A New York man who was a teenager when he murdered and sexually assaulted a child has been granted parole. Eric M. Smith murdered four-year-old Derrick Robie in 1993, as Robie walked through a park on his way to summer camp in Steuben County, New York. The post New York Man Who Murdered and Sodomized a 4-Year-Old When He Was a Teenager Granted Parole first appeared on Law & Crime.

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New York Man Who Murdered and Sodomized a 4-Year-Old When He Was a Teenager Granted Parole

After 138 years of non-inclusion, the Metropolitan Opera finally raised the curtain of its 2021-2022 season with “Fire Shut Up in my Bones,” their first opera to be composed by a Black composer, Terence Blanchard.

Jazz Notes: Terence Blanchard storm The Met

The city is investing $120 million for the renovation of the Brownsville Multi-Service Center into a state-of-the-art girls’ empowerment center and community hub for east Brooklyn.

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On Sept. 25, Saturday afternoon Harlem Mothers S.AV.E. (Stop Another Violent End) hosted its 6th annual anti-violence forum in front of their office at 306 W.128th St. Sept. 25 was designated “National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims,” by the U.S. Congress in 2007.

Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E. hosts anti-violence forum

Yvonne Stennett is the executive director of the Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) in Washington Heights. The nonprofit organization founded in 1952 offers services to disadvantaged residents in the neighborhood and is dedicated to finding solutions to poverty.

Yvonne Stennett: Cut from a different CLOTH

Becoming a tradition real quick, Bed Stuy Alive took over in Brooklyn Oct. 9, 2021, from 12 p.m. - 6 p.m. outside Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation at 1368 Fulton St.

Restoration Rocks in Bed Stuy

W.A.R.M raised awareness of Domestic Violence Month with a block party for women, children, and the community.

End of summer fun time

The New York Chapter of the Nation of Islam is hosting the “New York Truth About Vaccine” tour Oct. 18 at Sugarhill Restaurant and Supper Club located at 217 Nostrand Ave. in Brooklyn.

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