New York City Imposes Curfew in Randall’s Island Migrant Shelter, Largest in City to Have Curfew – Effective March 20

New York City Imposes Curfew in Randall’s Island Migrant Shelter, Largest in City to Have Curfew – Effective March 20

Occupants of the Randall’s Island migrant shelter will be notified today about the curfew that will go into effect in two weeks. This will become the largest shelter to have a curfew imposed by the city and the most recent to have this measure. Another 186 shelters have a curfew. Currently, about three thousand people … Read more

Controversy over New Shelter for Asylum Seekers in Gowanus Brooklyn: Community Meeting Sparks Debate

Controversy over New Shelter for Asylum Seekers in Gowanus Brooklyn: Community Meeting Sparks Debate

In order to discuss the new shelter for asylum seekers that the Mayor’s Office has set up in a building located at 130 Third Street in Gowanus Brooklyn, residents of the area held a community meeting this Monday. The industrial building will be converted into a hostel to house up to 400 single men and … Read more

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa receives standing ovation in NY for his efforts to secure TPS for Ecuadorians

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa receives standing ovation in NY for his efforts to secure TPS for Ecuadorians

“Ecuadorians are proud of their police, their armed forces and their president too.” This is how the president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, was received with applause during his visit to NY. Hundreds of people with small tricolor flags listened attentively to the president, especially when he referred to the request for TPS for Ecuadorians living … Read more

New York City to Provide Prepaid Cards to Asylum Seekers for Food Purchases: Details Revealed by Vice Mayor Anne Williams-Isom

New York City to Provide Prepaid Cards to Asylum Seekers for Food Purchases: Details Revealed by Vice Mayor Anne Williams-Isom

Vice Mayor Anne Williams-Isom shared details this Sunday about the prepaid cards that the Administration plans to give to asylum seekers so they can buy food. He clarified that it will not be for all immigrants and that they will start with 500 families through a pilot plan. “Actually I agree, but let them give … Read more

Harlem Residents React to Rumors of Asylum Seeker Shelter in Community

Harlem Residents React to Rumors of Asylum Seeker Shelter in Community

“They should take us out and put us in a new building, not for immigrants.” This is the reaction of a Harlem resident, who did not want to give her name, following a rumor that a building on the corner of 130th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd could be converted into a shelter … Read more

Immigration Study Reveals Economic Impact of Immigrants in New York City

Immigration Study Reveals Economic Impact of Immigrants in New York City

We found Josué Martínez outside the Row Hotel shelter in Manhattan. He assures that he does odd jobs, for which he receives payment in cash due to the lack of a work permit and a social security number, for now he does not contribute taxes to the city and the state. “They will give us … Read more

Uribe Family’s Portrait Exhibition: A Journey of Perseverance and Sacredness in NYC

Uribe Family’s Portrait Exhibition: A Journey of Perseverance and Sacredness in NYC

“When we took the photo we felt more united than normal and we felt very good,” said Sara Lozano Uribe. The Lozano Uribe family is creating new memories in New York City. Mother Sandra Uribe says that she, along with her husband and two children, fled Colombia due to the persecution of kidnappers. They sold … Read more

New York City’s largest migrant shelter struggles to accommodate growing numbers

New York City’s largest migrant shelter struggles to accommodate growing numbers

On any given night, about 3,000 migrants sleep on cots lined up inside huge heated tents on a small island that offers stunning views of Manhattan’s skyscrapers. But as New York struggles to house a growing number of migrants who have arrived in the state from the southern border of the United States, there is … Read more

Adams Administration Policy Creates Uncertainty for Asylum-Seeking Families in New York City

Adams Administration Policy Creates Uncertainty for Asylum-Seeking Families in New York City

There is much uncertainty that has arisen with the first expiration of the 60-day period in shelter for asylum-seeking families, a policy announced by the Adams administration in October 2023. “It feels a little desperate because, imagine, it is very difficult to get rented,” said Virginia, a Venezuelan immigrant. “Concerning. Yes, I feel stressed,†added … Read more

Girl Scout Troop 6000: Empowering Immigrant Girls in NYC

Girl Scout Troop 6000: Empowering Immigrant Girls in NYC

“A round of applause for the Girl Scouts.” This group of girl scouts had their beginnings exactly one year ago at the Row Hotel in Midtown. “This experience has been very fun because in my country you don’t see this about girl scouts,” said Laura Valentina. “For me it was very exciting to enter this … Read more