A Venezuelan father who has been in New York City for a month with his 7-year-old daughter Jancarla, his wife and another small child, crossed the Darien jungle for months to reach the United States. And like the more than 70,000 immigrants who have arrived in the city, they were placed in a temporary shelter. … Read more
New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell, the first woman to serve in the position, will step down after 18 months on the job. Sewell, who was appointed by Mayor Eric Adams, announced the resignation in an email to department staff Monday afternoon. “While my time here will come to an end, I will never … Read more
Since April, 500 of New York’s newest asylum-seeking immigrants have received free English classes in a pilot program from the city’s public hospital network, the Department of Youth and Community Development, and groups like the RiseBoro Community Partnership. . “It makes me proud as an immigrant who came here at the age of five with … Read more
José Navarro works at a warehouse in Sunset Park, Brooklyn and although he is not required to separate organic waste from plastics and other waste, he does so conscientiously for the well-being of the planet. “Okay, we can all take a little time to get it out, separate it, ‘so’ it’s not that complicated,” Navarro … Read more
´Displaced and Disconnected´ is the name of the recent survey on the experience of asylum seekers in our city. In the survey, led by the non-profit organizations ‘Se hace Camino Nueva York’ and Hester Street, some 800 migrants were interviewed, the majority from Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. And the answers worry these entities. Natalia Aristizábal, … Read more
Mayor Adams rejects calls to disband the police department’s neighborhood safety teams. This follows a report by a court-appointed federal monitor that revealed the units are continuing practices that violate the civil rights of New Yorkers. The report shows that nearly all of the pat-downs by “Neighborhood Safety Teams” involved African-Americans or Hispanics. Adams stood … Read more
Mayor Adams this morning announced a plan to partner with 50 places of worship to house around 1,000 migrants. Participating sites will offer food, showers and legal assistance to single adult men. Currently, more than 46,000 asylum seekers are in the care of the City. The mayor once again asked the federal government to intervene … Read more
In front of the city hall, several elected officials, supported by organizations that watch over immigrants, raised their voices to demand that Mayor Adams grant 70 million dollars from the city budget so that newly arrived immigrants can carry out their legal procedures before they are too late. “We know that our new neighbors have … Read more
Teresa Racua Canales has been staying at this hotel since September of last year when she sought asylum when she arrived from Peru with her two children. “A little nervous because I hope that one day they will tell me: ‘Look, Teresa, we are going to help you this far and then I will have … Read more
Benjamín Almonte is one of several workers in charge of the maintenance and transformation of a building that was formerly the Lincoln Correctional Facility in the state of NY, where prisoners who were about to complete their sentence in state prisons were transferred before being released. Now it will be the temporary home for newly … Read more