While on the campaign trail in Miami this past October, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden promised to never quit on the Haitian American community. But now, many Haitian immigrants are confused and anxious, wondering if deportation is imminent.
Author: Bill Miller
Only in Print: ‘The People’s Playground,’ Coney Island, Reopens With Fanfare, Joy
A costly 18-month dormancy of Coney Island’s amusement parks faded away Friday, April 9, with an exuberant grand “reopening” of the neighborhood’s most iconic entertainment venue.
Only in Print: Renters Await Aid to Get Caught Up
The pandemic has brought another woe to ZIP code 11368, which covers Corona and North Corona’s neighborhoods on the northside of Queens.
GOP’s Mayoral Front Runners — Sliwa, Mateo — Spar in Raucous Radio Debate
Two longtime conservative voices in New York City tore into each other on March 31, in a raucous two-hour debate over who should be the Republican Party’s nominee in this year’s election for mayor.
Brooklyn Native, Retired Cop, Is Conservative Party’s Nominee for Mayor
Retired NYPD officer Bill Pepitone, a Brooklyn native, is a registered Republican campaigning for mayor, but he won’t be the GOP’s nominee. Instead, Pepitone has won the nomination of the Conservative Party of New York State.
Basilica of Regina Pacis Adds a Second Spanish Mass to Meet Growing Demand
The 9 a.m. Spanish Mass has outgrown the Basilica of Regina Pacis, so a second Mass will be at 7:30 a.m. Sundays, starting April 11. Msgr. Ronald T. Marino, the pastor, said word is getting out that people can finally return safely to Sunday Mass, especially in the Spanish community, which is packing the basilica each week.
Flushing’s Main Street Patrol Aims to De-Escalate Anti-Asian Attacks
The newly-formed Main Street Patrol deploys more than 60 volunteers who wear purple surgical masks as they walk the streets of Flushing, Queens, watching for anti-Asian hate crimes. The volunteers are trained to intervene without becoming physically involved.
Only in Print: ‘You See, Perhaps, an End Is in Sight,’ Bishop DiMarzio Says at Easter Vigil
The faint rays of light faded at sundown Saturday from the stained-glass windows at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph. But darkness did not hold.
Speakers Describe Equality Act Problems for Catholics
The Equality Act would dramatically expand the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. But proponents held a recent webinar to explain how this act severely damage to religious freedom in the U.S.
Chinese Faith Community Clears Trash, Shares the Gospel
About 30 members of the Asian faith community at Basilica Regina parish assemble for the weekly cleanup each Sunday after their noon Chinese-language Mass. Msgr. Ronald Marino, pastor, said their work is courageous, especially while Asian people across the U.S. face violent hate crimes or verbal abuse and blame-laying for the pandemic.
