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AUDIO :: In a story that aired last month on WNYC, Radio Rookie Errika Diaz tells her story of "Money Stress." She like many of her neighbors in the South Bronx has lived in poverty most of her life. more>
VIDEO :: A growing part of the Mexican population in New York City are indigenous immigrants, mainly from the Mixteca ethnic group. Here's one woman's story.
"I honestly don't know what will happen; I don't even want to think about it. It has been said that the vaccine will only be given to some, not to all," said Gumersindo Eleuterio, an immigrant who earns a living by loading and unloading packages and boxes. more>
Eight years after the disaster volunteers who helped clear Ground Zero suffer from serious health problems. Little has been done and the vows of government officials and authorities to give them assistance have become false promises. more>
At times like these money goes into hiding, or so it seems to many of the city's immigrants.
VIDEO :: Because of the falling U.S. economy, Mexican immigrants are finding it increasingly difficult to make it here. more>
Although the situation for thousands of people in the United States is difficult due to a possible economic recession, for some Mexican immigrants, their medium- and long-term future is assured because of the investments their have made in their home country. more>
"There are fewer immigrants in New Haven than in New York. But look, they already got ID cards there,” said Francisco Lomas, an immigrant from Oaxaca, Mexico. “If they already did it in Connecticut, then New York City should follow such a great example.” more>
“We feel that we are being financially assassinated,” said Maribel Altamirano, a vendor from Fordham Road in the Bronx. “We pay taxes every three months, we have personal licenses, and we have families we need to feed.” more>
Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which held its National Assembly outside Mexican territory for the first time in its history, is setting up offices in New York, as part of a strategy to forge closer ties with its immigrant community. more>
Building contractors nabbed for skimming their workers’ pay envelopes and illegally underpaying them. more>
Lucia is unwell. She works as a housekeeper six days a week from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m for less than minimum wage. She is always tired. “She is worked and treated like a slave,” said Joel Magallan, director of the Tepeyac Association. more>