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SARS
In Chinatown?
From Gotham Gazette
Chinese immigrants in New York City are worried about their
families in China and about their struggling businesses in
Chinatown.
Chinatown
Residents Sue Police Department
From The World Journal
A coalition representing residents in Chinatown and the nearby
neighborhood filed a law suit in the New York State Court
of Appeals against the police department for closing Park
Row.
Tough
Luck
From Gotham Gazette
Stricter immigration policy turns airports into detention
centers and scares many immigrants from traveling outside
the country.
Praying
for Amnesty
From El Diario
Hundreds of Catholic immigrant New Yorkers celebrated the
Way of the Cross of Immigrants in memory of the
people who died in their struggle to live outside of their
own country. At the same time they are praying for a general
amnesty for all undocumented immigrants.
Returning
to Israel
From Novoye Russkoye Slovo
A decade or more after they left the Soviet Union for America,
many Russian-speaking Jewish immigrants in New York City are
packing up their bags to settle in Israel.
Flushing
BID plan
From The World Journal
Queens Community Board 7 voted "yes" on establishing
Flushing as a Business Improvement District. Some area business
owners, however, are calling the plan inappropriate during
a time of recession and tax cuts.
Korean
Town
From JoongAng
From restaurants to DVD shops, Korean businesses are attracting
more and more customers of other Asian descent.
French
Boycott
From France-Amerique
NYC & Company and French restaurants have started a campaign
to counter anti-French sentiment.
Is
Dating An Arab Man Unpatriotic?
From Aramica
A columnist surveys American women's views of Arab men.
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Immigrant
Soldiers
From Gotham Gazette
Sergeant Riayan A. Tejada was one of seven non-citizen soldiers
killed in combat in Iraq. Their deaths have brought attention
to the history of immigrants in the U.S. military and inspired
a renewed call to help them become citizens.
Dominican
Blood Spilled In Iraq
From El Diario
The family of Sergeant Riayan A. Tejada reacts to his death.
In
Uniform, All of Us Are American
From Hoy
Five men and one woman, all Hispanic members of wings 320
and 363 of the U.S. Air Force, spoke by telephone with various
journalists from Hispanic media.
Budget
Cut
From Singtao Daily
English and citizenship classes for elderly Chinese New Yorkers
are being cancelled because of Mayor Bloomberg's budget cuts.
Lead
Paint Legislation
From El Diario
Among the ten Hispanic members of the NewYork City Council,
the only one who has not supported legislation on lead poisoning
is Erik Malave Dilan, who represents District 37 in Brooklyn.
Korean
Lobbyists
From JoongAng
Korean-American activists are organizing across generations
to form their own lobbying group.
When
Will They Liberate New York?
From Nowy Dziennik
Perhaps the American soldiers, having liberated Baghdad
and Iraq, before they return to their wives and fiancées
could stop by New York for a moment and liberate us from the
anti-smoking despotism of Bloomberg."
Hispanic
Youth Overexposed To Alcohol Ads
From El Diario
Hispanic youth under the age of 21 hear 34 percent more radio
advertisements in English for alcohol than do adults of legal
age, according to a new report.
Drug
Addition Treatment
From Poleznaya Gazeta (The Useful Newspaper)
A Russian journalist interviews one of the specialists behind
Iskhod, a new treatment for drug addiction specifically designed
for New York City's Russian-speaking population.
Reaction
to High School Violence
From Singtao Daily
The recent attacks on Chinese students at Flushing's John
Browne High School have prompted a petition signed by over
250 of its students and strong words from a public official.
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