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By Edwin Freeman for Black Star News Photos: Edwin Freeman As working families across Southeast Queens struggle under the crushing weight of rising rent, soaring utility bills, expensive…
Photos: YouTube Screenshots/Facebook/Wikimedia Commons New York, NY — Ahead of Mayor Mamdani’s release of his first ever budget, the People’s Plan—coalition of leading progressive organizations in New York…
Photos: Wikimedia Commons New York, NY (May 8, 2026) --The following statement was sent to New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin calling on her to pass the…
Photos: YouTube Screenshots|Wikimedia Commons NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 21 other states and the District of Columbia in urging…
By Edwin Freeman for Black Star News Photos: Edwin Freeman In Southeast Queens, where community ties run deep and resilience is a way of life, Nathaniel Hezekiah III…
Photos: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office|Wikimedia Commons The following speech was given by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, on Friday, at a meeting held by the African American Clergy…
By Edwin Freeman | Black Star News Photos: Edwin Freeman In Southeast Queens, where political leadership has long been defined by deep community ties and consistent advocacy, the…
Photos: NYC.gov|YouTube Screenshots NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani today released the Preliminary Citywide RacialEquity Plan (REP) and the inaugural NYC True Cost of Living (TCOL) Measure, tworeports…
Photos: YouTube Screenshots NEW YORK, NY — Tuesday, in a major step toward universal child care from six weeks to five years old, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and…
Photos: YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons NEW YORK, NY — Get Free, a GenZ & Millennial-led organization building a nationwide movement to repair past harms, remove ongoing barriers to equality,…
