New Women New Yorkers

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Culture & events / Real People. Real Lives.

Photography & storytelling at our Winter Bash, early bird tickets available

We’re coming back on December 17 to the Starr Bar in Bushwick, Brooklyn to celebrate our third year serving young immigrant women in New York City – We hope you’ll be able to join! The event will feature the very first showing of our new photography & storytelling exhibit Real People. Real Lives. Women Immigrants of New York, together with a DJ, full cash bar and kitchen, and exclusive silent auction of the photographs shown. All event proceeds go to the programs of New Women New Yorkers.  Click here to get your ticket early and take advantage...

NYC neighborhoods

A Day in East Harlem, From Historic Murals to Puerto Rican Markets

Written by Marisa Guerrero East Harlem, sitting in the northeastern corner of Manhattan, reflects the deep immigration roots and constant change that characterize New York City. The longtime Italian and Puerto Rican neighborhood has grown increasingly desirable to newcomers and tourists over the past few years. More expensive real estate — including One Museum Mile, which set a neighborhood record when a unit sold for $3.6 million in 2013 — combined with an influx of whites and Asians over the...