Immigrants

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

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.

A group of migrants have been camping out near a temporary shelter on Randalls Island.

Homeless Shelters

City Hall, Evicting More Migrants, Says ‘Encampments Will be Addressed’

Aug. 13, 2024, 8:03 p.m.Aug. 15, 2024, 11:16 a.m.

People denied a cot can still accept a free bus ticket out of town, Mayor Eric Adams’ chief of staff said on Tuesday.

Immigration

They Fled War in Ukraine to Make a Home in New York. Now, They Fear a Trump Presidency

July 12, 2024, 5:00 a.m.July 12, 2024, 5:30 p.m.

Two years after arriving with just one suitcase, Inna Malamura has an apartment, speaks some English and has work authorization.

Shoppers enter the HL Supermarket in New Dorp Beach.

Immigrants

12 Hours in New Dorp, Staten Island

Ben Fractenberg July 1, 2024, 4:59 a.m.June 30, 2024, 7:29 p.m.

In the past decade, a burgeoning Chinese community has built an enclave on the eastern shore of Staten Island, now the borough with the fastest growing immigrant population.

Immigrants

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

City Hall, Evicting More Migrants, Says ‘Encampments Will be Addressed’

They Fled War in Ukraine to Make a Home in New York. Now, They Fear a Trump Presidency

12 Hours in New Dorp, Staten Island

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