 "The Secularization of Christmas in New York: How Religious and Cultural Diversity is Redefining the Holiday Season")
Christmas in New York, as in the rest of the great metropolises of the world, has almost completely lost its original religious meaning and is reduced to little more than a pine tree decorated with inconsequential figures and lights, as well as plant wreaths, although In this city, political correctness reaches somewhat peculiar extremes. This … Read more
A 14-year-old boy is in critical condition after being stabbed this Saturday night in the Bronx, with a sharp object in the neck. Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy for first-degree assault and criminal possession of a weapon. At around six o’clock yesterday afternoon the police arrived after an emergency call to White Plains Road … Read more
In this festive and traditional time, a Peruvian restaurant in Tribeca will take you to the Andean country with its delicious traditional dishes, with a gourmet touch that will make your mouth water. This is the story of the Peruvian chef who has achieved success with tenacity and passion for his culture. “This is the … Read more
More low-income New Yorkers will be able to get 50 percent discounts on bus and train fares through the program Fair Fares or “Fair Fares”as announced by Mayor Eric Adams this Friday. “Fair Fares is a vital program for our working families and I am proud to announce that we are making it even more … Read more
An alternative to visit this Christmas season is the Plaza de la Libertad, or “Freedom Plaza”, which opened to the public yesterday along more than two hectares in a park in front of the headquarters of The United Nations. The installation, designed by British artist Bruce Munro, can be seen for twelve months and is … Read more
If you want to spend a pleasant time with the family, we recommend enjoying the “Lightscape” exhibition, which for the third consecutive year is shown at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden This beautiful light show has more than a million lights distributed in 18 installations in an expanded and reinvented route by artists and international design … Read more
Just when the winter temperatures begin to be felt strongly in the city, an initiative is underway to collect coats for the children of asylum seekers. Yesterday, Commissioner of the Office of Immigrant Affairs Manuel Castro and Vice President of NYC Health and Hospitals, Ted Long, presided over the distribution of coats that seeks to … Read more
“No one died and everyone is fine, but the building is completely destroyed,†said Nabeel Fakhruddin, a friend of an affected resident. In less than a week, another large-scale fire broke out in New York, this time affecting a residential area in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. What started as a three-alarm emergency soon escalated … Read more
%20es%20Mn%20Food%20and%20Faith%20Mexican%20Traditions%20with%20Chef%20Barbara%20Sibley%20La%20Palapa%20CG_128377278_124 "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
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