Tag Archives: East Village
Bowery church aids recent African immigrants
By Finn McKeinle Elise Gardella, a mentor and guide at St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery’s Welcome Center, pointed around the nave, directing a visitor’s attention to different tables. To her left in that church sanctuary, two civic advocates sat across from two immigrants, discussing ways to secure their special immigrant juvenile status, one pathway to a U.S. State Department […]
Debate over an East Village homeless shelter
By Jaeda-Li Blair Some neighbors of Project Renewal Shelter for homeless people argue that having it on East Third Street has disrupted their community and are actively pushing for its removal, while others see it as an essential resource. The shelter is intended to provide temporary housing and support services for the citizens in need, […]
Vietnam veteran’s street art and backstory bring him friends, finance and a home
By Munazza Choudhury An elderly man sits atop a dented and dinged motorized red scooter that he relies on to get around. An injury has made his 79-year-old legs too weak for walking. Spackle and paint are splattered on his white T-shirt and blue jeans. He has propped a bag of pale blue tiles on […]
Weighing whether to grow old in New York
By Juan Colon During the six months he spent recovering from back surgery in 2020, Ralph Steiber, 76, couldn’t walk up the five flights of stairs leading to the Lower East Side apartment he’s lived in since 1975. “I couldn’t live here … ” Steiber said. “I had to rent out an apartment building with […]
Where Scavenging Recyclables is Outlawed, Scavengers Earn Cash
By R.J. Rubio Staff Writer Standing in the pouring rain at the corner of East Fourth Street and Avenue A, Hector Reyes, 51, was razor-focused on the task at hand, shoveling bottles and cans into the machines imprinted with “Redeem 5¢.” Scavenging for recyclable containers that other people throw away is popular among the […]