Queens Center Workers Protest For More Benefits
Leave your thoughtsA group of former employees of stores at the Queens Center Mall rallied outside the doors of the Elmhurst shopping…
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S.I. Police Investigate Beating As Possible Hate Crime
Leave your thoughtsPolice are investigating a possible hate crime, after a Mexican restaurant worker was attacked in Port Richmond, Staten Island this…
Mexican Immigrant Brutally Beaten In Staten Island
Leave your thoughtsSTATEN ISLAND (WABC) — A Mexican immigrant is in critical condition after he was attacked on his way home from…
Day Laborer Attacked In Port Richmond
Leave your thoughtsSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A day laborer is in critical condition with a broken eye socket after he was punched…
It’s A Bad Time For City, Mayor Bloomberg To Slash ESL Funding
Leave your thoughtsMore than 100 protestors rallied Wednesday on the steps of City Hall demanding Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council save…
Gay Pride Week: Queens Advocates Take On Job Discrimination Against Transgender People
Leave your thoughtsLooking at Joi-Elle White, it is hard to tell she was born a man, but the transgender New Yorker says…
DOE Cracks Down On Free Lunches, May Leave Some Students Hungry
Leave your thoughtsIt won’t be so easy to get a free lunch at some Brooklyn public schools next fall. The Department of…
ESL Classes In Danger Of Closing
Leave your thoughtsSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Yngris Duran needs to speak English to get and maintain a job, to understand her kids,…
Youth Leaders Save Student Metrocards
Leave your thoughtsThis week, thousands of students across New York City are celebrating their hard-won victory to preserve free school transportation for…
Ticket to Ride: Students Win MetroCard Fight
Leave your thoughtsMayank Kumar, 17, from Desis Rising Up and Moving holds up his free MetroCard. Students scored a major victory June…