By Jered McCallister— City Corrections officer holds Guyana flag high during the West Indian American Day Carnival Parade in 2012. Las week, carnival officials refuted charges their group discriminates against “New Yorkers of Guyanese nationality specifically, and non-Trinidadians generally” when they seek to become members. BIAS COMPLAINTS TARGET CARNIVAL West Indian American Day Carnival Association officials, in the midst for preparation for the annual Trinidad and Tobago-rooted festival and parade, are refuting charges that the organization discriminates against non-Trinidadians — and has a special bias against persons from Guyana. The accusers — the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy, ONE GUYANA USA and Guyana Unity Movement — sent letters of complaint to state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Mayor de Blasio charging that “the association demonstrably discriminates against New Yorkers of Guyanese nationality specifically, and … Read entire article »