New York City

On the new theGrio series, “Unheard,” Mualimm-ak, executive director of Incarcerated Nation Network, talks about his time confined.
/ June 1, 2023
Bellevue hospital woman, Sarah Jane Comrie, Citi Bike Karen, theGrio.com
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
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
The Jordan Neely funeral at Mount Neboh Baptist Church included a eulogy from the Rev. Al Sharpton Friday in Manhattan.
/ May 19, 2023
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, 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 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