NYCity News Service

1 month ago | nycitynewsservice.com | Mikella Schuettler

An Airbnb-affiliated super PAC has been pouring money into New York’s City Council races, supporting candidates in neighborhoods outside Manhattan. The super PAC, Affordable New York, is supporting five candidates, four of whom co-sponsored a bill to relax short-term rental regulations. Speaker Adrienne Adams withdrew her support of the bill after announcing her run for mayor. As of mid-May, the bill remains in committee.

1 month ago | nycitynewsservice.com | Jonathan Calixto |Erin Maher

​Justin Sanchez, a candidate for City Council in the Bronx, starts his mornings with a comforting ritual that connects him to his roots and aspirations. Every day, the Bronx native selects a mug from his collection of over 20, each holding a special significance. On this day, he chose a mug belonging to his grandmother, who immigrated to the United States from the Dominican Republic at 16 with only $30 to her name.

1 month ago | nycitynewsservice.com | Dawn Kikel

A City Council primary election playing out in a redrawn Brooklyn district echoes some of the larger political fights in the Democratic Party, pitting progressives and centrists against each other. The outcome of the June 24 contest could signal how effectively progressive policies resonate in immigrant-heavy, politically diverse neighborhoods, potentially highlighting broader shifts in the political landscape of Brooklyn and beyond.

Jan 3, 2025 | nycitynewsservice.com | Aurora Martinez

Along Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, the smells of tacos and fried rice mix with those of Guatemalan tamales and pepián stew. The commercial area, dominated by Mexican and Chinese businesses, is now infused with the flavors of a growing Guatemalan community that is transforming the neighborhood one storefront at a time. To serve this growing population, Juan Chuc and his brothers, Miguel and Rafael, opened a second Totopan Bakery on Fifth Avenue.

Jan 2, 2025 | nycitynewsservice.com | Aurora Martinez

When Josefa de Jesús Juárez, 68, reunited with her family in the United States after two decades apart, she did not want to focus on the tears. “I don’t want to see you cry, just hug me,” Juárez told her children and grandchildren as they embraced her, including her daughter, Eufemia Neri, now 48. Juárez was one of the 22 elders of Indigenous descent from the Mexican states of Guerrero, Oaxaca and Hidalgo who arrived in New York City Dec. 9 on tourist visas to reunite with their children.