who live in the neighborhood of East Elmurst The housemates cook meals in shifts beginning at three in the morning.Illustrations by Medar de la CruzSave this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyIn my neighborhood everyone knows the corners where migrants wait for work where you can’t so much as step out the door without hearing a language other than English Newcomers arrive in waves and settle like layers of sediment there’s a contingent of elderly Polish ladies who have been living in their century-old co-ops for decades A few blocks over in one direction is Calle Colombia the official nickname for a corner of Eighty-second Street since 2009; countless times I’ve walked past a street vender guarding tall stalks of sugarcane that she feeds through a machine to make juice hawk prayer rugs and other religious goods from overturned milk crates on the sidewalk the newest residents have come mostly from Venezuela Such migrants line up each day at dawn at paradas—“stops”—hoping to get picked up for day jobs paradas across New York are known by names that describe either their location or their purpose such as “La de Limpieza” (“the Housecleaning One”) or “Home Depot.” How these spring up is less complicated than one might think—people learn to do whatever work is immediately available in the area The main housecleaning parada is in Williamsburg where women regularly find jobs in the homes of Hasidic Jews close to a blocks-long stretch of Chinese-run kitchen-and-bathroom showrooms there’s a street corner where the waiting Chinese men know how to install kitchens and bathrooms These word-of-mouth spots exist all over the city and in the surrounding suburbs but nowhere are they more crowded than in Queens The most popular construction parada near my apartment is technically in Woodside: “La 69” is a section of Sixty-ninth Street between Roosevelt Avenue and Broadway it was normal to see a few dozen men milling around there but since 2022 hundreds of workers have been lining up in the mornings nonprofits and church groups hand out jackets and hot breakfasts some people sleep in a tiny plaza called Pigeon Paradise after the Trump Administration took power and began what it called the “largest deportation effort in U.S history,” the numbers lessened for a while—people are terrified of ICE But attendance at the parada has since returned to pre-Trump levels New York: A Centenary IssueSubscribers get full access. Read the issue » “Don’t worry too much about that,” the day worker said, in Spanish, as he took his seat and cracked open a can of Coke. He went by Pato, and he was twenty-seven. “I’ve been here eight years, but it’s never been as bad as this,” he said. There were just too many migrants, Pato said, and not enough jobs. Guys would work for anything nowadays. As Pato kept on through the afternoon, he told me that he lived in a shared house in Corona, some forty blocks from La 69, with other migrants from Guatemala, Mexico, and Ecuador. He considered himself lucky: you can never be entirely sure about living with anyone besides your own family, he said, but he got along fairly well with the other tenants. In February, I paid a portion of one migrant’s rent for a bed in a two-family row house in East Elmhurst. I came and went as I pleased. Twelve migrants, all from Ecuador, lived on the first floor. The housemates told me that another large group lived on the second floor, though they weren’t allowed upstairs and rarely spoke with their neighbors. The house’s owners—an older woman and her adult son—lived in the basement. “Heads up, guys. This is our last tour as the Klugs before we transition into the Klugs Wealth Management Certified Financial Planners.”Cartoon by Edward KorenCopy link to cartoonCopy link to cartoonLink copied This past winter, the housemates seldom went out. Day jobs were scarce, and it was too cold for volleyball and soccer, their favorite pastimes. Perhaps more important, the Trump Administration had them terrified. Nobody had any kind of legal status, and although none of them personally knew anyone who had been deported, rumors of mass arrests were enough to restrict their behavior. On the day of the nail-painting marathon, Elisa and Mercy kept at it until well after dark, becoming dizzy from the pungent chemical odor that hung in the stale kitchen air. When they finally stopped, Lilia’s cuticles were stained black. All over Queens, especially along major thoroughfares such as Roosevelt Avenue, posters in Spanish affixed to lampposts, walls, and train pilings advertise rooms and apartments meant for migrants. “I rent an apartment. 4 Bedrooms. Available Now. Living Room, Kitchen, Bathroom. 7-8 people”; “I rent rooms. Veronica. ‘No Papers.’ Kitchen OK.” Plenty of migrants have no choice but to depend on the ads. I recently came across a Facebook page called “Cuartos en renta Queens New York.” An affiliated website advertised apartments and single rooms for sublet in Queens. I messaged a number on WhatsApp and soon began texting with a broker named Renata, who wrote to me in Spanish, in all caps, and immediately began trying to persuade me to rent a room in a shared apartment in Woodside, two blocks from the 7 train. “THEY ARE ASKING WHAT YOU DO FOR WORK AND WHAT COUNTRY YOU ARE FROM,” Renata texted. Just like some of the contractors hiring day workers, people frequently prefer to live with housemates from their own countries. Migrant communities in Queens have their own prejudices and stereotypes about one another. I’ve learned that many Ecuadorians think that Mexicans are drunks and Venezuelans are criminals; Mexicans and Guatemalans, in turn, often think of Ecuadorians as vagrants. Plenty of these roommate arrangements are cordial. Everyone living at Janeth’s place ate dinner together at night. “There’s one gentleman from El Salvador living with us, and he’s gotten used to Ecuadorian food,” she said, adding that she sometimes lets fresh arrivals sleep in the living room for free. Alcohol abuse, Carpio added, was another common problem. I thought of Pato, the Guatemalan man I’d met at La 69. After that work was done, he offered to return the next day with a companion to help haul out debris that he’d arranged in dusty heaps. Lilia and Elisa, two of the Ecuadorians in the East Elmhurst unit, are sisters-in-law. In 2023, they were living together with their husbands in a smaller Corona apartment when they learned that a group of relatives was headed to the U.S. border. The two women set out to find a bigger place where all of them could live. After work, they knocked on the doors of local houses that had “For Rent” signs in the windows. They found the East Elmhurst house after a few weeks. They didn’t know to check the Department of Buildings website, where they would have learned that there were no certificates of occupancy registered for the property, and that there had been numerous complaints, filed over the past ten years, alluding to overcrowding and illegal conversions. (One complaint, filed in 2015, reads, “The house is subdivided in many rooms and is renting the rooms like a hotel.”) Frustratingly, the house came unfurnished. On Junction Boulevard, the tenants found the basics—mattresses, bed frames, kitchenware—but the items cost them a relative fortune. They learned to be wary of Facebook Marketplace, where sellers frequently asked for payment up front and then disappeared; they were surprised that things like that happened in America. The tenants began to trust only one another as they established a routine that marked the beginning of their American Dream. Cartoon by Jeremy NguyenCopy link to cartoonCopy link to cartoonLink copied We talked a lot about dreams during the days I spent there Most of the housemates had left everything behind; some had parted with their kids without knowing when as soon as they had enough money to take substantial savings back with them the tenants discussed the infamous case of a social-media personality who’d offered to help transport the body of a dead migrant back to Ecuador—and then allegedly ran off with all the money I told the residents that a business near my apartment offered a similar service: funeral transports to Latin American countries and I sensed the years flashing before their eyes many of their dreams had begun to feel more abstract as they focussed on the day-to-day difficulties of surviving though: he wanted to become a licensed plumber so that he could start his own business and work for himself Some friends had recommended a vocational school in New Jersey But the tuition—about four thousand dollars—was prohibitive told me that she was hoping to find an affordable after-school program for Yuri when she enrolled in kindergarten; currently the couple was paying two hundred dollars a week for day care Mercy didn’t realize that many public schools in the city provide after-school care for free so that he could find a regular job and stop waiting for contractors at the parada every day at dawn He was trying to figure out how to do the necessary paperwork Lilia was determined to learn enough English to be able to communicate with her clients at the spa all the housemates had the goal of mastering basic English Some showed me notebooks that they had filled up at free classes around the city; Lilia told me that she had trekked all the way to Long Island City for her first such class they had carefully written out Spanish phrases and their English equivalents translated phonetically so that they could more easily pronounce the words (“Uan mor taim pliz” for “One more time please”; “Si iu tumorou” for “See you tomorrow.”) But they had found these classes “boring” and far too advanced They needed to focus on the basics (“I,” “you,” “we”) and the essentials (“room,” “bed,” “job”) The few words that they already knew were entirely trade-related: “roofing,” “plumbing,” “nails.” when the housemates had returned from work and were cooking in shifts—two people at a time using the four burners reheating rabbit or potato stew—they asked me to hold casual English lessons They wanted to learn how to ask very specific questions Mercy’s: “Why are you discounting more from my paycheck than from hers?” The only person who understood everything I said was Yuri was too shy to speak English in front of her parents She said that her bosses at the spa spoke mainly Korean but some English—and that she would be grateful for any chance to communicate with them even if her own English were limited to halting sentences she coined my house nickname: I became Profe A prize-ribbon sticker—the kind that kids get for winning first or second place in a school competition—was stuck to the door of the bedroom where Anita slept with her husband Yuri must have received the award at day care The housemates didn’t know anything about the prior residents A migrant dwelling doesn’t tend to break up all at once unless something happens with the landlord—an eviction notice their rooms or beds given to new occupants until the home’s population looks nothing like it did a year or two earlier A tenant could become financially secure enough to rent on their own or a job offer could lead them to another city or state a dispute or a vice churns up enough trouble to warrant a less amicable departure Now another possibility loomed large: ICE might pick someone up at work has been a “volleyball house” for more than twenty years and has hosted generations of Latin American migrants who gather to play or watch anytime the weather is good.Even though the East Elmhurst housemates lived in such intimate quarters and some of them had been well acquainted back home especially when it came to matters such as money and their plans for the future Why were some of the housemates unsure about exactly how much the group paid in total rent Matías mentioned to me that he might be moving to another state he’d heard about a potential long-term job at a building in Kansas—or maybe it was Minnesota When I brought this up in the presence of some of the other housemates “I didn’t tell them,” he revealed afterward but Matías still contemplated leaving and finding a proper room that he could have to himself instead of paying some seven hundred dollars a month to sleep in a bed inches from another tenant drank too much one Saturday morning and caused an altercation breaking the front door of the house before passing out in his bed Messi ended up paying about a thousand dollars to repair the door alliances formed over whether to kick Messi out Some were vocal about wanting to expel him was upset that the incident had happened while Yuri’s cousin was visiting Matías was more willing to let Messi try to redeem himself He noted that he and Messi had both left their wives and kids behind when they came to New York of Pato—the Guatemalan migrant whose own removal had seemingly led him to spiral—and considered how lonely he must have been Living with many others was no antidote to emotional solitude the episode had made him intent on improving his own situation He’d called numbers he’d seen on “For Rent” signs and was considering some rooms a few blocks away The only thing stopping him from moving out was that he didn’t want to leave his sister Elisa—the only family member he had nearby even if many people remained fearful of the intensifying deportation efforts People have been flocking back to Thirty-fourth Avenue—the longest pedestrian street in the city Children play in the shade of budding oak trees and women from Mexico and Ecuador ring handbells and scoop ice cream from red carts The remaining members of the neighborhood’s old Argentine and Uruguayan communities—who were prominent here before they moved out to the suburbs—share sips of mate on park benches A group of older Bangladeshi and Nepalese residents gather for tea an elderly husband and wife from Eastern Europe are wheeled out by their Caribbean aides to watch people stroll past I’ve never seen the couple say a word to each other but sometimes his finger grazes the side of her hand and Everything in New York City is touched and shaped by these waves of people not only those who came earlier but those who continue to arrive now The idea of “making it” in the new country is inextricably linked to memories of the old country and those who remain there it’s virtually never a mistake to ask someone where they are originally from People’s eyes will widen—with happiness or with sadness “Everyone has their own way to cope,” Matías told me in late March “I play volleyball.” He led me to three houses on the same block whose residents had constructed elaborate volleyball courts in their back yards and tall mesh fences around the courts’ perimeters At least one of the homes had been a “volleyball house” for more than twenty years and had hosted generations of Ecuadorian and other Latin American migrants who gathered to play or watch anytime the weather was good The people who lived there worked the courts Elderly Spanish-speaking women grilled chicken and pork off to the side which they served in abundant portions alongside potatoes and rice; others sold hot and cold beverages and loose cigarettes even when gusts of wind left us shivering in our windbreakers The most competitive courts had dozens of onlookers Matías and I ran into familiar faces: Iván and even Messi also hung out at the volleyball houses A long-ago crime, suddenly remembered A limousine driver watches her passengers transform The day Muhammad Ali punched me What is it like to be keenly intelligent but deeply alienated from simple emotions? Temple Grandin knows The harsh realm of “gentle parenting.”  Retirement the Margaritaville way Fiction by F. Scott Fitzgerald: “Thank You for the Light.”  Sign up for our daily newsletter to receive the best stories from The New Yorker. By: 7:00 am on May 4 Construction has reached a milestone in the first phase of the Willets Point Transformation project in Willets Point where the superstructures of Buildings 1 and 2 have been completed ahead of schedule These two buildings will deliver 880 of the total 2,500 affordable housing units planned for the site marking a step forward in what is set to be New York City’s largest 100-percent affordable housing development in over four decades The initiative is being developed by Queens Development Group a joint venture of Related Companies and Sterling Equities in partnership with the NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the NYC Housing Development Corporation (HDC) the full Willets Point plan will feature 150,000 square feet of new public open space and the city’s first soccer-specific stadium which will serve as the home of the New York Football Club (NYCFC) of Major League Soccer Phase 1 includes three residential buildings with a total of 1,100 units Phase 2 will deliver the remaining 1,400 units will be fully electric and privately financed with parking accommodations made through an agreement with the New York Mets The city has invested heavily in preparing the site including removing nearly 200,000 tons of contaminated soil and raising the area above the 100-year floodplain to improve resiliency The development is projected to generate $6.1 billion in economic impact over 30 years and create 14,200 construction jobs and 1,550 permanent jobs Sustainability targets include pursuing LEED Gold or Enterprise Green Communities certifications and QDG will participate in HireNYC to connect locals with employment opportunities Subscribe to YIMBY’s daily e-mail Follow YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates Like YIMBY on Facebook Follow YIMBY’s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews I went by this site yesterday and was surprised how quickly the buildings had risen but certainly better than what was there before There was a time when Flushing enjoyed the highest car theft rate in the city and many eyed the chop shops on Willets Point Blvd I am glad that the ground level was raised as the site is adjacent to Flushing Creek Between the frequent elevated #7 train rumbling by and the flights taking off from LGA I hope provision was made for good soundproofing A new development at this stage of modernization and technology especially right in front of citifield shouldn’t look so cheap or better said like a low budget project At least they are remodeling queens for a better look and living although I feel flushing meadow park needs a big retouch This park is 99% made for soccer fans only nothing to see or tour around this park besides seeing only south americans playing soccer loud noise and barbecue all day Flushing Meadows was supposed to be rebuilt as a park the money was lacking and what we have today is the last World’s Fair less and pavilions and sadly most of the fountains The land was originally a tidal swamp called the “Flushing Rivers.” When coal was the main source of heating buildings hired an ash removal companies and one used Flushing Meadows as a dump This was immortalized in “The Great Gatsby” novel as the “Valley of Ashes.” Pivotal incidents in the book took at a Northern Blvd though the author tinkered with the geography. Why is only one building under construction I feel this is typical of scenarios where some entity is given a zoning variance or is allowed to develop on city owned land Hudson Yards has dragged their feet for so long that they are now promising to build these amenities in an area they previously promised to build them See Atlantic yard now Pacific yards in Brooklyn never finished and the affordable housing still missing there are hundreds of affordable units already completed and occupied in the Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park/New Name Pending development but most of the market rate housing hasn’t been built yet Foundation work for the stadium is well under way I like the metric for success that was proposed: “Better than what was there before!” I need to embrace that sterling standard more often especially when trying to defend a dubious effort Better than a contaminated swamp that smelled to high heaven Many of the apartments next to the rumbling screeching #7 train will no doubt be reminiscent of the “Blues Brothers” flophouse hotel scene And you’ll get no respite if you venture “Up on the Roof” where the planes come in so low that even the very worst Mets player can catch them Actually it’s not even “better than what was there before” Prior to the arrival of the invading colonists it was a verdant natural setting the peaceful home of the native Lenape peoples Gentrification 101 indeed: “Friends move out!” But at least the slave-trading Dutch West India Company invaders named the general area appropriately enough: Flushing 🙂 This rant brings to mind the lyrics of Billy Joel’s “Angry Young Man” There’s a life lesson in those lines The Quakers had a very nice meeting house on Northern Blvd across the street from the old Flushing Town Hall ga('send', 'event', 'beautyofblock', 'Impression', 'https://newyorkyimby.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Standard_336x280-100-2.jpg', { nonInteraction: true }); 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"Guess you'll have to go Steal This Album if you want to hear it now.." LAist is part of Southern California Public Radio, a member-supported public media network. Los Angeles is a purple and gold town. It's also a Dodger blue town. But one unsuspecting segment of the city has been locked in to the first-round Stanley Cup playoffs between our Los Angeles Kings and the Edmonton Oilers. That segment? Korean retiree harmonica players from Koreatown. And even though the Kings are out of playoff contention, their viral videos live on. The harmonica class began about seven years ago and has been practicing The Star-Spangled Banner since 2021. They play other tunes too — in case you were wondering — such as Mother's Grace. The pint-sized instrument has special meaning for those living in the Korean diaspora. "They know harmonica since in the elementary school in Korea, they're teaching harmonica in second grade," said Yong Shin, the senior center’s chairperson. She added that the instrument's portability allows the group to practice anywhere. Shin said the class has been performing at local events for years, including on Mother's Day, over Christmas, or during the Lunar New Year. Their big break came in 2023, when the group performed the national anthem at City Hall for a Los Angeles City Council meeting. The rendition was met with a standing ovation from the council members and the more than 100 people in attendance. The love gave the center's executive director, Kwanil Park, the confidence to pitch a performance for a Kings game. "What started as a unique performance during our Koreatown Theme Night — where fans spontaneously began singing along — quickly became one of our most memorable moments of the season. When it came time to select anthem performers for the playoffs, the choice was easy," said Sean Tabler, vice president of production and entertainment with the L.A. Kings, in a statement to LAist. Performing in front of a stadium full of people might be intimidating to most people, but Shin said not so much for the seasoned crew. "I think they are kind of a little nervous, but [they've been] practicing so many times," Shin said. "I asked them. They said, 'No, we are fine. We could do, you know, like closing eyes.'" So no more Kings performances until hopefully next season. But after going viral, Shin said offers to perform have poured in. She can't say where and when just yet — but keep your eyes, and ears, tuned for that down-home sound. Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations A Queens judge has cleared the way for a protected bike lane along Review Avenue in Long Island City ruling that the city’s Department of Transportation acted lawfully and dismissing a legal challenge brought by a group of local businesses In a decision entered into court records Friday Justice Kevin Kerrigan denied all claims brought by LeNoble Lumber and several nearby property owners The group argued the project would harm industrial businesses and was illegally approved without an environmental review which said the bike lane was part of a broader safety initiative and exempt from such review His ruling lifts a temporary restraining order that had paused the project since October the businesses claimed the bike lane would block truck access reduce employee parking and ultimately “ruin over 40 businesses some of which have been in existence for over 100 years.” Kerrigan wrote the Department of Transportation had “demonstrate[d] the purpose of the bicycle lane and the research and design that went into the plan,” calling the legal challenge “unavailing.” “We are disappointed in the judge’s ruling and are considering all options,” said Alexander McBride a spokesperson for the city's transportation department said in a statement that the agency was "thankful for the court’s ruling and determining next steps as well as a schedule for implementation." In a 2022 letter to the transportation department Councilmember Julie Won of Queens urged the agency to act swiftly calling traffic conditions “dangerous” and pointing to more than 400 injuries and four deaths in the Blissville neighborhood in a five-year span “It is DOT’s responsibility to ensure zero New Yorkers are killed or seriously injured from traffic violence,” wrote Won “The agency must address the safety of my constituents in Blissville and those traveling through the neighborhood without delay.” The DOT said it was re-evaluating the corridor’s design and Review Avenue was being included in a larger “Blissville Greenway” plan to improve bike and pedestrian connections The agency also said it had observed that “most vehicles not following the street direction are associated with the local businesses on the block.” The city in court filings described the corridor as one of the most dangerous in Queens It said 15 people were killed or seriously injured on the stretch in five years The agency also argued the lane was designed to preserve truck access, reduce speeding and close a gap in the bike network connecting the Kosciuszko, Pulaski and Greenpoint Avenue bridges. 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We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Today’s Paper#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Hunt for … By Joyce CohenMay 1 Share full articleAfter failing to find a comfortable co-op unit in Astoria and Long Island City a couple were surprised to find that Midtown offered bigger places with better amenities and lower prices When Kelly O’Connell arrived in New York after college in 2007 and quickly found everything she needed — friends “You don’t need to go into Manhattan on your day off to do anything,” she said “Astoria is like its own little city insulated from the city.” O’Connell was working at a theatrical rigging company when she interviewed Steven Ferrier where they rented an apartment for $2,100 a month [Did you recently buy a home? We want to hear from you. Email: thehunt@nytimes.com] The couple spent the pandemic in the closet-free railroad unit. The long, narrow layout felt increasingly claustrophobic, and as Covid receded, they worried that their landlord would raise the rent. The couple got married last year and resolved to buy a home, looking first in Astoria and nearby Long Island City, with a budget of up to $650,000. They were surprised to find that places for sale seemed no better than places for rent. They found mostly small walkups in older co-op buildings far from public transportation. They asked themselves what was really important and settled on just two things: a good work commute and a dishwasher. Everything else was negotiable. “We wouldn’t cook much because we both hate washing dishes,” Ms. O’Connell said. Frustrated with Astoria’s offerings, Mr. Ferrier suggested they consider Midtown Manhattan, where they could both walk to their jobs. Ms. O’Connell, 39, now works as the general manager of The Ride, a tour bus company in Times Square. Mr. Ferrier, 40, is a member of the Broadway stagehand union, IATSE Local One, and works primarily in the theater district. His hours are long and irregular, and he often lugs a heavy tool case. “It would be an hour and 15 minutes to take a train home,” he said. The two barely saw each other. The co-ops they found in Midtown (they avoided the most crowded areas, like Times Square and Hell’s Kitchen) were bigger and nicer than the ones they’d seen in Queens, with better amenities and lower purchase prices, but higher monthly maintenance costs. “Suddenly the choices seemed endless instead of one halfway decent apartment a grandmother had died in,” Ms. O’Connell said. “It was bonkers.” The two were referred to Yan Gladkov, a licensed salesperson at Keller Williams NYC. “We kept the radius of their search super tight,” Mr. Gladkov said. They aimed for the West 50s, and nicknamed every place they looked at. Often, places didn’t live up to the listings, with professional photos that turned dark into light, small into large, narrow into wide. Mr. Ferrier was scrupulous about checking fixtures, testing every faucet, knob and light. “He has never met a detail he can’t obsess over,” Ms.O’Connell said. “He always has his multi-tool on him.” At one point, he encountered a kitchen drawer that didn’t open properly. “It had come off its slider and a retaining ring had popped out,” Mr. Ferrier said. So he fixed it. Ms. O’Connell was more hands-off. “It would never occur to me to flush a toilet in a stranger’s home,” she said. “I was hesitant to open a closet because it felt so invasive.” This 700-square-foot one-bedroom was in a boutique 11-unit prewar building a couple of blocks from Central Park. It had several charming arched doorways and faced the back, with little light. The layout included five closets, a spacious living/dining area, and a small hallway where the kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and common space converged. There was split-system air-conditioning, and the building had a virtual doorman and a laundry room. The price was $499,000, with maintenance in the $1,600s. Find out what happened next by answering these two questions: Stratford movie fans will have a chance to learn a little more about the monarchy As King Charles gets set to visit Canada to deliver the throne speech later this month Article contentThe Stratford Film Festival will be presenting two Mid-May screening of The Cowboy and the Queen which tells the unusual story of how an American horse trainer and her majesty struck up this unique friendship The documentary was directed by Andrea Nevins who had originally set out to do a film on the queen’s corgis “Monty told Nevins his life story and she became fascinated not only by his story but by this unlikely friendship between a former rodeo star and the Queen of England,” said Megan Smith-Harris “He was a horse trainer who had a revolutionary way of breaking a horse through gentleness and kindness instead of violence and cruelty Instead of making him a hero in the equestrian world with the Queen and other members of the royal family gently training a horse to accept a saddle and a rider in the less than 30 minutes “Normally to break a horse takes about six weeks and is very cruel and they physically hobble them and whip them and yell at them Monty Roberts’ method was to communicate with the horse to listen to what the horse was telling him and to lead them with his own body language,” Smith-Harris said there will also be an appearance by horse trainer Mallory Phillips and her miniature therapy horse Philipps also volunteers with Out of the Ashes a volunteer-run organization that provides a forever home for more than 90 rescued animals who struggled with PTSD due to abuse from his father and how he saw the benefits of using horses for people inspired Smith-Harris to make Philips a part of the screening and we can all learn that listening and communication is what we need to do today,” she said The film is very relevant to Stratford residents who was “a lasting and constant presence in our lives that led with dignity and kindness,” Smith-Harris said “I know things are pretty fraught right now in the world of politics but I also thought it was important to show that there are other Americans who do lead with kindness and who do listen and do want to to build bridges This is a reminder to everyone to look for the good in the world,” she said watwood@postmedia.com transmission or republication strictly prohibited This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy 14vs3Queens ...but your activity and behavior on this site made us think that you are a bot Note: A number of things could be going on here Please solve this CAPTCHA to request unblock to the website Game Recap: Baseball | 5/3/2025 10:25:00 PM | Matthew Shimko --Senior Blake Delamielleure collected five RBIs to help propel Jacksonville Baseball past the Queens Royals 17-2 on Saturday Senior Blake Barquin (4-3) got the win out of the bullpen for Jacksonville (27-17, 16-7). The right-hander went four innings, giving up two runs, on three hits, allowing three walks and striking out three. Senior Layton Perry also pitched well going one shutout inning without allowing a hit DeLamielleure went 2-for-4 with a double in addition to his five RBIs for the Dolphins. Senior Aidan Masters put together a standout effort as well, going 2-for-3 with three walks and two RBI. Senior Carson Stevens also chipped in for Jacksonville putting together one hit in two trips to the plate while adding three walks and two RBI Thanks for visiting New York City FC are looking for their fifth win of the season as they host an in-form FC Cincinnati who went into this matchday sitting on top of the Eastern Conference Cincinnati are looking to extend their league-best five-game winning streak – three of which came on the road – despite fielding a middling attack that scored just 15 times (7th in the East) and a leaky defense that allowed 12 goals (7th in the East) NYCFC defied the odds to knock Cincinnati out of the MLS Cup Playoffs when they last met in November but these are two very different teams today then added striker Kévin Denkey — both have 6 goals each going into this afternoon's game New York City sold Santiago Rodríguez at the start of the season and have yet to replace him instead relying on the magnificent but aging legs of Maxi Moralez to run the midfield Most important, it's Star Wars Day at Citi Field: There will be a Star Wars pin giveaway and other lightsaber-themed fun at the pregame FanFast The historic head-to-head between the two clubs heavily favors New York City That's due largely to Cincinnati's early years when they were easily the worst club in the league: NYCFC compiled a record of 6W-0D-0L the first three years the two teams met with 22 goals scored and just five allowed But then Cincinnati became one of the best teams in the league, and the results shifted heavily in their favor. FCC put together a five-game winning streak in all competitions that ran from May of 2023 through October of last year, when New York City finally broke the spell with a 3-2 win at the venue formerly known as Red Bull Arena The two then met three times in the 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs. The record ended with an even 1W-1D-1L, but New York City advanced after prevailing in a wild penalty kick shootout that saw 18 players go to the spot and that was won by the ice-cold Mitja Ilenič When asked about a potential timeline for O'Neill's visa being secured Head Coach Pascal Jansen said "If I had something to say about that She gives us insight into what isn't quite clicking at FCC and why they're still putting up winning results New York City returns to the scene of last season's major drama to face a Toronto team starting to regain their form five years into a rebuild It's a second 2025 meeting with New England but this time New York City FC travels up to Foxborough Massachusetts to face the Revs on their (literal) home turf New York City FC are back at Citi Field for the first time this year: Can a slumping NYCFC hold off the Philadelphia Union New York City FC will try to get back to their winning ways when they host high-flying Minnesota United this afternoon at Yankee Soccer Stadium The two San Diego FC attackers earned spots on our latest MLS Player of the Matchday ballot following the expansion team's huge 5-0 home win A lethal low strike from Julián Fernández and a strong showing from a shorthanded defense propelled New York City FC to a 1-0 win over FC Cincinnati at Citi Field The stalemate was almost broken by 14-year-old McKenna Whitham of Gotham FC but the game finished scoreless as Chicago Stars FC go home with a point Thoughts on New York City FC's second straight win and the potential to make it a three-match streak next weekend King Charles and other senior royals joined veterans and crowds to watch a grand military parade and flypast at the start of four days of commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day The government has planned a series of events in the run-up to the anniversary of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender that took effect on May 8 It is observed around that date in many countries More than 1,300 members of Britain's armed forces marched through central London from outside parliament to Buckingham Palace Monday's parade concluded with a flypast by historic military aircraft and the Royal Air Force's Red Arrows display team watched by the royals from the balcony of Buckingham Palace many of them carrying national flags - the red white and blue Union Jack - flocked below to take in the spectacle As the royals watched the parade and flypast observers were reminded of Queen Elizabeth's daring feat in 1945 on VE Day and her younger sister Margaret famously slipped out to join the throng outside Buckingham Palace believed to be the only time during her 96 years she mingled with the public unrecognised Assistant Director of Strategic Communication Thanks for visiting Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker State Senator John Liu’s bill to grant Mets owner Steve Cohen permission to build a casino and entertainment complex on Citi Field’s parking lot was advanced by the Senate’s Committee on Cities on Tuesday A Senate committee played their cards close to their chest this week when they narrowly voted to advance a bill that would allow New York Mets owner Steve Cohen to build a casino on Citi Field’s parking lot which was introduced by State Senator John Liu in a controversial move last month was passed by the Senate’s Committee on Cities on Tuesday though none of the seven senators on the committee voted in outright favor of the bill Four lawmakers voted to advance the bill without a recommendation while the remaining three lawmakers on the committee voted against the bill will now advance to the full Senate for a vote without the full-throated support of the committee that sent it there The piece of legislation is needed for Cohen’s plan to bring a casino to Citi Field The billionaire Mets owner has proposed building what he’s dubbed Metropolitan Park on the plot of land that is owned by the city leased to the Mets and technically designated as parkland the bill would give Cohen permission to build the complex if he is granted one of the three downstate casino licenses expected to be handed out by the state’s Gaming Commission at the end of the year Cohen is one of a little less than a dozen developers hoping to snag one of the three licenses The legislation was introduced in the Assembly by freshman Assemblymember Larinda Hooks earlier this year after her predecessor The Assembly version of the bill has yet to be brought up for a committee vote Though support for the bill appeared tepid during Tuesday's meeting the vote now puts the bill on the floor of the Senate a month after it appeared as though Cohen’s dream of parkland alienation in Albany’s upper house was a pipe dream these 50 acres of asphalt have only been parking lots,” Karl Rickett a Metropolitan Park spokesperson told the Eagle in a statement on Tuesday “Today's committee approval brings us one step closer to delivering 25 acres of actual public park space and over $1 billion in community benefits for Queens." had to find an alternative route to parkland alienation after the Senate’s typical process of winning over the lawmaker whose district includes the land eyed for alienation went south said last year that she wouldn’t introduce a parkland alienation bill after her constituents told her they didn’t want a casino in their district who held several town halls on the project in 2023 and 2024 will likely still loom large over the bill when it comes up for a vote in the Senate The legislature has a tradition of deferring to a local lawmaker regarding land use decisions within their district "I have consistently voiced the will of the majority of my constituents and I will continue to do so,” Ramos said in a statement to the Eagle "The site in question is primarily not in my district but a fair amount of it is in my district,” Liu told the Committee on Cities on Tuesday “Notwithstanding the precise boundaries of my district the size and magnitude of what's being proposed will clearly have very strong impacts on my district just because it's a very large New York City downstate project.” “The reality is that it also directly affects my residential and my commercial areas in Downtown Flushing,” Liu added Liu and Cohen together announced that they had reached an agreement over the project In exchange for a parkland alienation bill introduced by Liu Cohen agreed to explore building “Flushing Skypark,” a vague proposal to build a pedestrian bridge over Flushing Creek linking Downtown Flushing to Willets Point which is not mentioned in the parkland alienation bill Neither Liu nor Cohen have given an estimate for how much it would cost Perhaps an even bigger question – Cohen doesn’t own the land either side of the bridge would sit on Given the skypark’s potential complications Cohen agreed to donate $100 million over 10 years to Flushing Meadows Corona Park if he decides the bridge can’t be constructed “I believe this Flushing Skypark will become a destination unto itself much like the High Line [in Manhattan] has become a major attraction,” Liu said The Senate committee’s passage of the parkland alienation bill comes around a week after the City Council voted in overwhelming support of a resolution calling on the state legislature to grant Cohen permission to build on the parking lot Like all other developers vying for a casino license Cohen will submit his final proposal to the Gaming Commission in the coming months and will need the parkland alienation bill passed by both the Senate and Assembly in order for his pitch to be viable Hooks told the Eagle in a statement that she was in “active conversations” with Assembly leadership about the bill “I’m encouraged by the Senate Cities Committee’s passage of Senator Liu’s parkland alienation bill and appreciate the continued engagement around the future of the Citi Field parking lot,” Hooks said in a statement “While this site is technically designated as parkland it has functioned as a parking lot for decades — and any redevelopment must reflect the needs and vision of the surrounding communities in East Elmhurst and Corona a strong and enforceable Community Benefits Agreement the investments and improvements we’ve already fought for.” Also submitting a proposal to the Gaming Commission will be Genting New York which owns and operates Resorts World New York City in South Queens The separate casino proposal has received the backing of a number of officials in South Queens voted to advance the Metropolitan Park bill without a recommendation on Tuesday Addabbo did not respond to the Eagle’s request for comment before press time Home / Law / Crime / Politics / Communities / Voices / All Stories / Who We Are / Terms and Conditions Former tax court judge and current Osgoode Hall Law School associate professor Ivan Ozai has been named the first-ever faculty scholar in tax law and policy at Queen’s University he will take up his new position as an associate professor at Queen’s Law where he intends to establish a new tax law and policy colloquium “My hope is to create a space for thoughtful engaging conversations that bring together leading legal scholars from Canada and abroad to engage in rigorous intellectual debate on emerging research in tax law and policy”,” Ozai said in a statement “A key part of this initiative is giving students a platform to engage with cutting-edge scholarship and articulate their own perspectives in debates shaping the field.” Flood said that Ozai’s appointment would bolster the school’s business law program “Through his exceptional scholarly and practice experience, Ivan will help to elevate our standing as a leader in tax legal scholarship and policy impact and strengthen our business law program,” Flood said in a statement Ozai’s research centers on the intersection of tax law It delves into the international tax regime and examines policy alternatives founded in justice principles his research has also tackled the evolving challenges for tax policymakers in a digital and decentralized economy “What I’m most looking forward to at Queen’s Law is advancing research and critical discussions on taxation both within the faculty and in the broader legal community,” Ozai said “I’m excited to expand my work on the connections between tax law and global governance the justice principles that should guide international tax policy and the challenges posed by digitalization and shifting global markets.” Ozai has been published in the Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence He also authored the 2019 text “Tax Expenditures and the Value-Added Tax” and contributed to the volumes “Tax Justice and Tax Law: Understanding Unfairness in Tax Systems” (2020) and “Comparison of Brazilian and German Tax Systems” (2024) He received the International Fiscal Association’s USA Writing Award in 2018 the Fonds de Recherche du Québec’s Paul-Gérin-Lajoie Rising Star Award in 2019) and Osgoode Hall Law School’s Teaching Award for Full-Time Faculty in 2023 Ozai is on the International Law Association’s Committee on International Tax Law and the Brazil Canada Bar Association board He has also acted as the national reporter for Canada to the International Fiscal Association He obtained his doctoral degree in law at McGill University’s Faculty of Law as a Tomlinson Doctoral Fellow He was a tax lawyer in São Paulo for over 10 years and held senior government positions; he once served as the director of the Advance Tax Rulings Office for the State of São Paulo Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More A heartbroken community demands answers after an 11-year-old girl was found dead in Guyana if you can’t find basic human rights for your children Guyanese New Yorkers gathered for a vigil in Jamaica Three expert pathologists performed the autopsy including an American from Mount Sinai Hospital the forensic pathologists rule out signs of physical and sexual trauma on Miss Younge’s body,” President of Guyana Irfaan Ali said But many Guyanese have accused authorities of mishandling the investigation including the girl’s relatives who believe she was abducted and killed Ali to remove the commissioner of police,” Marie Blackman Following clashes between protesters and police in the capital city of Georgetown earlier this week an overnight curfew is in effect in Guyana and schools and most businesses are closed “I want to call upon all Guyanese to respect the rule of law I want to call on all the Guyanese to avoid action that will put you in breach of the law,” President Ali said “The destruction of public infrastructure and private property inconveniencing others is not what we want to demonstrate as a people and as a nation.” lit candles and wore red and black to represent blood and mourning Mourners say they’re sending strength and love to Younge’s family we suffer with them and we will not rest until there is justice,” local District Leader Albert Baldeo said Some 116,000 Guyanese people live in New York making them the fifth-largest immigrant population in the city Some local cyclists in Rockaway Beach rallied in opposition to a Parks Department plan to ban two-wheeled vehicles on a busy stretch of the boardwalk this summer Game Recap: Softball | 4/27/2025 6:00:00 PM Thanks for visiting Log in for full access to stabroeknews.com Only one active session is allowed per subscriber Royals Queens and Pitch Invaders have secured their spots in the final of the inaugural Essequibo Is We Own female 10-10 cricket competition after delivering commanding semi final victories over Capoey on Saturday at the Affiance/Number 1 Ground in Region 2 (Pomeroon-Supenaam) Royals Queens opened the day with a 34-run triumph setting the tone for a dominant performance Pitch Invaders followed suit with an even more emphatic 55-run victory Leading the charge for Invaders was Adena Smith who showcased her versatility with an all-round performance that earned her the player-of-the-match honour contributing 25 runs and bagging two wickets to further cement her team’s dominance Unlock 1 week of unlimited access for just $5 and our iOS & Android apps as a subscriber A FREE roundup of top news from Guyana you might otherwise miss an anticipated Ridgewood deli opens very soon — and more intel at 7 p.m; people can get notified if seats become available The team behind Bed-Stuy Italian restaurant Daphne’s is going to be opening their anticipated Italian Queens deli really soon. Arrigo’s is opening in Ridgewood at 71-08 Fresh Pond Road It’ll start off with lunch services only; dinner will begin on Sunday The 25-seat restaurant makes sandwiches like the Italian combo Then there are house-made pastas such as rigatoni and casarecce with short rib ragu 1’s projected opening month in Union Square All the new restaurant openings in New York this month