NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2025: ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed the introduction of a bill in the New York Legislature designed to bring back and strengthen a law prohibiting masked intimidation. The law will protect New Yorkers from harassment, violence and intimidation by people wearing face coverings, which have been exploited in recent months to subject innocent New Yorkers to threats, violence and intimidat more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism issued the following news: A cohort of 30 teachers from 30 public high schools in New York City has been selected to participate in the Journalism For All Professional Development starting this month at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. Journalism For All is an ambitious initiative by the Youth Journalism Coalition to support high school journalism and grow the journalism pipeline in the U more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- The Education Trust-New York issued the following news release: EdTrust-New York strongly condemns the Trump administration's decision to allow federal immigration agencies to make arrests at schools. This policy directly threatens the safety and well-being of students who are undocumented and from mixed-status families, driving many to avoid school out of fear. Schools must remain safe, welcoming, and supportive environments for all students and their families, regardless  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- The ERISA Industry Committee issued the following news release: The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and coalition allies (the amici) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York (the court) to dismiss Doherty v. Bristol-Myers Squibb (Doherty). In its brief, the amici asserted that the Plaintiffs lack standing and argued there was no viable claim for relief. This case is part of a growing trend in class action litigation, where the more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- The Hispanic Federation, an organization that supports and strengthens Latino institutions through education, health, immigration, civic engagement, economic empowerment and the environment, issued the following news release: Los Angeles, CA - Hispanic Federation (HF) has launched LA Ayuda, a wildfire relief fund to provide immediate financial assistance to immigrant workers who have lost their jobs due to the wildfires that have devastated the Greater Los Angeles region ov more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Human Rights First issued the following news on Jan. 24, 2025: NEW YORK - Human Rights First announced today that climate rights activist and lawyer Dang Dinh Bach, jailed in Vietnam since June 2021, is the winner of the 2024 Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty. The Baldwin Medal will be presented at an event in the United States later this year to someone on Bach's behalf, unless he is freed from prison and able to travel to receive the award in person. "For more than thr more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- The Open Society Justice Initiative issued the following news release: The Open Society Justice Initiative has jointly supported a complaint filed with the U.S. stock market regulator that calls for an investigation of Meta, owner of Facebook, related to the social platform's role in the run-up to mass atrocities perpetrated against Myanmar's Rohingya community in 2017. Filed by Maung Sawyeddollah, a Rohingya human rights activist and atrocity survivor, the whist more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- The National Basketball Association issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2025: The NBA today announced New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson as the NBA Cares Bob Lanier Community Assist Award winner for the month of December. During the NBA's Season of Giving, which runs from late November through December, Brunson hosted holiday gift giving events, shopping sprees and fulfilled the wishes of two children from Make-A-Wish Metro NY and Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley. Bruns more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2025: This week, the Trump Administration announced sweeping rollbacks of key environmental justice protections, including the rescission of Executive Order 12898. This critical order required federal agencies to assess the environmental and health impacts of their actions on low-income and minority populations. The Administration also declared a national energy emergency to support fossil fuel production.  more PR

HARLEM, New York, Jan. 25 -- The National Action Network issued the following news release: NEW YORK, NY (January 23, 2025) - Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), today issued the following statement questioning the jury selected in the felony assault case against hip hop artist A$AP Rocky in Los Angeles. "It has been brought to my attention, by the National Action Network Los Angeles office, that out of 106 people called to potentially sit as jurors in more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Afterschool Alliance issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2025: * * * Ninth year of competitive grant program will bring awards total to $13.35 million * * * The New York Life Foundation and the Afterschool Alliance today released a national Request for Proposals for the Aim High grant program. Aim High awards grants to organizations across the country that provide afterschool, summer, and expanded learning programs for disadvantaged middle school youth. The F more PR

TORONTO, Ontario, Jan. 24 -- The National Hockey League Players Association issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2025: * * * Trailblazing collaboration with the NHL and NHLPA reinforces Perry Ellis' commitment to the fusion of sports and fashion. * * * MIAMI, Fla., NEW YORK & TORONTO (Jan. 23, 2025) Today, the global fashion and lifestyle brand, Perry Ellis International, Inc. (PEI), National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) and National Hockey League (NHL) announced an of more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- The National Basketball Association issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2025: The National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Basketball Players Association today jointly announced that the Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry and the 2024 NBA Champion Boston Celtics secured the top spots on the NBA's Top-Selling Jersey and Team Merchandise lists, respectively, based on NBAStore.com sales for the first half of the 2024-25 regular season. The Celtics appear  more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- The National Basketball Association issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2025: PARIS AND LE LOCLE, SWITZERLAND - Today, Tissot, the National Basketball Association (NBA), Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and NBA G League announced a multiyear extension of their global marketing partnerships that began in 2015. The expanded collaboration will feature the introduction of a redesigned, state-of-the-art shot clock and timing system, the launch of the new  more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 -- ProPublica, an independent nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism, issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2025: ProPublica announced Wednesday that Yvonne Wehrmann has been hired as assistant director for leadership gifts. In this role, Wehrmann will focus on deepening relationships with the organization's network of major supporters on the West Coast. Wehrmann has over 15 years of experience in fundraising, with more than a decade in front-line m more PR