Brooklyn
Listen: Gentrification’s Winners, Losers and Questions
Jarrett Murphy |
Three experts on neighborhood change discuss what the G word has meant for New York City, its neighborhoods and their people.
Políticas clave de vivienda en juego este año en tribunales, Campaña y Consejo
Sadef Ali Kully |
La vivienda asequibilidad sigue siendo el problema central de política pública de la ciudad.
Voices of New York
Learning the Tradition of the Samurai Tea Ceremony in NYC
NY Japion |
Tea Master Yoshitsugu Nagano teaches the Samurai Tea Ceremony Class each week and hosts tea ceremonies once a month in Manhattan, covering the tradition, history, and formalities of the longtime Japanese ritual.
Una Ciudad sin Límites
Rodríguez quiere que el sistema de transporte público de NYC sea gratuito
Jeanmarie Evelly |
El legislador, que representa a los vecindarios del 10º Distrito del Consejo de Inwood, Marble Hill y Washington Heights, dio pocos detalles sobre el plan
Featured in Category
Japanese Gun Control Advocate Visits NYC 25 Years After Son’s Shooting Death
Ryuichi Miura for Shukan NY Seikatsu |
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.
Ecuadorian Food Trucks in Queens Complain About Police Harassment
Javier Castaño for QueensLatino |
‘The police say that the community does not want us here, and give us fines for parking on the street,’ one vendor told QueensLatino.
Una Ciudad sin Límites
Explicación de la orden judicial de “carga pública” impulsada por Trump
Jeanmarie Evelly |
‘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.’
Opinion: Courts Must Change How They Gauge ‘Credibility’ in Victims of Violence
Lisa Rivera |
‘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.’
The Bushwick Project
In Bushwick, (and the City) Families are the Majority of the Homeless
Harry DiPrinzio |
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.
affordability
Opinion: De Blasio’s RGB Must not Undo Progress Made in Albany for Tenants
Ava Farkas and Delsenia Glover |
In order for the reforms in Albany to be powerful, the city has to do its part and help keep rents affordable.
