Did You Know + New York Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
October 27, 2008
Did You Know? Hispanic immigrants contribute $842 more per resident to local revenues than they receive in local expenditures, according to the study. Latino immigrants have long settled in Long Island, but since 2000, Hispanics, especially from Central America, have made up more than one-half of the immigrants arriving there.
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.
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.
July 21, 2008
Did You Know? There are enough Hispanics in Rochester, NY for them to have a Latino Night for their Minor League team, with a postgame concert featuring N’Klabe and Milly Quezada
March 25, 2008
Did You Know? New York City alone has lost 71 soldiers, at least 25 of them Hispanic, in Iraq. Many have been young. Too young.
February 6, 2008
Did You Know? In NYC the infant mortality rate remains high among Puerto Rican women, with 9.3 deaths per 1,000 live births.
November 28, 2007
Only 6% of New York’s State Troopers are Hispanic
September 11, 2007
Did You Know? Blacks and Hispanics still bear a disproportionate share of New York City’s HIV burden. Among all MSM, blacks received twice as many HIV diagnoses as whites in 2006 (232 versus 101), and Hispanics received 55% more than whites (157 versus 101).
September 7, 2007
Did You Know? New York City’s Librerí Lectorum, the city’s oldest and largest Spanish-language bookstore, will close its W. 14th St. storefront on Sept. 30.
August 23, 2007
Did You Know? One in four Hispanics lacked health insurance in 2005 in New York City
June 27, 2007
Did You Know? Black, Asian and Hispanic Manhattan residents are largely lacking in jury pools, with Blacks being underrepresented by 42% and Hispanics by 77%.
June 13, 2007
Did You Know? The 2000 census showed 105,000 Colombian citizens living in Queens
May 9, 2007
Did You Know? Latino residents of Long Island contribute nearly $1 billion annually to local government coffers
February 6, 2007
Did You Know? New York City has more Hispanic-owned businesses””close to 130,000””than any other city in the U.S.
January 29, 2007
Did You Know? Black and Latino New Yorkers are 90 percent of the homeless
January 25, 2007
Did You Know? The NYPD is now 24 percent Hispanic
January 11, 2007
Did You Know? 29 percent of New York City’s latest round of police recruits are Hispanic
December 11, 2006
Did You Know? In New York City, there are an estimated 300,000 elderly Latinos, 30 percent of who live below the poverty line.
December 6, 2006
Did You Know? Dominicans own more than 400 supermarkets in New York City, with total annual sales of $2 billion
