Melkin Bonilla, his wife Chantel and their five children spent a journey of more than thirty days to reach New York. They are Garífuna from Tela Honduras and since they got off the bus they have been admitted to the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan where they have received help. “Well, well, they give us food, … Read more
Living in the Big Apple will greatly affect your pocket, since the average cost of rents in Manhattan reached 4,400 dollars last month, according to the latest report from the real estate company “Douglas Elliman” and the firm appraisal and consultancy “Miller Samuel”. Analysts point out that this is the third record rental seen in … Read more
Each asylum seeker costs New York City an average of $383 a day, according to calculations by Mayor Eric Adams. Adams accounts for the cost of the arrival of new immigrants. In this fiscal year the expenditure has been almost 3.600 million dollars, this at the gates of receiving 100,000 asylum seekers who have entered … Read more
Federal officials could close two overdose prevention centers that are run by a nonprofit organization in Manhattan. As reported by the New York Times, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York has warned that OnPoint NYC is operating in violation of federal, state and local laws. The organization’s strategy, known as supervised … Read more
More buses have arrived transporting immigrants seeking asylum to New York City as we see in the images. The authorities indicated that of the more than 57,000 immigrants who are in the care of the city, 18,000 are children, so the city needs help from the federal government. Amanda Chirinos has only recently arrived and … Read more
With her 11-month-old daughter, Marizol goes out to sell fruit in the busy South Conduit, near JFK airport. “The same and it’s work. I think, it’s not right, but I have to work anyway to get ahead,” Marizol said. Mother of five children, Marizol crossed the border from Guatemala to New York City five months … Read more
Again a minor fell from the window of a building. A three-year-old boy recovers at the hospital after falling from a second story in the Bronx. It happened last night in a residential building located on Stratford Avenue, near East 172nd Street, in the Soundview sector. According to the New York Police, the minor was … Read more
Early Monday morning, the Bronx Borough Vice President set an example and asked the community to donate blood. “62% of the US population is eligible to donate blood, but only 3% do, it’s an incredible number that scares us,” said Janet Peguero, Bronx Borough Vice President. -Because? “Because in the Latino, African-American areas, blood is … Read more
The frequency of the C line trains outside rush hour will experience changes. Previously, the trains ran every 10 minutes, but from now on they will run every 8 minutes. According to MTA estimates, around 800,000 passengers will benefit daily from Monday to Friday. For an interviewed user, a difference of 2 minutes in the … Read more
The New York Mayor’s Office has rescued the project to build a mega-immigrant housing center on Randall’s Island, an island located between Harlem, the southern Bronx and northern Queens, Mayor Eric Adams announced today. The center, for which dates have not been announced, will accommodate adult men, will have a capacity of a thousand beds … Read more