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Sep 12

Fintech’s Success Reaching Minority Consumers Is Largely Unsung (Except by Rappers)

Payment applications like PayPal and Cash App have had remarkable success reaching minority communities who've historically been ignored by traditional banks.
By James Ledbetter
Jun 13

NYPD Faces Scrutiny Over How It Determines Who Is a Gang Member

The NYPD's gang database currently has roughly 17,600 individuals.
By Madina Toure
Apr 17

New York City Public Advocate Letitia James Backs Marijuana Legalization

One of New York City's top Democrats—and a rumored 2021 mayoral candidate—is putting pressure on Mayor Bill de Blasio to support marijuana legalization.
By Madina Toure
Apr 11

Cynthia Nixon: Legalize Marijuana to Help End ‘the Racist War on Drugs’

By Madina Toure
Apr 5

NY Attorney General to Probe Police-Involved Shooting Death in Brooklyn

By Madina Toure
Queens State Senator James Sanders, left, and Brooklyn Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte, two elected officials involved in the effort to get more contracts for minority- and women-owned businesses and enterprises.
Mar 30

For the First Time Ever, NYC Taps Woman-Owned Firm to Manage $100M Retirement Plan

By Madina Toure
A man rolls a joint during a demonstration demanding the approval of the use of marijuana for medicinal and recreational purposes in front of the Mexican Senate building in Mexico City on September 28, 2016. / AFP / PEDRO PARDO (Photo credit should read PEDRO PARDO/AFP/Getty Images)
Feb 26

Despite NYC’s Lenient Pot Policy, This Shocking Marijuana Arrest Statistic Persists

By Madina Toure
Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams says he will remain in the speaker's race despite the presumptive victory of Manhattan Councilman Corey Johnson.
Feb 16

NY Lieutenant Governor Hopeful Seeks ‘New Identity’ for Position

By Madina Toure
The first day of the legalization of recreational marijuana sales in California was on Jan. 1, 2018.
Feb 14

Kirsten Gillibrand Signs Onto Cory Booker’s Marijuana Legalization Bill

By Madina Toure
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressing crowd of demonstrators outside the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (Photo by Francis Miller/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
Jan 15

On MLK Day, New York’s Political Heavyweights Vow to Fight Trump

By Madina Toure
Newly elected City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito attend a lighting ceremony at The Empire State Building in honor of World AIDS Day on Nov. 30, 2015 in New York City.
Jan 12

Women See Less Clout as NYC Council Speaker Unveils Committee Assignments

By Madina Toure
Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, leads a march of people protesting a grand jury's decision not to indict a police officer involved in the chokehold death of her father in July on Dec. 11, 2014 on Staten Island.
Jan 9

Erica Garner ‘Never Stopped Fighting’ For Her Father, Activists Say

By Madina Toure
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson at the 2017 High Line Spring Benefit Dinner at The Waterfront on May 15, 2017 in New York City.
Jan 8

NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson Vows to Confront Racial Issues ‘Head-On’

By Madina Toure
Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Jan 2

Cuomo Blasted for Keeping Personal Net Worth Cap for Minority- and Women-Owned Firms

By Madina Toure
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and other Council members at an interfaith rally.
Nov 30

NYC Council Speaker Hopefuls Weigh in on Role of Race, Gender in Competition

By Madina Toure
First Chirlane McCray speaks onstage at the Women's March in New York City in January.
Oct 31

First Lady Celebrates Salary History Law as It Takes Effect

By Madina Toure
The state has awarded more than $2.2 billion in contracts to minority- and women-owned businesses and enterprises.
Oct 5

Cuomo: Minority and Women Firms Now Make Up 27 Percent of Contracts

By Madina Toure
The city announced its 5,000th certified minority- and women-owned business enterprise in the Bronx today.
Sep 29

New York City Says It Has Awarded $1 Billion in Contracts to Minority and Women Firms

By Madina Toure
Hawa Bah, mother of Mohamed Bah, leaves meeting with acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim about the case against the police officer who killed her son in 2012.
Aug 22

Feds Dropping Case of African Man Killed by NYPD

By Madina Toure
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, center, leads Queens protesters in Manhattan, flanked by Councilman Jumaane Williams and Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.
Aug 9

Ahead of Trump’s NYC Visit, Melissa Mark-Viverito Says His Values ‘Not Welcome Here’

By Madina Toure
A group of activists protesting in front of the Metropolitan Correctional Center prison in Lower Manhattan.
Jul 3

Anti-Broken Windows Group to Manhattan DA: Pick ‘Non-Police’ Approach to Fare Beating

By Madina Toure
The city's Economic Development Corporation announced nearly $80 million in projects for three minority- and women-owned construction management firms.
Jun 22

Albany Passes Last-Minute Bills to Bolster Women and Minority Businesses

By Madina Toure
Marchers stop traffic at the intersection at 116th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem.
Jun 18

‘March for Philando Castile’ Takes Black Lives Matter From Harlem To Trump Tower

By Madina Toure
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. January 4, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
Jun 13

Protest Hits Cuomo Over Lack of Female and Minority Appointments

By Madina Toure
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