Bronx on The Tradewinds Brief

Cousin Leroy Explains Jamaica to His Coworkers at the Annual Performance Review

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0400

Cousin Leroy, a management consultant in the Bronx who has not visited Jamaica since 2019, is asked at his annual performance review whether he has any 'cultural perspective' to share about recent Caribbean news. Everyone regrets this.

Cousin Leroy - Monday, April 20, 2026

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:15:00 -0400

Cousin Leroy reading the news from his apartment in the Bronx, where everything Jamaica is doing sounds, frankly, amazing — the recovery is going great, the casinos are happening, the Prime Minister flew to New York, and there's a $6.7 billion package coming, which Leroy is fairly sure is going to him personally.

Cousin Leroy: Jamaica Pension Ting, Howard Lau Waste Bin Issue, and Why I Can't Even Believe What Is Going On Down There

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:30:00 -0400

Greetings from the Bronx. Cousin Leroy here. I have to tell you, I was on the phone with Cousin Pearl this morning — she still in Kingston, she don’t come to America, she say America too cold — and she read me the Gleaner front page, and I am sitting here in my apartment on 233rd Street and I cannot believe what I am hearing.

The pension ting

So Pearl tell me that retired police officers in Jamaica — people who serve thirty years — cannot pay their light bill because the pension system is not paying them out properly. Thirty years! Thirty years in the JCF! These men, some of them my age, some of them younger, they walking into retirement expecting to live on their pension, and the pension office telling them “late July 2026.”

Cousin Leroy: Yo Dem REALLY Charge Jaii Frais??? And Somebody Stole De HURRICANE RELIEF?? From CANADA?? Yo WHAT

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0400

Yooooo wah gwaan fam. Leroy here calling from the BX on my 15-minute break at Logan, I am literally eating a bodega sandwich as I type this, and I have to put DOWN the sandwich because I JUST SAW THE JAMAICA NEWS.

Listen. LISTEN.

THEY CHARGED JAII FRAIS. THEY ACTUALLY CHARGED HIM.

Yo.

YO.

Remember yesterday when I told y’all they were holding Jaii Frais in custody and the judge had to tell them to charge or release him by 6PM? Well — THEY CHARGED HIM. Three charges. Wounding with intent. Shooting with intent. Possession of a prohibited weapon.

Cousin Leroy: Yow, Dem Lock Up Jaii Frais? Wha' Gwaan Wid Dat! And Mi Nah Cosign Dem Find Oil in Yard

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:30:00 -0400

Yooooo wah gwaan fam it’s your cousin Leroy calling from the BX, 174th and Morris Avenue, shoutout to everybody at the spot on White Plains Road, and I just saw the news from yard and I had to hop on here before my shift at Logan start.

Listen.

THEY LOCK UP JAII FRAIS?????

I’m sorry — THEY WHAT?

Yo I been watching Jaii Frais content for LIKE two years now. The man is a VLOGGER. A VLOGGER. He go to parties, he put out content, he’s a MEDIA personality. How you gonna lock him up since Sunday because there was a SHOOTING at the party HE WAS A GUEST AT?

Jamaica Brief — Cousin Leroy, April 10, 2026

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Leroy in the Bronx has thoughts about Shanoya, the soldier situation, gas station robberies, and why Jamaica keep making him proud and worried at the same time.

Cousin Leroy's Jamaica Update – Thursday, April 9, 2026

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Cousin Leroy in the Bronx reads the Jamaica news and has some thoughts.

Cousin Leroy's Jamaica Dispatch – April 8, 2026

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Cousin Leroy in the Bronx shares his extremely confident take on Jamaica news. Economy, shelters, and why he still thinks JA is the greatest.