The lack of affordable housing is putting many New Yorkers in a bind, especially those in low-income communities. A situation that has led the Cuban Amado Phillips to have to sleep at friends’ houses and even many times in train stations because his pension was not enough to pay for his apartment. “Now at this … Read more
An off-duty New York police officer who was shot in the head during a botched robbery died Tuesday, the police commissioner said, while authorities also announced a murder charge against a suspect. Officer Adeed Fayaz, 26, was shot Saturday in Brooklyn where he and his brother-in-law went car shopping following an ad posted on Facebook … Read more
“My name is Edwing D’Angelo and I am a fashion designer here in New York City. Creativity is the part that pleases me the most and fulfills me when it comes to sewing, I love creating, I love colors, I love pretty fabrics.” D’Angelo is the fifth generation of a family of seamstresses from Buenaventura … Read more
An owl at the Central Park Zoo has flown from its cage where it was being kept on display after someone smashed it through the stainless steel mesh, zoo officials said Friday. The Eurasian eagle owl, named Flaco, disappeared at 8:30 p.m. Thursday and was still on the loose Friday, according to Max Pulsinelli, a … Read more
One by one, dozens of neighbors and New Yorkers from all corners of the city came to this corner of the East Village to express their sorrow for the unjustified attack on the owner of Ray’s Candy Store, a neighborhood icon inseparable from the man behind the counter, injured with a belt attached to a … Read more
María Peralta lives in Harlem and thanks to the NYC FRESH program that the city has implemented since 2009, she does not have to travel far from home to buy fresh vegetables, fruits and prepare nutritious meals. “How to make a smoothie…, I make it with carrot broccoli, beetroot and also in cooking I prepare … Read more
Healthy teeth, happy smiles! And that’s how Give Kids A Smile, a completely free dental prevention program for students, offered oral hygiene in schools in the East Harlem district. “They checked my teeth,” says Martin Andrade, a student at PS 146. Andrade and more than 200 students from PS146 and P169 were visited by various … Read more
The New York police ended up evicting a group of immigrants from a Midtown street who resisted being transferred to a new shelter arranged by the municipal government in Red Hook, Brooklyn. On this and other issues such as the affordable housing crisis in the city, Juan Manuel Benítez, presenter of Pura Política, spoke with … Read more
At 72 years old, Tomás Euvin spends his days in this center for the elderly in Queens. Although he came to NY 30 years ago, he was not always able to contribute to social security and that now takes its toll on him. “What Social Security gives us is not even enough for the rent, … Read more
The Spanish singer-songwriter Joaquín Sabina included the United States in his “Against all odds” tour with two concerts, in New York and Miami, as part of the tour that begins this February in Latin America with the best-known hits of the Andalusian musician. Joaquín Sabina (Úbeda, Jaén, 1949) announced this Thursday that his world tour, … Read more