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U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries photo credit: Jeffries.house.gov In a bipartisan effort, U.S. Reps. Hakeem Jeffries , D-N.Y., and Trey Gowdy , R-S.C.

Scenes from a video tribute to Baba Chuck Davis On Sunday inside of the BAM Gilman Opera House, the community gathered to pay loving tribute to one of the community's most beloved leaders of African arts and Culture: Baba Chuck Davis who passed away

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"The Art of Seeing" by Michael Milton A wise person once said, "The bad news is you can't have it all. The good news is that when you know what's important, you don't want it all anyway.

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Photo by Jean-Pierre Chigne for BK Reader On Tuesday night, Democrat Brian Benjamin won a special election for the State Senate in Upper Manhattan, giving Democrats control over the New York State Senate and therefore a legislative edge.

image credit: billboard.com The long-awaited renovation for Fort Greene's historic Paramount Theatre is expected to begin this fall as Amplify reports.

More than 200,000 NYC public school students - roughly 1 out of 5 - were chronically absent (missing 38 days or more of school) last year, according to the Mayor's Interagency Task Force on Truancy, Chronic Absenteeism and School Engagement .

Pierre Francillon in front of the first mural in the PLG ABC project in Prospect Lefferts Gardens.