At the Global Entrepreneurship Summit on the Stanford University campus last Friday,, President Barack Obama discussed how to empower people around the world to foster the kind of innovation characteristic of places like Stanford and the Silicon Valley. He also demonstrated why we’re going to miss him so much. Remarks by President Obama and […]readmore
By Victoria Horsford HARLEM/HAVANA June is Caribbean-American Heritage Month, and an appropriate time for Governor Andrew Cuomo and Congressman Charles Rangel to announce the HARLEM/HAVANA MUSIC AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL, a new partnership between two of the most culturally rich cities in the Americas and its denizens. A cultural exchange initiative, which will be held annually, […]readmore
It is estimated that more than 5 million older Americans are victims of elder abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Experts believe that for every case of elder abuse or neglect reported, as many as 23 cases go unreported. Through his “BeyondBrooke.org,” Philip Marshall has testified on elder abuse before the Senate Special Committee on Aging, […]readmore
Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thompson and New York City Police Department Commissioner William J. Bratton yesterday announced that three men are charged with the September 7, 2015 shooting death of Carey Gabay, First Deputy Counsel for Empire State Development and a former Assistant Counsel to New York State Governor Andrew J. Cuomo. The murder took place […]readmore
NYC Health and Hospitals President and CEO Dr. Ram Raju recently announced the appointment of two health care executives of African descent to leadership positions at hospitals located in critical health-needs areas of New York City: Harlem Hospital in Manhattan and Woodhull Hospital in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Their appointments are designed, he said, “to help guide the nation’s largest public health […]readmore
By Akosua K. Albritton Gregory Calliste, new CEO of Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center (Woodhull), has been making his rounds within Woodhull’s service area to introduce himself and impress the point that “Woodhull should be your choice”. Calliste’s appointment became effective April 11, 2016. He was the acting CEO for North […]readmore