One of New York City’s oldest restaurants, La Nacional, closes next month — then reopens in the spring under the new, nonprofit management of the Spanish Benevolent Society.
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Spanish Restaurant Mogul Bids Farewell to 14th Street
Posted on 11 December 2015.
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Bangladeshis split on the lines of free speech
Posted on 07 November 2015.
Despite the continuous spate of blogger killings in Bangladesh, free speech activists in New York find themselves battling an apathetic ethnic media
Posted in Bangladeshi, Bronx, Brooklyn, Crime, Featured, Issues, Manhattan, News, Queens, Religion0 Comments
Muslim activists cheer as court reinstates lawsuit against NYPD’s spying
Posted on 15 October 2015.
A federal court ruling says the Constitution doesn’t tolerate blanket surveillance solely on the basis of religion.
Posted in Communities, Featured, Muslim, News, Religion0 Comments
NYC taxi drivers protest against Uber
Posted on 07 October 2015.
Medallion taxi owners and drivers speak out about Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing apps.
Posted in Boroughs, Business, Featured, Issues, News0 Comments
Fight for $15? NYC ethnic communities respond to minimum wage proposal
Posted on 07 October 2015.
The proposal to raise minimum wage for all New York workers drew mixed reaction from workers and employers.
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Teachers Recreate Haitian Folk Tales With a New Beat
Posted on 11 November 2014.
Two high school teachers are bringing a creative twist to Haitian folk tales, setting them to full orchestration.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Brooklyn, Featured, Haitian, News0 Comments
New York City’s Marathon
Posted on 10 November 2014.
Global City NYC reports on the global runners in New York’s marathon.
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Unable to Work, Indian Immigrant Women Feel Trapped by H4 Visas
Posted on 26 October 2014.
Legal Indian immigrant women, and holders of the H4 visa, speak out about the visa restrictions they’re facing, starting from their ineligibility to apply for jobs to obtaining a driver’s license. Many are eagerly awaiting Obama’s delayed immigration policies.
Big Sense of Stigmatization in Little Liberia
Posted on 21 October 2014.
The growing fear over the deadly Ebola virus has translated to an increased sense of stigmatization among Liberians living in Staten Island’s Little Liberia community
Posted in Featured, Issues, News, Staten Island, West African0 Comments
Former Assemblywoman Rosa Starts One-Year Sentence Next Month
Posted on 17 October 2014.
Last week’s sentencing of former New York State Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa for marriage and bankruptcy fraud was a final chapter in a short political career. But Rosa’s sentence – a year in prison, three years of probation and repayment of $20,000 owed to creditors – has not ended the scandal’s fallout among uptown politicians and the largely Dominican constituency in Washington Heights and Inwood that Rosa represented.
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