Smoky or hazy conditions in the city improved considerably overnight and early Friday morning, according to NY1 Meteorologist John Davitt. By 5 a.m., the city’s air quality index across all five boroughs was below 100, and the smell of smoke had dissipated. However, an air quality alert is still in effect as levels are expected … Read more
“My passion is cooking…” A passion that María García continues after learning that at the Allie’s Place Culinary Education and Employment Center, located at 1600 Randall Avenue in the Soundview neighborhood, she could take free training courses in the culinary industry. “This is something very excellent and benefits for which we cannot afford an advanced … Read more
Luis Díaz, a construction worker, woke up with a scratchy throat, because yesterday, like millions of people, the polluted air from Canada caught him off guard and without a mask… “Yesterday we were working and we thought that something happened here in the city of Manhattan because it was all cloudy and covered up,” Díaz … Read more
The alert for poor air quality in New York City has forced the closure of various places and many activities have been suspended. -The Bronx and Central Park zoos closed. -Also the Queens Zoo, the Prospect Park Zoo and the New York Aquarium. -All Parks Department recreation events have been canceled or postponed, but recreation … Read more
Vicente Barreiro, the owner of Casa Latina, the iconic music store in East Harlem, dies. The information about his death was revealed by Jose Calderón of the WKCR FM station, who defined Barreiro as a living encyclopedia, because he knew about music culture and history like no other. For more than 40 years Vicente and … Read more
Sepia sky and streets with a strangely orange sun. This is what the city looked like this Wednesday while the alert continues for poor air quality, a product of smoke from forest fires in Canada. From Sunset Park in Brooklyn, famous for its views of the Manhattan skyline, it was impossible to make out the … Read more
Poor air quality in the city has continued on Wednesday and will continue through at least Thursday, according to weather reports. “We are in the worst of conditions, but the health and air quality advisory has been extended to 11:59 p.m. Thursday, which our teams have been anticipating. “Protect yourself and limit your outdoor activities,” … Read more
´Displaced and Disconnected´ is the name of the recent survey on the experience of asylum seekers in our city. In the survey, led by the non-profit organizations ‘Se hace Camino Nueva York’ and Hester Street, some 800 migrants were interviewed, the majority from Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. And the answers worry these entities. Natalia Aristizábal, … Read more
Mayor Adams rejects calls to disband the police department’s neighborhood safety teams. This follows a report by a court-appointed federal monitor that revealed the units are continuing practices that violate the civil rights of New Yorkers. The report shows that nearly all of the pat-downs by “Neighborhood Safety Teams” involved African-Americans or Hispanics. Adams stood … Read more
Agriculture specialist Claudia Alcarraz inspects Juan Castillo’s suitcase that arrived through the John F. Kennedy airport from the Dominican Republic. Alcarraz is a frontline worker for the US Customs and Border Protection Agency. “We are here as frontline workers to protect US agriculture from insects and diseases that can harm the economy,” Alcarraz said. Agricultural … Read more