Mexican Gastronomy at UNESCO World Heritage Site: End of Year Festivities and Traditional Dishes

Mexican Gastronomy at UNESCO World Heritage Site: End of Year Festivities and Traditional Dishes

A World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO, this is how Mexican gastronomy is described and it dresses up during the end of year festivities with dishes prepared over several days that bring together the indigenous heritage of mestizo Mexico with European influences. . “A mix between Spanish cuisine and traditional cuisine and a very typical … Read more

Bull loose at Newark Penn Station disrupts rail traffic

Bull loose at Newark Penn Station disrupts rail traffic

A bull loose in New Jersey’s largest city made its way onto railroad tracks, disrupting rail traffic Thursday before being captured, authorities said. The reddish-brown bull with long, dark-tipped horns stood on the tracks at Newark’s Penn Station, prompting a police response and halting train traffic between New Jersey and New York’s Penn Station for … Read more

Delicious Cuban Christmas Traditions: Pernil, Ropa Vieja, and Congrí Recipes & Celebration Traditions

Delicious Cuban Christmas Traditions: Pernil, Ropa Vieja, and Congrí Recipes & Celebration Traditions

On Christmas Eve, traditional flavors are intertwined with the essence of the celebration. “In order to start the rumba you have to start with the pig,” says Laura. On this special occasion, for Cubans, traditional dishes such as pernil, yuca with mojo, congrí, ropa Vieja with rice and beans, become the protagonists of the night, … Read more

Opposition to cuts to municipal services proposed by mayor

Opposition to cuts to municipal services proposed by mayor

“Those cuts are cuts specifically to our schools, (to) after-school care, the Health Department, the libraries. There are many of the institutions we need that New Yorkers use every day,” said Councilwoman Jennifer Gutiérrez. Under the slogan “more care, fewer cuts,” dozens of institutions, led by a group of progressive councilors, demonstrated on Monday – … Read more

Kathy Hochul announces historic minimum wage increase in New York

Kathy Hochul announces historic minimum wage increase in New York

The minimum wage will increase statewide starting next year and Governor Kathy Hochul is one of the architects of that change. From a visit Saturday to a Brooklyn church, the governor said that starting January 1, no full-time worker should be below the poverty line. Thus, minimum wage workers in the city and Long Island … Read more

Report: Living in New York is becoming more expensive

Report: Living in New York is becoming more expensive

StreetEasy’s latest rent report shows the cost of living in the City continues to rise. However, rent prices have not risen as rapidly as in previous years. According to the real estate report, rents in New York increased by 9% this year compared to 2022. This is a smaller jump against the 30 percent that … Read more

‘Now I can apply for a work permit’: Juan Vargas

‘Now I can apply for a work permit’: Juan Vargas

Juan Vargas, 39, lost his leg seven years ago and makes a living working in a restaurant. He arrived from Venezuela a year ago, and step by step he has been integrating into life in New York City. He lived for several months in a shelter, but with the new rules he had to go … Read more

The challenges of asylum seekers in New York

The challenges of asylum seekers in New York

The phrase in search of a better life is something that we usually hear over and over again in the voices of migrants, a desire that pushes many to leave their homes despite the adversities they may encounter along the way. The reason for many behind this, family. “And the only thing I came was … Read more

Renovations of Third Avenue are completed – it is safer today, they say

Renovations of Third Avenue are completed – it is safer today, they say

The Department of Transportation is celebrating the completion of renovations to Third Avenue that are said to have made it a safer thoroughfare. The new design includes more wide bike lanes along the 40 blocks between East 59th Street and East 96th Street. “This ‘Complete Street’ is now complete 🎉 “Our major traffic safety project … Read more

Jewelry store robbery in Manhattan – million dollar jewelry stolen

Jewelry store robbery in Manhattan – million dollar jewelry stolen

A popular jewelry store, frequented by celebrities like Nicky Minaj and Usher, was the victim of a million-dollar robbery. Around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, two men entered the establishment located at 3 West 47th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in the Diamond District. The theft has shocked the area’s jeweler community. “I don’t feel safe … Read more