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☆ Homelessness Is Especially Hard on Children. Making Music Helps.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Andy Newman | Todd Heisler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“We’re going to be making a beat,” Dannyele Crawford said as the kids settled noisily into their seats at a homeless shelter in Brooklyn. The room filled with clashing, tinny riffs leaking from headsets as the pint-size producers danced and bobbed in their seats. What the children did not know this recent Monday afternoon was that Ms. Crawford, 27, is not just a teacher. She is a music therapist, there to help children deal with the stress of not having a permanent place to call home. Since 2015, therapists who work for the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music have made regular visits to the 158-family shelter in the Brownsville neighborhood, run by the nonprofit Camba.

Persons: “, ” Dannyele Crawford, Bella Diaz, Crawford Organizations: Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Locations: Brooklyn, Brownsville

Two giant, shirtless men bow respectfully and then hurl themselves at each other in a violent pas de deux that ends with a victory in seconds. But the setting for this tussle on Saturday night was not Tokyo or Osaka, but the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. There, a boisterous, nearly full crowd got an in-person look at sumo wrestling, an ancient Japanese sport that is rarely seen stateside. Before the matches began, Melinda Wilkerson, who like most in the crowd was set to see sumo live for the first time, said she expected to see “some talented athletes.” Her husband, Brett, clarified: “Some big talented athletes.”

Persons: Melinda Wilkerson, ”, Brett Organizations: Madison Locations: Tokyo, Osaka, New York City

Thousands of residents and visitors viewed the event from the baseball field at Hidalgo de Dolores Elementary School. Residents began renting out their homes after area hotels reached capacity. ET Cuatro Ciénegas Amid a vast landscape of gypsum dune fields — formed over millions of years — spectators viewed the eclipse. ET Dallas Crowds set up their picnic blankets alongside the Trinity River, which runs through Dallas, one of the largest cities to experience the total eclipse. ET Russellville More than 100 couples were married in a giant ceremony just minutes before the eclipse, during the Total Eclipse of the Heart festival.

Persons: — Dennis Overbye, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, ” Federico Garza, ”, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Sun Ra, Taylor Swift Organizations: North America Today, Hidalgo de Dolores Elementary School, Nazas, Residents, Dallas Crowds, Russellville, Eclipse, Liverpool, Illinois Department of Transportation, Indiana, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Zoo, Lucas Oil, Roll Hall of Fame, Attica Railroad, Eclipse Fest, Buffalo State, Syracuse, Syracuse Mets, Worcester Red Sox, Hotels, Montreal Locations: North America, — Dennis Overbye Mexico, Sinaloa State, Mazatlán, Mexico, Hidalgo, Texas, Eagle, Dallas, Arkansas, Ozark, . Illinois, Southern Illinois, Midwest, . Ohio, Lake Erie, Cleveland, Taylor Swift . New York, Niagara Falls, England, Burlington , Vt, Burlington, Lake Champlain, Maine, Canada, U.S, Montreal, Fredericton , New Brunswick, New Brunswick, EclipseFest

☆ Their Asylum Case Seems Strong. But Instead of Hope, They Feel Despair.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Olivia Bensimon | Todd Heisler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On the last day of 2023, Thierno Sadou Barry walked from his homeless shelter near Times Square to Harlem, looking to buy inexpensive suitcases he could fill up with all his possessions. Mr. Barry and his wife, Oumou Barry, had fled political persecution in Guinea. As he walked, Mr. Barry cursed himself for leaving Guinea and coming to this cold, unforgiving place. And so he had abandoned his aging parents, his preschool-aged daughter and his young sons. But now he was losing hope that he could ever send for them.

Persons: Thierno Sadou Barry, Barry, Oumou Barry Organizations: New York City, Guinea Locations: Harlem, Guinea, New York

Under an elevated subway track in Queens, Victor José Hernández was whipping up the pepitos that he had perfected at a street cart in Caracas, Venezuela. Just steps away, an Ecuadorean restaurant now displays a big Venezuelan flag and offers karaoke with Venezuelan love songs. And the line for arepas and cachapas (sweet corn cakes) spills out the door of a Venezuelan cafe. Though New York City was built on immigrant neighborhoods — Chinatown, Curry Hill, Little Italy and Little Haiti, among many others — it has never had a Venezuelan neighborhood. Historically, the city’s Venezuelan population was tiny and overshadowed by much larger Hispanic groups, including Puerto Ricans and Dominicans, immigration experts said.

Persons: Victor José Hernández Organizations: New, Puerto Ricans Locations: Queens, Caracas, Venezuela, Roosevelt, Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, Corona, Venezuelan, Little Venezuela, New York City, Curry Hill, Little Italy, Little Haiti

200,149 migrants came to New York State, most of them to New York City. 200,149 migrants came to New York State, most of them to New York City. His brother-in-law, who had come to New York six months earlier, told Mr. Rodríguez there were opportunities for him in New York, and lent him money to fly here. “I didn’t want to interrupt my seven-month-pregnant wife’s rest, and we didn’t go out,” Mr. Vargas said. “Little by little we understood how to navigate the neighborhood,” Mr. Vargas said.

Persons: Milton Vargas, “, ” Mr, Vargas, Jorda Colomer, Colomer’s, Manuel Rodríguez, Gaoussou Ouattara, Eduardo Gómez, Todd Heisler, Biden, New York Times Milton Vargas, Mr, ”, Roosevelt, Rodríguez, New York Times Eduardo Gómez, Gómez, Colomer, Ms, Floyd, I’ll, it’s, New York Times Manuel Rodríguez, Rousseau, Jorda, Andrew Heinrich Organizations: New, New York Times, Port Authority, Kennedy Airport, “, Legal Aid Society Locations: New York City, U.S, New York State, United States, Nicaragua, Eagle, , Texas, New York, Texas, Venezuela, Rodríguez, San Diego, Burkina Faso, West Africa, California, Valencia, El Paso, San Antonio, Ukraine, Bronx, Central, Williamsburg , Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Harlem, Mexico, Flushing , Queens, Flushing, Whitestone , Queens, Side, Midtown, Brooklyn, Milton, “

But Mayor Eric Adams has sought to curtail who can come and stay in the care of the city, which has a unique legal obligation to provide shelter to any homeless person who asks for a bed. In an interview on CNN on Wednesday evening, Gov. Kathy Hochul discussed one victory: A decision by the Biden administration to allow thousands of Venezuelans, the biggest group of newcomers in New York, to stay and work legally. She also said that she agreed with the mayor’s goals to restrict the right-to-shelter guarantee. Young children, exhausted by their long journey — days for some, weeks for others — lay in their parents’ laps, sleeping or staring up at the shimmering lights overhead.

Persons: Eric Adams, Kathy Hochul, Biden, Ms, Hochul, “, . Long Organizations: CNN, ” Locations: New York, Young

☆ Staking the Future on a Stretch of Sidewalk in Brooklyn
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Susan Hartman | Todd Heisler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

On a recent Sunday, Oliver Hernandez jumped out of the van driven by his partner. The mom-and-pop shops along Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, were shuttered. A few folding tables were chained to street signs. A chair was tucked behind a gate. “Most vendors come at 8.”From the back of the van, he started pulling out buckets of flowers, then his backpack, a chair, a table, a canopy and pots of palm trees.

Persons: Oliver Hernandez, Mr, Hernandez Locations: Sunset Park , Brooklyn

☆ In the U.S., an Accomplished Cuban Boxer Takes His First Pro Steps
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Morgan Campbell | Todd Heisler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Cruz, a Cuban boxer who had won the lightweight gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, popped him with two more long lefts. Cruz is one of the most accomplished fighters ever to emerge from Cuba’s celebrated boxing program. Along with his Olympic gold, he has three amateur world titles and has twice won at the Pan American Games. Cruz’s manager, Yolfri Sánchez, watched the sparring session from ringside. Sánchez hired Ennis to replace Cruz’s amateur habits with pro techniques: hitting with authority, staying in range, catching and countering punches.

Persons: Andy Cruz, Rostyslav, Cruz, Juan Carlos Burgos, Yolfri Sánchez, Derek Ennis —, Bozy —, Sánchez, Ennis Organizations: Tokyo, Cuba’s, Pan American Locations: Cruz, Cuban, Northeast Philadelphia, Detroit

☆ The Good (Even Saintly) Ship Dorothy Day
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Dan Barry | Todd Heisler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

How she settled in a Staten Island cottage in 1924 and two years later gave birth to a daughter, Tamar. How her embrace of Catholicism helped to end her common-law marriage to a biologist who rejected religion. How she remained a steadfast pacifist, protested against nuclear armament and was repeatedly jailed, the last time after picketing with striking farm workers in California, when she was 75. How she struggled with her flaws, doubts and depression, but kept a charted course. “We have all known the long loneliness, and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes in community,” she once wrote.

☆ End of Title 42 immigration policy has brought fewer migrants than expected, but overcrowding concerns remain
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Nouran Salahieh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

David Peinado Romero/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Migrants carry a baby in a suitcase across the Rio Grande on May 10. Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images Migrants wait to get paid after washing cars at a gas station in Brownsville on May 10. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images Migrants surrender to US Border Patrol agents after crossing the border in Yuma on May 10. Paul Ratje/Reuters Migrants wait to be processed by US Border Patrol agents in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on April 26. Hudak warned in the filing that without measures to conditionally release some migrants, Border Patrol could have over 45,000 migrants in custody by the end of the month.

Click to unmute A global city needs a global soundtrack, and in New York, you can find nearly anything you want. Over the past several months, we followed several New York musical scenes that reflect the city’s creative soul, thriving in community centers, local bars and public parks. The sight of a new generation encouraged Mr. Joseph, who sees the band as preserving traditional culture in the modern city. It becomes part of you.” New York itself is as much a player as any musician, transforming traditional tunes into something new. The people who embraced Mateo and his mother when they moved from Boston to New York in 2016 now consoled her.

☆ The Year in Pictures 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +57 min

Every year, starting in early fall, photo editors at The New York Times begin sifting through the year’s work in an effort to pick out the most startling, most moving, most memorable pictures. But 2022 undoubtedly belongs to the war in Ukraine, a conflict now settling into a worryingly predictable rhythm. Erin Schaff/The New York Times “When you’re standing on the ground, you can’t visualize the scope of the destruction. Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 25. We see the same images over and over, and it’s really hard to make anything different.” Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb 26.

☆ The Philharmonic’s Home Gets a Tune-Up
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Josephine Sedgwick | Photographs Todd Heisler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Unlike tuning a violin, tuning a concert hall isn’t about matching a tone. Tuning refers to the process of maximizing the quality of the space’s acoustics while the orchestra learns to play in a new space. Deborah Borda, the Philharmonic’s chief executive, compared the process to playing a Stradivarius when you’re used to sawing away at an old clunker.

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