By Stephanie Woods What a monumental moment -The Circle Line Summer Dance Series celebrated Hip Hop’s 50th. Anniversary with DJ Spinderella paying homage to Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott. Heavy rain was not enough to keep the hip-hoppers from Harlem to the Hudson away as the evening was spent cruising around the city while passengers not only…
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has directed its employees to delete TikTok from their city-issued phones, joining the federal government and more than half of U.S. states in banning the use of the Chinese-owned social media app on government-owned devices.
“While social media is great at connecting New Yorkers with one another and the city, we have to ensure we are always using these platforms in a secure manner,” Jonah Allon, a spokesperson for Mayor Eric Adams, said in a statement Thursday.
Allon said the city’s top information security officials determined that TikTok posed a security threat to the city’s technical networks and directed the app’s removal from city-owned devices within 30 days.
The federal government ordered employees to delete TikTok from government-issued cellphones earlier this year amid concerns that its parent company, ByteDance, could give user data to the Chinese government. More than half of U.S. states have enacted similar bans.
TikTok officials have said that fears that the app’s use could pose cybersecurity risks are unfounded. There was no immediate response after a message seeking comment on the New York City ban was sent to a TikTok spokesperson.
The NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) Commissioner Kevin D. Kim today announced a major expansion of the Contract Financing Loan Fund program. This will enable the City to provide an additional $50 million in low-interest funding to Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprises (M/WBEs) providing City goods and services. The announcement comes during New…
Inexperience and a tendency for risky maneuvers on the road are common among teenagers and college students. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) confirms this via the statistics it has collected. According to the IIHS report, in 2021, 3,058 teenagers aged 13-19 lost their lives in car accidents in the United States. Insurance companies classify…
Arts for Art proudly announces a new partnership with the West Harlem Art Fund to present In Gardens at Governors Island. In Gardens at Governors Island will feature two afternoons of FreeJazz performances, Melanie Dyer’s Siren Xypher on August 26th and Alexis Marcelo Trio on August 27th, 2023. The performances will be a highlight within…
