The NYPD cop who shot and killed Ramarley Graham in 2012 will not face a grand jury regarding the case according to a statement from the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office. The Graham family was hopeful that prosecutors would convene a jury as part of a potential federal civil rights prosecution of Officer Richard Haste, the New York Daily News reports.

This year has already gotten off to a great start: Manhattan has just opened up its first medical marijuana dispensary.

On February 23, 1965 Constance Baker Motley became the Manhattan Borough President. She was the highest elective office held by a black woman in a major city. SOURCE: http://blackfacts.com/  

A nanny suspected of stabbing two young children to death in a luxury apartment near Central Park was in critical condition Friday with apparently self-inflicted injuries. The children’s mother, Marina Krim, came home with her 3-year-old daughter on Thursday evening. Puzzled by the darkened apartment, she returned to the lobby to ask the doorman if […]

Sean “Diddy” Combs is selling his home in New York for $8.5 million. The superstar put the Manhattan penthouse on the market last month. You think he’s gonna move in with rumored fiance’ Cassie? Hhmm.. Check out some pics: Photo Credit: TheYBF