In the US, Brooklyn preacher who boasted of ties to NYC mayor gets nine years in prison for multiyear fraud

New York City, US AP A flashy Brooklyn preacher who has played up connections to New York City’s mayor was sentenced on Monday to nine years in prison for multiple frauds. Lamor Miller-Whitehead, 45, of Paramus, New Jersey, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by Judge Lorna G Schofield, who said she didn’t see meaningful […]
Essay: It’s New York City’s moral responsibility to welcome the stranger

Rev JACQUI LEWIS, senior minister of Middle Collegiate Church in Manhattan, says, in an article first published on Religion News Service, that caring for migrants cannot be shouldered alone by houses of worship…
New York struggles to shelter, process asylum-seekers amid heat

New York, US Reuters Knees to their chests, dozens of men from countries such as Venezuela, Mali, and Senegal sat on a dirty New York City sidewalk outside a Manhattan hotel Tuesday, awaiting asylum processing. Some had been there for days, in a line that wrapped around the block and that underlined the challenge facing […]
New York to distribute flyers telling migrants at US-Mexico border to ‘consider another city’

Washington DC, US Reuters New York City will distribute flyers at the US-Mexico border telling newly arrived migrants to “consider another city” and limit shelter stays for adult asylum seekers to 60 days as the city’s Democratic mayor says it is straining to house them. In an announcement on Wednesday, the office of Mayor Eric […]
Global standards body approves new merchant code for gun sellers

Reuters An international standards body has approved creation of a merchant code for gun retailers, a representative said on Friday, following pressure from activists who say it will help track suspicious weapons purchases. At a meeting this week, a subcommittee of the International Organization for Standardization approved what is known as a “merchant category code” […]
Caught in a political battle: Thousands of asylum seekers sent on buses from US border to New York, Washington

BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and ASHRAF KHALIL, of Associated Press, report on how migrants have become caught up in a fight over US immigration policy…
Sorrow, grief shatters Bronx community after deadly fire

New York City, US AP Sorrow welled across a Bronx community Monday, a day after a fire and choking smoke engulfed a high-rise apartment building that claimed the lives of 17 people, eight of them children. As survivors recalled the frantic chaos of their escape, bereft family and friends of those who perished coped with […]