BRONX WEEK 2020 CANCELLED IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Diaz: "Clearly this pandemic continues to be both unpredictable and unlike anything most of us have ever seen." Photo: Facebook Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. has announced…
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NYC FOOD PANTRIES DECLARE STATE OF EMERGENCY
Feeding America estimating $1.4 billion in additional resources needed over the next six months to provide enough food for our neighbors facing hunger, food banks need community support…
BARRON ON BROTHER MINISTER ABDUL HAFEEZ MUHAMMAD: “HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE ON”
Barron: "My Brother Minister Abdul Hafeez Muhammad loved his people and the people loved him back even more. I will be encouraging my colleagues to co-name a street…
LEHMAN COLLEGE PHYSICISTS: BUILDING VENTILATION SYSTEMS COULD SPREAD COVID-19
Luis Anchordoqui\Eugene Chudnovsky: “The existing vortices in the air can make a location far away from the source of droplets more dangerous than the location 6 feet away.”…
BRONX COVID-19 COMMUNITY RELIEF EFFORT LAUNCHED
The Bronx Community Relief Effort was born in the South Bronx immediately after the Coronavirus hit...The Effort aims to raise $10 million to support effective, on-the-ground operations that…
PUBLIC ADVOCATE: EASTER IS ABOUT HOPE EVEN AMIDST GLOBAL CHALLENGE
Williams: "In the face of this pandemic- while many traditional celebrations cannot be held- we can carry those values as we observe the holiday in our homes." Photo:…
ADEM BUNKEDDEKO ISSUES STATEMENT ON PASSING OF COMMUNITY LEADER DR. ROY HASTICK
Bunkeddeko: “I am deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Hastick...Dr. Hastick embodied the American dream – to work hard, celebrate our diversity, and through our successes, lift…
NEW YORK’S COVID-19 OUTBREAK CAME FROM EUROPE AND INSIDE AMERICA SAY REPORTS
New data from NYU Langone Health suggests that the novel coronavirus has been spreading in New York for a couple of months now -- long before testing started…
NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE SAYS COVID-19’S RACIAL IMPACT UNDERSCORES “SYSTEMIC INEQUALITIES”
Williams: "From both the city and the state, the data released consistently shows that New Yorkers killed by COVID-19 are disproportionately Black or Latino - in New York…
NY ATTORNEY GENERAL URGES ACTION TO PROTECT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR FROM COVID-19
James: “The COVID-19 data released today reveals that the virus has had a disproportionate impact on communities of color." Photo: YouTube New York Attorney General Letitia James issued…