Two new shelters to be opened by the City for asylum seekers.

Two new shelters to be opened by the City for asylum seekers.

After being forcibly removed from the Watson Hotel in Manhattan in February, now hundreds of single men seeking asylum will have to move again as the shelter at the Brooklyn cruise terminal returns to regular seasonal operations. The announcement was made by Mayor Eric Adams, announcing that he is designating two new shelters for immigrants … Read more

Revised Municipal Rules to Combat City Rats

Revised Municipal Rules to Combat City Rats

Starting April 1, New Yorkers in all five boroughs will have to take out their trash around 8 p.m. The purpose is to decrease the amount of time the debris spends outside, to give rodents less of an opportunity to sniff it out and chase it. Jaime Sisa, a janitor at a building he also … Read more

Mayor advocates for ‘creativity’ to address the housing crisis

Mayor advocates for ‘creativity’ to address the housing crisis

Before, this building at 160 Water Street was used for offices. Today a private company is working to convert the space into 588 apartments. Mayor Eric Adams believes such projects will help address homelessness. “The goal is to build low-income, mid-income, market-rate homes, and also insure for NYCHA. So it’s not a ‘one size fits … Read more

Relatives, colleagues and admirers remember Polito Vega

Relatives, colleagues and admirers remember Polito Vega

Nicknamed “El Rey de la Radio,” Polito Vega, who was an influential figure in the New York Spanish-language radio industry for more than 50 years, died at the age of 84 on March 9. “The impact that Polito has on the music and radio industry, and on the media in general, and I am proud … Read more

‘Let’s bring more money home’: Uber driver on new wages

‘Let’s bring more money home’: Uber driver on new wages

From now on, Hugo Lapeyre will take home an extra $2.26 per ride working for companies like Uber and Lyft in the Big Apple. On Wednesday, the Taxi and Limousine Commission voted unanimously for the increase because 85% of drivers earned less than the New York minimum wage of $15 an hour. “Yes, it has … Read more

Diabetics will soon be able to pay 70% less for insulin

Diabetics will soon be able to pay 70% less for insulin

Mrs. America Antonia Ortiz has been dealing with diabetes for 42 years and daily injects herself with a dose of to keep levels under control. You eat breakfast like any other thing, when you eat another level then you check again and that’s how you carry on a fight that doesn’t end. He periodically visits … Read more

A Hispanic man is shot in front of a bodega in Brooklyn

A Hispanic man is shot in front of a bodega in Brooklyn

Authorities identify a man who died after being shot outside a bodega in Brooklyn. The incident occurred Sunday night on Avenue U, between 28th and 29th streets in Sheepshead Bay. In Citizen App images you can see the scene in place. When the police arrived, they found a man they identified as Jorge Salvador, with … Read more

Three years since the state of emergency by Covid-19 in New York

Three years since the state of emergency by Covid-19 in New York

On March 12, it was three years since Bill de Blasio, the then mayor of New York, declared a state of emergency due to Covid 19. At that time, little was known about the coronavirus, although what was certain was that it was ending the lives of residents not only of New York but of … Read more

They approve a salary increase for Uber and Lyft drivers

They approve a salary increase for Uber and Lyft drivers

After three strikes by hundreds of Uber and Lyft drivers, today they declare victory as a wage increase was approved. This was announced this morning by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance after the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission voted in favor of the new pay rules for drivers through a public hearing. This means … Read more

Daylight saving time starts this Sunday

Daylight saving time starts this Sunday

A very important reminder. Daylight saving time begins this Sunday, and that means that tonight we lose an hour of sleep but gain an hour of sunshine. The clocks officially change at 2 in the morning. Although it is an adjustment that is made every year, the change can have some difficulties both in daily … Read more