Tag: Jackson Heights
via NYCITY NEWS SERVICE
Her Representative Voice
Meet the first Latina assemblywoman from this distinctively diverse district.
via New York Daily News
Concern Over Lead-Tainted Medicines
Officials blame banned supplements popular with South Asian immigrants for two recent non-fatal lead poisoning cases. But experts fear the problem could be more widespread.
via New York Daily News
Local Tibetans Mourn Martyrs
Memorial services in Queens mark the loss of those who set themselves ablaze to protest China’s rule.
A Dream Delayed for Latino Laborers
Some immigrant day laborers in Queens are struggling to decide whether to stay in the U.S. or move home amid hard economic times.
Queens Teen Votes on Silence
An 18-year-old Jackson Heights resident has a different way of understanding the 2008 presidential candidates.
CD 3: Looking For a Home Back Home
Real estate concerns in Corona are marketing affordable South American houses to Latino immigrants.
via The Queens Courier
Two Dollars a Dance
Immigrant laborers who left loved ones behind find a temporary salve for loneliness at nightspots like the Flamingo Club in Jackson Heights, where the price of fleeting companionship is $2 a dance.