When Yury Rozinov arrived from Russia to a bus stop in Connecticut twenty-three years ago, the first person to greet him was an African American man he met on the street. Growing up in Russia, Rozinov cannot recall ever meeting an African American until that point in his life. He admits to being a bit [...]
Ahmed Foda is an Egyptian street vendor who spends 72 hours a week working in Astoria, fighting through inclement weather while standing for 12 hours – and he does so with a smile on his face. He is a prime example of the millions of immigrants who come to the United States in search of [...]
Eastern medicine practices alleviate cultural and linguistic isolation for the predominantly immigrant population of Flushing in Queens, New York. Since 2000 the US has seen a staggering 32 percent increase of Asian immigrants, according to the American Community Survey report. Asians are now the fastest growing racial group in New York City and Flushing, more [...]
Nineteenth-century brownstones, federal-style frame buildings, architecturally significant churches and tree-lined streets all add to the charm of Brooklyn Heights as one of New York City’s best tourist destinations. But there is one more gem in the neighborhood’s treasure chest of tourism: its people. From all walks of life, Brooklynites are getting involved in community tourism [...]
Brighton Beach has become well known as the Russian Capital of the United States. Recently, however, the Russian population in Brighton Beach has been declining. The traditional Russian restaurants and stores that fill the main avenue are now changing to accommodate the new, non-Russian clientele. Brighton Beach experienced a one percent decline in overall population [...]
All adoptive parents face different challenges raising their kids. Race, race relations and civil rights issues in transracial families can be a touchy issue, where the right answer isn’t always black or white.
Grandmothers relieve the foster care system by caring for large numbers of parentless children in New York City, but they need more than just subsidies.
Since a year of becoming a part of the contractual agreement between ACS and foster care agencies, the Family-to-Family strategy is yet to be implemented in NYC
Even critics of the reform agree that Russian child welfare system does need improvement. But the public is scared that social workers and police would be taking children into custody to punish parents for their political activities.
Since the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act was enacted in 1974, increasingly it is immigrant families who are losing their children to foster care due to the traditional way of child-rearing.
Life has been lonely for Shaniqua since April when her 1-year-old daughter was placed in foster care by the New York Administration for Children Services
Rosmond Roll chose to foster parent after five of seven children left home.Roll will soon join the 10, 000 other foster parents of New York City, to look after over 15,000 children.
90% of all Kinship care in New York is based in New York City. Kinship care is a form of foster care where children are placed with relatives.
Brothers and sisters separated in foster care are increasingly seeking to reestablish relationships with their siblings once they age out of the system.
Single dads step up to help foster children and provide them with a loving and long term home.
State foster care systems are slow to change to support LGBTQ foster kids’ needs. In the meantime, some foster children struggle to make their way through the system.
58 percent of young adults in foster care obtain a high school degree by the age of 19 compared to 87 percent of the general population. For Donte Johnson and Carrie Wright these numbers are a reality.
Teenagers in the child welfare system wait the longest to be adopted, due to a combination of barriers that limit permanency.
Behind the smiles and the laughter in Erica Orr’s household lies a constant fear that some day soon her family will be no more.
Special Immigration Juvenile Status (SIJS) allows immigrant children in foster care to apply for permanent residency but the system needs to be made more efficient so that no child is left behind.
LGBT-friendly group homes exist in an unusual paradox. A last resort for foster children neglected by their families and the child welfare system, they are also a rare safe space where LGBT adolescents are surrounded by their peers.
About 26,000 young adults leave the foster care system each year. Because they have no family support or guidance, at least 12 percent of them become homeless.
For the first time, a group of artists in northern Manhattan have organized themselves to develop much needed spaces to create and show their art.
Feeling the crunch of the economic downturn Muslims in New York have been reluctant to spend, even on the Hajj pilgrimage, a religious duty.
Qurbani is a ritual sacrifice of livestock during the festival of Eid al-Adha. Unable to perform the ritual at home, some trek to suburban slaughterhouses. Others arrange the whole thing online.
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