To celebrate the start of wedding season, The Root has launched 'How We Do,' a two-week series centering Black love stories, commitment and nuptial style.
On a recent afternoon in Flushing, Queens, Assembly Member Ron Kim filtered through Main Street’s crowded sidewalks with his 6-year-old daughter in tow,
Office of Congressman Gregory Meeks
Rep. Gregory Meeks started off the year with a new role on the world stage. Just weeks before 2020 ended, he was elected to chair the House Foreign Affairs Committee – the first Black man ever to hold the position. Since then, Meeks has opposed a constitutional referendum in Haiti, passed a resolution condemning China’s actions in Hong Kong and proposed strengthening economic ties between Africa and the U.S., all while managing local politics back in the world’s borough in his continued role as chair of the Queens County Democratic Party.
4. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum in Little Falls is set to reopen to the public next week. The museum had been open by appointment only since February.
The 58-year-old victim was riding on the sidewalk before he veered into the path of a southbound silver Dodge Ram on Parsons Blvd. near 32nd Ave. in Linden Hill about 8 a.m., police said.