Health and Environment
Persisten las preocupaciones sobre COVID-19 en los centros de detención de inmigrantes
Daniel Parra |
‘Fue propagación [del virus] a través de la deportación.’
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
To Face Flooding, New York Region Needs Big Bucks and Bold Moves: Report
Jarrett Murphy |
A broad coalition is calling for aggressive moves—from the ballot box to city maps—to defend the region against sea-level rise and coastal storms.
Una Ciudad sin Límites
La discreción de la ciudad significó que algunos inmigrantes tuvieran problemas para acceder al fondo de ayudas económicas para trabajadores indocumentados
Daniel Parra |
El programa de ayuda de la ciudad de Nueva York para inmigrantes indocumentados afectados por COVID-19 se ha negado a revelar a sus socios sin fines de lucro, alegando temores de que los solicitantes los abrumarán.
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
Progress and Delays in Putting Milestone Emissions Law into Action
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Fourteen months after the city passed a strict new standard for building emissions and less than four years before the restrictions go into effect, there has been progress and delays in creating a mechanism for landlords to comply.
COVID-19
After Costly ‘Reinvention,’ Nail Salons Brace For Uncertain Reopening
Fernando Martínez for El Diario |
Salon workers and owners, many of them immigrants, head back to work this week as part of New York’s Phase 3 reopening. But many are worried about how new social distancing restrictions will impact their livelihood.
Coronavirus
New York’s Pandemic Rolls On, and Prison Testing is Still an Issue
Nicole Javorsky |
While about 20 percent of New York’s population have been tested for the coronavirus, just about 3.6 percent of people incarcerated in the state’s prisons have received tests.
consumer fireworks
In State Where NYC’s Illegal Fireworks Can Be Bought, Some Want Tighter Laws
Jarrett Murphy |
Pennsylvania legalized many fireworks in 2017. Several lawmakers there want to rein the sales in, citing noise, fires and ‘chaos.’
Age Justice
Snags Seen in Pandemic Policies for Senior Centers and Home Meals
Roshan Abraham |
Providers expressed frustration with the Department For The Aging (DFTA) and the mayor’s office, who they say made abrupt changes with little input from the aging services sector.
2020 15th Congressional District Primary
In Democratic Primary Marked By Glitches and COVID-19, Bronx Latino Voters Turn Out
Fernando Martínez for El Diario |
Despite the pandemic, voters in Bronx’s heavily-Latino Congressional District 15 showed up to cast ballots in person.
Uncategorized
Polish American NYers on How COVID-19 Changed Their Plans
Janusz Szlechta and Jolanta Wysocka for Nowy Dziennik |
Barbara from Rockaway, Queens, planned to go to Poland in May for her daughter’s wedding and her granddaughter’s First Communion, but was halted by quarantine. “I did everything I could to be able to go there to be part of these important events,” she says.
