Celebrating the centennial of the recruitment of Polish immigrants from the United States to the Polish Army in France during World War I, New York’s division of the Polish Army Veterans Association of America (PAVA) is making an effort to keep the memory of these volunteer freedom fighters alive.
Koichi Sunada’s son, Kei Sunada, was shot and killed in Queens in 1994, spurring his father to advocate for gun control laws in his native Japan.
‘The police say that the community does not want us here, and give us fines for parking on the street,’ one vendor told QueensLatino.
‘Esta orden judicial, este cambio que están tratando de poner en práctica, en realidad afecta a muy poca gente. La idea de carga pública no aplica a todos los inmigrantes, ni a todas las solicitudes de inmigración.’
‘Courts often ask survivors, ‘Why didn’t you report sooner?’ or ‘Why can’t you remember details if it really happened?’ Asking ‘Why?’ places a survivor’s credibility immediately into question while doing very little to get to the truth of what happened.’
Families and homeless students makeup the majority of homeless people living in Bushwick. 1,039 of the neighborhood’s 1,462 shelter residents (71 percent) lived in family shelters in April.
In order for the reforms in Albany to be powerful, the city has to do its part and help keep rents affordable.
There’s the question of whether the federal government, whose climate-change skepticism stands in sharp contrast to the era’s consensus view, might overrule the states.
Many drivers and LIRR commuters in northeastern Queens, which includes several so-called “transit deserts” with limited subway access, remain skeptical of congestion pricing, even paired with proposed LIRR discounts.
Starting May 30, wheelchair-accessible AAR vans with four or more passengers will able to utilize dedicated bus lanes, an effort to speed up trips on the oft-criticized service.
The MTA “lags badly behind” other government agencies when it comes to responding to Freedom of Information Law requests, a Reinvent Albany report says.
