Living the dream: Chidi Eze inducted as New York City Civil Court judge
January 21, 2026
Civil rights attorney Chidi Eze was sworn in as a New York City Civil Court judge, marking a milestone immigrant success story.
Civil rights attorney Chidi Eze was sworn in as a New York City Civil Court judge, marking a milestone immigrant success story.
A court struck down Mayor Adams’ order to reopen ICE at Rikers, upholding NYC sanctuary laws and protecting immigrant rights.
New York officials said they’re willing to work with federal officials to “reach a resolution as to the appropriate standard.”
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, marked the 60th anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” march in Selma, Alabama, that ended in violence against protestors.
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS WILL HONOR THE LEGACY of ‘Mama Joy’ Chatel’s work to preserve 227 Duffield St. at a gathering on Sunday, Feb. 2,
The Brooklyn Academy of Music hosted the 39th Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, celebrating the life and legacy of the civil rights icon.
BILLS ADVANCING REPARATIONS FOR BLACK NEW YORKERS and descendants of slaves will be presented at the Center for Brooklyn History on Jan. 21.
The nation’s top federal prosecutors have become less diverse under President Donald Trump than under his three predecessors, leaving white men overwhelmingly in charge at a time of national demonstrations
Two 100-year-old subway stations in Brooklyn now have new co-names: Franklin Avenue-Medgar Evers College and President Street-Medgar Evers College. The stations have been renamed by an act of the state
Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon (D-Brooklyn, 52nd AD) on Thursday announced her candidacy for Brooklyn Borough President. If elected, Simon would be the first woman to hold the office. Simon made
The Brooklyn Bar Association and the Caribbean American Lawyers Association hosted a continuing legal education seminar on voter suppression on Tuesday with a pair of local attorneys and a history
The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association hosted Justice Delores Thomas as its guest during this month’s “Lunch with a Judge” program on Zoom on Thursday. Justice Thomas has been a judge
The Caribbean American Lawyers Association is hosting its first public meeting on Sept. 15 when it co-sponsors a continuing legal education (CLE) seminar with the Brooklyn Bar Association on voter
The New York Mets and Miami Marlins jointly walked off the field after a moment of silence, draping a Black Lives Matter T-shirt across home plate as they chose not
John Lewis, Julian Bond and so many other leaders of the civil rights movement are dead; at 78, Jesse Jackson clearly is not the lion he once was. But the
Seeking to amplify his law-and-order message, President Donald Trump on Friday told hundreds of New York Police Department officers that “no one will be safe in Biden’s America” if the
Scott Karson, president of the NYS Bar Association, has directed the Committee on Civil Rights to look into whether or not the Trump Administration has been violating U.S. law by
Eviction cases have been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Housing Court will begin hearing new cases starting on Aug. 20. Nearly 1.5 million New Yorkers are in
Workers from the service industry, fast-food chains and the gig economy rallied with organized labor Monday to protest systemic racism and economic inequality, staging demonstrations across the U.S. and around
Longtime U.S. representative and civil rights icon John Lewis died at the age of 80 on Saturday after a six-month battle with cancer. Shortly after Lewis’ death was reported, Scott
The white upper-middle class nuclear family has long served as the visual representation of the “American Dream.” For many immigrants living in the United States, achieving this dream calls for
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Democrats Eliot Engel and Carolyn Maloney have cruised to reelection through most of their decades in Congress. Now, both must wait for mail-in ballots
There were protests, rainbow flags and performances — it was LGBTQ+ Pride, after all. But what was normally an outpouring on the streets of New York City looked a little
In just about any other year, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved Black people learned they had been freed from bondage, would be marked by
The MTA will observe Juneteenth as an agency holiday, according to a memo sent to staff members Wednesday night. The decision by the MTA came hours after Gov. Andrew Cuomo
Here’s some of what awaits the Brooklyn Nets at Disney World next month: game rooms, golf course access, cabanas with misters to combat the heat, fishing areas, bowling, backstage tours
New York City’s police department is disbanding the type of plainclothes anti-crime units that were involved in the 2014 death of Eric Garner and have long been criticized for aggressive
After a day where thousands of people in Brooklyn, and hundreds of thousands across the country, marched in support of Black transgender lives, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision
A task force designed to study the racial disparity in the New York State criminal justice system has a new leader as Chief Judge Janet DiFiore announced on Thursday that
Activists are stepping up their campaign to stop 227 Duffield St., where prominent abolitionists Thomas and Harriet Truesdell lived, from being torn down and replaced with a 13-story, 21-unit apartment
Community Board 2 voted on Wednesday to temporarily put off approving a design for a new Willoughby Square Park in Downtown Brooklyn after hearing claims that Brooklyn’s abolitionist history was
It will be small and plunged into shadow for most of the day, but a new design for a long-delayed Downtown Brooklyn park was embraced by Community Board 2’s executive
A representative of the New York Police Department said that, despite criticism, cops will continue to exploit facial recognition and surveillance technology to the best of their abilities — while
Activists and local politicians gathered outside a small, seemingly unremarkable three-story brick building in Downtown Brooklyn Monday afternoon, calling on the city to investigate landmarking the building because of its
Advocates are making a last-ditch effort to stop the demolition of a Downtown Brooklyn house where prominent abolitionists Thomas and Harriet Truesdell once lived. The Circle for Justice Innovations launched
The Sunset Park Library is again a cool place to be thanks to the arrival of four replacement air conditioning units (AC) for the main reading room. The units arrived on July 31a day earlyto replace the units which broke on July 7.
This is good news for the incredibly busy and popular …