Immigrants

Immigrant workers whose legal work permits and deportation protections are tied up in state wage theft investigations protested outside the state Department of Labor’s Brooklyn office.

Immigrant Workers Plead for Swift Action on Pending Deportation Protection Applications

Nov. 14, 2024, 3:33 p.m.Nov. 14, 2024, 3:33 p.m.

At a picket, dozens demand action from the New York State Department of Labor to fast track approvals for whistleblowers and victims of labor law violations before Trump takes office in January.

Gov. Kathy Hochuls speaks at her Midtown office alongside State Attorney General Letitia James about how New York officials will respond to Donald Trump presidential win, Nov. 6, 2024.

Immigrants

Will Gov. Hochul Fight Trump’s Plan for Mass Deportations?

Nov. 12, 2024, 4:41 p.m.Nov. 12, 2024, 4:41 p.m.

Trump is poised to ramp up deportation activity in northern states like New York, which has few statewide policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.

City Hall

Adams Seeks to Calm Deportation Fears of Trump Presidency

Nov. 6, 2024, 2:51 p.m.Nov. 6, 2024, 3:17 p.m.

The president elect has promised mass deportations, but New York is still a sanctuary city and officials said they don’t want to stir anxieties.

A group of migrants sell food to construction workers at 53rd Street in Manhattan.

Economy

How Donald Trump’s Mass Deportations and Tariffs Would Impact New York City’s Economy

Nov. 3, 2024, 6:00 a.m.Nov. 4, 2024, 11:45 a.m.

Two planks of the Republican nominee’s agenda would have devastating consequences on the city’s fortunes, economists and scholars say.

Miguel Banes, right in red, and Carlos Pérez said while sitting outside the Hall Street migrant shelter that they were worried about what life might be like under a Trump presidency.

Immigration

NYC Migrants Dread Election Day as Trump Doubles Down on Mass Deportation

Nov. 1, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 31, 2024, 9:36 p.m.

Residents at one of the city’s largest migrant shelters spoke to living with a “state of uncertainty” as Trump rails against immigrants.

Venezuelan artist Roger Miranda had some of his recent work displayed at a makeshift gallery inside the Hall Street migrant shelter.

Immigration

Migrant Artists Find Light in the Darkness at Brooklyn Shelter

Oct. 15, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 15, 2024, 11:03 a.m.

Two visual artists from South America are displaying their work at the Clinton Hill shelter they’re living in.

Work

Bite by Bite, Migrant Women Help Fuel a Burgeoning Lunch Business at Manhattan Construction Sites

Sept. 19, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Sept. 18, 2024, 5:49 p.m.

Often living in shelters, they serve as an unregulated sales force for Latin American meals cooked after hours at restaurants, pizzerias and backyard kitchens across the city.

Maria Zenaida Rada displays a pictures of Arturo Jose Rodriguez-Marcano, who was fatally shot in a park near the Hall Street migrant shelter.

Courts

Brooklyn DA Hits Former Parks Worker With Hate Crime Charge in Migrant Killing

Aug. 21, 2024, 6:12 p.m.Aug. 22, 2024, 12:13 p.m.

Prosecutors allege Elijah Mitchell murdered Arturo Jose Rodriguez-Marcano because of an angry confrontation days earlier and a simmering animosity towards the city’s “new arrivals.”

A photo of Ross Pelin, the author of Language City.

FAQ NYC

LISTEN: All Roads Lead to Language City

Aug. 17, 2024, 3:33 p.m.Aug. 17, 2024, 3:43 p.m.

In the debut episode of Lit NYC, the FAQ NYC Podcast Network’s off-cycle show covering books, art, music and more, you’ll be hearing from Ross Perlin, author of the brilliant Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues, and co-director of the Endangered Languages Alliance. He sat down at the Alliance’s office in Manhattan […]

Rosaura Vazquez spends time in her son, Hansel Mendoza, in their Woodside home.

Budget

Immigrant Learners Struggle to Find English Classes as City Funding Lapses

Aug. 16, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Aug. 16, 2024, 4:56 p.m.

Money for new contracts have yet to reach class providers, while those near clusters of migrant shelters are cut off.

Immigrants

Immigrant Workers Plead for Swift Action on Pending Deportation Protection Applications

Will Gov. Hochul Fight Trump’s Plan for Mass Deportations?

Adams Seeks to Calm Deportation Fears of Trump Presidency

How Donald Trump’s Mass Deportations and Tariffs Would Impact New York City’s Economy

NYC Migrants Dread Election Day as Trump Doubles Down on Mass Deportation

Migrant Artists Find Light in the Darkness at Brooklyn Shelter

Bite by Bite, Migrant Women Help Fuel a Burgeoning Lunch Business at Manhattan Construction Sites

Brooklyn DA Hits Former Parks Worker With Hate Crime Charge in Migrant Killing

LISTEN: All Roads Lead to Language City

Immigrant Learners Struggle to Find English Classes as City Funding Lapses

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