new york city
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Scam Artist Who Sold Fake Tickets to Hamilton Sentenced to 1 to 3 Years in Prison
A New York scam artist who admitted to selling fake tickets to the Broadway hit musical Hamilton was sentenced to 1-3 years in prison Tuesday, the New York Daily News reports. Anthony Huger, 32, admitted to selling the fake tickets to a Westchester County, N.Y., couple Jan. 8, scoring $450 in his scam, before tricking a…
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Bronx, NY, Mom Dies Saving Her 3 Children From Gunman in Park
A mother in New York City’s Bronx borough was shot and killed as she tried to shield her three young children from a gunman in a park outside her apartment building Saturday, reports the New York Daily News. At about 10:15 p.m., Jessica White, 29, saw a man dressed in black open fire in the…
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DOJ Files Lawsuit Against NYC Department of Education for Allowing Principal to ‘Discriminate Against Every Black Teacher’
New York City’s Department of Education is facing a federal lawsuit after the U.S. Department of Justice accused the body of allowing a Queens, N.Y., high school principal to “discriminate against every black teacher” at the school, a press release from the DOJ notes. The lawsuit claims that Pan American International High School Principal Minerva…
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5 Guards at NYC’s Rikers Island Convicted in Brutal Beating of Inmate
A former chief for security and four other officers at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex have been convicted of felony charges in the brutal beating of an inmate, CBS News reports. Former Assistant Chief for Security Eliseo Perez and officers Alfred Rivera, Tobias Parker, Jose Parra and David Rodriguez were convicted Tuesday of charges,…
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Man Suspected in NYC Shooting of 16-Year-Old Baby Sitter Surrenders to Police
The man suspected in the shooting death of a teen baby sitter surrendered to cops at a police station in New York City’s Brooklyn borough Thursday with the help of his lawyer, the New York Daily News reports. Taariq Stephens, 24, is accused of using a .40-caliber submachine gun to shoot 16-year-old Shemel Mercurius while…
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Can Black People Be Gentrifiers?
While I was not born in the United States, I spent the bulk of my formative years in Harlem. I went to elementary school on the north end of Amsterdam Avenue and middle school on Convent Avenue. While my mom was still getting comfortable speaking English when I was younger, she found solace in the…
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Celebrating Being Young, Fabulous and Female in NYC
Every young black woman who’s fabulous, ambitious and committed to her growth was in attendance for The Root’s Young, Fabulous and Female event in New York City. Professional women from every level of their respective careers gathered to hear the stellar panel give its advice on everything from managing relationships to networking, building a brand,…
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How To Be Unapologetically Black
On Tuesday, I was at Google’s New York City office for a panel titled “Breaking Through The Noise: Making Our Voices Visible, Scalable And Impactful.” For roughly 90 minutes, David Wilson (founder of The Grio), Tiffany Warren (Senior VP, Chief Diversity Officer at Omnicom Group/Founder & President, ADCOLOR®), Lilly Workneh (Black Voices Editor at Huffington Post)…
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Dear VH1, The Breaks Was Dope, But You Played Me.
Last night, VH1 finally premiered The Breaks, a “movie” they’ve been promoting for the better part of the past two months. Why did I put “movie” in quotes? I’ll tell you why. It’s because VH1 is rude as fuck and played my life, b. Let’s start at the beginning: The Breaks is a “movie” based…
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What A Difference A Year Makes: On Battling And Beating Depression
If I had moved to New York last fall as intended, you would be surely be referring to me in the past tense today. I wasn’t ready, mentally, financially or emotionally to give up my chill yet scatterbrained and spiraling life in Panama to write and power-walk for a living in the City That Never…