Many New Yorkers have to walk blocks with their children because they find it difficult to board a bus with their strollers. Zenaida Zurita, a mother of four, told us that she relies on public transportation to get them to school and medical appointments, but has had a hard time trying to drive her open … Read more
Steven Meléndez, with Puerto Rican roots, never imagined that classical ballet dance would give his life a 360 degree turn. “Ballet changed my whole life,” Meléndez said. It all started in 1992, while he and his family were living in a shelter in the South Bronx. At the age of seven, Steven was discovered and … Read more
The walls inside the pedestrian tunnel at 191st Street in Washington Heights became a new canvas: The graffiti here is now only days old. The tunnel leading to a train station on line 1 looked like this over the weekend after the Department of Transportation painted over it to remove the graffiti, drawing criticism from … Read more
A huge celebration was held on the Lower East Side yesterday to mark the Lunar New Year. Hundreds of people gathered at Sara D. Roosevelt Park to watch the fireworks, costumes, and dancers celebrating the Year of the Rabbit. New York police stepped up security at the event following Saturday’s mass shooting during a Lunar … Read more
The organizations that represent them and the migrants themselves joined more than a dozen elected officials who showed up at the municipal building to ask for more support to provide services to the thousands of asylum seekers who have arrived in the five boroughs. Janeth Rodríguez told us that she understands that the problem is … Read more
Mayor Adams announces that a fifth Humanitarian Response Center will soon open inside the Brooklyn Marine Terminal to continue to address the influx of asylum seekers to the five boroughs. The estimated number of migrants who have arrived since the spring already exceeds 41,000. The new shelter will serve adult males and provide them with … Read more
Today begins the Lunar New Year and on this occasion the revered animal is the Rabbit. Some New Yorkers celebrated yesterday with a parade in Flushing, Queens. The parade attracted thousands of people in vibrant costumes, many floats, dances, and traditional Chinese celebrations. This Sunday, the Health Commissioner, Ashwin Vasan, published a message on twitter … Read more
Edilsa Ariza lives in one of the 250 apartments in the Grant Houses complex in Morningside Heights that has been completely without gas since January 9. According to NYCHA, there will be no service until July 31. The situation is due, according to the New York housing authority, to an underground leak that forced them … Read more
Ana Cabas, an employee at this Jackson Heights restaurant, says she always makes sure to give her customers the option of bringing plastic utensils. “We have deliverieswe have people come to pick up orders and we ask people if they want plastic utensils or not. But soon it could be the customer’s responsibility to ask … Read more
A 15-year-old boy was killed and another teenager wounded in a shooting Thursday night outside a Police Athletic League facility in The Bronx. According to police, the teens were leaving a community basketball game organized by police around 9 p.m. Thursday when an argument broke out between two groups of people. Police said a person … Read more