Global City NYC

In April, the New York Police Department warned about a robocall scam that had bilked at least 21 Chinese immigrants of $2.5 million. Five months later, people in Flushing’s Chinatown say they are still getting the calls — and some are still getting scammed.

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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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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.

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Polish-American students talk about their ties to a community at risk of assimilation.

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Nationalities and traditions vary in the Harlem community known as Little Senegal, but one thing West Africans in this neighborhood share is the French language.

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A little-known election rule has allowed Christopher Marte, 28, to fight on as a third-party candidate for Lower Manhattan’s District One City Council seat, and he has set his campaigning sights on Margaret Chin’s electoral base in Chinatown.

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For the first time, an exhibit at the Tenement Museum, Under One Roof, will show visitors scenes from the lives of Chinese workers, illuminating a history that many current residents of Manhattan’s Chinatown still remember.  

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Online competition and a flood of pirate stations are threatening a once-thriving Haitian radio station in Flatbush.

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As Astoria rapidly gentrifies, a handful of locals have taken to social media to try to preserve memories – and just possibly slow the pace of change.

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In the ultimate urban landscape that is New York City, you might not expect to find beaches. But they are there, on the waterfront borders of every city borough – except Manhattan.

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