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refrigerated trailer theGrio.com
April 22, 2020
New York City will start transferring bodies of victims of COVID-19 from refrigerators and morgues to freezer trucks to preserve…
black woman cannabis marijuana thegrio.com
April 21, 2020
A marijuana party was broken up in New York City after it was advertised on Instagram as no social distancing…
Nurses COVID-19 theGrio.com
April 15, 2020
A New York City nurse talks about what it's like to be in the epicenter of a global pandemic as…
Chateau at Brooklyn Rehabilitation & Nursing Center theGrio.com
April 14, 2020
So many people are dying from COVID-19 at two Brooklyn nursing homes that one of them is running out of…
New York
April 8, 2020
Coronavirus has decimated the New York City subway system and now more of its MTA employees have died or tested…
April 8, 2020
De Blasio said of the racial disparities: “It’s sick. It’s troubling. It’s wrong. And we are going to fight back…
Hart Island theGrio.com
April 7, 2020
If COVID-19 deaths continue to rise in New York City, some deceased could be temporarily buried in the Hart Island…
Coronavirus theGrio.com
April 5, 2020
Many Black people once believed they were immune to catching coronavirus as it first swept through nations in Asia and…
March 28, 2020
MTA operator Garrett Goble jumped into action, helping guide subway passengers to safety before he disappeared into the smoke-filled tunnel.
Geoffrey Canada
February 17, 2020
Geoffrey Canada is endorsing Michael Bloomberg for president because he is best candidate to close the educational achievement gap
Tessa Majors
February 16, 2020
A 14-year-old boy was charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Tessa Majors, a Barnard student, during a robbery…
January 9, 2020
Mondaire Jones, who is running to represent New York's 17th Congressional District, may well become the nation's first Black, openly…
New York
May 28, 2019
A program in the nation's largest school district is being criticized as "absurd" and is being challenged by parents and…
February 28, 2019
[griojw id=”pBIN5e5m” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   New York’s Department of Health is launching a pilot program starting on March 1 to allow
February 18, 2019
It is being reported that Duchess Meghan Markle made a secret trip to New York City last week to celebrate…
Subway
February 13, 2019
Inside Edition called itself busting people who skip paying their fares to ride the subway, but is being criticized for…
January 29, 2019
A 22-year-old Connecticut woman died Monday after falling down a flight of steps while attempting to carry a stroller in
Public Housing thegrio.com
January 23, 2019
Throggs Neck public houses resident leaders claims that 40 workers were reassigned because they were engaged in alcohol-fueled sex parties.
December 2, 2018
“We set out to correct a glaring inequity in our public spaces,” New York’s first lady, Chirlane McCray, told The…
Classroom theGrio.com
October 22, 2018
Despite the hardships he’s faced which includes living in a shelter, Odean Gray is a high school student who has…