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Community groups, mutual aid collectives and nonprofits across the city are preparing holiday meals, offering emergency support and distributing essentials — and many could use help, given a recent rise in demand. Thanksgiving is a high-pressure time for service organizations, especially in a year marked by budget cuts and SNAP benefit disruptions. Whether you’re able…
The Zohran Mamdani effect, ICE fears, and New York’s wild 2025 political map
It’s that time of year again: We’re prepping to sit across from la familia at the Thanksgiving table, and want to make sure we are armed to the teeth with facts for the inevitable, uncomfortable, politically polarizing conversations… Epicenter: First, Zohran Mamdani was just elected mayor and suddenly it seems like everyone is running in…
The war on SNAP isn’t over
The longest-ever federal government shutdown came to an end, as eight senators in the Democratic caucus caved to pressure and broke with the party to make a deal with the GOP to enact a temporary funding bill in exchange for weak or empty promises. I have some pretty, shall we say, colorful opinions on this…
How to get food and answers if you’ve lost your SNAP benefits
Decisions by the Trump administration to cut off Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits during the government shutdown left millions scrambling for food or doing without. Worse still for many is not knowing when and how much aid they’ll be able to receive. In the face of this policy whiplash, food pantries, businesses and community…
Documenting “Bright Vignettes” in Queer history in Astoria
In the 1990s, when Patricia Silva first moved to Astoria, they remember riding their bike around Queens, looking for signs of inclusive Queer culture but not finding much. Decades later, it was just as tough to locate a public record of what had grown into the rich Queer scene in Astoria. For Silva, that lack…
24 Artists, 27 works Brighten Queens in new exhibition at The Local NY
On the heels of a historic moment in New York City, Epicenter NYC brought together dozens of artists, musicians, neighbors and tourists to celebrate the opening of Music of Many Colours. The new exhibition, inspired by the collaboration between Nigerian musician Fela Kuti and R&B, soul, funk, and jazz legend Roy Ayers on the Music…
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