Immigrant advocacy group to expand health programs through $29M project
Leave your thoughtsMake the Road New York plans to more than double its space for programs and services through the construction of…
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The fight over Amazon will be a long, hard slog
Leave your thoughtsSupporters might have underestimated the opposition L.J. Williams walked into the conference room at LaGuardia Community College to discuss Amazon’s…
Cuomo, legislators must do more to protect New York’s immigrants
Leave your thoughtsMany immigrants are living through a period of intense fear and trauma. But they are rising up against President Donald…
Health department zooms in on Latino health
Leave your thoughtsLatinos in New York City are less likely to have health insurance than other city residents, with 22% lacking coverage…
Health + Hospitals rolls out children’s asthma program
Leave your thoughtsNYC Health + Hospitals is expanding a care-management program to help children who suffer frequent or severe asthma attacks. Through…
Cuomo’s plan to defend immigrants won’t get a public dime
Leave your thoughtsNot two weeks after President Donald Trump was elected on a platform that included an aggressive crackdown on undocumented immigrants,…
Liberals rage over Uber’s racial strategy
Leave your thoughtsLiberal activists in New York have found their new Wal-Mart. “Despicable,” says Jonathan Westin, executive director of New York Communities…
Liberals ecstatic as de Blasio finds backbone
Leave your thoughtsLiberals who have long chafed under Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s centrist governing are thrilled that Mayor Bill de Blasio attacked the…
With one vote, council tightens its grip on businesses
Leave your thoughtsBusiness leaders slammed the City Council Wednesday for passing two bills that they argue will make it more difficult for…
Street vendors hope to gain more influence in Jackson Heights
Leave your thoughtsOn any given day along a three-block stretch of Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens, nearly a dozen food carts…