Nina Greene is a retired NYPD police officer who is physically disabled from a line of duty injury. She worked with the city’s evidence collection team, a skillset that has proved useful in her battle to try and keep her family home.

Our very own Herb Boyd appeared on PIX 11 News to discuss former Congressman Charles B. Rangel's legacy. Go to amsterdamnews.com/pix11 to see the full video.

JOB POSTING: We are currently hiring for an Executive Editor. Go to amsterdamnews.com/editor for more info and to apply.

It’s almost that time of year again. New York City’s voters will be using Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) to determine their new city leaders in the upcoming 2025 elections season, so now is a great time for a ‘how to’ review of the voting process.

From corrections to correcting the record, twelve prison and jail officials and administrators pushed back against Congressional narratives connecting solitary confinement to safety in a letter obtained by the AmNews penned to Sen. Dick Durbin last December.

Congratulations to our very own Helina Selemon, Shannon Chaffers, Noy Thrupkaew, Damaso Reyes for winning the Best Feature Reporting - NYC Metro award from the New York Press Club for the series “Hidden Costs: The Financial Toll of Gun Violence." Check out the series here: amsterdamnews.com/cost

Great reporting by @missroxscott.bsky.social !

EDITORIAL: "We are elated to learn that Monroe Nichols, Tulsa, Oklahoma’s first black mayor, is planning to honor his promise to award the city $105m to address the destruction in the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921."

A new program by domestic violence transitional housing provide the Urban Resource Institute offers financial literacy workshops, job readiness training, and career counseling to help individuals regain control over their lives and futures.

BLACK NEW YROKER: Husein Yatabarry, 32, is Muslim Community Network’s (MCN) Executive Director –– the youngest and first Black American to hold the position.

The low-cost solution of planting grass on the beach is one way to subdue the force of inevitable storms to come, as well as engage young community members who will one day be stewards of this shoreland. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4kyQS21 

IMMIGRATION COLUMN: "White South Africans are not persecuted. They are not fleeing genocide. They are not stateless. Despite making up just 7% of South Africa’s population, they own more than 70% of the land and maintain outsized control over the economy."

On this month's Amsterdam News spotlight on PIX 11 News, Publisher and Editor in Chief Elinor Tatum discusses the legacy of the late Charlie Rangel. Watch the full interview at amsterdamnews.com/pix11.

Harlem Renaissance High School students left their pencils and textbooks behind to come to this southern Brooklyn beach to thelp blunt the impact of climate change by planting beach grass. (Gerard Gaskin photo) Read more here: https://bit.ly/4kyQS21

We're excited to announce that we've won a New York Press Club Award! Feature Reporting - NYC Metro Newspaper “Hidden Costs: The Financial Toll of Gun Violence” Congrats to @heyhelina.bsky.social, @sechaffers.bsky.social, Noy Thrupkaew! amsterdamnews.com/cost/

Congrats to @sechaffers.bsky.social & @heyhelina.bsky.social for winning a 1st Place Headliner Club Award! www.headlinerawards.org/2025-print-p...

Did you hear are our feature yesterday on 1010 WINS? Check out this clip featuring our Publisher and Editor in Chief Elinor Tatum speaking about the up coming Amsterdam News museum. Shout out to anchor Larry Mullins for doing the story!

If #American life is a river, #povertyrelief & strife sits on its banks. The #AmericanDream sits back from its edge. Few can plant their feet in the soil to have no fear of it leaving. Most start out in the water & must make it across. #HenryHoltCo

Please join me in congratulating @missroxscott.bsky.social on her 3rd place Headliner Club Award!! She did amazing reporting for the @nyamnews.bsky.social on the impact of climate change on Black homeowners in Queens www.headlinerawards.org/2025-print-p...

Vital reporting on guns and schools by @sechaffers.bsky.social for @nyamnews.bsky.social amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/04...

Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:

i need it.

New York’s Victim Compensation program has awarded funds to victims and survivors of violent crime since the federal law was enacted in 1984. Life for many is thrown into chaos after surviving a gun injury or losing a loved one to gun violence.

New York State could raise a conservative estimate of $13 to $20 billion from a slumbering sales tax on #WallStreet to fund public services and programs for everyday New Yorkers in what the Corporate Campaign founder calls “greed vs. need.

This two-part series examines the impact of schools’ zero-tolerance response to students carrying guns on campus, and the search for alternative responses that can ensure safe environments while avoiding the harms of exclusionary discipline. amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/04... @nyamnews.bsky.social

Kevin Richardson never got to graduate from Bronx Preparatory Charter. A wrongful conviction from the Central Park jogger case famously stole his youth. Yet the school welcomed the Harlemite as the big man on campus for a student forum last Friday, Feb. 7.

Issa Rae cancels her event at the Kennedy Center after Trump was announced as chairman: “Due to what I believe to be an infringement on the values of an institution that has faithfully celebrated artists of all backgrounds through all mediums, I’ve decided to cancel my appearance at this venue.”

Issa Rae just canceled her sold-out event and Shonda Rhimes resigned from the board amid Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center

NEW YORK (AP) — New York's governor refuses extradition request for doctor charged with prescribing abortion pills to Louisiana minor.

Google Maps has renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” to appease Trump. This is ridiculous! The president is NOT A DICTATOR who can rename bodies of water, restore Confederate names on military bases, ignore federal court orders, and interfere in court cases to help his buddies.

Grateful to the @americanbar.bsky.social for this strong and important statement. Lawyers must stand firm for the rule of law and democracy. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

At 4pm EST today, @roxanegay.bsky.social and I will read some new work and discuss creative nonfiction! I’m so excited about this event series. I’m collaborating with friends and mentors like Roxane all semester. Join us via zoom: harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Time to challenge gag rules: Journalists fight back against restrictions on public employees’ speech www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/time...

I'm really proud of this story I wrote for @nyblacklight.bsky.social #BlackHistoryMonth #blacksky amsterdamnews.com/news/2023/04...

Important housing reporting by @nyamnews.bsky.social According to statistics that NYCHA shared with the AmNews, the average wait time for a transfer is currently 799 days — more than two years. amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/02...

OpenAI right now

Protect yourselves Peeps: apnews.com/article/tube...

After a one-year rehab process Kareem Nelson, 50, soon found himself back in the same position he was in before his injury: unemployed and selling drugs to make a living. amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/08... @everytown.bsky.social

I produced a documentary short film “Be-Loved” which highlights the work of a Harlem based credible messenger who works to reduce gun violence. As a primarily text based journalist it was a departure for myself and @nyblacklight.bsky.social & @nyamnews.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1OG...

Are you feeling some kind of way about what's happening in the world? Share your thoughts with the community! amsterdamnews.com/submit-an-op...

This #givingtuesday the @nyamnews.bsky.social family hopes that we can count on your support. Every tax deducible donation helps us to keep doing what we’ve done for 114 years: support and uplift the Black community. Take a moment to join the AmNews family today! amsterdamnews.com/giveto/

While commuting federal death row sentences remains exceedingly rare among all presidencies, Biden’s broad clemency record currently does not inspire confidence: Only 25 people have been pardoned (or granted complete forgiveness) since he took office in 2021. amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/10...

Today’s abolitionism pivots away from modern-day slavery—now an illegal and underground practice usually tied to human trafficking—to address new inequities in American power structures, namely the carceral system; in other words, policing and prisons. amsterdamnews.com/news/2023/06... #blacksky

When it comes to policy—namely, affirmative action—Asian Americans have been increasingly used as a wedge to stoke infighting among communities of color, according to Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles. And there’s plenty of money behind it. amsterdamnews.com/news/2023/05... #blacksky

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Ready for the holidays? Do you have an air filter? If not, check out @heyhelina.bsky.social's guide to building your own! #COVID #DIY www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk_v...

Please consider supporting our work this #givingtuesday!