The best of recent Peruvian cinema comes to our city thanks to the first edition of the “Filmed in Peru” or “Filmed in Peru” festival. “I want to invite everyone in New York and New Jersey to see my movie Manco Cápac.” These are the words of Henry Vallejo, director of the film “Manco Cápac”, … Read more
Once the concert of the Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes de SummerStage in Central Park had started, it was canceled due to the large number of people who entered the venue. The site had capacity for about 5,000 attendees, but the organizers estimate that due to the overflow, some 12,000 fans of the popular artist entered. Some … Read more
The deadline is shortened for Lucrecia Irizarry, who has spent 15 years of her life working for the MTA, to stop operating an elevator at the 191st Street 1 train station in Washington Heights. “It is a frustrating situation, really. You feel like you gave everything of yourself, and then you get sick and it’s … Read more
For street vendor Nelly Johanna, her job forces her to be outside most of the day, breathing polluted air. That is why she says she had the scare of her life when last June as a result of the Canadian forest fires, the Big Apple completely changed color. “I just got scared because everything looked … Read more
NEW YORK — Two people were injured in an explosion while working inside a building in midtown Manhattan, police say. The explosion occurred around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday on the 34th floor of a building on Madison Avenue between 55th and 56th streets. An acetylene tank was apparently involved, according to police, adding that two contractors … Read more
The millions of New Yorkers who use mass transit already have a new tool to reach their destinations. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA, launched its new service alert system on Monday. Called the MTA Real Time Alert System, it serves to provide customers with timely and personalized real-time updates on train, subway or bus service, … Read more
The City Planning Department recommended Monday that Madison Square Garden get a new ten-year operating permit in exchange for improving the area around the world’s most famous stadium. Madison Square Garden sought a permit to operate at its current location on top of Penn Station on a permanent basis. The permit requires MSG to work … Read more
NEW YORK — Police say a passenger inside an Uber tried to rob its driver and then stabbed the man behind the wheel. The carpool, a black Tesla, was being driven in the southbound lanes of FDR Drive as it approached the Manhattan Bridge. Officials say the passenger jumped out of the Tesla stopped on … Read more
More than 500 families who have been in homeless shelters are now eligible for housing vouchers offered by the city government, Mayor Eric Adams reported. This has been possible, it was said, due to the elimination, by executive order, of the old requirement to spend a minimum of 90 days in a shelter before being … Read more
The Mexican consulate in New York inaugurated on Monday the traveling exhibition “Migrant Heart” that shows the work of 23 artists of Mexican origin residing in the United States and that after visiting several states will conclude in November in Los Pinos, the official residence of the president of that country . “Migrant Heart”, convened … Read more