The MTA will receive a $116 million grant to purchase more than 200 new battery electric buses. The funding comes from bipartisan infrastructure legislation enacted last November. “This is big for New York: “The MTA will receive $116 million from @USDOT for clean electric buses from our infrastructure law,” Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer wrote in … Read more
Moving was the arrival of the three buses from Texas, which transported some 90 immigrants from Colombia and Venezuela to the Port Authority transportation terminal on Wednesday morning. Humanitarian assistance volunteers as well as the team from the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs welcomed the group with words of encouragement and enthusiasm. “We received them … Read more
Quesia Cruz, an immigrant from Mexico City, is an example of self-improvement and perseverance. “I had never imagined going back to school at 28 years old,” Cruz said. Cruz arrived in the country when he was 13 years old. She says that she loves children and that she started working as a nanny just before … Read more
The city will install dedicated bus lanes on Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn’s longest street, as soon as next year. Mayor Eric Adams took the B41 bus to make the announcement with bus transit officials and advocates. “Improving our bus system is about fairness,” the mayor wrote in a post on social media. “Today, I drove down … Read more
As more immigrants continue to arrive in New York City seeking asylum, the city council’s Social Welfare committee held a hearing Tuesday to discuss conditions at city-run shelters. “The biggest challenge is that this is historic, it is something that was not expected, but New York City is a city that welcomes immigrants,” said Manuel … Read more
Community organizations and religious centers come together to launch “Flushing Food Collaborative”, or the “Flushing food collective” an initiative that seeks to fill the void left by the closure of the well-known non-profit organization, “La Jornada”. Community members came together this Saturday to launch this pilot program to help local residents after the only food … Read more
Police arrest the man suspected of shooting and killing a 19-year-old during a robbery in the parking lot of a Brooklyn BJS supermarket. The man involved, Edino Tzul, 18, now faces charges including murder, robbery and criminal use of a firearm. IT MAY INTEREST YOU: The incident occurred Thursday shortly after 10 p.m. at the … Read more
Immigrants from Central and South America continue to arrive in New York after crossing several countries and dangerous borders. On Friday morning, a bus arrived from Texas with 54 people, most of them from Venezuela. “In the jungle we met a family of 14 people, people we helped and people who helped us and told … Read more
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Friday that his state will now bus immigrants directly to New York City, intensifying a war of words with Mayor Eric Adams and causing difficulties for the city’s shelter system. The governor went even further by pointing out that the first contingent of these immigrants had already arrived in New … Read more
An immigration lawyer was sentenced today in New York to serve between one and three years in prison for defrauding undocumented immigrants of more than $140,000 while practicing after his license was revoked, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office reported. According to the statement from the Prosecutor’s Office, Carlos Moreno, 61, collected thousands of dollars that … Read more