On this occasion in Pura Política, the commissioner of the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection of the City, Vilma Vera Machuca and the executive director of the organization Workers Justice Program, Ligia Guallpa discuss the real effects of the implementation of a minimum wage for workers who make a living delivering food, the so-called … Read more
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested as a suspect in Thursday night’s Times Square shooting, according to police reports. The detainee is José Alejandro Rivas Figueroa, who arrived in the country in September of last year. Rivas Figueroa is originally from Venezuela. The arrested young man resides in a migrant shelter and before being arrested … Read more
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden occupies 52 acres in the center of Brooklyn, near Mount Prospect Park, Prospect Park, and the Brooklyn Museum. The garden is home to more than 14 thousand plant taxa and receives more than 800 thousand visitors each year. It also includes several special gardens, plant collections and structures. The Brooklyn Botanic … Read more
A woman dies and two minors are injured after a shooting that occurred this morning in the Bronx In Citizen App images you can see the scene. The incident occurred shortly after 5 in the morning, in a building located on East 203rd Street, near Valentine Avenue, in the Bedford Park sector. Police arrived at … Read more
State lawmakers and transportation activists are announcing a new campaign to ensure the state provides adequate funding for public transportation before tolling for vehicles south of 60th Street in Manhattan takes effect. At a rally this Thursday at West 61st Street and Central Park West, supporters of the initiative called “Get Congestion Pricing Right” are … Read more
“Yes, there are always accidents around here. Here, below, in the park, on the corners, always,†said Corona resident Julio Vera. This year marks a decade since the Department of Transportation adopted the Vision Zero campaign, whose goal is to reduce traffic deaths in New York to zero. An analysis by nonprofit Transportation Alternatives confirms … Read more
My name is Nelly Klinger, I am the chef here at Arepa Lady and this is my favorite Arepa. “The ingredients we make for that arepa are the following: we add meat, chicken, and we also add chorizo to make a mixed arepa.” Recipe created by the Arepa Lady herself, who started her business from … Read more
The police are looking for those responsible for a robbery in a warehouse in the Bronx from which they took 100 thousand dollars, according to directors of a winery association. The United Bodegas of America has offered a reward of 10,000 dollars to anyone with information about the theft. The affected warehouse is Los Castillos … Read more
The MTA is digging a new tunnel to address crowding on the Line 7 platform. Agency crews are building a walkway and entrance, which runs from the 7 train platform at Grand Central Terminal to 42nd Street. The $115 million project is halfway complete, and will be equipped with new stairs, both normal and escalators. … Read more
The presidential elections in El Salvador are taking place today, for the first time in its history in the midst of a state of emergency. And here in our city, Salvadoran migrants gathered for election day. Since early this morning, voters attended several of the enabled points. One of the busiest is The Grand Ballroom … Read more