Dozens of protesters gather in front of the City Hall against planned budget cuts for public libraries. Public library system leaders from New York, Brooklyn and Queens turned out for the protest. “Tony Marx, President of @NYPL, speaking now about why the services libraries provide to seniors and other underserved communities are critical. The cuts … Read more
-How does it feel to finally be able to meet her again, right? “Thank God after a month without seeing them.” This was the reunion of Ariannis Ramírez and Anthony Colina, a Venezuelan uncle and niece, after a month of being separated. Anthony made it as far as the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown, Manhattan, which … Read more
Original title: All-win first place! Su Cup China sweeps Denmark 5-0 and will play Indonesia in the quarter-finals On May 18, Beijing time, the first stop of the Paris Olympic Games, the 2023 Sudirman Cup World Badminton Mixed Team Championships entered the fifth competition day at the Suzhou Olympic Center Gymnasium. The Chinese team, which … Read more
Relatives of one of the Harlem children missing since last week have confirmed that his body was pulled from the Harlem River. Police, however, have yet to officially identify him as 13-year-old Garrett Warren. The body was pulled from the river near the Madison Avenue Bridge Thursday morning. Officers have been searching the area for … Read more
Fort Hamilton High School in Brooklyn welcomed some very special guests. “They open doors so that we can see music in a different way, especially from their experiences,” said Andoni Soto. Soto and his companions are connecting with the music of Machito, Tito Puente, of the legendary ‘big bands’ that played in places like the … Read more
 "“Something Beautiful: Reframing The Collection” – El Museo del Barrio’s Most Ambitious Exhibition in Two Decades")
Starting Friday, the Museo del Barrio in New York presents its most ambitious exhibition in two decades, “Something Beautiful: Reframing The Collection” (sic), made up mostly of works from its collection, after three years of gestation. The new exhibition, which can be visited until March 10, 2024, is made up of some 500 works of … Read more
Carmen León talks about the moment when the new owner of the building located at 192 Knickerbocker Avenue in Bushwick said that he would increase her rent by $800 per month. “I feel sad the days go by too fast. I feel sad, I don’t know what to do,” León said. Carmen has lived in … Read more
Danny Barcia feels energized as he returns to the track. “It’s my free time to think about the day and clear my mind a bit and enjoy the outdoors,” Barcia said. The New Yorker of Ecuadorian origin has been training for months to participate along with 26,000 other runners in the New York Road Runners … Read more
After receiving multiple complaints from parents and elected officials, the city is moving asylum seekers from a Coney Island elementary school to a building formerly used by Touro College in Midtown. The sudden change came after hundreds of parents rallied outside school buildings across the Brooklyn borough Tuesday calling for an emergency meeting to voice … Read more
The MTA is studying new designs for turnstiles that they hope will stop passengers who choose not to pay the fare. The designs on display in Grand Central Terminal are too high to jump over and some models feature an alarm that goes off when two people try to pass but pay a single fare. … Read more