Por Javier Castaño — Luego de fumar durante muchas décadas y de sobrevivir dos operaciones de corazón abierto, Arturo Ignacio Sánchez murió a los 74 años en el Centro Médico Rego Park en Queens. Dejó de respirar a la 1:30 de la madrugada. Estaba tomando...
As much as things change, sometimes they don’t change enough. On June 20th, a well-attended political debate was held at the Jewish Center of Jackson Heights. It was a unique political event that brought to the fore northwestern Queens’ immigrant landscape and the...
Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras is not looking for reelection this November Real estate speculation is king in New York City and its killing Queens County. This stark reality will define the primary election race for the NY City Council District 21 (CD 21) Democratic...
As an immigrant from Colombia, naturalized citizen of the United States, long-time New Yorker, and educator, I find president Trump’s authoritarian nationalism, anti-immigrant stance, and crude conception of what it means to be an American deeply disturbing. The...
President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to deport a sub-set of undocumented “bad-guy” immigrants and to develop a master list of Muslims living in the United States has triggered a sense of impending fear for migrants, and a focused engagement by individuals and...
By Arturo I. Sánchez The aftermath of the 2008 financial meltdown ushered in a new troubling phase in New York City’s real estate market – the rise of mega projects. This new real estate cycle, fueled by large-scale domestic and foreign-based speculative corporate...
