And what if your son or daughter played in a mariachi? “Playing the guitar is something fun that I like to do,” said Luis Velásquez. This is your opportunity because the Sunset Park Empowerment Center offers violin, trumpet, guitar, guitarrón and vihuela classes at low cost. “Many of us young people, myself included, do not … Read more
Everyone in Sunset Park knows Letty Ramírez. She says that when she walks the streets, she looks like the mayor of the neighborhood. “Sometimes I go out into the street and greet more than a mayor, hehehehe, people shaking my hand,” said Letty. Letty is 73 years old and every day, at 7 in the … Read more
A man is found dead on a street in a suburb of Brooklyn. The discovery took place Tuesday morning in the driveway of a home located on 72nd Street, between Tenth Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway, in the Dyker Heights sector. According to police, the man who has not yet been identified was pronounced dead … Read more
A Staten Island resident woke up this morning a millionaire after matching five of the winning numbers in the Mega Millions, which make him worth a million dollars, according to press reports. However, no one won the jackpot, so the total for the next draw exceeds one billion dollars (one thousand 25 million). This is … Read more
The number of monkeypox cases registered in the state of New York has stood at 1,092, almost a third of the infections registered in the United States, where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have detected 3,487 cases. The New York State Department of Health warns on its website that the number of … Read more
With evidence in hand, Michael Rivera showed the photos of what the thermostat had marked in recent days inside his small room. “Here it shows 88 degrees, that’s how hot it was yesterday in my room. I have 3 fans, with this one I try to circulate the air, this other one I use to … Read more
The federal government has designated $70 million in child care assistance in New York State, which will benefit parents with children five years old and younger, especially in communities with little or no capacity to offer this service. Governor Kathy Hochul and Congressman Adriano Espalliat, who pioneered the idea, chose the Washington Heights Inwood Community … Read more
The intense heat wave in the last five days claimed the life of a person in New York due to hyperthermia and forced millions to keep the air conditioning on. “I have two airs and I have both on because of the immense heat it is,” said José Minaya, a resident of Queens. Since last … Read more
In the heart of Queens, Jackson Heights, the Colombian community celebrated 212 years of independence as it best characterizes them: Music, dance and color. This is the first organized by Evelyn Heilbron, from Barranquilla, and Oscar Escobar, from Envigado Medellín. “It motivated us that they told me that this year there was no Colombian parade. … Read more
A new direct NYC Ferry route will pick up beachgoers in Manhattan and take them directly to the Rockaways. This is good news for Leyla Yrala, co-owner of a cevichería on Beach 97. “The Ferry is definitely a ‘plus’ for the Rockway community, all businesses are positively affected, hence the flow of people arriving in … Read more