The New York City Housing Authority announced in February that after years of inaction, Prospect Plaza was now so deteriorated it needed to be torn down. It is the first time New York City is demolishing an entire high-rise public housing development. more>

The remarks have drawn the ire of tribes in the New York State area and beyond, invoking stereotypical and offensive imagery and the use of violence against native people.

VIDEO :: Representatives of Native American Tribes and organizations call on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to apologize for his racially insensitive remarks.  more>

Many Chinese teenagers are being smuggled to America. But, due to lack of life experience and limited venues for legal immigration, they are struggling and facing problems here. more>

Thanks to a new policy by the Obama Administration, it makes it easier for the illegals who are spouses and family members of Americans serving in the military to gain legal status. more>

For two years, a federal agent has worked behind the scenes to quell racial tensions in the borough. In a recent spate of attacks, hate seems only one of a mixture of motives. Ethnic diversity among the assailants and the victims complicates matters further. more>

Leaders of the nation's largest Hispanic evangelical organization warned leaders of the Republican Party that their increasingly strident rhetoric on immigration puts the party at risk of losing an entire generation of Latino voters.

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At Woodlawn Cemetery, black and Latino workers claim that they are suffering from racial persecution and discrimination at the hands of their supervisors. The cemetery launched an investigation but refuses, as of yet, to release the findings. 

VIDEO :: Woodlawn Cemetery supervisor fired amid charges of discrimination. NY1's Dean Meminger reports. more>

Kings County has slashed the time it takes for a patient to walk through the door of the emergency room until he or she sees a doctor. From TRIAGE to the presence of a physician, the waiting time has gone from about two hours to less than 30 minutes. more>

A program that brings together Jewish and Arab teens intends to show that there are many ways to look at an issue. Danon said, "We became very good friends at the camp, but then, when it came to discussions about the conflict, we became very angry." more>

Although born in Colombia, Sebastian was raised in Queens. He was Americanized, and had never been to his country of birth. But then Sebastian had to board his flight for Colombia, fleeing the United States before his 18th birthday, whereupon his illegal immigration status would prevent him from securing his coveted green card. more>

A Filipino newspaper is in trouble. The U.S. Labor Department says it has violated many rules when it brought workers from the Philippines. more>

There has been little or no change regarding basic Orthodox policies toward gay Jews. That's why the recent "Statement of Principles on the Place of Jews with a Homosexual Orientation in Our Community" represents such a long-awaited milestone. The document demands that gay Jews be "treated with dignity and respect," and condemns harassment and demeaning treatment aimed at them. more>

With the 2002 Community Gardens Agreement set to expire on Sept. 17, advocates fear that the city's nearly 300 gardens will no longer be protected from land developers.

VIDEO :: The New York City Parks and Recreation Department held a public hearing August 10th regarding proposed rules to govern community gardens, Roger Clark of NY1 reports. more>

Our Time Press interviews James Reynolds, Jr., CFA, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Loop Capital markets, after winning the New York City's $987 million bond sale manager "bakeoff." more>

"We Mexicans came here prepared to overcome many obstacles, and the violence isn't going to deter us," said Omar Sanchez is response to hate crimes in the community.

VIDEO :: With the recent wave of bias attacks against Mexican immigrants on Staten Island, business owners in the borough gathered on August 5th to discuss the fear and tension they say is affecting their bottom lines. Mara Montalbano of NY1 reports. more>

City Limits joined a tour of areas where stimulus funds facilitated projects large and small.  Although there is much gratitude expressed, local leaders are asking what's next. more>

Various Republican legislators expressed their support for altering the 14^th Amendment of the Constitution, so that U.S.-born children of undocumented parents would not be able to obtain citizenship. more>

Issues of importance to the African-American community routinely put aside and ignored over the years were enthusiastically dealt with by legislators elected to address these same concerns a generation ago but who now had power in both houses in Albany and in David Paterson, a governor who shared their frustration and goals.

VIDEO :: In April, NY1’s  Jeanine Ramirez reported on the challenges posed to the 2010 Census by considering the residency of New York’s prison population. more>

"Why now, why are they doing this to him, now?" asked long time activist and Harlem street vendor Shabazz. "It's because he's the 'baddest' Black man up in there," he said, answering his own question.

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"He knows it's a phony bill; it's never going to go anywhere," said Michael McKee, head of the Real Rent Reform Campaign, referring to Espada's bill that's supposed to freeze rent for 600,000 low-income tenants for five years, calling it really just a pro-landlord bill in disguise. more>

Although the Obama Administration had budgeted $210 million to fund the nationwide Promise Neighborhoods initiative – modeled after the Harlem Children's Zone – House and Senate negotiations have trimmed that amount to $20 million. This funding cut comes on the heels of a recently released report that questions the impact of such models.

VIDEO :: Harlem Program Scrutinized more>

ICE reported that a total of $640,000 in fines have been levied against New Jersey business owners caught employing undocumented aliens in the last 10 months.

AUDIO :: Immigration officials crack down on NJ employers more>

In the wake of last year's record number of 575,304 people stopped and frisked by the NYPD, most of them Black and Latino, the legislation signed by Paterson is historic; however, the question of police compliance remains.

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The new legislation gives a much better chance of successfully competing for many of the billions of dollars in state contracts awarded annually to the private sector. more>

Muslim and civil rights groups are reporting an increasing number of Muslim citizens and permanent residents of the United States who have traveled abroad but are being told they are on the U.S. No-Fly List and are prohibited from returning to the United States.

VIDEO :: A Muslim U.S. citizen from Virginia, Yahya Weheli, was stranded for weeks in Cairo because his name is on the No-Fly List.  more>