According to a shelter organization, entire families who seek refuge in spite of having a working adult – often immigrant mothers – who cannot afford to pay rent are the new face of homelessness in New York, El Diario La Prensa reports.
News that a single gay-identified group has been invited to march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade was met with caution by LGBT groups, Gay City News said.
A CUNY Journalism School investigation shows that in 2013, insiders found ways to fund those they favored.
The Working Families Party had a banner election year, pushing their candidates to victory not only in citywide races but in the City Council and district attorney’s office. The success didn’t come overnight, reports Amsterdam News.
The lack of vision and leadership within the Latino community in Queens is reflected in the misguided proposal to expand the BID along Roosevelt Avenue, argues Javier Castaño in an opinion piece in Queens Latino.
A Voices of NY survey of key community and ethnic papers found they favor the underdogs.
With her poll numbers sinking, the mayoral hopeful has been aggressively campaigning in Latino neighborhoods.
The black vote is significantly divided between Bill Thompson and Bill de Blasio ahead of next Tuesday’s Democratic primary, says columnist Jonathan P. Hicks in the Amsterdam News. But this is not deterring other contenders in the crowded primary.
Orthodox Jewish issues are getting more attention but the Brooklyn community is split over who to support.
Candidates’ efforts to reach Latino voters in their native language leaves a lot to be desired.
El Diario-La Prensa examines donors with Latino last names in the Campaign Finance Board database to find the mayoral candidates with the most financial support from the community.
Not all paradegoers enjoyed the many politicians who attended the Colombian Day Parade in Queens but among people interviewed by El Diario-La Prensa and Queens Latino, Christine Quinn seemed to get the most thumbs up.
One could argue she doesn’t have a choice, but still, mayoral candidate Christine Quinn embraces her record, all of it – the good, the unpopular, the controversial – with surprising gusto.
Mayoral candidates react to a report that showed that the Bloomberg administration spends only 18 percent of its advertisement budget in community and ethnic publications.
Mayor Bloomberg’s policy of phasing-out and closing public schools due to poor performance has drawn criticism from school staff and students, and has become a hot political issue in the race for City Hall.
