By Manuel Rueda From 9am to 5pm, Felina Backer works as an assistant principal at a middle school in Brownsville. But since Haiti’s campaign season began in August, she has used her spare time to [...]
Thursday, November 11, 2010
By Sanya Khetani Bad weather puts Catherine Charlot in a good mood. Armed with her shopping cart, Charlot is a familiar sight in Gowanus and Park Slope after a storm hits, scanning the streets and [...]
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has come down hard on three Brooklyn-based companies, suing them because they offered (illegal) legal immigration advice to Haitians after the destructive earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince. Those who provided the advice [...]
Friday, May 7, 2010
Rev. Verel Montauban is the pastor at the First Haitian Church of the Brethren in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. He also ministers to a sister congregation in Haiti. Their church, Croix de Mission, was destroyed in the January 12 earthquake.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
By Clare O’Connor Inside Immaculée Haitian Restaurant and Bakery, there’s a big-screen TV on the back wall, its volume turned up. ESPN is on, but no one is paying attention to the golf on the [...]
Friday, February 12, 2010
Part of our continuing Haitian New York coverage: Since earthquake in Haiti four weeks ago, the Rev. Verel Moutauban-Pierre has provided constant counseling—sometimes late into the night—to his grieving congregants. Chris Alessi visited the First Haitian [...]
Friday, February 12, 2010
The First Haitian Church of the Brethren in East Flatbush provides constant counseling -- sometimes late into the night -- to grieving congregants.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
By Clare O’Connor On a wall in the front room at Radio Soleil rows of photos are tacked up haphazardly. In one, a young bride dressed in white smiles as she clings to a bouquet. Beneath [...]
Monday, February 8, 2010
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Haitian population of New York City is more than 160,000, with more than 75,000 in Brooklyn alone, although the number may be much higher. Since independence from France [...]
Saturday, November 27, 2010
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