A proposed hotel in Little Bangladesh is dividing a community already at odds over the narrow strip, where long-time Jackson Heights residents live alongside South Asian immigrants.
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Proposed Hotel Divides Local Leaders and Community in Little Bangladesh
Posted on 01 November 2017.
Posted in Bangladeshi, Boroughs, Business, Communities, Featured, Immigration, Indian, News, Queens0 Comments
Haitians fight to extend their temporary legal status among larger DACA talk
Posted on 30 October 2017.
Thousands of Haitians are fearing mass deportation to Haiti as the deadline for Trump to extend their TPS status inches nearer – and activists say the dominating conversation over DACA isn’t helping.
Posted in Brooklyn, Featured, Haitian, Immigration, Issues, News, Politics0 Comments
In Polonia, a New Generation Connects with its Heritage
Posted on 26 October 2017.
Polish-American students talk about their ties to a community at risk of assimilation.
Posted in Education, Featured, Immigration, Polish0 Comments
China changes its one-child policy, but maybe not enough to affect asylum claims
Posted on 23 December 2015.
China’s one-child policy pushed some women to seek asylum in the U.S. The one-child rule was relaxed last month, but maybe not enough to affect any new asylum claims.
Posted in Chinese, Featured, Immigration, Uncategorized0 Comments
A new political era in Burma beckons those in the New York diaspora
Posted on 11 December 2015.
Burmese exiles long for home, but some will wait awhile before deciding when to go.
Posted in Featured, Immigration, News, Politics0 Comments
In a changing Harlem, West African vendors struggled to preserve business
Posted on 08 October 2015.
In Harlem, some longtime West African vendors are threatened as construction encroaches on their locations.
Posted in Boroughs, Business, Communities, Featured, Immigration, Issues, Manhattan, West African0 Comments
Not all Russians are from Russia
Posted on 07 October 2015.
Brighton Beach is considered the Russian capital of the United States, but not every Russian is from Russia. Even so, Ukrainians, Azerbaijanis and other immigrants from the former Soviet Union embrace the Russian label.
Posted in Boroughs, Brooklyn, Communities, Featured, Immigration, Russian0 Comments
One City, Many Cultures
Posted on 13 December 2014.
Global City NYC reporters explore religious, culinary and cultural traditions in the city’s ethnic neighborhoods.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Bangladeshi, Boroughs, Bronx, Brooklyn, Dominican, Featured, Haitian, Immigration, Indian, Jamaican, Manhattan, Mexican, Nepali, Polish, Queens, Religion, Russian, West African0 Comments
White Russian Nostalgia for Their Ancestors’ Homeland
Posted on 13 December 2014.
New York is home to White Russians, many of whom are deeply nostalgic for a country they have never seen — the Russian homeland of their ancestors.
Posted in Brooklyn, Featured, Immigration, Russian, Uncategorized0 Comments
Corona Immigration Clinic Offers Advice, But Little Hope
Posted on 05 December 2014.
Latin Women in Action partnered with the Queens Library to present a free legal clinic on immigration issues to approximately thirty Latinos from Corona, Queens.
Posted in Dominican, Featured, Immigration, Manhattan0 Comments
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Proposed Hotel Divides Local Leaders and Community in Little Bangladesh
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