13-Year-Old Boy in Critical Condition After Being Rescued from Brooklyn Lake

13-Year-Old Boy in Critical Condition After Being Rescued from Brooklyn Lake

A 13-year-old boy is in critical condition after being rescued from the lake in Prospect Park in Brooklyn. The incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Emergency services took the boy to Methodist Hospital in serious condition, after being pulled from the water by good Samaritans who were near the area at the time. The investigation … Read more

Lincoln Center Brings Back Summer for the City: A Celebration of Culture and Community

Lincoln Center Brings Back Summer for the City: A Celebration of Culture and Community

Lincoln Center is ready to bring back one of the city’s biggest cultural festivals, Summer for the City, this year… And best of all, most of its programming is free. “‘Summer for the City’ is truly a gift to New York, it is our gift to New Yorkers, to tourists, the invitation is to dance, … Read more

New York City Leases Building to Shelter More than 300 Asylum-Seeking Immigrants Amid Neighborhood Concerns

New York City Leases Building to Shelter More than 300 Asylum-Seeking Immigrants Amid Neighborhood Concerns

A Venezuelan father who has been in New York City for a month with his 7-year-old daughter Jancarla, his wife and another small child, crossed the Darien jungle for months to reach the United States. And like the more than 70,000 immigrants who have arrived in the city, they were placed in a temporary shelter. … Read more

Former Trump Aide Indicted for Obstruction of Justice

Former Trump Aide Indicted for Obstruction of Justice

“Loyalty to Donald Trump is like First Avenue in Manhattan: one way. History has shown time and time again that Donald doesn’t care about anyone but himself,” said Cohen, who since his time in prison for paying women not to go public with their alleged sexual encounters, during the 2016 presidential race, has turned on … Read more

First Female NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell Stepping Down After 18 Months on the Job

First Female NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell Stepping Down After 18 Months on the Job

New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell, the first woman to serve in the position, will step down after 18 months on the job. Sewell, who was appointed by Mayor Eric Adams, announced the resignation in an email to department staff Monday afternoon. “While my time here will come to an end, I will never … Read more

New York’s Smoke Cloud Crisis and the Effects of Climate Change: A Discussion with Nature Conservancy’s Executive Director

New York’s Smoke Cloud Crisis and the Effects of Climate Change: A Discussion with Nature Conservancy’s Executive Director

New York experienced an unprecedented situation this week: a cloud of smoke covered our city and New Yorkers had to put up with appalling levels of air quality. Juan Manuel Benítez, presenter of Pura Política, talked about the effects of climate change with Bill Ulfelder, executive director in New York of the Nature Conservancy, who … Read more

Playoffnations: Revolutionizing Advertising in the Metaverse

Playoffnations: Revolutionizing Advertising in the Metaverse

Get out of traditional media and enter the new era of advertising. This is the challenge that companies that refuse to be left behind in the world of marketing face every day. But what is this new paradigm that brands are facing? Playoffnations is clear: the metaverse. Video games and streaming platforms, which had tremendous … Read more

116th Street Latino Festival Celebrates 38th Edition with Outdoor Dance and Culture Party

116th Street Latino Festival Celebrates 38th Edition with Outdoor Dance and Culture Party

A great outdoor party was held at the 116th Street Latino Festival, which celebrated its 38th edition this Saturday. “Proud to be here with all Puerto Ricans and non-Puerto Ricans as well, because we are all united,” said Hilda Lugo, a festival attendee. Several blocks of El Barrio were lit with the Latin flavor through … Read more

New York Legislature Passes Bill to Help Eligible Households Receive Utility Bill Assistance

New York Legislature Passes Bill to Help Eligible Households Receive Utility Bill Assistance

The state legislature passed a bill that would benefit many New Yorkers who don’t get help paying for services like electricity and gas. If signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul, the Office of Temporary Disability Assistance would be required to work with utilities that provide electric and natural gas services to match customer data … Read more

New York Offers Free English Classes to Asylum-Seekers in Pilot Program

New York Offers Free English Classes to Asylum-Seekers in Pilot Program

Since April, 500 of New York’s newest asylum-seeking immigrants have received free English classes in a pilot program from the city’s public hospital network, the Department of Youth and Community Development, and groups like the RiseBoro Community Partnership. . “It makes me proud as an immigrant who came here at the age of five with … Read more