2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (152+ words) NY Carib News “I often talk about the period of national unity that arose on 9/12, the surge in collective empathy, as a moment to learn from and attempt to carry forward across this quarter-century. Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, though, I…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (376+ words) Bermuda has marked the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by remembering the Bermudian nationals who lost their lives in the tragedy and reflecting on the lasting impact of the attacks on families and communities. The island joined communities across…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (367+ words) The NAACP Image Awards is expanding its recognition of African creative talent with 10 new categories covering film, television, streaming and music, strengthening the awards’ connection with artists across the African continent and the wider Black diaspora. The new categories will…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (337+ words) The flags, music, elaborate costumes and unmistakable sounds of the Caribbean once again transformed Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway on Monday as thousands gathered for New York’s annual West Indian Day Parade, reaffirming the strength and resilience of one of the city’s…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (355+ words) Granville Leonard Straker, the Vincentian-born music pioneer who helped bring the sounds of calypso and soca from the Caribbean to generations of immigrants in New York and audiences around the world, has died at 86. Straker, whose Brooklyn-based Straker’s Records became…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (385+ words) Mayor Zohran Mamdani is establishing September 11 as New York City’s first official “Day of Remembrance and Service,” ahead of the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that claimed thousands of lives and permanently changed the city. Under an executive order signed…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (431+ words) Mayor Zohran Mamdani has released a citywide plan aimed at addressing longstanding racial disparities in New York City, calling for changes across areas including housing, health care, employment, education and access to economic opportunity. The Preliminary Citywide Racial Equity Plan…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (340+ words) A New York judge has ruled that the administrations of former Mayor Eric Adams and current Mayor Zohran Mamdani violated city law by failing to complete a required racial equity plan on time, bringing renewed attention to the city’s efforts…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago   (463+ words) Trinidad and Tobago’s soca icon Machel Montano is being celebrated by the Brooklyn Public Library in a special exhibition highlighting his more than four decades of influence on Caribbean music and culture. “Journey of a Soca King: The Exhibition” opened…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (537+ words) The Trinidad and Tobago community in New York is mourning the deaths of a Trinidadian-born mother and her daughter, who were allegedly killed inside their Far Rockaway, Queens, home in a violent incident involving the woman’s son. The victims have…...