Monday May 23 was a dreary and overcast day outside; inside Fordham Village in the Bronx, however, an inspiring story was unfolding, and things were much brighter.

There is so much more to Staten Island than a pleasant ferry ride. There is considerable local history and the Historic Richmond Town.

In New York City many initiatives have been put in place over the years: improving the public transportation system, reducing emissions in public buildings, creating more parks, recycling of clothing.

From Bowery to Forsyth, E. Houston to Spring, the Festival of Ideas for the New City StreetFest held on Saturday offered a myriad of progressive choices for improving New York City.

NEW YORK—The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is considered the largest repository of its kind in the United States, and the world’s leading institution for information, artifacts, and resources related to the African Diaspora and the African-American experience.