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Documental ‘West Side Familia’ recoge décadas de historia de comunidad puertorriqueña en el Upper West Side

La documentalista neoyorquina Taylor Hosking empieza su primer documental, “West Side Familia”, con una sencilla pregunta: ¿por qué cada mes de junio se despliega la bandera puertorriqueña en un semáforo…

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‘West Side Familia’ Documents Decades of Puerto Rican Community on the UWS

New York City-based filmmaker Taylor Hosking begins her debut documentary, “West Side Familia,” with a simple question: Why is the Puerto Rican flag unfurled and flown from a light pole…

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Si ICE detiene a sus padres, esta madrina de East Harlem vendrá al rescate

Desde que Trump volvió al mando en 2025, cientos de familias inmigrantes de la ciudad han firmado formularios de designación de tutores sustitutos legales para garantizar que sus hijos cuenten…

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‘Nos negamos a que nos desplacen’: celebrando el orgullo puertorriqueño en Sunset Park

“No organizamos un desfile solo por celebrar. Desde el principio, ha sido una iniciativa impulsada por la comunidad para garantizar nuestra seguridad en un barrio con un largo historial de…

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‘We Refuse to be Displaced’: Celebrating Puerto Rican Pride in Sunset Park

“We don’t do a parade just to be festive. From the beginning this has been a community-led effort to keep ourselves safe in a neighborhood with a long history of…

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Come Into My House: Marcella Lowery, Actress & Harlem Resident

“Come Into My House,” a new video series, explores how everyday New Yorkers create spaces of belonging, joy, and resilience in their communities.The first installment features Marcella Lowery, who played…

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Outgoing Social Services Commissioner Wants City To Stay ‘Proactive’

“So many of these issues are interrelated, but so often treated as existing in silos,” says Department of Social Services Commissioner Molly Wasow Park, who departs this week after three…

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At Queens Job Training Program, Immigrant Workers Learn to Navigate Life in NYC

“For people who migrate—who feel lost—all of this is new,” said Luis Florez, a 37-year-old from Colombia who took part in the program in 2024, where he learned what a…

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Could This South Bronx Tenement Become One of NYC’s First Hemp-Retrofitted Apartment Buildings?

Students from the Pratt Institute are teaming up with local community group Mothers on the Move to explore how hemp—a building material rarely used in housing—could help retrofit New York’s…

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Meet New York State’s New Top Tenant Advocate

“What was so powerful about the rent freeze campaign is that we reached scale in New York City,” said Sumathy Kumar, the new director for Housing Justice for All and…

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