New York City became the first jurisdiction in the United States to provide free legal counsel to detained undocumented immigrations facing deportation. New York City's Council passed the $4.9 billion program known as the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project (NYIFUP) after a "successful" yearlong trial.
He would have been the first Dominican-born member of the United States Congress, but for New York State Sen. Adriano Espaillat's Democratic primary election run for the 13th Congressional District, it was about policy, rather than being first in the history books.
Dr. Renee Hernandez, owner of the first legal distillery in the Bronx after Prohibition, makes smooth rum, corn whiskey and spirit distilled from maple.
Renee Hernandez, the owner of Tirado Distillery, the first distillery in the Bronx since Prohibition, is a physician by day and a creative mixologist by night. Not only does he serve his community in the Bronx (which includes many Latino families) through his private internal medicine practice, but he serves up smooth concoctions of whiskey and rum.
Members of the Dream Act, known as the Dreamers, protested against New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo for his lack of promised support for the Dream Act Bill. The members of Occupy Wall Street, now Occupy Albany, arrived to help.
The latest buzz that revolve around the Khloe Kardashian Lamar Odom divorce news include the basketball player quitting the Spanish team he is currently playing for after only having attended two games in Spain.
