In lower Manhattan there are hundreds of offices that continue to be closed in many buildings since many employees continue to work from home since the pandemic. The city’s Urban Planning department issued a plan recommendation to the state to expand the city’s low-use building renovation plan that is only allowed in this area to … Read more
“An error”, between quotes, has awakened the Puerto Rican fervor in the streets of Brooklyn! On Friday, the New York City Department of Transportation removed for no apparent reason the sign pointing to Graham Avenue, Puerto Rico Avenue, at the intersection with Moore Street on the Bushwick-Williamsburg border. Seeing what was happening, Radamés Millán took … Read more
He is the first Latino president of the borough of Brooklyn and on Wednesday he visited, together with Councilor Alexa Avilés, the PS1 school in Sunset Park, to deliver gifts to more than 300 children, the majority Latino, and thus share the meaning of the day of the three wise men. Antonio Reynoso said: “It … Read more
One last chance to enjoy one of the best attractions of the Christmas season in the city, the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. If you haven’t seen the tree fully lit yet, or if you might want to take another look at it, today is your last day to do so. The tree will be turned … Read more
A man is fatally stabbed in the neck on Staten Island. According to police sources, it is a former New York City police officer. The incident occurred yesterday around eight o’clock at night at 25 Elizabeth Street in the St. George sector. The 37-year-old man had a verbal dispute with an unknown person. During the … Read more
“It was very important to us because we are here to help the patients,” said nurse Ted Levine. After three consecutive days of strike, the New York State Nursing Association reaches a tentative agreement with two private hospitals Mount Sinai in Manhattan and Montefiore in the Bronx. The agreement was hailed by the union as … Read more
Two New York City hospitals have reached a tentative agreement with thousands of striking nurses that ends the protest, the nurses union announced Thursday. The nurses, represented by the New York State Nurses Association, went on strike early Monday after negotiations with management ran aground at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan and Montefiore Medical Center … Read more
“A mega million please!” It is the phrase that has been heard the most in the 5 Borough Market store located on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 39th Street in Sunset Park. From 5:30 in the morning, residents of the neighborhood began to arrive with the hope of buying the winning $ 1.1 billion … Read more
The intersection of 9th Street and 2nd Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn has become a death trap for bicyclists as the bike lane practically ends or becomes the path of cars and trucks. While details of how the crash occurred on Tuesday morning were not released, the truth is that a 37-year-old woman was killed … Read more
With banners and whistles, thousands of nurses continue to protest for better working conditions on the second day of the strike in front of Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. While on strike they are not paid or have health insurance. “It’s good enough, it was too much,” said Patricia Henríquez, a striking nurse. Henríquez has … Read more