State Senator Jéssica Ramos announces that the community refrigerator, located outside her district office in Elmhurst, was vandalized and destroyed that Friday night. Ramos posted the photos on his Twitter account: “Many of our neighbors depend on the generosity of others to survive these difficult times. They have cut this lifeline. This breaks my heart.” … Read more
Police have a man in custody, accused of stabbing a person on the Upper West Side. The incident occurred at one in the afternoon last Friday. According to authorities, a 35-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen while at the 96th Street subway station. The agents indicated that it is still unknown on which line … Read more
After a difficult and particular year, the iconic Times Square ball fell at midnight on an almost empty stage … The merriment and shoulder-to-shoulder crowds that characterize Times Square on New Year’s Eve were replaced by empty streets and eerie stillness as the last moments of 2020 slipped away. The streets normally packed with spectators … Read more
The city welcomes the first baby born in all five boroughs in 2021. Officials of the public health system announced that it is a child, Jaxel Rodríguez who was born in the Brooklyn Coney Island hospital and was the first baby of this new year. The little one was born at exactly midnight, weighed six … Read more
New York City police resorted to familiar tactics ahead of Thursday’s New Year’s Eve celebrations, deploying bomb-sniffing dogs and sanitary trucks filled with sand to ward off blasts. But the department’s manual of measurements this year includes an unusual mandate: prevent crowds of any size from gathering in Times Square. Citing concerns about the spread … Read more
Police have arrested a young man who would be part of a group of cyclists who were recorded on surveillance video at a time when they attacked a BMW vehicle with the driver and another person inside. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon near Fifth Avenue and East 21st Street in Manhattan and the 15-year-old from … Read more
Just in time for the new year, the new terminal for Amtrak and the Long Island Railroad at Penn Station officially opens. The new addition, named Moynihan Train Hall, also features a new waiting area for users. The new space was part of the old postal building located just in front of 33rd Street and … Read more
A community store in Bushwick sells clothing and artisan products from indigenous populations in Mexico in an attempt to preserve the culture of these communities. This is Ti Toro Miko, located in Bushwick. The store bears the same name as a song composed by the father of Saúl Quizet, an indigenous immigrant from the Guerrero … Read more
Shamseddin Tomal cries because one of his co-workers was crushed to death after a wall collapsed. Tomal was working on that construction, along with two contractors, inside a house that collapsed and fell on his colleagues. Ligia Guallpa, executive director of the Labor Justice Project, said: “Right now the worker is traumatized by seeing two … Read more
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the circulation of tourists in Times Square has been minimal these holidays. This situation is impacting street vendors like Alejandro Moreno, who has been selling nuts on the street for three years. “Difficult, difficult everything because it was the month that we, really, we made, let’s say savings. And now, … Read more