New York Trend is a weekly news publication that focuses on issues and lifestyles of the African & Caribbean American communities throughout the New York metropolitan area and Nassau and Suffolk Counties of Long Island. It is a respected and well recognized news publication that has been in existence since 1989. Owner, Publisher and Executive Director, Dr. Teresa Taylor Williams has been at the helm of this award-winning publication since its inception. New York Trend continues to be the only black woman-owned, metropolitan newspaper in New York and Long island. New York Trend is the largest black-owned newspaper throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties.
London’s visitor attractions have welcomed 67, 640, 804 people – nearly the equivalent of the total population of the UK, according to statistics released by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) today. The news comes the day after TripAdvisor’s online community hailed London as the world’s best-rated destination in the 2019 Traveller’s Choice Awards. With the top […]
The wait is over in Plainview. Local residents, professionals and students no longer need to struggle with eating healthy when out and about. Vitality Bowls, which specializes in açaí bowls – a thick blend of the Amazon’s antioxidant-rich açaí berry, topped with a variety of superfoods – announced today the opening of its café in Plainview. The new franchise […]
The award-winning Billie Holiday Theatre has announced the world premiere of the ground-breaking A Walk Into Slavery. As 2019 marks the 400thyear of the first enslaved Africans brought to the Jamestown settlement in America, The Billie will present this multi-media meditation experience as it takes audiences on an evocative and emotional historical expedition to the genesis […]
On March 11, 2019 the Small Business Administration’s New York District Office formally announced the selection of the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, Inc.’s President Phil Andrews as the 2019 Small Business Champion for the New York District office which is in Downstate New York at 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York. […]
One Hundred students from across the country celebrated the conclusion of the 12th annual Disney Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey and ESSENCE Magazine, with an emotional commencement ceremony featuring inspirational speeches by Walt Disney World Resort President George A. Kalogridis and television-radio personality Steve Harvey. The teens, or Disney Dreamers as they are called, were […]
West Coast Rapper & Entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle was shot multiple times outside of one of his stores called Marathon in the Hyde Park section of Los Angeles. The rapper who owned several properties in LA and was working to build up the community with more black-owned businesses is survived by two children and his girlfriend, […]
Celebrating its 50th anniversary with a series of performances throughout the city, around the country and around the world, Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre (NBT) is partnering with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for “In Perpetual Flight: The Migration of the Black Body” at the Schomburg Center. The 6:30 p.m. event on Tuesday, April 16, is part […]
Nassau County Legislator Kevan Abrahams (D – Freeport) honored Lynnette Carr-Hicks, the creator and founder of Uniondale High School’s nationally and internationally acclaimed “Rhythm of The Knight” show choir during Nassau County’s 21stannual Women’s History Trailblazer Awards ceremony on Monday, March 25. Lynnette Carr-Hicks, who earned a B.S. in Music Business and Vocal Performance from […]
The Long Island (NY) Chapter, The Links Incorporated recognized National Oral Health Month through delivering dental screenings to 525 elementary students in Hempstead and Westbury. Under the leadership of Leah E. Watson, Chapter President, Program Chair Juanita Winfield and Health and Human Services Chair Claudia Germain, The Long Island Links provided freedental screenings and oral […]
The Annual Report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) has been released, and of the more than 1.8 million Plastic Surgery procedures performed in the U.S. in 2018, the top five were: Breast Augmentation Liposuction Nose Reshaping Eyelid Surgery Tummy Tuck Among the above surgical procedures, a whopping 15.9 million nonsurgical procedures were also performed, showcasing a huge […]
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Bullying (real life stories and solutions for prevention) was the hot topic at Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.’s Kappa Sigma Chapter Youth Symposium which was held at the Graham Wyndham Academy @PS 123 in Harlem, NY, on Saturday, March 10, 2019. The annual Youth Symposium, which is held by many of the sorority’s chapter […]
Special Olympics New York President & CEO Stacey Hengsterman today announced a Put Me In Coach! Campaign, seeking 60 “Young Athletes Champions” to donate at least $100 in the next four weeks. If successful, the campaign will make Special Olympics New York eligible for a $100,000 USA Today grant that it will use to add much […]
Reza Farahan from Shahs of Sunset launched a hair care line last year and it is just as fabulous as he is! Get Instagram-worthy hair with REZA Be Obsessed, the new luxury hair care line that leaves your locks silky, shiny, gorgeous and healthy. What’s the secret? An infusion of gold along with mystic ingredients that […]
Carrabba’s Italian Grill is giving guests a FREE order of Lasagne! Now through Sunday, March 31, when guests dine-in and enjoy one of Carrabba’s Italian Grill’s three signature dishes— wood-grilled Chicken Bryan, savory Chicken Marsala, or creamy Pollo Rosa Maria from their Carrabba’s Today, Carrabba’s Tomorrow menu — they will take home a FREE order of […]