Essay: It’s New York City’s moral responsibility to welcome the stranger
Rev JACQUI LEWIS, senior minister of Middle Collegiate Church in Manhattan, says, in an article first published on Religion News Service, that caring for migrants cannot be shouldered alone by houses of worship…
New York struggles to shelter, process asylum-seekers amid heat
New York, USReuters Knees to their chests, dozens of men from countries such as Venezuela, Mali, and Senegal sat on a dirty New York City sidewalk outside a Manhattan hotel Tuesday, awaiting asylum processing. Some had been there for days, in a line that wrapped around the block and that underlined the challenge facing thousands […]
New York to distribute flyers telling migrants at US-Mexico border to ‘consider another city’
Washington DC, USReuters New York City will distribute flyers at the US-Mexico border telling newly arrived migrants to “consider another city” and limit shelter stays for adult asylum seekers to 60 days as the city’s Democratic mayor says it is straining to house them. In an announcement on Wednesday, the office of Mayor Eric Adams […]
Global standards body approves new merchant code for gun sellers
Reuters An international standards body has approved creation of a merchant code for gun retailers, a representative said on Friday, following pressure from activists who say it will help track suspicious weapons purchases. At a meeting this week, a subcommittee of the International Organization for Standardization approved what is known as a “merchant category code” […]
Caught in a political battle: Thousands of asylum seekers sent on buses from US border to New York, Washington
BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and ASHRAF KHALIL, of Associated Press, report on how migrants have become caught up in a fight over US immigration policy…
Sorrow, grief shatters Bronx community after deadly fire
New York City, USAP Sorrow welled across a Bronx community Monday, a day after a fire and choking smoke engulfed a high-rise apartment building that claimed the lives of 17 people, eight of them children. As survivors recalled the frantic chaos of their escape, bereft family and friends of those who perished coped with shock, […]