CITY COLLEGE, May 4- Classes at the City College of New York (CCNY) have been online since President Vincent Boudreau sent the NYPD into campus to clear the CUNY Gaza Solidarity Encampment on April 30. And in an email sent to the college community around 6 p.m. Saturday, Provost Tony Liss announced they will continue to be online Monday. “I expect that soon thereafter we will resume in-person… Source ..read more

A group of journalism and communication students from The City College of New York (CCNY) recently got a chance to meet some of today’s industry leaders, who gave them tips on how to become the leaders of tomorrow. Organized by the NBCU Academy, a free, award-winning education program for developing new skills and advancing careers in journalism, media and tech, the April 11 NBCU Academy Next… Source ..read more

“Whatever your political stance is [or] your religion, just hit us up and someone will come and walk you,” said Peter Kerre, executive director of SafeWalks. Kerre and other volunteers will walk anyone who needs to get somewhere safely. Following recent attacks against women in New York City, Kerre claims the organization is fighting for change, beyond just walking people to safety. Source ..read more

CITY COLLEGE, May 2 Students and faculty at The City College of New York (CCNY) are trying to understand why the administration called in the NYPD to break up the pro Palestinian protest and the CUNY Gaza Solidarity Encampment Tuesday night. Thousands of people watched the events unfold on social media livestreams, and many in the campus community have questions about what really happened. Source ..read more

This story was originally published by The City. Last edited12:39 AM · May 1, 2024 · 2.1M Views By Gwynne Hogan, and Katie Honan Apr 30 10:28pm EDT The New York City Police Department arrested dozens of people as it attempted to clear out protest encampments at the City College of New York and at Columbia University on Tuesday night, hours after Mayor Eric Adams… Source ..read more

CROTONA PARK, South Bronx “Number 16!,” a volunteer calls out from the doorway of a storefront looking down the line of people waiting for milk, fresh produce and other basic food needs. Elderly men and women with walkers and mothers with baby strollers stand behind barricades in the cold waiting for their number to be called. Once the volunteer reaches each number, residents get their reusable… Source ..read more

MANHATTAN, New York Sumaya Ramirez and her family opened their home in Washington Heights to provide solace and care to unaccompanied migrant children. “I love children, and this was my chance to help out as many as I could,” she said. The 48-year-old Ramirez joined the Unaccompanied Minors Program started by Catholic Guardian Services to provide foster care to children mainly from Central and… Source ..read more

Senior Rhiannon Rashidi is the winner of the Society of Professional Journalists, Northeast Region, 2023 collegiate Mark of Excellence Award for News Videography. The City College of New York (CCNY)) student’s report, Coney Island Residents Oppose Casino, was posted on Harlem View and explored the grassroots effort by Coney Island residents to block a license for a casino in their neighborhood. Source ..read more

History was made in 2022 when The City College of New York’s (CCNY) Women’s Lacrosse team played its first game. Since then, the women’s team has competed against NYU and the New Haven Women’s Club Lacrosse team. The team celebrated a victory against NYU in the fall of 2023. Lacrosse is a club sport at City and that means it is open to all who want to join. The club will welcome you if you are… Source ..read more

The lights dimmed and the air stirred with excitement. Everywhere one looked in this theater, so full that people stood crowded in the back, the audience seemed ready to be captivated by the sounds coming from the horns of the nine women on stage. Once they began to play, the Original Pinettes Brass Band commanded the stage and the audience at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture… Source ..read more