Following the August slaying, the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, in collaboration with a number of organizations, began carrying out outreach activities at nearly 50 beauty salons in Jackson Heights to let residents know about the resources available to victims and survivors.
Once ubiquitous in the immigrant neighborhood, Flushing’s Chinese-run discount shops are now struggling thanks to the competition from newly-arrived chain stores, a scorching trade war, rising rents and demographic changes in the area, World Journal reports.
El presidente del condado de Bronx, Rubén Díaz Jr. alarmado por el impacto de la lotería en las comunidades de bajos ingresos está pidiendo una serie de cambios para determinar dónde se realiza la lotería y cómo se distribuye la ayuda escolar.
Policymakers and most everyday New Yorkers have yet to come face-to-face with the extent of the crisis, even as mass instability takes a lasting toll on individual lives and social networks in the city.
What will get street-homeless people off the sidewalk: more engagement, or a better place to sleep?
¿Se ha cumplido el viejo dicho ‘los ricos se hacen más ricos’ en todas las razas?
The city’s food bank workers say immigrant families are increasingly afraid of visiting their locations in person. “They believe that ICE could be around the corner, and many families have told us that they cannot afford to put themselves at risk standing in line,” one source told El Diario.
“There isn’t a shortage of stories in the Haitian community,” says publisher Vania Andre, who spoke with City Limits about her plans for the future of the longtime news outlet, which covers the Haitian diaspora.
The proposed system shifts power significantly towards small donors and mainstream parties.
Estas organizaciones ofrecen asesoramiento legal gratuito para inmigrantes en la ciudad de Nueva York
‘The legislation is about actual displacement of longtime residents that’s been compounded by rezonings that government has allowed.’
