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The application period for this year’s NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants opens today. In all, $2.5 million will be given out to nonprofits.

NEW YORK – In service to the Tri-State community, NBC 4 New York/WNBC, Telemundo 47/WNJU and Comcast NBCUniversal announced that applications are being accepted for their annual competitive grant challenge, NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants. Local non-profits can learn more and apply for $227,272 in unrestricted funds by visiting localimpactgrants.com or becasdeimpactolocal.com through Friday, April 19 with winners chosen later this year….

Storm Team 4 Meteorologist, Raphael Miranda, visited St. Demetrios Elementary School in Astoria, Queens. The second and third graders learned all about thunder, lightning, high and low pressure.

Storm Team 4 Chief Meteorologist, Janice Huff, took Weather Kids to Eastlake School in Parsippany, NJ where she spoke with the fifth grade about weather forecasting and the science of weather.

NBC 4 New York Meteorologist, Raphael Miranda, met with third graders at South Mountain Elementary School in Maplewood, NJ. The students learned about clouds and high and low pressure systems.

NBC 4 New York Meteorologist Matt Brickman and Telemundo 47 Chief Meteorologist Andrea Romero met with second graders at Connecticut Farm School in Union, NJ for a weather lesson on snowflakes, clouds and more.

NBC 4 New York Meteorologist, Raphael Miranda, and Telemundo 47 Chief Meteorologist, Andrea Romero, met with third graders for a duopoly Weather Kids/Niños Del Tiempo session. Students learned about types of snowflakes, clouds and how meteorologists forecast weather.

Storm Team 4 Meteorologist, Matt Brickman, met with fourth graders from PS 54 in Staten Island. The students learned about climate change, hurricanes and types of clouds.

The Emma L. Bowen Community Service Center will hold a free community health fair in Harlem on Friday in collaboration with over 40 local organizations, with services ranging from health screenings, testing and vaccinations. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the outdoor plaza of the center, located at the corner of Amsterdam Avenue and…

It’s always a busy week, we get it. We know certain types of stories tend to dominate the headlines and your newsfeeds. In the New York Schmear, we highlight the bigger feature-y news stories of the week you may have missed. Did you hear the one about NYC selling apartments on the Upper West Side for under $175,000? Or the…

NBC 4 New York/WNBC, Telemundo 47/WNJU and Comcast NBCUniversal announced the winners of their annual competitive grant challenge – NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants. 

Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil war, and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Despite that for more than a century, Juneteenth has been sacred to many Black communities, it wasn’t until 2021, that President Joe Biden proclaimed it a federal holiday....

To gear up for NBC New York and Telemundo 47’s annual Feeding Our Families food drive this weekend, we met up with our friends at Stop & Shop to learn more about their school food pantry program that launched in 2019! Make sure you join NBC New York and Telemundo 47 along with Stop & Shop tomorrow, June...

Storm Team 4 Meteorologist, Violeta Yas, conducted a Weather Kids session to third graders at Daniel Webster Elementary School in New Rochelle, NY. The students learned about different clouds and what to expect for the upcoming hurricane season.

NEW YORK – NBC 4 New York / WNBC, Telemundo 47 / WNJU and Stop & Shop announced the return of their successful campaign “Feeding Our Families”/ “Alimentando a Nuestras Familias” with a large-scale food drive to support eight regional food banks. The Feeding Our Families / Alimentando a Nuestras Familias food collection and volunteer recruitment drive will take place…

NEW YORK – NBC 4 New York / WNBC, Telemundo 47 / WNJU and Stop & Shop announced the return of their successful campaign “Feeding Our Families”/ “Alimentando a Nuestras Familias” with a large-scale food drive to support eight regional food banks. Non-perishable food and personal hygiene items, including frequently requested items like baby diapers are most in need. For…

NBC 4 New York Meteorologist, Violeta Yas, and Telemundo 47 Meteorologist,Tairy Ynoa, met with third grade students from John Lewis Childs School in Floral Park, NY for a Weather Kids session.

NEW YORK – In service to the Tri-State community, NBC 4 New York/WNBC, Telemundo 47/WNJU and Comcast NBCUniversal announced that applications are being accepted for their annual competitive grant challenge, NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants. Local non-profits can learn more and apply for $227,272 in unrestricted funds by visiting localimpactgrants.com or becasdeimpactolocal.com through Friday, April 19 with winners chosen later this year….

NBC 4 New York Meteorologist, Matt Brickman, and Telemundo 47 Meteorologist Pedro Montoro met with third graders from P.S. 7 in Brooklyn for Weather Kids.