Kids in East Harlem are gardening and doing other outdoor activities as part of a program offered by Concrete Safaris in collaboration with the Department of Health and the local Neighborhood Health Action Center.
In Brooklyn, there’s a new effort at Interfaith Medical Center to get members of the community screened.
AbunDance Academy of the Arts, which attracts students of all ages, is seeking a new home.
The founder of a Nepali dance school in Elmhurst insists on teaching in Nepali and that students try to speak Nepali. Parents are delighted.
Artist Andrea Arroyo put out a call to artists following Donald Trump’s election. The works that came in from around the world are on exhibit at NYU’s Kimmel Galleries through June 1.
Kimchi is making inroads in markets like Whole Foods as New Yorkers and Americans embrace the traditional fermented dish, and its new variants.
Follow a tenant advocate as he talks with renters of apartments in Flushing.
Kids in Brooklyn are learning to play soccer with a Dutch trainer.
Two rabbis talk about their action to oppose President Trump’s Muslim ban.
Preserving East New York sponsored a “heart bombing” of the Empire State Dairy to raise awareness of historic buildings in the neighborhood.
A silent march, a series of speakers and an exhibit and performances marked the 75th anniversary of FDR’s executive order which resulted in the internment of 100,000 Japanese Americans on the West Coast during World War II.
The city’s Department of Health has expanded clinical services at newly renamed “sexual health clinics” and embarked on a new ad campaign to ensure that all New Yorkers take care of their sexual health.
The Hungarian immigrant and entrepreneur Andrew Romay, who in 2012 founded the Andrew Romay New Immigrant Center (ARNIC) at the English-Speaking Union, died on Feb. 10. Voices of NY republishes a video profile of the Center.
In response to President Trump’s executive orders, volunteers distributed leaflets outside subway stations to inform Muslims and immigrants about the city’s legal and social services.
Plans for a public art commemoration of the writers of Little Syria in lower Manhattan were approved on Jan. 25.
