“Because having health is not a privilege, it is a right that the rich should not take away from the working class”. Jenny Hernández’s son was diagnosed with morbid obesity at the age of 19 and needed gastric bypass surgery. When he went to the hospital for life, they told him he had to pay … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams hates rats so much that he once called a press conference to demonstrate a device for drowning them in poison. Now Adams is contesting a $300 fine imposed by his own administration for a rat infestation in a building he owns in Brooklyn. On May 10, the city’s Department of Sanitation issued … Read more
Road and train safety is a major concern for New Yorkers. “You never know, suddenly they don’t come out from behind one or two who can push them. Like all cases that have happened. And the truth is, it’s quite scary” said Nicolás González. Mayor Eric Adams’ latest effort: a directive to involuntarily hospitalize people … Read more
New York Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the allocation of three million dollars for legal assistance to the thousands of immigrants, mostly Venezuelans, who have arrived in the city in recent months. Funding for the next three years will be administered by the state’s Office of New Americans (ONA), which will immediately distribute the first … Read more
“Right now the authority is facing a billion-dollar shortfall,” said Danny Pearlstein, director of Policy and Communications for Riders Alliance. A recent economic report shows that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has large debts that put the system at risk. The report was released by Reinvent Albany and argues that the MTA faces a “fiscal cliff” … Read more
A large group of people gathered on the steps of City Hall on Tuesday to demand an increase in the minimum wage. “And that will benefit many people, people in the restaurant industry, in the medical sector, in all sectors where the minimum wage is paid,” said Álvaro González, Organizer, Local 79. The minimum wage … Read more
“Hopefully that’s true and that the problem can be solved because it’s very difficult.” According to José Ciprián, who has been collecting trash in Washington Heights for more than 22 years, the crowded sidewalks and overflowing dumpsters on every corner appear to have gotten worse since the pandemic. “Mice live by eating car wires. Every … Read more
Last night the traditional gala of the Dominican Parade was held with the presence of important personalities from the political sphere of our area. Mayor Adams led the activity, held at his official Gracie Mansion residence in Manhattan. “The Dominican community is an integral part of our city, our history and our legacy,” he declared. … Read more
Moving was the arrival of the three buses from Texas, which transported some 90 immigrants from Colombia and Venezuela to the Port Authority transportation terminal on Wednesday morning. Humanitarian assistance volunteers as well as the team from the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs welcomed the group with words of encouragement and enthusiasm. “We received them … Read more
As more immigrants continue to arrive in New York City seeking asylum, the city council’s Social Welfare committee held a hearing Tuesday to discuss conditions at city-run shelters. “The biggest challenge is that this is historic, it is something that was not expected, but New York City is a city that welcomes immigrants,” said Manuel … Read more