Community Op-Ed This Juneteenth, I call on all New Yorkers to learn about and honor our city and nation’s inspiring and troubled past and continue to build on the progress we have made. Let us celebrate American ideals, American freedoms,...
Community Op-Ed by Eric Adams Last weekend, we unofficially kicked off the summer in New York City during Memorial Day weekend. Our beaches are open for the season, and our public pools will open June 27. New York City has...
New York City is proud to be the first municipality in the country with a stand-alone agency dedicated to serving veterans and their families. We cannot thank them enough, and for those who have left us, we can never forget...
With an eye on the existential threat of climate change, the Japan-Philippines-US chapter is seeking to expand the trilateral cooperation in the Philippines by focusing on “deployment of clean technologies, including renewable energy projects such as solar and wind, to...
Q&A with Brian Mendonca ‘Jasmine City: Poems from Delhi’ by Brian Mendonca was released in Delhi at the YMCA conference room on May 20, 2024. Sohail Hashmi, writer, filmmaker, and heritage activist provided a background of poetry in Delhi and...
For our young people, especially young people of color, we are helping them discover their passion through our Pathways to an Inclusive Economy, Summer Rising, and Summer Youth Employment programs. And our Green Economy Action Plan is building an economy...
Comments from a cross-section of people in America and India. by Parveen Chopra Editor, ALotusInTheMud.com Being editor of ALotusInTheMud.com does not make me immune to getting affected by political polarization. At a recent family get-together in India, the conversation veered to politics,...
By Dr Jagdish Batra How does democracy work in India and how does the Indian Prime Minister influence more than 1.4 billion people from different socio-cultural backgrounds? This has been a matter of some curiosity among people as also the...
Dr. Dhrubajyoti Bhattacharjee The Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra visited Dhaka from 8–9 May. He was the first high-level Indian official to visit Bangladesh after the election of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s new government in January 2024. As Bangladesh remains...
Illegal smoke and cannabis shops stand in the way of the legal cannabis market, taking money out of the registers of small business owners trying to earn a living, many of whom are formerly justice-involved Eric Adams When we came...
