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Apollo Theater CEO Jonelle Procope stepping down, leaving landmark with nearly $80M in support

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Too many in NYC stopped, frisked illegally, federal monitor says

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New York Public Library has acquired materials from Black playwright, George C. Wolfe

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VIDEO: Five Mualimm-ak on incarceration with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

On the new theGrio series, “Unheard,” Mualimm-ak, executive director of Incarcerated Nation Network, talks about his time confined.
/ June 1, 2023
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Here’s what Sarah Jane Comrie could do to fix the Citi Bike situation, but she won’t

Two weeks after her “Citi Bike Karen” incident was caught on video, the white woman at the center could do the right thing and apologize.
/ May 26, 2023

New York City has a right to shelter, but will it establish a right to sleep outside?

The City Council unanimously approved a “Homeless Bill of Rights” last month that would make New York the first big U.S. city to establish an explicit right to sleep in at least some public places.
/ May 22, 2023

Rev. Al Sharpton’s Jordan Neely eulogy: ‘A good Samaritan helps…. They don’t choke him out.”

The Jordan Neely funeral at Mount Neboh Baptist Church included a eulogy from the Rev. Al Sharpton Friday in Manhattan.
/ May 19, 2023

NYC converts hotels to shelters as pressure mounts to accommodate asylum seekers

Around Manhattan and elsewhere in the city, hotels that served tourists just a few years ago have become de facto emergency shelters.
/ May 15, 2023

Grace Bumbry, 1st Black singer at Bayreuth, dies at 86

Grace Bumbry, a pioneering mezzo-soprano who became the first Black singer to perform at Germany’s Bayreuth Festival, has died.
/ May 9, 2023

Jordan Neely’s death raises questions about New York law and what’s a threat

Jordan Neely’s death by chokehold shines a light on New York’s law that governs the use of force by civilians and the risks of chokeholds.
/ May 8, 2023