Community + New York Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 21, 2009
Efrain’s Corner: A Response to….”Puerto Ricans in New York Struggling…Still” Comment
Puerto Ricans in New York Struggling…Still – Puerto Ricans are some of the most prominent figures in New York politics and culture, so some people are surprised when they hear that, overall, Puerto Ricans are among the poorest and least educated New Yorkers. Almost a third in New York are living in poverty.
November 20, 2009
Do Long Island Police Ignore Hate Crimes?
November 12, 2009
DA probes allegations of Latino bias in Long Beach case – New York
November 9, 2009
Puerto Ricans in Buffalo Boxing History: Believe it or not!
NY village gets new voting system to aid Hispanics – A federal judge imposed an unusual election system on a suburban village Friday
October 17, 2009
White Plains Hispanic parade, festival on Sunday, rain or shine
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
Annual Hispanic American parade steps off in NYC
October 7, 2009
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
Latin Events, Sept. 30-Oct. 6 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.
September 9, 2009
Nueva York celebra a México – Gracias al festival Celebrate Mexico Now en Estados Unidos se puede conocer más de la cultura y gastronomía nacionales
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 3, 2009
This Week’s Latin Events, Sept. 2-8 in New York City
September 2, 2009
Burglary probed at Latino church in Patchogue – Long Island, NY
Police: Anti-Hispanic Notes Left at Suffolk Church – Long Island, NY
Video – NYC Dominican Day Parade 2009 featuring Charlie Villanueva and La Mega 97.9 DJ Lobo
A celebration of Puerto Rican culture in Central Park – Fiesta Folklorica – NYC
Violent Anti-Immigrant Climate in Suffolk County, NY
September 1, 2009
Another Latino targeted in Patchogue “hate crime” – Long Island, NY
August 27, 2009
Un inmigrante ecuatoriano está filmando una película que aborda un tema oportuno en la isla de Long Island: crimen por prejuicios.
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 17, 2009
A Hispanic man told investigators he was beaten and robbed in a racially charged attack in a Long Island community where another Hispanic was killed in an alleged hate crime last fall, police said.
1,000 get update on health at Latino fair in Rochester, NY
August 16, 2009
Focus sharpens on Saratoga’s Latinos – Photo shows an intimate look at track workers, community – New York
August 13, 2009
Maria Connie Castaneda takes personal pride as mayor of Brockport, New York
Immigrant Neighborhoods in New York Continue to Reel From Mortgage Forclosures and Job Losses
August 11, 2009
In 2008, police arrested Latinos for pot possession at four times the rate of whites, and blacks at seven times the rate of whites in NYC
August 3, 2009
FDNY written exams excluded hundreds of black and Hispanic firefighters, federal judge rules
July 14, 2009
Hispanic politics can be a tricky business inside the NYPD.
June 22, 2009
Traitor New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate likens himself to Jesus – (strong words all around)
June 18, 2009
After searching since March for a new executive director, the Hispanic Resource Center is confident that Bronx native Zoe Colon will excel in the position – Mamaroneck, New York
June 15, 2009
More than $1.3 million in scholarships was awarded to 35 area Hispanic students tonight at the 14th Annual Gala and Scholarship Awards at the Hyatt Regency Rochester. – Rochester Hispanic Business Association – New York
June 8, 2009
Thousands watch Long Island’s Puerto Rican/Hispanic Day parade
June 2, 2009
June is Puerto Rican party time in NYC
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 11, 2009
Inmigrantes de Nueva York exigen ayuda para superar la crisis
MTV’s ‘I’m a Nuyorican’ not getting El Barrio love – has only managed to spark a lot of drama.
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.
March 3, 2009
Hoping for a Latino Archbishop, Eventually – Latinos account for at least half of the Roman Catholics in New York
January 21, 2009
The Mohawk Valley Community College board of trustees officially welcomed its first Hispanic trustee this week. – Anthony J. Colòn – New York
January 15, 2009
New York City police stopped, questioned and frisked more than half a million people last year, 80% of them black and Hispanic, a civil-rights group said Thursday.
December 15, 2008
Killing Haunts Ecuadoreans’ Rise in New York
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 9, 2008
An Ecuadorean immigrant was in critical condition Monday after being brutally beaten by four attackers who authorities say may have mistaken him and his brother for gay men. – New York City
December 5, 2008
Pedro Espada will take office as majority leader of the New York State Senate in January. – 33rd Senate District – Bronx, NYC
Hispanic advocates in New York called on the governor Thursday to consider more Latinos for critical government positions. Members of the National Latino Officers Association gathered outside the Governor David Paterson’s office in Murray Hill Thursday afternoon.
Inmigrantes tienen menor acceso a vivienda en Nueva York
December 3, 2008
On Wednesday, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy and Police Commissioner Richard Dormer announced the assignment of Police Officer Pablo Morales to a foot patrol post in Patchogue, and named Police Officer Lola Quesada as special advisor to the commissioner on Minority Affairs.
Many Long Island immigrants say they live in fear of attacks
December 2, 2008
Suffolk’s Hispanic Advisory Board announced several initiatives yesterday to rebuild trust between police and Hispanic communities following the Nov. 8 killing of Marcelo Lucero, though an official said County Executive Steve Levy would not commit funding to the endeavor.
November 25, 2008
Another man attacked hours before Patchogue hate killing – Long Island
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
After watching Barack Obama break the ultimate racial barrier on his path to the presidency — and after serving as chief-of-staff for six years to the borough’s first Latino elected official, Councilman Hiram Monserrate — Julissa Ferreras is set to make some history of her own. In all probability, Ferreras will soon announce her candidacy for the city council seat left vacant by Monserrate’s landslide state Senate victory. If she wins the special election in February to serve the rest of her boss’ term, Ferreras will become the first Latina representative from Queens.
El festival Borimix, creado por La Sociedad Educativa para las Artes (SEA) en el 2005, ha crecido en pocos años para presentar ahora un programa en el que además de teatro hay exposiciones de artes visuales, recitales de música, actividades para niños, poesía y una muestra de cine.
November 19, 2008
La Alianza de Inmigrantes de Long Island (Nueva York) pidió hoy un cambio en las políticas migratorias del condado de Suffolk, en donde hace diez días fue asesinado el inmigrante ecuatoriano Marcelo Lucero.
November 12, 2008
A community looks to heal after death of Hispanic man – Patchogue, Long Island
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 number of Hispanic-owned businesses in the mid-Hudson Valley has increased dramatically in a short period of time, as shops and restaurants have sprung up to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse population.
Empty city storefronts now filled with Latino presence – Poughkeepsie, New York
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.
November 3, 2008
Latinas Unidas celebrates 15 years of guiding and inspiring Hispanic women
September 29, 2008
White Plains Hispanic center breaks ground for computer room – New York
September 22, 2008
With a population of about 162,900 citywide, Ecuadoreans are New York’s fourth largest Hispanic contingent, behind Puerto Ricans (770,100), Dominicans (587,330) and Mexicans (260,620), according to the census.
Ecuador’s consulate branch on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens is the first in New York to be located outside Manhattan.
September 16, 2008
First ever Hudson Valley Latino forum seeks to empower residents – New York
September 15, 2008
Mini novela in the Bronx – politics
September 11, 2008
New York’s juvenile justice system currently serves nearly 1,900 children at an approximate annual cost of up to $200,000 per child. More than 75% of those children are African-American or Latino.
September 10, 2008
Top 10 signs of the New York taco-over – Big Apple rings suddenly passé. How about Big Enchilada?
September 8, 2008
Rochester-area Latino faith community reaches out to inform about HIV
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.
Paseo con sabor hispano por la Avenida Roosevelt – Queens, NYC
August 14, 2008
Minorities score higher on Suffolk Police exam – 94 of those “top tier” candidates scoring 92.5 percent or higher in the 2007 test were Hispanic and 24 were Asian. In 2003, no Hispanics or Asians achieved top scores. – New York
August 11, 2008
Dominicans in step for their big parade – NYC
August 7, 2008
Merengue, bachata and comedy will have a joint day of celebration as the 26th annual Dominican Day Parade makes its way up Sixth Ave. at noon Sunday.
Raid on Brooklyn cock-fighting facility
Staten Island photographer captures the Mexican experience Exhibit at Wagner College to run through Sept. 7, and to feature work of Irma Bohorquez-Geisler
Hispanics continue to be the fastest-growing minority population on Long Island while the white non-Hispanic population continues its long and slow decline. Hispanics increased 2.7 percent in both Nassau and Suffolk counties between 2006 and 2007 – Long Island, New York
Young Hispanic families are increasingly choosing the Lower Hudson Valley as a place to settle down and have children, a Journal News analysis of new census data suggests. While the region as a whole remains predominantly white non-Hispanic, young families with small children may soon be mostly Hispanic.
August 5, 2008
El festival Celebrate México Now expondrá el mes próximo en Nueva York muestras simultáneas de danza, música y fotografía, comida autóctona mexicana y un recital de la aclamada oaxaqueña Lila Downs.
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.
August 3, 2008
Rochester basks in Puerto Rican pride – New York
July 28, 2008
For East River North Renewal president Albert Medina, lifting Spanish Harlem a labor of love
July 27, 2008
The $55 million lawsuit filed against the Town of Southampton by owners of The Hampton Bays Diner on grounds that town police violated their civil rights by instigating 18 months of police monitoring of a weekly “Latino” inspired dance night has spotlighted allegations of anti-Hispanic sentiment. – (a very detailed article)
July 24, 2008
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
Pandilla de dominicanos habría torturado en NY
July 21, 2008
Chase Latino Cultural Festival showcases diverse talents – NYC
July 16, 2008
Sergio Argueta announces run against Hooper – Nassau, New York
July 15, 2008
Hispanic immigrant advocates form political action group in Rockland – New York
July 14, 2008
Rochester Latino Health Fair removes barriers from health care process – New York
June 26, 2008
Orangetown hires first Spanish-speaking police officer – New York
June 23, 2008
Thousands in Yonkers celebrate Puerto Rican/Hispanic Day
June 22, 2008
Hispanic outreach groups increase focus on women – Mamaroneck, New York
June 18, 2008
Not guilty verdict for ex-policeman accused of killing homeless NY Guatemalan immigrant
June 12, 2008
Day laborer site marks a year in Mamaroneck – New York
June 4, 2008
Haverstraw celebrates Puerto Rican Day – New York
June 3, 2008
Nueva Vida (NY) Celebrates First Year of Ministry – Evangelical Covenant Church – Jamestown, New York
Rochester’s Hispanic market idea drifts – New York
May 28, 2008
The galleries of the venerable Museo del Barrio have officially closed to make way for the last stage of a $28 million renovation that will give a needed face-lift to the city’s only Latin-focused museum. – NYC
May 20, 2008
Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade turns 20
May 15, 2008
Some illegal immigrants fear raids by federal agents – Suffolk County, New York
April 25, 2008
Puerto Rican Cultural Pageant, teaching and developing – Buffalo
April 22, 2008
2 months later, Hispanic man a mystery – New York City
March 28, 2008
Suffern, New York Cops May Soon Be Immigration Officers
January 22, 2008
Search on for Puerto Rican princesses – Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade
January 16, 2008
Espiritu de Progreso Latino Celebrates Aspirations and Advancement of Hispanics—Three Local Non-Profit Programs Receive Boost
January 15, 2008
Mayor says staff never insulted Hispanics – Buffalo, New York
January 14, 2008
Hispanic Leaders “Appalled” By African-American Lawmakers – Buffalo, New York
January 4, 2008
Brooklyn To Celebrate Three Kings Day
December 4, 2007
Jornaleros Project seeks funding – Spring Valley, New York
November 30, 2007
Alzheimer’s group gets grant for Latino program – New York City
November 27, 2007
More Hispanics, Blacks and Women Pass Firefighter Exam – New York City
November 19, 2007
White Plains pitches in for Dominican storm relief
October 17, 2007
Jornaleros Project in Spring Valley could close – Spring Valley, New York
October 15, 2007
The Del Valles gave a voice to Greater Binghamton’s Latinos – New York
October 9, 2007
QUOTE: “It gets worse everyday,” said Danilo Almanzar, 50, a Washington Heights factory worker. “Make the calculation yourself, I earn $10.93 an hour and I pay $1,200 [in rent], how much I have left, nothing.” – concerning the gentrification of Washington Heights and East Harlem in NYC
October 2, 2007
Many Latinos In City Work To Send Funds Home – New York City
September 27, 2007
Suffern seeks police partnership with federal immigration authorities – New York
September 23, 2007
Hispanics United is on the rebound – Buffalo, New York
September 20, 2007
Latinas Unidas celebrates and uplifts women, girls – Rochester, New York
September 18, 2007
New Yorkers Celebrate Mexican Independence With Dance, Food
September 15, 2007
Upstate Latinos seek to gain leverage through unity – New York
August 27, 2007
Record crowd visits Hispanic Heritage Festival – Valhalla, New York
Dominicans stake their claim in New York City
August 23, 2007
Hispanic group wants answers in murder cases – Mount Kisco, New York
Orangetown police force still lacks Spanish speakers – New York
August 22, 2007
Hispanic leader to meet this morning with Mount Kisco Police Chief – New York
August 20, 2007
Family, Friends Of Murdered Bodega Owner (Bolivar Cruz) Gather For March in Queens, New York
August 13, 2007
Dominican Day Parade Makes Its Way Down Sixth Avenue – New York City
July 30, 2007
Cubans find strength, hope in family – Those who fled here grateful for new home – Rochester, New York
July 9, 2007
So Far, Both Sides in Suffolk Tax and Immigration Impasse Are Ahead – New York
At Play: Hispanic youths get in the game – Boys, girls play in Rochester baseball, softball leagues – New York
July 1, 2007
Sullivan County forum to aid Hispanic immigrants – New York
June 13, 2007
Day-laborer hiring site greeted by cheers, jeers in Mamaroneck
June 12, 2007
208 Arrested at Puerto Rican Day Parade, a Steep Increase – New York City
NY Day Workers Hiring Site Opens – Mamaroneck
June 11, 2007
Showing Boricua pride – Thousands flock to 50th Puerto Rican Day Parade, but barricades, security break up flow of marchers, floats – New York City
June 5, 2007
New York Puerto Rican Day Parade Honored With Congressional Plaque
May 29, 2007
Haverstraw’s Puerto Rican Day parade gets ready – New York
May 21, 2007
Immigrants Death Sparks Tensions in New York
March 18, 2007
HOLA Of Garden City–A Hispanic Organization Of Latin Awareness – New York
February 26, 2007
First bilingual firefighters’ test to be given (Spanish/English) – Middletown, New York
February 22, 2007
Orangetown supervisor cuts ties with president of the Hispanic Police Society – New York
NYPD elevates Hispanic to top post – Assistant Chief James Tuller
February 16, 2007
La Avenida dressed up, waiting for La Marketa – Rochester, New York
February 12, 2007
Fear of violence prompts Yonkers mom to cancel quinceañera
Gang violence prompts questions about Hispanic leadership in Yonkers
February 5, 2007
Number of People Stopped by New York Police Soars
Jornaleros Project in Spring Valley has regular class schedule – New York
January 31, 2007
Program Unites Police and Latino Community – Syracuse, New York
January 29, 2007
Did You Know? Black and Latino New Yorkers are 90 percent of the homeless
January 26, 2007
Let Orangetown police look beyond borders for Spanish-speaking officers – New York
January 18, 2007
Envoy offers pledge of help to Island’s Mexican community – Staten Island, New York
January 11, 2007
Did You Know? 29 percent of New York City’s latest round of police recruits are Hispanic
United Way hopes to renew trust with Spanish Action League – Syracuse, New York
January 7, 2007
Monserrate Gives Toys To Queens Kids On Three Kings Day – New York
January 2, 2007
“CasaCyber’ is home sweet home for Latinos – Brooklyn
December 17, 2006
Hundreds enjoys Hispanic Christmas festival – Beacon, New York
December 14, 2006
Westchester hosts Hispanic Leadership Conference tomorrow – New York
Hispanics United reaches out to all who are in need – Buffalo, New York
