Food stamps that reach the 42 million SNAP recipients in the country have been significantly reduced since March. New York is part of the 32 states that until February continued to receive emergency funds to buy food with coupons from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which sought to reduce the economic blow caused by … Read more
A woman is killed and a man injured after being struck by a hit-and-run car in Brooklyn. According to police, the incident occurred yesterday at about 9 p.m. at the intersection of West 24th Street and Mermaid Avenue in Coney Island. The woman was taken to the Coney Island hospital where her death was certified. … Read more
Snow has finally arrived in New York! And while it was less than three inches — falling between Monday and Tuesday — in places like Sunset Park in Brooklyn most residents we spoke to were happy. “She’s pretty, pretty, pretty. Yesterday we went out to see how night was falling and it looks good. It’s … Read more
Located south of the equator, Zaruma is a magical town, where its people, gold and coffee are part of the charm. Three thousand miles away, we found a little piece of this land in Brooklyn. This is the Zaruma Gold Coffee cafeteria. After years in New York, Diana Aguilar had decided to return to Ecuador … Read more
Two women were shot as they left their Brooklyn apartment early this Saturday morning. The shooting occurred shortly after 1 a.m. in a residential building located off Blake Avenue in East New York. In some images captured by Citizen App, police activity in the area can be seen. According to the uniformed, a person who … Read more
The alligator rescued over the weekend from a frozen New York lake had swallowed a bathtub stopper, according to authorities. The nearly 5-foot-long female was torpid and exposed to the cold when she was found Sunday in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park lake, according to a spokesman for the Bronx Zoo, where she is recovering. After being … Read more
An amazing find in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Lake. They found a 4 foot long alligator. “Godzilla” is the nickname New York Animal Care Centers have given the animal. Park employees found the alligator yesterday morning in this lake. They say the reptile appeared “lethargic” and “cold shocked” as they are used to warmer climates. Park … Read more
Laura Catalina Rodríguez is a first semester student at Brooklyn College and she, like other students, is part of an internship with the Flatbush Coalition for African Burials. The organization seeks to preserve the history and memory of the slaves who lived in that area of Brooklyn and who were buried in common graves from … Read more
“2000 pesos to pay a rent when one has two or three children the money that does not give…” Mildred Cruz’s voice breaks when talking about the situation of her son, who, being a full-time employee, faces a crisis deepened by inflation and a rise in the cost of living in what has been her … Read more
“The food, we are starving because the food is useless. What they give out at night is a chin of food, one goes to bed passed out from hunger and doesn’t even sleep. The cold killing one there too, there is no comfort, that is not a way to live”. Asylum seeker Jorge Rodríguez discusses … Read more