The World Socialist Web Site spoke to a New York City public school educator at a protest against Israeli/US genocide against Gaza and military operations in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in the ”Little Yemen” neighborhood in the Bronx.
As the mayor continues to press for state and federal funding to offset the cost of migrant assistance programs, he's also touted independent initiatives to raise funds beyond the government’s coffers. The largest pool of donations, collected by the Mayor’s Fund to Advance NYC, has yet to be distributed.
Twin Parks was once the hope of late ’60s-era urban planners who thought adding a high-rise housing complex in Fordham Heights would prevent the white flight
A web of relief workers is still scrambling to help give newly arrived migrants what they need, including warm clothes, MetroCards and toiletries. Here’s how to lend a hand or donate.