A Legal Challenge to the Inwood Rezoning
Plaintiffs from Inwood are suing to have the City Council’s approval of a rezoning plan overturned, City Limits reports.
Plaintiffs from Inwood are suing to have the City Council’s approval of a rezoning plan overturned, City Limits reports.
Politicians and residents held a vigil on Tuesday to oppose the racist and xenophobic actions in Fort Tryon Park of a white supremacist group, reports Manhattan Times.
Guatemalan mom Yeni González was briefly reunited with her three children at the Cayuga Centers in East Harlem after being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
Manhattan Times reports on support for a bill introduced by Rep. Adriano Espaillat that would make it easier for homeowners to prove ownership, and thereby help Puerto Ricans who are still awaiting FEMA assistance.
Inwood resident Congressman Adriano Espaillat gave a walking tour of the area on March 18, pointing out lots that could be developed for affordable housing, reports Manhattan Times.
As several local elected officials and pro-immigrant organizations announced they will take President Trump’s DACA decision to court, New York’s Hispanic representatives in Congress vowed to work on a legislative alternative, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
New York leaders urged removal of a statue honoring a Southern physician who performed surgical experiments on Black women, Manhattan Times reports.
A new Dominican studies masters program will be offered by the City College of the City University of New York, Manhattan Times reports.
At the first Summit on Latinos, leaders share that the “existential threat” posed by Trump has actually reinvigorated Hispanic communities by forcing them to organize and take action, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
On the June 28 Democratic primaries, the increasingly Hispanic 13th Congressional District will choose a successor to Rep. Charles Rangel after 46 years, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
Adriano Espaillat, the first Dominican congressman in U.S. history, celebrated his swearing-in with crowds in his Upper Manhattan district, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
As they bet on a peaceful transfer of power, participants at the Somos el Futuro Conference in Puerto Rico vow to keep fighting for equality and immigrant rights despite the uncertainty generated by the prospect of a Trump government, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
Adriano Espaillat was elected yesterday the first Dominican to occupy a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, succeeding Charles Rangel as representative of the 13th District, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
Washington Heights elected officials and residents denounced landlords who keep their apartments empty as a dirty tactic to end affordable housing, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
The victory of Carmen De La Rosa and Marisol Alcantara in Tuesday’s primaries marks a new milestone in the struggle of Hispanic women in the political arena, El Diario/La Prensa reports.