Immigrants

Maria Zenaida Rada displays a pictures of Arturo Jose Rodriguez-Marcano, who was fatally shot in a park near the Hall Street migrant shelter.

Courts

Brooklyn DA Hits Former Parks Worker With Hate Crime Charge in Migrant Killing

Aug. 21, 2024, 6:12 p.m.Aug. 22, 2024, 12:13 p.m.

Prosecutors allege Elijah Mitchell murdered Arturo Jose Rodriguez-Marcano because of an angry confrontation days earlier and a simmering animosity towards the city’s “new arrivals.”

A photo of Ross Pelin, the author of Language City.

FAQ NYC

LISTEN: All Roads Lead to Language City

Aug. 17, 2024, 3:33 p.m.Aug. 17, 2024, 3:43 p.m.

In the debut episode of Lit NYC, the FAQ NYC Podcast Network’s off-cycle show covering books, art, music and more, you’ll be hearing from Ross Perlin, author of the brilliant Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues, and co-director of the Endangered Languages Alliance. He sat down at the Alliance’s office in Manhattan […]

Rosaura Vazquez spends time in her son, Hansel Mendoza, in their Woodside home.

Budget

Immigrant Learners Struggle to Find English Classes as City Funding Lapses

Aug. 16, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Aug. 16, 2024, 4:56 p.m.

Money for new contracts have yet to reach class providers, while those near clusters of migrant shelters are cut off.

A group of migrants have been camping out near a temporary shelter on Randalls Island.

Homeless Shelters

City Hall, Evicting More Migrants, Says ‘Encampments Will be Addressed’

Aug. 13, 2024, 8:03 p.m.Aug. 15, 2024, 11:16 a.m.

People denied a cot can still accept a free bus ticket out of town, Mayor Eric Adams’ chief of staff said on Tuesday.

Immigration

They Fled War in Ukraine to Make a Home in New York. Now, They Fear a Trump Presidency

July 12, 2024, 5:00 a.m.July 12, 2024, 5:30 p.m.

Two years after arriving with just one suitcase, Inna Malamura has an apartment, speaks some English and has work authorization.

Shoppers enter the HL Supermarket in New Dorp Beach.

Immigrants

12 Hours in New Dorp, Staten Island

Ben Fractenberg July 1, 2024, 4:59 a.m.June 30, 2024, 7:29 p.m.

In the past decade, a burgeoning Chinese community has built an enclave on the eastern shore of Staten Island, now the borough with the fastest growing immigrant population.

Venezuelan migrant Darwin cuts another migrant's hair outside a Brooklyn shelter.

Migrant Crisis

Want Another Chance at Shelter? Apply for Asylum, Migrants Learn the Hard Way

June 21, 2024, 5:00 a.m.June 20, 2024, 8:54 p.m.

A March court settlement created a new and confusing process for migrants seeking to extend shelter stays beyond 30 days, but a state law seems to have limited its impact.

Bronx Buisness Center 3030 3rd Ave. Rm. 250 OATH Hearings Division

City Agencies

Undercover ‘Secret Shopper’ Program Shows City Agencies Breaking Language Access Laws

June 20, 2024, 5:00 a.m.June 24, 2024, 10:53 p.m.

Advocates are fighting for more funds for language access programs in the city’s budget this year.

Work

Migrant Women, Eager for Work, Turn to Construction

June 5, 2024, 5:05 a.m.June 5, 2024, 1:39 p.m.

Four in 10 trainees are now female, as local workers centers report skyrocketing demand for courses in safety, demolition and more.

The St. Brigid shelter re-ticketing site in the East Village has seen decreased lines since new rules have made it difficult for single men to extend their stay.

Homeless Shelters

Migrants and Advocates Brace for New Rules Governing Shelter Spots

April 26, 2024, 5:00 a.m.April 25, 2024, 6:14 p.m.

Adult migrants without children will have to prove that “extenuating circumstances” warrant another shelter placement, or that they’ve made “significant efforts” to move out — but it’s far from clear how the new system will work.

Immigrants

Brooklyn DA Hits Former Parks Worker With Hate Crime Charge in Migrant Killing

LISTEN: All Roads Lead to Language City

Immigrant Learners Struggle to Find English Classes as City Funding Lapses

City Hall, Evicting More Migrants, Says ‘Encampments Will be Addressed’

They Fled War in Ukraine to Make a Home in New York. Now, They Fear a Trump Presidency

12 Hours in New Dorp, Staten Island

Want Another Chance at Shelter? Apply for Asylum, Migrants Learn the Hard Way

Undercover ‘Secret Shopper’ Program Shows City Agencies Breaking Language Access Laws

Migrant Women, Eager for Work, Turn to Construction

Migrants and Advocates Brace for New Rules Governing Shelter Spots

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