New York's first black governor, Mr. Cuomo has been aggressively courting black civic leaders and clergy members...
January 21, 2010
NEW YORK - The urgency of the moment looms larger than the cultural chasm that usually separates them...
January 21, 2010
VIDEO - An unusual pest is making its presence known in a Bronx, New York neighborhood. Dozens of skunks have…
January 21, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- Rapper Ja Rule has lost a bid to keep a loaded gun found in his luxury…
January 19, 2010
The first poll since Harold Ford declared his interest in challenging New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand gives her a wide,…
January 14, 2010
From WNBC.com Relief is slowly beginning to funnel into catastrophe-ridden Haiti, as residents continue to dig through the debris hoping
January 12, 2010
Former U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr. is readying for a fight in the race to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in…
January 8, 2010
Quintin Cedeno was a popular administrator at the High School of Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture in Queens, New York...
January 7, 2010
OPINION - Meet Harold Ford Jr., a former Congressman from Tennessee who has now become the next Barack Obama, at…
January 5, 2010
For nearly a century, Harlem has been synonymous with black urban America. But the neighborhood is in the midst of…
December 21, 2009
A pregnant Brooklyn woman suffering a fatal seizure in a coffee shop in the shadow of FDNY Headquarters was ignored…