Ugandans, in New York and in Africa, are trying to bring attention to the murder of gay activist David Kato.
For the last 20 years, Sofika Zielyk has been making Ukrainian Easter eggs, known as “pysanky,” in her East Village studio, a craft she learned from her mother.
The canal is due for a cleanup and a Whole Foods is on the way. Census figures show that the boom is being fueled, at least in part, by an influx of young residents.
Melrose is one of the fastest-growing neighborhoods in the city – another sign of the South Bronx’s rise from the ashes.
A coalition is pushing for passage of the New York Dream Act, which would help undocumented immigrants to get in-state tuition at New York colleges and health care, among other services.
The city Administration for Children Services is required to identify immigrant youth in foster care who are eligible to become legal permanent residents. But many undocumented minors in foster care, like Vanessa Fuentes, struggle to gain special immigrant juvenile status before they age out of the system. Fuentes shares her story.
