Immigrant

Idle since a summer crackdown, the new market will be smaller and offer fewer food choices.

Street vendors say the monthslong enforcement effort has hit their pocketbooks and changed the Queens neighborhood.

The report pushes for rental vouchers for asylum-seekers, instead of costly shelters.

Mayor Eric Adams, who said ‘this is the budgetary reality’ the city faces, called for more state and federal support.

Adams says “there's no more room indoors.”

The cooperative ‘Afrilingual’ launches in August and will compete for millions of dollars in city contracts for interpretation services.

Since asylum seekers began streaming into the city a year ago, a network of volunteers has been working to ease their transition to a new city and new country. More help came this week.

Designed by British artists to represent a Syrian refugee, the globe-trotting puppet is meant to remind everyone she encounters what it means to have a home and feel welcome.

Advocates pushed hard for these measures during this budget session and criticized Gov. Hochul for not fully funding their proposals.

With local help, they are learning to navigate the school system, subways, legal issues, and heartbreak