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Ever More Children Are Facing the Nightmare of Immigration Court on Their Own

Ever More Children Are Facing the Nightmare of Immigration Court on Their Own

The abuse, gang threats, and rape Ana experienced would all likely have qualified her for SIJS or asylum befo…

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NYC's Immigration Court Erodes Accommodations for Children Without Attorneys

NYC's Immigration Court Erodes Accommodations for Children Without Attorneys

After her father abandoned the family and her mother traveled to the U.S. to earn money for her children, Mar…

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Can Andrew Cuomo Really Deliver On His Housing Promises?

Can Andrew Cuomo Really Deliver On His Housing Promises?

An advocacy group estimates that frozen funding has resulted in the lost production of 1,000 affordable housi…

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City's Homeless Shelter Cops Need More Training, Advocates Say

City's Homeless Shelter Cops Need More Training, Advocates Say

Amid applause, handmade signs and cellphone photography - and the raucous cheers of one proud mother - 26 fre…

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Shelter System and Other NYC Services Should Be Safe for Migrants, Experts Say

Shelter System and Other NYC Services Should Be Safe for Migrants, Experts Say

Despite ramped up immigration enforcement and threatened federal funding cuts, New York City's protections of…

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Remembering The Homeless Who Died In 2016

Remembering The Homeless Who Died In 2016

fullscreen The windows and walls at Manhattan's Drisha Institute for Jewish Education were lined last night w…

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Buckled Midtown tower's plans weren't peer reviewed. Some engineers say they should've been.

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By David Brand Verified, Walter Wuthmann Verified
| Gothamist Verified
The Department of Buildings is forcing the developer behind New York City’s largest office-to-housing conversion project to hire an independent engineering firm to examine its structural plans after a structural failure that prompted a mass evacuation in Midtown last Tuesday.
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NYC inspectors target additional construction sites in the wake of Midtown structural failure

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By David Brand Verified
| Gothamist Verified
New York City building officials are conducting safety inspections at additional construction sites across the five boroughs in the wake of a structural failure at an office conversion project on East 42nd Street last week.
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After fears of collapse in Midtown, developer eyes next office conversion project

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By David Brand Verified
| Gothamist Verified
The New York City developer behind a calamitous office-to-housing conversion project that triggered a mass evacuation in Midtown Manhattan and an ongoing criminal investigation is now eyeing its next project inside a 23-story Financial District high-rise, property records show.
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Awards

Center for Community and Ethnic Media Ippies Awards

2018 - Best Social Issues Story

The Ippies Awards are given to the ethnic and community press by the Center for Community and Ethnic Media at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. It is the only New York-area competition that recognizes excellence among journalists, photographers, graphic artists, editors, publishers and broadcasters of the ethnic and community media. Judges will be faculty and adjuncts at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and professional journalists. I won Third Place for Best Social Issues Story: "NYC’s Cultural Plan Spurs Disabled Artists in Fight for Roles and Respect" for City Limits https://citylimits.org/2017/10/20/nycs-cultural-plan-spurs-disabled-artists-in-fight-for-roles-and-respect/

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