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AACCHV’s First CRA Comment Lab Turned Banking Policy Into a Conversation About Access, Accountability, and Community Power

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Thirty-two people logged onto Zoom Thursday night for the first African American Chamber of Commerce of the Hudson Valley CRA Comment Lab, presented in...
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BW News Brief: Mount Vernon Arts & Cultural Society Launches “The Art of Voting Challenge”

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MOUNT VERNON, NY — The Mt. Vernon Arts & Cultural Society, in partnership with the Mount Vernon Public Library, is calling on emerging and...
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Mount Vernon Man Sentenced to 6 Years for Firearms Sales, Storage Unit Burglaries

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A Mount Vernon man who admitted to burglarizing storage units in New Rochelle and later selling stolen firearms to an undercover state trooper has...
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BW NEWS BRIEF: Mount Vernon Woman Charged After Allegedly Taking Vehicle With 1-Year-Old Child Inside

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MOUNT VERNON, NY — The Mount Vernon Police Department arrested Tiauna Crump, 52, of Mount Vernon, following an incident in which she allegedly took...
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Yonkers Has the Village. Now We Have to Move Like One.

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Project RISE showed me something I haven’t seen enough of in seven years of living in Yonkers: organizations actually moving together. Now we have...
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Was There Special Treatment? Questions Surround Tuckahoe Police Response to Former Chief’s Wife

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Former Tuckahoe Police Chief’s Wife at Center of Incident Now Under DA Review An independent investigation is underway into the Tuckahoe Police Department’s handling of...
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Two Battles, One City: Mayor Shawyn Fought Cancer, But What Is Mount Vernon Fighting Within City Hall?

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Her illness deserves compassion. Her leadership still demands accountability. I watched Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard go live, reveal her cancer journey, and announce being cancer-free for...
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FREEDOM: I Volunteered to Wear One Hat, Then Found Myself Wearing a Thousand

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What Working on a Westchester County Political Campaign Taught Me About Unpaid Labor, Leadership, Power, Accountability, Boundaries, and Having the Strength to Close a...
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Blacks in Law Enforcement: Mount Vernon Mayor’s Office Lied About Who Hired Jennifer Lackard — It Wasn’t Glenn Scott

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BLEA says City Hall’s handling of the Lackard controversy is damaging the reputation of hardworking Mount Vernon police officers and undermining an opportunity to...
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Mount Vernon Owes the Public More Than a Press Release By Kenneth Chamberlain Jr.

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There are certain incidents that immediately take me back to another place and another time and the recent officer involved shooting in Mount Vernon...

Cinquemani Condemns “Institutional Excuses,” Calls for Community-First Public Safety Reform in Mount Vernon

What Have Westchester County Police Departments Learned from the Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.?

Black Law Enforcement: The Mount Vernon Mayor Must Be Held Accountable for the Continued Failures of the Mount Vernon Police Department

NY-17 Race Remains One of the Nation’s Closest as New Poll Shows Lawler Ahead

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MaryAnn Carr – the first African American Town Supervisor in Westchester County

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This Day In Black History – March 11th Lorraine Hansberry Makes History As 1st Black Woman To Produce A Broadway Play

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A Raisin in the Sun, the first Broadway play...

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Four Hours in the Smoking Room: Labor Day, the Pullman Porters, and the Fight for Sleep By Derek H. Suite, M.D.

The couch was in the smoking room. Ben might lie down there after midnight, behind a curtain that did little to separate him from the rest...

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Jasmine Clarke, Founder of So Jazzed Esthetics Wins 2025 Business Leader Award 

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Local Bakery Celebrates Sweet Success: Cupcake Cutie Boutique Marks 9 Years in Business

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Westchester’s First Black-Owned Dispensary

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Westchester’s First Recreational Cannabis Dispensary Opens In Mount Vernon

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FOLLOW THE MONEY Part Two: The Rules Are Changing, This Is Your Window to Speak

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In Part One of Follow the Money, I asked a simple question: Who has the key? Who knows where the money is, which banker...
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Two Reports Expose the Failure of NY Attorney General Letitia James

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Two recent reports should make New Yorkers take a closer look at Attorney General Letitia James and her office. One report covers serious allegations...

FOLLOW THE MONEY – Westchester’s Banking Numbers Under the Microscope, Part One: Apple Bank

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Who Is Policing Black Journalism? The Stephen A. Smith Controversy Exposes a Bigger Problem

Black Civic Leadership Has Always Been Central to Progressive Change by Dr. Haley Pilgrim

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City & State Magazine Confirms It: NYC-DSA Is 60% White — So Who Is Really Speaking for Black New Yorkers?

When Silence Is Mistaken for Guilt: An Editorial on Truth, Grace, and the Whole Story by Kathie Brewington

Why Socialism and Communism Can’t Build Black Generational Wealth

Cori Bush’s Defeat Is a Warning to Progressives—and the Democratic Party

The Rise of Black Republicans: Traitors or Trailblazers?

The Root Failed Black America: This Interview Asked the Questions—But Never Demanded the Answers

A City-Owned Grocery Store Sounds Good—But Economics Doesn’t Care About Good Intentions

The Jack and Jill National Convention Through a Grandfather’s Eyes

Melat Kiros Proves the Erasure of the Historical Black Struggle with Her “Global South” Narrative

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Escalation Isn’t New. It’s the Same Story, Told Louder By Larnez Kinsey

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For families like mine, Puerto Rico is not a headline. It’s a grandmother’s voice that still lives in the ear. It’s land that remembers footsteps even...
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Three Kings Day – When The Stars Find You

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January 6, 2026. Early evening. And surprisingly warm, especially compared to the frigid stretch January had been putting us through. Not warm enough to...
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Adriana Erin Rivera Shares Excerpt of Her Book “Paloma’s Song,” Dedicated to 1898 Conquest of Puerto Rico at MV Gallery

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Adriana Erin Rivera, an award-winning New Jersey-raised author of Puerto Rican descent, shared excerpts of her first book published by the Smithsonian Institute, "Paloma's...
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Fat Joe, Hip-Hop Doesn’t Make You Black—and It Doesn’t Give You a Pass on the N-Word

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I would like to start off with a point that ought not to be contentious: Fat Joe is part of hip-hop. He actually comes...
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John Stewart’s Green Lantern Black History Is Pissing Some White People Off

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Episode 3 of HBO's Lanterns has sparked discussion, and from some of the online responses it seems that John Stewart's Green Lantern isn't only dealing with...

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PBP Radio May 3, 2026 – Supreme Court Redistricting, Mount Vernon Accountability Rally, and More

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PBP Radio April 26, 2026 – Black Wealth Under Attack? Deed Theft, SPLC Scandal & Trump Assassination Attempt

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PBP Radio April 12, 2026 – The Hidden Crisis: Booker Geez Exposes Juvenile Justice System

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PBP Radio Feb 1, 2025 – Faith, Protest & Future Of Our Youth

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Elevation Nation With Tasha Young, Monday, May 5, 2025 – The Hidden Messages in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners

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Elevation Nation With Tasha Young – With Guest Yolanda Durant Talking IRS Secrets Unlocked, Taxes, Payment Plans & Small Biz Setups

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Elevation Nation With Tasha Young – Monday, March 31, 2025

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Elevation Nation With Tasha Young With Special Guest Rev. Margaret Coleman

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Elevation Nation With Tasha Young – Monday February 17th

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Elevation Nation With Tasha Young – Monday February 10th

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Elevation Nation With Tasha Young With Special Guest Jamaal Bowman

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Money Mondays: Tamika Cunningham of TR Insurance Agency

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How Real Estate is the Cornerstone of Black Wealth and Community Empowerment

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Owning a Home, the Gateway to Generational Wealth

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America Is Building an AI Economy and National-Security System. Where Is Black Westchester? 34.7 percent. That was the error rate for darker-skinned women in one...

AACCHV’s First CRA Comment Lab Turned Banking Policy Into a Conversation About Access, Accountability, and Community Power

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Fat Joe, Hip-Hop Doesn’t Make You Black—and It Doesn’t Give You a Pass on the N-Word

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Mount Vernon Man Sentenced to 6 Years for Firearms Sales, Storage Unit Burglaries

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A Mount Vernon man who admitted to burglarizing storage...

Four Hours in the Smoking Room: Labor Day, the Pullman Porters, and the Fight for Sleep By Derek H. Suite, M.D.

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The couch was in the smoking room. Ben might lie...

John Stewart’s Green Lantern Black History Is Pissing Some White People Off

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Episode 3 of HBO's Lanterns has sparked discussion, and from some...

BW NEWS BRIEF: Mount Vernon Woman Charged After Allegedly Taking Vehicle With 1-Year-Old Child Inside

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MOUNT VERNON, NY — The Mount Vernon Police Department...

ELOC Offers Free Computer and AI Classes for High School Students in Mount Vernon

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