new york city
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Watching the Racist Lawyer Who Threatened to Call ICE on Spanish Speakers Run Away From Reporters Is My New Favorite Thing Ever
I’m a simple person who finds pleasure in the simple things in life. But of the many simple things I enjoy—watching the sun rise, listening to Beyoncé sing, stalking cat/dog videos online—watching racists get clocked is undefeated, and this week delivered in the most delightful of ways when it comes to Aaron Schlossberg, a midtown-Manhattan…
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Bronx, NY, Man Wants to Stay Anonymous After Winning $5 Million Scratch Off Game; Gaming Commission Says Nah
Imagine forgetting that you’d purchased a scratch off ticket and only noticing it as you were sitting on a toilet. You then proceed to scratch the ticket and your life literally changes before your eyes after you win $5 million. And now you’re fighting to remain anonymous because, damn, you know people are going to…
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NYPD Tried to Blame High Marijuana Arrest Rates for Black People on Higher Call Rates. Here’s Why That Doesn’t Add Up
The New York City Police Department has recently attempted to explain its disproportionate arrest rates of black and Hispanic people on weed charges by saying that more residents in majority-black and -Hispanic neighborhoods call the cops to complain about weed. If that explanation doesn’t pass the smell test to you, then you’re not the only…
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NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray Is Disrupting Domestic Violence With a New Initiative
Chirlane McCray, the first lady of New York City, is working to close the gap in support for the majority of domestic violence victims in the city whose abuse goes unreported to law enforcement. On Wednesday McCray, who is also co-chair of the city’s Domestic Violence Task Force and the Commission on Gender Equity, announced…
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#MovingInWhileBlack: Former White House Staffer Accused of Breaking Into His Own Apartment
Here’s an updated list of reasons why the cops have been called on black people: #BreathingWhileBlack, #WalkingWhileBlack, #HoldingACellPhoneWhileBlack, #EatingAtTheWaffleHouseWhileBlack, #SittingAtStarbucksWhileBlack … and now you can add #MovingInWhileBlack. And that’s just what happened to former White House staffer Darren Martin as he was moving into his Upper West Side apartment in New York City. Martin, a…
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Man Wearing ‘Make America Great Again’ Hat and Shirt Wanted for Attacking Hispanic Man in NYC Subway Station: Report
New York City police are searching for a black man accused of attacking a Hispanic man inside a Manhattan subway station. The man in question was apparently wearing a Donald Trump-branded “Make America Great Again” hat and shirt when he got into an argument with a man around 8:15 p.m. Friday while on board a…
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HBCU SpringComing Brings Black-School Spirit to New York City
Homecoming is traditionally a time for alums to return to their alma mater, kick it with old friends and pay respect to the institutions that (presumably) meant so much to them as graduates. For the alumni who showed up at HBCU SpringComing this past weekend, it’s like they never left. Lauren Grant and George Twopointoh…
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Chirlane McCray Is Making Mental Health an Open Discussion, and We’re the Better for It
New York City’s first lady, Chirlane McCray, told the audience here at the National Action Network Convention on Wednesday that “we all deal with mental illness, but we don’t talk about it.” People nodded their heads, saying, “That’s right”and “Mmm-hmm,” as she talked about shattering the stigma of discussing mental health publicly. The session was…
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Craig Mack, Legendary Hip-Hop Pioneer, Dead at 46
Craig Mack, 46, the legendary Bad Boy artist who burst onto the national stage in 1994 with that “Flava in Ya Ear,” died Monday night at a hospital near his Walterboro, S.C., home, reportedly of heart failure. He was 46 years old. Alvin Toney, Mack’s producer, confirmed Mack’s death to the New York Daily News.…