Chinese Workers Oppose Eliminating Tip Credit
In Chinatown workers and owners of restaurants and nail salons criticize Gov. Cuomo’s plan to eliminate the tip credit, reports Sing Tao Daily.
In Chinatown workers and owners of restaurants and nail salons criticize Gov. Cuomo’s plan to eliminate the tip credit, reports Sing Tao Daily.
The Villager pays a visit to the American Legion Lt. B. R. Kimlau Chinese Memorial Post 1291 on Canal Street, home to more than 500 members including 46 World War II veterans.
Cuban dancer-choreographer Irene Rodríguez brings her flamenco-inspired company this weekend to New York’s Joyce Theater, El Diario La Prensa reports.
Documented looks at the impact of the partial government shutdown on the immigration courts.
Parents waiting as their children took the Hunter College High School entrance exam spoke to World Journal with some saying the test only served as a learning experience while others took a jab at the mayor.
NYC’s Health Department released the 2018 Community Health Profiles, which showed improvements in some measures – but room for further improvement in others.
World Journal spoke to Chinese restaurant owners about the impact of higher minimum wages.
Attracting some 5,000 people and the mayor, the Three Kings Day tradition was kept alive in El Barrio through its 42nd parade, after last year’s was suspended because of a blizzard, El Diario La Prensa reports.
Tribeca Trib reports on the 9/11 Museum’s photographic exhibit of Mohawk Nation steelworkers who helped build the WTC and the buildings that replaced the towers downtown.
Numerous parents from Manhattan’s school district 2, including Asian parents, have sent a letter in support of specialized high school reform that would put aside the SHSAT, reports World Journal.
Immigrant stories of detention were told at The Art of Return, a performance series held on the Lower East Side, reports Documented.
The Department of City Planning’s recent approval of three high rise luxury residential buildings in the Two Bridges neighborhood in Lower East Side triggered a new round of outcry from the residents. At a town hall meeting held on Dec. 12, activists and residents vowed to keeping fighting. A lawyerRead More
Plaintiffs from Inwood are suing to have the City Council’s approval of a rezoning plan overturned, City Limits reports.
The two most recent candidates to enter the race for the public advocate seat opening because of Letitia James’ election as the next NYS attorney general held meetings in very different settings this week.
Sing Tao Daily covers the mixed reaction to the city announcing it will no longer build a new jail at 80 Centre St. and instead expand the Manhattan Detention Complex.