With dwindling purchasing power, New Yorkers like Mónica Hernández have to visit multiple stores looking for discounts to feed their families. “Everything is very expensive, and there is not enough money to buy food, especially with inflation that has risen a lot. It is not enough,” said Hernández. As a supportive measure, the city announced … Read more
It’s been nearly three decades since Juvenal Núñez opened a hardware store in Washington Heights and has struggled to keep it afloat ever since, despite high rents and the pandemic. But something he did not count on was a scaffolding that has been on the sidewalk for more than three years, affecting his business. “It’s … Read more
Hundreds of people filled the sidewalk in front of City Hall on Tuesday. Parents, students, teachers and elected officials expressed their support for a proposal by Gov. Kathy Hochul that would increase the number of charter schools in the city. Cynthia Estevez graduated from MESA, a charter school in Brooklyn. “When I entered a Mesa … Read more
“Thank you for my late night sandwich. For your warm smile. You were a pillar in this community.” These phrases of affection and gratitude on the facade of a grocery store in Manhattan say the last goodbye to a 67-year-old grocer, who according to the police, was shot in the head by the man in … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams announces a series of measures that seek to coordinate efforts to help new immigrants arriving in the city. In a press conference on Tuesday, the mayor said that the Asylum Seeker Operations Office will be created to focus on the resettlement process, and legal services. The plan also includes job training, connection … Read more
A proposal to convert public office buildings to affordable housing was discussed Tuesday in the City Council’s Land Use Committee, which Mayor Eric Adams said would create at least 20,000 new homes in the city. Councilor Carmen De La Rosa believes it is necessary to address this issue: “Most or many New Yorkers live in … Read more
Restarting his life and career in the capital of the world was not easy for 28-year-old Juan Beltrán, who, thanks to a New York State program, was able to fulfill his dream of working here. “Wow, I’m in New York working in advertising, which was Juan’s dream of five years ago,” Beltrán said. Coming from … Read more
Romina Williams is living her dream. The New Yorker of Argentine origin is the first at the New York Metropolitan Museum to offer guided tours in Spanish, the only one when she started. “I feel like it’s a totally different experience than what one studied or what one can read about seeing the colors of … Read more
Police are on the trail of a subject who allegedly raped a young woman on the Upper West Side. Images of the suspect have been published by the uniformed. The incident occurred yesterday at about 1:20 a.m., when a subject followed a 21-year-old woman into a building near West End Avenue and West 65th Street. … Read more
Little by little, hundreds of young people gathered in Foley Square in Manhattan to set up the banners, practice their slogans and talk about their same passion, which is to fight against climate change, the use of fossil fuels and to send a clear message to the authorities of the state, the nation and the … Read more