This is what happens in front of Elizabeth Pina’s apartment in Ridgewood. “We try to keep the area absolutely clean but there are a lot of rats. It’s the only thing that rats are multiplying too much in this area of Ridgewood. They get into the rubbish bins, they get into the cars, they eat … Read more
There are months left for heavy machinery to begin work to build what the city calls the East Side Coastal Resilience Work – a five-year, two-phase plan to raise East River Park eight feet. However, more neighbors have joined the protests that have been organized since the plan was unveiled. This time in front of … Read more
Fernando Betancourt has two months looking for where to move. And although he has budgeted twelve hundred dollars for a study, that amount is not enough to find a place to live in Williamsburg. “The prices are high, everything is very expensive. An apartment costs more than two thousand dollars… I want a room, it … Read more
The Gomez family shows, room by room, their home in rubble. They have thrown away tons of their goods that, bought with savings and effort, were ruined in moments by the flood that the Ida storm brought last Wednesday. Bianey Gómez explains her feelings: “Emotionally, we are not also 100%. But we are trying to … Read more
Jennifer Rodriguez is about to move to another state… she says the rent has gone up so much that she can no longer pay it. “And wages are always low and rents go up and it is difficult to maintain an income here … I am about to go to another state, to Florida because … Read more
Rubén has no longer lived in Bushwick for two years, however he plays in María Hernández Park with his three children. He says he left the neighborhood after 13 years because his rent was increased. “Before the rent was 900 dollars, since 3 years ago it is two thousand dollars … they miss this place, … Read more
The city will move thousands of homeless New Yorkers who have been staying in hotels back to shelters, subject to state approval, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced. Shelter residents were temporarily transferred to hotels to meet social distancing requirements during the pandemic. “The time has come to move homeless people who were in hotels for … Read more
Those walking along Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood are uncomfortable with the lack of trash cans or trash cans. “Sometimes I come having a coffee and I can’t find a trash can and I have to leave it in a corner. Around here, this was usually very clean, but after there is no trash can, … Read more
Plans are advancing to establish a homeless shelter in the prestigious area of the Billionaires Row or the Way of the Millionaires in Manhattan. A New York appeals court ruled against an attempt by residents to halt plans for the shelter at the former Park Savoy Hotel, located on West 58th Street. The project was … Read more
From early on, Aida and Eddy Pagan unpack the food they have brought for breakfast. It is offered to families evicted by the great fire at a building on 89th Street in Jackson Heights a month ago. “The rooms are small, they don’t have a way to cook, they don’t have a refrigerator. They don’t … Read more