Hundreds of city workers who were fired by the city after refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are planning a lawsuit to get their jobs and wages back, now that the mandate has been removed. There are approximately 1,780 public employees, including police officers, firefighters, and cleaning personnel. “And because they don’t want to get … Read more
“2000 pesos to pay a rent when one has two or three children the money that does not give…” Mildred Cruz’s voice breaks when talking about the situation of her son, who, being a full-time employee, faces a crisis deepened by inflation and a rise in the cost of living in what has been her … Read more
A 19-year-old teenager who had been reported missing was found dead. According to the police investigation, the young man identified as DeAndre Matthews had last been seen leaving his home last Monday night, in the East Flatbush sector. Her body was found Tuesday afternoon on freight train tracks near Nostrand Avenue in Midwood. The corpse … Read more
Police share the identities of the two people who died after being shot in a shooting yesterday in the Bronx. It is about Jeremiah Smith and Salvatore Rivera. Both were shot in the torso and chest and pronounced dead at St. Barnabas Hospital. The assailant was also arrested and identified, and now faces charges of … Read more
“The food, we are starving because the food is useless. What they give out at night is a chin of food, one goes to bed passed out from hunger and doesn’t even sleep. The cold killing one there too, there is no comfort, that is not a way to live”. Asylum seeker Jorge Rodríguez discusses … Read more
One man was killed and three others wounded in a shooting in the Bronx on Friday afternoon, according to police reports. The shooting happened at the corner of East Tremont and Hughes avenues in the Tremont neighborhood around 2:30 p.m., according to police. The fatality was a 24-year-old man who was shot in the chest. … Read more
The lack of affordable housing is putting many New Yorkers in a bind, especially those in low-income communities. A situation that has led the Cuban Amado Phillips to have to sleep at friends’ houses and even many times in train stations because his pension was not enough to pay for his apartment. “Now at this … Read more
An off-duty New York police officer who was shot in the head during a botched robbery died Tuesday, the police commissioner said, while authorities also announced a murder charge against a suspect. Officer Adeed Fayaz, 26, was shot Saturday in Brooklyn where he and his brother-in-law went car shopping following an ad posted on Facebook … Read more
“My name is Edwing D’Angelo and I am a fashion designer here in New York City. Creativity is the part that pleases me the most and fulfills me when it comes to sewing, I love creating, I love colors, I love pretty fabrics.” D’Angelo is the fifth generation of a family of seamstresses from Buenaventura … Read more
An owl at the Central Park Zoo has flown from its cage where it was being kept on display after someone smashed it through the stainless steel mesh, zoo officials said Friday. The Eurasian eagle owl, named Flaco, disappeared at 8:30 p.m. Thursday and was still on the loose Friday, according to Max Pulsinelli, a … Read more