The Chinese immigrant stronghold has seen declines in population and the local economy in the decade since 9/11.
The city is required to identify immigrants in foster care eligible to become legal permanent residents. But it can be a race against the clock.
The Bangladeshi population in the southeast Bronx leaped 137 percent in the last decade. Mohammed Mujumder, who arrived in the U.S. 22 years ago, advises recent immigrants on everything from finding a job to applying for government health benefits.
Revelers celebrated Holi, India’s festival of colors, by smearing each other with colored powder. The rite is a sign of spring – and of New York’s growing Indian community.
Melrose is one of the fastest-growing neighborhoods in the city – another sign of the South Bronx’s rise from the ashes.
QUEENS – For years, Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood has been known as Little Poland. But another burgeoning Polish community is just 40 minutes away, in Ridgewood, which is now attracting young Polish residents looking for traditional culture with a modern twist.
