Articles by Ebony Prescod
‘Recovery and Reflection’: Honoring a 9/11 Tribute
The New York City Fire Museum is hosting a new exhibit remembering the 9/11 Tribute Museum, which closed last year in the wake of the pandemic. The “Recovery and Reflection” display honors the Tribute Museum, which was founded in 2006 by the September 11th Families’ Association. The exhibit, which debuts as the nation marks 22 years since the deadliest terror attacks in US history, is slated to run until early October. Reporting: Ebony Prescod Videography and Editing: Naoufal Enhari
Guyanese Emancipation Day celebrates the freedom of their country – Caribbean Life
Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams The Guyanese Emancipation Day Observance at Medgar Evers College on Monday was an evening filled with music, dancing, and moving speeches. Guyanese Emancipation Day commemorates the fight of Afro-Guyanese slaves to end the horrors of slavery. The Consulate General of the Co-Operative Republic of Guyana hosted the event. Speakers included Ambassador Michael E.
Joe Alert continues to make music – Caribbean Life
Search our comprehensive guide to caribbean events in NYC for more local events — or submit your own! Caribbean music was the last thing on Joe Alert’s mind as he grew up playing music on his saxophone. Joe was born in the Grenadines, of St. Vincent in the Grenadines. His family moved to England when he was a small child. His whole family was musical. His father was a musician, and he recalls being a young child, playing with toy instruments with his four other brothers.
Brooklyn Defender Services employees protest stalled negotiations – Caribbean Life
Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams Chants such as “stalling tactics are no good, sign a contract like you should,” were heard outside of 177 Livingston St. during a sweltering afternoon in Downtown Brooklyn, on July 26 by employees of the Brooklyn Defender Services.
Hilton Samuel: A pillar of the community – Caribbean Life
Search our comprehensive guide to caribbean events in NYC for more local events — or submit your own! When I got to Hilton Samuel’s home, a gentleman greeted me at the door. “Hi, I am here for Hoplin,” I said. He asked for a last name, and I provided it. Then he asked if I had the name written down.
Fe Noel’s homecoming with her brand’s store in Little Caribbean – Caribbean Life
Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams Fashioner designer Fe Noel who has dressed Beyoncé and Michelle Obama, said that opening her brand’s first store Noel’s Little Caribbean in Brooklyn’s very own Little Caribbean on June 5 has made her feel “successful for the very first time,” even though she has had her own line in Target for sometime.
Caribbean Tea Party celebrates Grenadian artist – Caribbean Life
Search our comprehensive guide to caribbean events in NYC for more local events — or submit your own! A sunny, beautiful day on Saturday, July 1, was the perfect weather for the Caribbean Tea Party on Governor’s Island. The tea party was a celebration of the closing of “Life After the Ether,” a show by Grenadian artist, Teddy Frederick. It exhibits art about Grenadian lives, community, agriculture, food, land, and wellness.
Designer Fe Noel opens her brand’s first store in Little Caribbean – Caribbean Life
Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams Caribbean music and excited chatter infused the air at the grand opening of Fe Noel Little Caribbean on June 15. Fe Noel Little Caribbean is a store and experimental space created by designer Fe Noel. Fe Noel is a designer of Grenadian descent who also grew up in the Flatbush area. She has had a line in Target, and has dressed the likes of Beyoncé and Michelle Obama.
Public nurses protest working conditions, demand better pay – Caribbean Life
Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams Nurses who serve New York’s Health + Hospitals, the largest network of public hospitals in the United States, rallied at three public New York hospitals on Thursday, June 22 to protest their working conditions. The nurses said that they are fed up because they are understaffed and underpaid.
New York city renters may face increased rent – Caribbean Life
By Ebony Prescod Posted on Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams The rent in New York City may just go up, again. New York City renters lined up around the block on June 15 near St. Francis College, Downtown, Brooklyn to advocate for themselves at a meeting with the Rent Guideline Board, a panel that regulates the rent-stabilized apartment market in New York.
Calling for a Halt
BROOKLYN — Nearly 1,500 callers phoned Gov. Kathy Hochul to urge her to stop a National Grid natural-gas project from moving forward in Greenpoint. NoBKPipeline, an environmental nonprofit, offered a toll-free number for voicing opposition to the $65-million plan to build two new gas vaporizers, which transform liquified natural gas into the form that is piped to homes for heating and cooking.
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