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 […]
Immigrants
Posted inBudget
Immigrant Learners Struggle to Find English Classes as City Funding Lapses
Money for new contracts have yet to reach class providers, while those near clusters of migrant shelters are cut off.
Posted inHomeless Shelters
City Hall, Evicting More Migrants, Says ‘Encampments Will be Addressed’
People denied a cot can still accept a free bus ticket out of town, Mayor Eric Adams’ chief of staff said on Tuesday.
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They Fled War in Ukraine to Make a Home in New York. Now, They Fear a Trump Presidency
Two years after arriving with just one suitcase, Inna Malamura has an apartment, speaks some English and has work authorization.
Posted inImmigrants
12 Hours in New Dorp, Staten Island
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.
Posted inMigrant Crisis
Want Another Chance at Shelter? Apply for Asylum, Migrants Learn the Hard Way
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.
Posted inCity Agencies
Undercover ‘Secret Shopper’ Program Shows City Agencies Breaking Language Access Laws
Advocates are fighting for more funds for language access programs in the city’s budget this year.
Posted inWork
Migrant Women, Eager for Work, Turn to Construction
Four in 10 trainees are now female, as local workers centers report skyrocketing demand for courses in safety, demolition and more.
Posted inHomeless Shelters
Migrants and Advocates Brace for New Rules Governing Shelter Spots
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.
Posted inShelters
Gowanus Migrant Shelter Allowed to Open With Outdated Fire Inspection
Officials granted a temporary certificate of occupancy on the basis that the operator would put in a round-the-clock fire watch guard. But the company in charge of security at the site is being investigated elsewhere for billing the city for fire guards who were never there.