In Williamsburg, efforts to preserve Latino culture
By ELIZABETH ELIZALDE On a calm Sunday morning, Mery’s Beauty Salon, located at South 3rd and Havemeyer streets, is the place where the Latina women …[read more]
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No-Interest Loan for Dreamers
Video journalist Charina Nadura reports about a no-interest loan to help young immigrants pay the fee to apply for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
In Bensonhurst, immigrants shape a church
By SAMANTHA GRILLO On a Saturday evening, Maria Ferrera grabbed her coat from the closet in the hallway of her Bensonhurst, Brooklyn home, took her car keys from the …[read more]
Mayoral candidates tussle over council member items
By JAMILLE SUTTON Take a look at the New York City Council’s website, and you will find a searchable database containing a list of all …[read more]
New app gives a budge to charity
By SEAN P. QUIGLEY A new app has been released called “The Budge,” with hopes to not only change the way young people use social …[read more]
Wrestling With an International Crisis
By SEAN PATRICK QUIGLEY Representatives of the United States, Russia and Iran – usually on opposing sides of the geo-politcal canvas – came together at …[read more]
Hispanic Business Leaders Say City Favors Firms Owned by White Women
By ROBERT GARCIA The New York State Coalition of Hispanic Chambers of Commerce on Tuesday announced a lawsuit against the city charging that a local …[read more]
PTA Embezzler Cools Her Heels
BY CLAUDIO MARTINO & SALVATORE ROMANO A 15-day extension on her repayment plan was granted in court on Tuesday for the former Cobble Hill PTA …[read more]
Bloomberg Defends Stop And Frisk — Again
By JERMECIA EDWARDS & JULIA JOHN-SCHEDER Mayor Bloomberg on Tuesday grew feisty as he again defended his Administration’s stop and frisk tactics as the long-running …[read more]
Japanese culture flowers at cherry blossom fete
Cherry blossom festival at Brooklyn Botanic Garden presents Japanese culture to thousands of visitors. (Photos: Sal Romano) By SAL ROMANO Over 70,000 fans of Japanese …[read more]