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“Hell No We Wont Go,” was the chant heard across the East River Waterfront where dozens of Williamsburg residents, community leaders, elected officials and city wide house activists rallied on May 22nd, on the 8th anniversary of Mayor Bloomberg’s 2005 rezoning. Angry residents feel like the Mayor has been incompetent …

If you’re an artsy New Yorker, then I’m pretty sure you heard of the LIC Arts Open that ran from May 15th to May 19th.  This Art festival features over 200-art galleries open to the public free of charge. Other exclusive galleries required a small donation or admission fee. One …

“In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and then there are the not-so-cool kids, Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of people don’t belong [in our clothes], and …

The May-Labour Day Rally held yesterday in lower Manhattan called all minority workers, immigrants, labor unions, students, worker centers, social justice groups, the unemployed, and the community organizations to vindicate their rights and raise their voices in unison to demand immigration reform.

This came after city the immigration reform …

To the world of film and documentaries, the month of April is known for the debute of submissions and screenings at the TriBeCa Film Festival, that runs from April 17th, to April 28th. According to its founders, Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff, the mission of the festival …

York College held it’s Fourth annual Student Research Day last Thursday, where all the departments came together to display information about their field. Our online journalism class covered of these events, the choices were an English presentation hosted by Professor Michael Namphy, an African American presentation and a video game …

Stay tuned as I share my coverage of the York College Video Game presentation last thursday, featuring three of York’s own students sharing their depiction’s of gaming.…

 Boston Update

Friday evening, neighborhoods in Boston were locked down after the tedious “manhunt” for the remaining suspect of the Boston Bombing: Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Authorities say, Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev and his older brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev were behind this deadly act, leaving three people dead and …

After leading and transforming the City university of New York for 14 years, Matthew Goldstein, chancellor of the City University of New York, is stepping down. He helped the CUNY school system in its’ progression in establishing a dozen 4-year colleges, 6 community colleges, and over half a million students …