Sunset Park NuYoricans Help Puerto Rico on Their Own
The relief effort at the Sunset Park Disaster-Relief Collection Center in Brooklyn began right after the hurricanes hit.
A Liberian Community Looks Forward In Historic Election
New Yorkers rally as the country gears up to choose a successor to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
Bronx Residents Fight Jerome Avenue Rezoning
One of the concerns of residents is that auto workers in Jerome Avenue would be displaced.
After 20 Years, a Playground in Queens to Get $3 Million Makeover
The upgrade will feature new equipment, bathrooms, benches and greenery.
English Classes Give West African Immigrants a New Lease on Life
“People need English proficiency to navigate the city, to navigate civic life."
Columbia Eyes New Pedestrian Plaza on Washington Heights Medical Campus
A proposal by Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to convert a street on their campus into a pedestrian plaza has yet to win approval from the local community board. The public plaza would close off Haven Avenue to non-emergency traffic between 168th and 169th streets and would feature plantings, grassy areas and tables. At a meeting Monday of the Community Board 12 traffic and transportation committee, residents and board members said they were particularly worried about the potential loss of 17 parking spaces. After two hours of discussion inside a packed meeting room just steps from the campus, the
Young Professionals by Week, Ancient Heroes by Weekend
Peking Opera is an especially demanding art form; many professional artists started their careers as early as toddlers.
As They Clean Corona
The Coalition to Defend Corona (CDC) performs weekly cleanups and hosts meetings for local organizers.
Woodside Filipino Community Responds to DACA, Looks to Future
The Filipino community in Queens must get busy helping would-be recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to register, and they must spread the word about immigrant rights—going door to door if they have to. This was among the advice Filipino action groups gave during a town hall meeting last Sunday afternoon at Woodside's Sisa Pakari community center to discuss the Trump administration's decision to eliminate Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), what that decision means for the Filipino community in Queens and practical steps to take now and in the future. [caption id="attachment_18847" align="alignleft" width="479"] Woodside Filipino Townhall
New York City Muslims and Jews March to Support the Rohingya
Hundreds march down Madison Avenue for the 32nd Annual Muslim Day Parade.