News – Caribbean Life

The way Mayor Zohran Mamdani sees it, there seems to be only two ways for his administration to close the multi-billion-dollar budget gap by this June.

News

Editorial | Mamdani must manage the budget within NYC’s means

By amNewYork

Masqueraders wearing costumes designed by Nelsion Nurse creator of Harmony Band, that will be vying in Guyana's 56th Republic Anniversary Mashramani along the parade route in Georgetown on Feb. 23, 2026.

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Georgetown prepares for dazzling Mashramani celebration

By Tangerine Clarke

New York Family

Join us at the 2nd Annual Bronx Charter School Fair on Saturday 2/‌28!

A display of Madam CJ Walker, one of the richest Black women to live in the USA

Black History Month

100 years of Black history lauds Bronx burials and Harlem renaissance

By Vinette K. Pryce

Lynette Burnley, aunt of Chad Joseph, who family members believe was killed in a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Caribbean, lights a candle at an altar for Joseph in the family home in Las Cuevas, Trinidad and Tobago, Oct. 22, 2025.

St Lucia

Wreckage from U.S. military boat strike washes up near St. Vincent

By Bert Wilkinson

U.S. Representative Yvette D. Clarke.

Clarke, Lawler lead bipartisan push to exempt health care from $100K H-1B fee

By Nelson A. King

New York State Attorney General, Letitia James, speaks during a news conference, to announce criminal justice reform in New York City, U.S., May 21, 2021.

News

AG James secures millions in evasion crackdown

By Nelson A. King

Mayor Zohran Mamdani, center, flanked by Caribbean and other elected officials at the opening of the Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center in East Flatbush, Brooklyn.

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Recreation Center in East Flatbush honors Chisholm legacy

By Nelson A. King

St. Vincent and the Grenadines' Opposition Leader Dr. Goodwin Friday addresses town hall meeting at the Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center in Brooklyn in October 2028.

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Cash via CBI

By Bert Wilkinson

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Business

New immigration rules bar Green Card holders from SB loans

By Dawn Plummer

Guyana native Richard David, who is the director of Queens Regional & Community Affairs at Con Edison, as well as a community leader and disability advocate.

News

Guyanese-born Richard S. David named ‘Chef of the Year’ honoree

By Milette Millington

Former NFL football player Herschel Walker, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to the Bahamas, testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 11, 2025.

Bahamas

U.S.-China in major row over Bahamian hospital

By Bert Wilkinson

Assembly MemberRodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn in her office in Flatbush.

Politics

Brooklyn Kings County Dems rescind endorsement of Hochul

By Nelson A. King

Former St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph E. Gonsalves.

St Vincent

Deportee request denied

By Bert Wilkinson

U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke.

Haiti

Caribbean pols, immigration advocates welcome Haiti TPS court ruling

By Nelson A. King

News

Mayor Mamdani joins DCWP and NYC Health + Hospitals to launch free tax prep services for New Yorkers

By Tangerine Clarke

More from Around NYC

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Parents lead change in the Bronx child welfare system through local nonprofit RISE

Tuvergen Band 2025 Walking

Mongolian folk fusion band ‘Tuvergen’ gallops into Flushing Town Hall this Sunday

Bicyclists crossing the Brooklyn Bridge

FIRST on amNY | Bicyclists across the East River bridges set record-high for fifth-straight year, DOT data says

Bicyclists crossing the Brooklyn Bridge

FIRST on amNY | Bicyclists across the East River bridges set record-high for fifth-straight year, DOT data says