City of Immigrants
‘How Can I Feed My Family?’: Vendors Waiting on Licenses March on City Hall After Crackdown
Three years after the City Council passed a bill meant to expand the number of vendor licenses in the city, City Hall is still dragging its feet while the NYPD arrests and harasses food vendors.
Corona Plaza Vendors Are Struggling Under the City’s New Restrictions
The number of vendors has been slashed, opening hours have been cut, and sales are down by more than half—but vendors are hoping the plans for the permanent market will change all of that.
‘They Either Die Outside or They Come Inside and Survive’: Ebou Sarr Won’t Stop Sheltering Migrants
An interview with the African immigrant who set up illegal shelters for dozens of recently arrived migrants.
Bounced from Shelter to Shelter, a Family of Asylum Seekers Struggles to Stay New Yorkers
An interview with a family that never imagined themselves in New York City, and now have nowhere else to go.
Migrants Are Outside, Cold, and Hungry. Volunteers Are Trying to Feed Them. The Adams Administration Isn’t Helping
After promises from the City that funding for a volunteer group would help pay for warm meals, the City hasn't sent over a cent.
Hundreds of Migrants Wait Outside in the Cold for Another Chance at a NYC Shelter
"We'll stay here in the cold until we get a new shelter."
‘I Just Want to Live’: Mauritanian Asylum Seekers in NYC Face an Uncertain Future
"People aren't coming for jobs or the American dream—it's a life or death situation."
They Came to NYC Looking for a Better Life. NYC Is Sending Them Packing
Shuffled from shelter to shelter, some migrants are beginning to accept the City's offer of a one-way ticket out of town.
A New Yorker Whose Israeli Hometown Became the Scene of a Massacre
Dan talks about how his family survived the assault, why he left Kfar Aza for good, and the anguish he feels when he sees the tragedy being used to justify more bloodshed.
A New Yorker Whose Family Just Evacuated Gaza City
Bader talks about staying in contact with relatives abroad, the resurgence of post-9/11 anti-Muslim sentiment, and trying to keep up with his daily life against the backdrop of fear and horror unfolding in Palestine.
