Recent Work

Here is a selection of stories I have written or contributed to:

En español / Bilingual Reporting

La paranda, la música tradicional del pueblo garífuna, resiste en Nueva York El País, June 17, 2024

A Day in the Life of a NYC Food Delivery Worker New York City News Service, Feb. 29, 2024

Con incertidumbre: así enfrentan migrantes mexicanos en Nueva York el costo de la repatriación de sus seres queridos El Deadline, May 23, 2023

Harlem Tenant Threatened With Eviction Was Overcharged for Years Under Rent Rules, Court Docs Claim City Limits, April 24, 2023

In the Bronx, asylum seekers celebrate a Three Kings Day filled with love and hope Jan, 10, 2023

NYC’s “Delivery Boys” Band Together to Protect Themselves from E-bike Theft, Traffic Accidents The Indypendent, Dec. 14, 2022

Rocío Martínez, emprendedora mexicana, logra abrir una floristería en East Harlem tras 30 años de trabajo duro Univisión, Nov. 23, 2022

“Dios me dijo que lo apoyara”: hondureños chocan por Juan Orlando Hernández en corte de Nueva York Reportar Sin Miedo, May 10, 2022

Hondurans in the U.S. Fear Vote Suppression in Sunday Elections NACLA, Nov. 26, 2021

Entre Próspera y Pandora: abrimos la caja de las ZEDE Criterio.hn, Reportar Sin Miedo, Nov. 25, 2021

A New Temporary Protected Status For Central America NACLA, Nov. 4, 2021

W42ST

Historic Hudson Hotel’s Renovation is a Construction Nightmare for Tenants September 13, 2024

Arriba Arriba Celebrates 40 Years as LGBTQ Haven in Hell’s Kitchen Sept. 9, 2024

How the Fountain House Clubhouse in Hell’s Kitchen Forged a Path for Mental Health Worldwide Aug. 24, 2024

Inside Clinton Community Garden — a 40-Year Legacy of Resilience and Growth in Hell’s Kitchen Aug. 10, 2024

Germantown Info Hub

Nehemiah Tabernacle, an “affirming church” in a Germantown home, builds community and inclusivity with hopes of expanding July 29, 2024

East Germantown residents organize to save green space on their block June 24, 2024

“Not Safe” For Teens: Philly youth fight censorship in upcoming art show May 28, 2024

How Germantown activist Victoria Best empowers youth through education May 6, 2024

Artists and creatives find community at the Germantown Arts District’s first annual art festival April 21, 2024

Gay City News

‘Menergy’ exhibition brings 1940s-1980s gay magazines out of the closet June 25, 2025

Queens kicks off Pride Month with ‘defiant joy’ June 2, 2025

Knit the Rainbow brings handmade clothing to LGBTQ youth Feb. 13, 2024

NYC health officials, doctors embracing doxy-PEP for STI prevention Jan. 23, 2024

‘No hate! no fear!’: LGBTQ activists and politicians protest Moms for Liberty event in NYC Jan. 19, 2024

Emotional vigils highlight Transgender Day of Remembrance in New York City Nov. 21, 2023

American LGBTQ+ Museum’s first traveling exhibition celebrates Lambda Legal’s history Nov. 14, 2023

LGBTQ activist and political organizer Amber Hollibaugh dies at 77 Nov. 3, 2023

LGBTQ Catholics meet with Pope Francis during month-long church gathering Oct. 27, 2023

FBI report shows anti-LGBTQ hate crimes increased in 2022 Oct. 17, 2023

‘Herstory’ walking tour highlights historic lesbian sites in the Village Oct. 16, 2023

Banjos, birds, and gender euphoria at the New York Queer Zine Fair Oct. 10, 2023

Documented

How to Access High School Equivalency Diplomas and GED Exams in New York Sep. 28, 2023

NYC Schools and Head Start: What Immigrant and Undocumented Parents Need to Know Aug. 31, 2023

1,400 Migrants at NYC Shelters Told To Leave Within 60 Days Aug. 11, 2023

Migrants Cleared from Roosevelt Hotel Sidewalk Still Lack Support to Leave Shelters Aug. 4, 2023

Undocumented Mexican Families Reunite Using B1 and B2 Visitor Visa July 19, 2023

Lack of IDNYC Appointments Leaves Immigrant New Yorkers Lining up Before Sunrise July 12, 2023

The Mott Haven Herald and Hunts Point Express

Garifuna Entrepreneurs Make Their Mark in the South Bronx Aug. 29, 2023

Public Housing Residents Want Rental Assistance Included in State Budget March 30, 2023

Advocates Say Federal Coastal Resiliency Plan Overlooks the South Bronx March 26, 2023

Casa Yurumein, “The Garífuna People’s House,” Reopens In Longwood Feb. 28, 2023

Longwood Tenants Lacking Heat And Hot Water Get Organized: “We Shouldn’t Be Living Like This” Feb. 20, 2023

Bronxites Fear Being Left Out of Legal Cannabis Industry Feb. 19, 2023

The Village Sun

Coastal resiliency report: From Battery Park and Two Bridges to Hudson River Park and Chelsea, comprehensive planning is needed July 23, 2022

Julia Fox? Billionaires Row? Parisian social housing? Collective consciousness? Architects weigh in on 5 World Trade Center June 30, 2022

Renewed push to reopen Park Row as the ‘southern gateway to Chinatown’ June 6, 2022

Public housing leaders don’t trust Preservation Trust ‘privatization’ bill May 28, 2022

Two Bridges park to be demolished to residents’ outrage May 21, 2022

Map quest: Artist aims to preserve Chinatown’s history via digital models in 3D March 5, 2022

Bodega and deli owners fight against threat of 15-minute-delivery tech companies Jan. 11, 2022

Homecare workers protest 24-hour workday on Lower East Side Dec. 24, 2021

When doves cry: Bird-glass collisions in Lower Manhattan are ‘fixable’ Nov. 12, 2021

Opposition to contentious Soho/Noho rezoning continues unabated Nov. 8, 2021

100% affordable housing at 5 World Trade Center is possible, say activists and politicians Sept. 11, 2021