Migrants sleep in makeshift shelters overnight outside the St. Brigid reticketing site in the East Village, Dec. 11, 2023. Credit: Gwynne Hogan/THE CITY By Gwynne Hogan | February 16, 2024 Nearly a thousand migrants waiting for a new shelter cot spent a recent night on the streets or in trains, according to an internal poll conducted by […]
Dozens of migrants waited in the cold outside the St. Brigid re-ticketing site in the East Village, Nov. 28, 2023. Credit: Gwynne Hogan/THE CITY By Gwynne Hogan | February 14, 2024 The Adams administration intends to close by Feb. 26 the five overnight waiting rooms where hundreds of adult migrants have spent nights on the floor or in […]
By Gwynne Hogan Rachel Holliday Smith | February 13, 2024 The January brawl between NYPD officers and migrants in Times Square that went viral has sparked a national firestorm over long-standing sanctuary city policies that restrict cooperation between federal authorities and local law enforcement. Republicans seized on the attack to argue that sanctuary laws should be changed. […]
By Giulia McDonnell Nieto Del Rio | January 19, 2024 | Documented The migrant men lay their blankets on the wood floor, where they would spend the night. Many had not been able to shower in more than a week. Others said they felt sick as their coughs echoed through the room. The recent snowstorm added […]
Migrant families prepare to leave the Roosevelt Hotel shelter after receiving their 60-day notices, Jan. 16, 2024. Credit: Gwynne Hogan/THE CITY By Gwynne Hogan | January 17, 2024 Pregnant migrants in their third trimester and women with newborn babies will get a reprieve from shelter evictions until their babies turn six months old, city officials told THE […]
At the end of 2023, New York food delivery workers won a huge victory with an increase in our minimum wage. In response, app companies immediately conspired to push us back down. Now, customer tips we rely on to survive are on the line. The State Supreme Court’s November decision to uphold the city’s new law to […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Doug Williams | January 12, 2024 | CBS News NEW YORK — The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is taking action against scammers posing as immigration lawyers and taking advantage of one of New York City’s most vulnerable populations: asylum seekers. On Friday, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg announced the indictment of a 33-year-old man […]
Photos: NYIC By NYIC Press New York—On Tuesday, December 14 at 4PM, the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), United Federation of Teachers, elected officials, education allies, asylum seeking families, and immigrant New Yorkers held a children’s March and a press conference at City Hall Park, urging Mayor Adams to stop attacking the city’s right to […]
Listen to the podcast on Domestic Violence for Immigrants here: New York, NY – A coalition of gender-based violence advocates and organizations today applauded the New York City Council as it voted to adopt a resolution that will help the most marginalized survivors gain better access to safe temporary housing. Resolution 0165-2022, which was sponsored by […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com Former Owner of Georgia Diner in Queens and Bridgeview Diner in Brooklyn Pocketed More Than $650,000 in Taxes Paid by Patrons Instead of Reporting it to The State NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today recovered more than $1.8 million from the former owner of two New […]