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Families in Tears and Panic Outside Immigration Office as ICE Accelerates Round-Ups
Outside a nondescript office building on Elk Street in Lower Manhattan, scenes of pain and anguish unfolded on the pavement throughout Wednesday as immigrants and their family members waited to see if their loved ones would return from what had been billed as routine procedures. The basement office hosts ICE check-ins, run by private subcontractor the […]
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As Wildfire Smoke Reaches NYC, What to Know About Health Risks
This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. Smoke from Canadian wildfires reached New York City and other parts of the Northeast on Wednesday, posing risks to residents’ respiratory health. The National Weather Service issued an air quality alert for New York City and nearby suburbs in […]
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Operators of ‘Grabba’ Tobacco Sweatshop Charged With Wage Theft, Reckless Endangerment
A New Jersey man and two associates were criminally charged Wednesday for their role operating a tobacco-processing empire in the heart of Brooklyn, with prosecutors alleging they failed to pay two dozen immigrant workers — most of them middle-aged mothers from Ecuador — hundreds of thousands of dollars in owed wages and made them work […]
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Can Zohran Mamdani’s Volunteer Army Pull Off the Upset?
On a glum Wednesday evening recently, most New Yorkers were tucked away in their apartments, avoiding the persistent drizzle. This is exactly the scenario Mohit Sani and Dylan Halper were hoping for. Halper drums a cheery knock on the door of an Upper East Side apartment. A woman named Maria steps out, pushing her yapping […]
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Macaulay Honors Graduate Goes From Shelter To Success
THE CITY partners with Open Campus on coverage of the City University of New York. Simíra Smith came to New York City during the height of the pandemic, lived in a shelter for more than a year, survived a fire and struggled with impostor syndrome. Now, she’s a budding scientist as one of 465 Macaulay […]
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