Affected by unemployment, street vendors are stacked along the St. Nicholas Avenue in Manhattan. (Photo: Zaira Cortés/EDLP)

Some estimates place the number of street vendors in upper Manhattan in the thousands, 95 percent of them being Latino and many commuting from as far away as Connecticut. Mostly, the vendors are there to support their families, leading some to reject the stiff penalties proposed to curb unlicensed street vending.

For original click here. more>

Owners of Mexican restaurants in East Harlem are meeting with local leaders over concerns of police brutality after repeated reports of undue harassment and violence from local officers. more>

Among piles of rusted tin, puddles of oil, mud, and potholes filled with stagnant water, José Martín earns a living as a mechanic at a small auto body shop on 37th Street in Willets Point, located in the area surrounding the CitiField baseball stadium, home of the Mets. The neighborhood is home to 250 repair shops that provide jobs to 1,700 workers, 90 percent of them Latino. more>