People + New York Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 16, 2009
Fernando Bermudez Wrongfully Jailed For 18 Years, Finally Gets Justice – New York
November 13, 2009
Western New York Native Thomas Perez has earned a high post in the U.S. Justice Department. – Friday, Perez will be sworn in as head of the department’s Civil Rights Division. He’ll report directly to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.
November 10, 2009
A Guatemalan designated as one of the world’s biggest drug kingpins has been convicted of cocaine importation and distribution charges by New York jury
October 17, 2009
Hugo Balta, news director for Telemundo’s WNJU-47 in New York, also got pink-slipped during the company’s latest round of cuts.
October 15, 2009
Mexican Illegal Immigrant (Mario Vera) Badly Beaten In Brooklyn – Devastated Wife Asks For Witnesses To Come Forward; Woodhull Hospital Under Fire Over Initial Treatment – (yet another apparent hate crime called “bias attack” – $12k reward for info) + video
October 13, 2009
LISTA’ Jose Marquez and Judge Sonia Sotomayor to Recieve 2009 New York State Department of Labor and JSEC Rising Star Awards.
October 12, 2009
Beyond the Barrio, With Growing Pains – El Museo del Barrio reopens with a new glass facade, a redesigned courtyard and modernized galleries, including one devoted to its permanent collection in East Harlem, NYC – Rafael Montañez Ortiz
October 7, 2009
A conversation with Oscar Hijuelos and Esmeralda Santiago – Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at El Museo del Barrio – New York City
For a decade, Congressman Jose Serrano has worked to bring financial support to one the nation’s poorest neighborhoods – the South Bronx
September 30, 2009
Peter W. Davidson of Brooklyn, described as “an experienced dealmaker and executive in the private sector,” has been named to a key post in the state’s economic development agency – will be executive director, the No. 2 person, at the Empire State Development Corp., or ESD – Many of his businesses have been geared toward the Hispanic community, including El Diario/La Prensa.
September 28, 2009
Mark Sanchez is the face of the New York Jets’ franchise and a symbol of success to the Mexican-American community he has warmly embraced.
September 24, 2009
Brooklyn family keeps Latino-Jewish traditions alive – Moshe and Chanaleah Nunez are Latino Jews who were raised in Christian homes
September 18, 2009
A Victim Treats His Mugger Right – Julio Diaz in NYC
September 17, 2009
The brother of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will deliver the keynote address at opening ceremonies Friday for the Central New York celebration of Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month.
Mark Sanchez’s poise creates excitement for N.Y. Jets
September 14, 2009
The Mutineer Becomes the Captain – Pedro Espada Jr – NY state politics
September 8, 2009
In a strange twist, police busted a Hispanic man for tossing a bottle and a piece of wood at parishioners of a Hispanic church in an area of Long Island long plagued by racial strife — and charged him with a hate crime. (wt!@$)
Christhian Munguia Garcia
September 1, 2009
Another Latino targeted in Patchogue “hate crime” – Long Island, NY
August 26, 2009
Rookie Mark Sanchez was named the New York Jets’ starting quarterback Wednesday
August 25, 2009
Gov. Luis G. Fortuño of Puerto Rico endorsed Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s re-election bid on Tuesday
August 18, 2009
A Q& A with Ed Morales about documentary “Whose Barrio?” covering the gentrification or the selling of NYC’s Spanish Harlem, El Barrio
August 14, 2009
Polito Vega celebrates 50 years on the Radio in NYC
August 13, 2009
Sen. Pedro Espada’s son to quit 6-figure gig after attorney general launches probe
New York State Senate coup participants raking it in Espada’s son gets $120K job with Senate majority; Hiram Monserrate gets new workers
August 12, 2009
Pratt student Eduardo Sanchez still in coma almost a week after savage beating by gang of teenagers
June 17, 2009
Two undocumented workers from Mexico and one from Ecuador injured in construction accidents in New York were awarded settlements totaling $3.85 million in the past two weeks, lawyers said on Wednesday.
May 30, 2009
Art Review | Camilo José Vergara Harlem in Time-Lapse Photography
March 25, 2009
Gov. David Paterson has appointed the first Latino presiding justice to the midlevel appeals court in New York. Associate Justice Luis Gonzalez
March 24, 2009
A Dream Delayed for Latino Laborers
March 16, 2009
This week, Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof, the author of “A Tale of Two Cities: Santo Domingo and New York after 1950” (Princeton University Press, 2008), will be answering selected readers’ questions about how New York has been transformed by the Dominican settlement and how Dominicans’ lives here have affected life in their native country.
March 14, 2009
Watchdog group calls for investigation of Adolfo Carrion, Bronx pres. tapped as Obama’s urban czar
March 4, 2009
2 Indicted in Fatal Beating of Ecuadorean Immigrant – The two suspects, Keith Phoenix, 28, and Hakim Scott, 25, are charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and assault, all as hate crimes, for the Dec. 7 attack on the immigrant, Jose O. Sucuzhañay, and his brother Romel, who survived.
February 16, 2009
Joe Cuba: The Father of New York Boogaloo has passed
January 28, 2009
Antonio Pagán, advocate for gays & Latinos, dies
January 21, 2009
The Mohawk Valley Community College board of trustees officially welcomed its first Hispanic trustee this week. – Anthony J. Colòn – New York
December 28, 2008
Even in a borough that’s seen its share of political scandal and run-ins with the law, the sight of Councilman Hiram Monserrate in handcuffs last week was enough to shock even the most cynical political observer. Two weeks shy of his ascension as a leading Latino voice in the state Senate, Monserrate (D-Corona) was arrested and charged by the NYPD early Friday morning for allegedly slashing his girlfriend in the face with a broken bottle or glass during an argument.
December 18, 2008
Several hundred Hispanics gathered Wednesday in the New York borough of Queens to say their last goodbyes to Ecuadorian Jose Osvaldo Sucuzhañay, the victim of a hate crime.
December 15, 2008
Ecuadorean Man Dies From Beating Before His Mother Arrives to See Him – Jose Sucuzhanay
Hundreds protest New York immigrant’s fatal beating – Jose Sucuzhanay
December 12, 2008
James Castro-Blanco to Launch Campaign for Yonkers City Council President
December 10, 2008
New York beating victim dies, police say – Authorities open a homicide investigation into the attack on an Ecuadorean immigrant whose assailants reportedly shouted anti-gay and anti-Latino slurs.
Los médicos que atienden al ecuatoriano José Sucuzhanay, víctima de una paliza por supuestos motivos de odio racial, han declarado su muerte cerebral, aunque continúa con respiración asistida – NYC
December 9, 2008
Attack on Ecuadorean Brothers Investigated as Hate Crime – NYC
A Self-Leaking Nominee? Adolfo Carrion Jr. for a cabinet post? :: Bronx Borough President, Democrat of Puerto Rican descent, serves as president of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials(NALEO) + a not to complimentary website adolfocarrion.com
December 5, 2008
Pedro Espada will take office as majority leader of the New York State Senate in January. – 33rd Senate District – Bronx, NYC
December 3, 2008
Ramon Velez larger than life, for good and for ill
December 2, 2008
Anti-poverty baron Ramon Velez, 75 – NYC
Hiding in Plain Sight For an undocumented family, life in a sanctuary city is feeling less safe all the time. – NYC
Lucero family spokesman is high-profile NYC activist – Fernando Mateo, president of a nonprofit group called Hispanics Across America
November 29, 2008
A day laborer from Riverhead, N.Y., got a fractured nose at the hands of his boss, a Shirley, N.Y., contractor, because he showed up late for work, Suffolk police said.
November 25, 2008
In a shake-up in the wake of attacks on Hispanic men in Patchogue, today the highest-ranking Hispanic officer in the Suffolk County Police Department takes the reins as head of the Fifth Precinct. – Aristedes Mojica
November 21, 2008
Diego Jiménez: La ‘muralla’ de los Red Bull
November 18, 2008
New York State Senator-elect Pedro Espada knows how to crash a party—in the Bronx and in Albany. Known for bucking political bosses, Espada recently bumped Efrain Gonzalez from the 33rd Senatorial District. He is one of three legislators withholding their support of State Senator Malcolm Smith, who is vying to become Senate Majority Leader.
November 12, 2008
A Latino advocacy group said Tuesday it might sue the family members of a “lynch mob” of Long Island teenagers who allegedly killed an Ecuadoran immigrant. Hispanics Across America would file a wrongful death civil suit on behalf of the family of Marcello Lucero, who, cops said, was stabbed to death Saturday night by seven teenagers looking to attack Hispanics
Second Long Island Hispanic Resident Alleges Gang Attack – Carlos Orellana Says Group Of 10 Young Teens Punched, Kicked Him And Uttered Racial Slurs About 3 Months Ago
November 11, 2008
The brother of an Ecuadoran immigrant who was murdered on Long Island for being Hispanic said Monday his “American Dream” was crushed. His words came as the teenagers accused of killing 37-year-old Marcello Lucero were denounced in court as a “lynch mob” by a prosecutor.
Homeless Hispanics in New York Face Somber Future
November 10, 2008
A gang of white teens prowling for Hispanic victims stabbed an Ecuadoran man to death on Long Island in a brutal attack cops described Sunday as a hate crime.
October 27, 2008
Secret of their 6-cess: Queens couple Victor and Digna Carpio share story delivery of sextuplets – believed to be the first sextuplets born to a Hispanic couple in the U.S.
September 30, 2008
One of the biggest advocates of Latino issues on Long Island has endorsed Sen. John McCain for president. Rev. Allan Ramirez, pastor of the Brookville Reform Church
September 26, 2008
Hiram Hernandez Sr. honored as Rochester’s Hispanic Business Person of the Year
September 23, 2008
Vicious bat attack leaves radio host blind in one eye – Dominican Pelagio de la Cruz – (video included)
September 22, 2008
From New York Soil, the Taste of Home – Agustín Juárez maintains Mexican traditions on his labor of love, a small plot in Staten Island where he grows the vegetables and herbs of home.
September 15, 2008
Top New York Latino Officials announce support for Obama
September 10, 2008
Queens Resident Bryant Panora Receives Hispanic Scholarship Award From Briarcliffe College
September 3, 2008
A three-way contest for an obscure judgeship in Tuesday’s primary election has sparked a major rift among Bronx Democratic leaders, one that could signal the end of party boss Jose Rivera’s eight-year reign.
August 26, 2008
Edward Rios, a Latino immigrant advocate who was described by one friend as “the Harriet Tubman of Central America” in Spring Valley, has died. – New York
August 20, 2008
Twenty months after stunning Boston by backing out of the superintendent of schools post, Manuel J. Rivera has quit as deputy secretary of education for the State of New York.
August 17, 2008
Jorge J. E. Gracia, Ph.D. a professor of philosophy at the State University of New York (SUNY), explores the role of Latinos in United States society in a newly published book, Latinos In America
The Renegades’ Joe Alvarez was slowed by an injury during his playing career, but he’s had a lifetime of experiences as a manager.
August 10, 2008
De Brooklyn a Beijing, por México – Francisco Bautista es uno de los tres atletas mexicanos que participarán en la Maratón Olímpica
August 8, 2008
It’s a Living: Acting Like a Freak and Getting Shot – Jose Pico on Coney Island
August 4, 2008
long line of local political luminaries streamed Friday into the Pucho Olivencia Center at 261 Swan St. to pay homage to a man some have dubbed “the godfather” of Buffalo Hispanic community.
July 28, 2008
For East River North Renewal president Albert Medina, lifting Spanish Harlem a labor of love
July 24, 2008
Just a couple of months after WCBS/Ch. 2 correspondent Pablo Guzman cheated death in a car crash, he’s now recovering from a heart attack. – New York City
Roberto Ayala isn’t really a big fan of boxing. He and his brother, Jorge, own La Fonda Boricua restaurant in Spanish Harlem. Six years ago, Ayala was introduced to WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto and immediately became a Cotto fan.
The Babylon Town board made history when it appointed a union organizer who fled war-torn El Salvador in the early 1980s as its first Hispanic American member – Antonio A. Martinez – New York
July 23, 2008
NY State Assembly has 1st Dominican representing part of Bronx – Nelson Castro
July 17, 2008
Spanish Voice of the Mets Pleased at Growing Number of Latino Players
July 16, 2008
Sergio Argueta announces run against Hooper – Nassau, New York
July 15, 2008
Senator Plans Run as Democrat — and Republican – New York State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr
Charles Rice-Gonzalez aims to boost Bronx in art
June 5, 2008
Emilio Navarro an ageless ambassador – At 102, Navarro is the oldest living professional baseball player and the first Puerto Rican to play in the Negro Leagues.
June 2, 2008
Capital Profile: Pedro Caban – Vice Provost for Diversity and Educational Equity, State University of New York. Heads the new Office of Diversity and Educational Equity.
May 28, 2008
Meet Charles Juhasz-Alvarado’s Giant Termite – The Puerto Rican sculptor gets buggy at Exit Art – NYC
May 20, 2008
Day Delgado, Night Delgado Are Different Hitters – Mets’ Carlos Delgado
Rebellion is escalating against Bronx’s Dem chief Jose Rivera
May 14, 2008
Beto Cuevas will showcase unreleased songs in his NY solo debut
May 6, 2008
Union Boss Dennis Rivera To Lead NYC’s Puerto Rican Day Parade
WCBS-TV reporter Pablo Guzman injured in Yonkers car accident
April 14, 2008
El shock jock lifts WCAA radio – Luis Jimenez in New York
March 13, 2008
Long overdue second act for Queens theater pioneer Silvia Brito
Polk Native Called ‘Astonishing’ in Broadway Musical – Karen Olivo in “In the Heights”
March 5, 2008
Antonio Skarmeta Offers Wisdom at Hispanic New York Class – Columbia University
On Local Radio, an Accent on Spanglish – Rocio Trujillo on WBON 98.5 FM, La Nueva Fiesta in New York City
February 25, 2008
Manny Vega and His ‘Hip Hop Byzantine’ Art
February 21, 2008
Jacky Teplitzky, New York City’s Top Latina Residential Real Estate Broker, is Ranked Number One in 2007 by Real Estate Powerhouse Prudential Douglas Elliman
February 14, 2008
Adolfo Carrión Jr. to Name Campaign Chairmen – New York City
February 11, 2008
Dominican heads Bronx Latinos in rally for Obama – Haile Rivera
January 24, 2008
Sought-after Peruvian conductor debuts at Carnegie – Miguel Harth-Bedoya
January 16, 2008
Luis Jiménez is back and kicking – King of Latin airwave disses ‘Vacilón’ ex-colleagues and says he has no rivals in N.Y. morning radio
January 2, 2008
More Latinos on the bench – New York
December 3, 2007
Luis from Seward – Did you know one of Hollywood’s most celebrated Puerto Rican stars (Luis Guzman) lives on Grand Street?
November 14, 2007
The Latin Americanist: Luis Miranda of Casa las Americas NYC Dies
October 16, 2007
Arturo O’Farrill – Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra – His Latin Beat Goes On, in a New Home
October 3, 2007
Colombian Contractor Works Hard To Send Money Back Home – New York City
October 2, 2007
Music Maker Marches To The Beat Of His Own Drum – Caly Rivera – New York City
September 25, 2007
Hispanic Heritage Awards Senator Caesar Trunzo – Isilp, New York
September 19, 2007
Scott Gomez will be a hit with the Rangers in the big New York sports market (NHL)
September 18, 2007
The Hanging of Judge Sonia Sotomayor – Urban Health Plan Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month by Honoring Judge Sonia Sotomayor
August 20, 2007
Family, Friends Of Murdered Bodega Owner (Bolivar Cruz) Gather For March in Queens, New York
July 16, 2007
Joseph Pantigoso Appointed VP Managing Director, Bromley New York
July 11, 2007
Longtime Advocate for Immigrants Now Faces Deportation – Victor Toro
July 9, 2007
Hispanic activist sues Nassau officials over arrest – New York
July 1, 2007
A Long Island Assemblyman Learns to Work the System – Phil Ramos
April 6, 2007
After years in Rockland politics, Rodriguezes leaving office after selling home – New York
March 30, 2007
José Rivera, “Mayor of Clinton St.,’ dies at age 63
February 22, 2007
NYPD elevates Hispanic to top post – Assistant Chief James Tuller
January 28, 2007
Manuel J. Rivera to head new commission on public higher education in New York instead of superintendent of Boston
January 22, 2007
Dominican hero in NYC fire rescue
January 14, 2007
Slaying of Beloved Doc Shakes North Fordham – Dr. Leandro Lozado – NYC
First Hispanic to join New Rochelle school board – Martin Sanchez – New York
January 10, 2007
Lin-Manuel Miranda: Scaling the Heights, First Person
January 8, 2007
Shocker in doc slay – Dr. Leandro Lozada – New York
January 5, 2007
Bronx Hispanic doctor, Leandro Lozada, slain in his Yonkers home specifically targeted, possibly robbed
January 2, 2007
Badillo’s World, One Tenement’s Tale and Eau N.Y.C. – New York City
December 27, 2006
Hispanic mentor aims to help kids succeed – Rochester, New York
