Talissa Baptiste clutches the same teddy bear her sister Elaine Boone held before she died at Bronxcare Hospital in Mount Eden. Jonathan Custodio/THE CITY By Jonathan Custodio | SEP 24, 2023 Black women in New York City are nine times more likely to die as a result of childbirth. Elaina Boone’s loved ones say she […]
Eric Adams answers questions after a campaign event at Cadman Plaza, June 16, 2021. Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By George Joseph, Bianca Pallaro, and Tom Robbins | September 22, 2023 The Campaign Finance Board flagged 600 donations suspected of having been gathered by undisclosed bundlers in potential violation of campaign finance rules. Several of the contributions […]
By Germania Rodriguez Poleo | Dailymail New York governor Kathy Hochul welcomed asylum seekers with ‘open arms’ and pledged to house them just three years before telling migrants to ‘go elsewhere’ because the city is at its limit. The Democrat addressed the migrant crisis on Wednesday, warning that asylum seekers who arrive in New York City will not be housed in hotel rooms […]
Posted by American Immigration Council Staff | Sep 21, 2023 In the summer of 2020, after George Floyd’s murder, racial justice protests took hold in cities throughout the country. The massive mobilization reflected a nationwide groundswell of opposition to abusive and deadly policing. The importance of the movement and the need for change in the country was clear. […]
Editorial credit: Sean Aidan Calderbank / Shutterstock.com New York, NY — New York City Comptroller Brad Lander published an opinion piece in The Nation offering a vision for how government can work together so that asylum seekers can help the city thrive. Read the full op-ed below: Mayor Eric Adams said the quiet part way too loud last […]
By AP Associated Press The president of the Dominican Republic announced Monday that he has suspended issuing visas to Haitians, and he threatened to shut down land, air and sea traffic between the two neighbors over their latest dispute. President Luis Abinader’s move follows the recent excavation of a supposed canal in Haiti that Dominican […]
The floor opened up in Alvin Henry’s Canarsie home earlier this year, photo taken Samantha Maldonado/THE CITY | September 7, 2023. BY Samantha Maldonaldo | Sept 11, 2023 A phenomenon called subsidence could be the result of poor soil quality or rising water levels — but not all cases are reported to the city. Alvin Henry was […]
By Suresh V. Kuchipudi | September 12, 2023 | The Conversation The latest variant, or sublineage, of SARS-CoV-2 to emerge on the scene, BA.2.86, has public health experts on alert as COVID-19 hospitalizations begin to rise and the new variant makes its way across the globe. The Conversation asked Suresh V. Kuchipudi, a virologist and infectious disease […]
All Agencies to Submit PEGs in Response to Risks Posed by Rising Asylum Seeker Costs with COVID Funding Ending, Revenue Growth Slowing WATCH: Mayor Adams Speaks to New Yorkers About Budget Stabilizing Measures NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced several steps to stabilize the city’s finances given the convergence of circumstances threatening […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Jeff Coltin NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams made some of his strongest comments yet on his concerns about the unending flow of migrants coming to the city, warning it will upend neighborhoods and continue to strain resources. “Never in my life have I had […]