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Long Island African American Chamber Of Commerce Blazes New Partnership To Keep African American Small Business Owners Afloat Amidst Pandemic

Long Island African American Chamber Of Commerce Blazes New Partnership To Keep African American Small Business Owners Afloat Amidst Pandemic

Many small business owners and members in the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. were underserved during the first rounds of the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans due to inequities and delays in getting to details to the African American community. At the same time, many large companies had the […]

New York Trend's Owner & Publisher Featured in Local College Interview

New York Trend’s Owner & Publisher Featured in Local College Interview

New York Trend NYC Owner & Publisher Dr. Teresa Taylor Williams has been featured in an article published on the Queensborough Community College website. Read the full interview here.

2019: New York Trend NYC's 30 Year Milestone

2019: New York Trend NYC’s 30 Year Milestone

New York Trend NYC is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and will be commemorating the occasion throughout 2019. “We are delighted and proud to reach such a momentous milestone in this ever-changing industry we call publishing”, stated Dr. Teresa Taylor Williams, owner & publisher of New York Trend NYC.  She added, “We have every intention on continuing to […]

Bereavement for Sophie Estelle Craft Taylor

Bereavement for Sophie Estelle Craft Taylor

Dr. Teresa Taylor Williams, owner and publisher of New York Trend announced today the passing of her former executive assistant and office manager for New York Trend,  her mother, Sophie Estelle Craft Taylor who died early Thursday morning after a long illness. Mrs. Taylor was the former chief executive assistant to the director of the […]

Empowerment: "I am the Boss!"

Empowerment: “I am the Boss!”

I recently gave a speech before An Empowerment Luncheon for the 100 Black Women of Suffolk County. I was so honored to speak before such an impressive group of women. The topic was economic empowerment and compiling this speech required that I examine my own view of how to become empowered. I believe that there […]

Celebrating 25 Years of NY Trend:  "Remember The Time"

Celebrating 25 Years of NY Trend: “Remember The Time”

By LaShawn Francis I received my first copy on The New York Trend at a Black Expo. I shoved it in my bag with all the other brochures and pamphlets I got that day and kept it moving. Little did I know the impact that paper would have on my professional and personal growth. In […]

Celebrating 25 Years: FlashBack Photo

Celebrating 25 Years: FlashBack Photo

Celebrating 25 Years: New York Trend NYC Flashback Photo

Celebrating 25 Years: New York Trend NYC Flashback Photo

25 Years is a long time and we’ve got plenty of pics!  Check out this photo of LL Cool J with NY Trend staff members back in the day!

Celebrating 25 Years of NY Trend: Flashback Photo

Celebrating 25 Years of NY Trend: Flashback Photo

As we continue to celebrate the 25th Year Anniversary of New York Trend, we’re looking back at all of the pictures and images from the past.  Check out this pic of MC Hammer.      

Celebrating 25 Years: My Personal Look Back at New York Trend

Celebrating 25 Years: My Personal Look Back at New York Trend

Twenty-five years. It seems impossible, for it was only yesterday that my mentor, Dr. Teresa Taylor Williams, told me about her concept for a new newspaper. Sure there were other  black-owned newspapers in New York City, but what Dr. Williams envisioned was a funnier, funkier, more daring, more honest multicultural media outlet. She was offering […]

New York Trend 25 Years: The Original New York Trend Team

New York Trend 25 Years: The Original New York Trend Team

As we continue to look back at the past 25 years, here is a snapshot of some of the members of the original New York Trend team! From left to right, Carol Marino, Senior staff photographer, Nathasha Brooks-Harris, writer and editor, LaShawn Francis, intern and future youngest past New York Trend editor-in-chief, Andrea Whitaker, intern, […]

Celebrating 25 Years of New York Trend: On The Battlefield

Celebrating 25 Years of New York Trend: On The Battlefield

How many times in your life have you had a fleeting thought? How numerous the occasions when you were at your desk at work and thought about how you could run this company? Have you ever daydreamed of a new position, an adventure, a risk that might seem so far out of reach and so […]