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A Taco Truck Served Lunch to ICE Workers. Then Came the Backlash.
It seemed like a standard request for the Lloyd taco truck, a local favorite in Buffalo. Last week, a building on the outskirts of the city asked the truck to park outside around midday so its employees could have Mexican food for lunch.
Toxic Algae, Potentially Fatal for Dogs, Blooms in Water of 3 New York City Parks
NEW YORK — The green sludge appeared in New Jersey’s largest lake in June, ruining a usually bustling season of lakeside leisure.
Newark Neighborhood Fears Crime, Poverty and Now, Lead
NEWARK, N.J. — Donnette Goodluck tried all day to pick up the free bottled water the city was distributing as officials addressed a growing lead contamination crisis.
Luring Refugees: NY Cities Desperate for People Try a New Strategy
UTICA, N.Y. — Over the last few decades, as a manufacturing decline left homes vacant and storefronts dark, New York’s upstate cities opened their doors to refugees. The influx, while modest, gave new life to neighborhoods, helped alleviate labor shortages and shored up city budgets.
'I Don't Want to Die': Asylum Seekers, Once in Limbo, Face Deportation Under Trump
NEW YORK — Indra Sihotang was desperate to stay in the United States. Minutes from being deported to Indonesia, the 52-year-old father clung to a chair bolted to the floor at Kennedy International Airport, struggling against four immigration officers trying to tear him away.For a Yemeni in NYC, the Agony of Who's Been Left Behind
NEW YORK — Ahmed Abdulwahab’s family has survived airstrikes and firefights. They endured daylong drives across crumbled roads and on mountain ledges so steep it felt as if gravity would surely bring them tumbling down.
For a Yemeni in NYC, the Agony of Who's Been Left Behind
NEW YORK — Ahmed Abdulwahab’s family has survived airstrikes and firefights. They endured daylong drives across crumbled roads and on mountain ledges so steep it felt as if gravity would surely bring them tumbling down.
Sanctuary City Defenders Find Edge in State Courts
The battles between so-called sanctuary cities and the Trump administration are increasingly moving to state courts, where lawyers for immigrants have started to convince judges that state laws prohibit local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration agents.Another World Cup win for the U.S. women, another ticker-tape parade
For over 100 years, ticker-tape parades in Manhattan have celebrated many events, including the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge, the return of the Apollo 11 astronauts and numerous World Series victories by the New York Yankees.
When paying a traffic ticket can end in deportation
MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. — After immigration authorities tried to arrest a young man who was paying a traffic ticket at City Hall in April, word spread quickly through this city, where a third of the residents are foreign-born.
Rebellion by N.Y. County clerks over change in driver's license law
As he watched a livestream of a New York state Senate vote on Monday night, Michael Kearns, the county clerk in Erie County, sat in disbelief.
Husband held in vanishing of mother of 5 in Connecticut
More than a week ago, Jennifer Dulos disappeared after she dropped her five children off at school in a wealthy town in Connecticut. The police soon began investigating her estranged husband, with whom she had been involved in a bitter divorce and custody battle.
Behind the counter, a new political force takes on The New York Post and Trump
NEW YORK — Stepping into his Brooklyn bodega, Mohammed Almuntaser recalled how his heart sank. Staring up at him from the entryway was a copy of The New York Post, with a picture of the World Trade Center in flames on the cover and a headline attacking a Muslim member of Congress, Ilhan Omar.
Boycott of New York Post is planned by Yemeni-Americans over 9/11 cover
NEW YORK — The New York Post came under a barrage of criticism last week for a front page that featured a Sept. 11 photograph of the World Trade Center in flames and an isolated quote from a Muslim member of Congress, Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Melee breaks out at WWE wrestling event (and it wasn't faked)
NEW YORK — Fans of professional wrestling are familiar with staged brawls.
ICE raid at New York dairy farm sends shivers
HOMER, N.Y. — The fears weigh on Mike McMahon: If one of his undocumented workers gets a traffic ticket, it could prompt an immigration audit of his entire farm. If another gets detained by immigration agents at a roadside checkpoint or in a supermarket parking lot, the rest may flee. And if his undocumented workforce disappears overnight, there is no one to replace them.
Manhattan pier is deemed unsafe, forcing cancellation of an art show
Organizers of the high-profile art fair, set to open March 7, have decided to relocate most of its exhibitors from damaged Pier 92 to nearby Pier 90, where the show’s sister art fair, Volta, had been scheduled to run concurrently.
Videoconferencing in immigration court: High-tech solution or rights violation?
Now, a new lawsuit claims that the policy infringes upon immigrants’ constitutional rights in a deliberate attempt to speed up and increase deportations.
New York legislature passes bill giving college aid to students in the country illegally
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has confirmed he will sign the measure into law.
It was a sanctuary for immigrants. Then one of its owners was arrested
NEW YORK — Offering traditional Mexican food and social justice conversations, La Morada in the South Bronx is equal parts restaurant and refuge. Run by an immigrant family from Oaxaca, it is home to both fresh tostadas and a community book exchange.
