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Museum of the Moving Image and Epicenter NYC host a festive Iftar

Astoria, N.Y. — On Tuesday night, March 4, Museum of the Moving Image and Epicenter NYC hosted an Iftar dinner at the Museum for about 100 guests from the city’s cultural, government, and media communities. The menu was prepared by Chef Danny Garcia, Chef Anika Chowdhury, and Chef Sumaiya Bangee.  Aziz Isham, Executive Director of…

For South Asians, healthy habits don’t erase heart risk: study

A new study provides powerful evidence of what’s sometimes called “the South Asian paradox”: People of South Asian backgrounds tend to live healthier lifestyles than other racial and ethnic groups in America, but are at greater risk of cardiac and metabolic health problems as they age. Published in the Journal of the American Heart Association,…

Mamdani plays a bold hand on taxes

This week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani shocked New Yorkers with a proposal to cover the city’s looming budget shortfalls by raising city property tax rates by 9.5% and drawing down the city’s fiscal reserves unless the state enacts his proposed tax hikes on corporations and the wealthy. Already, the gap had been whittled down from a…

Three affordable housing lotteries in Brooklyn and the Bronx

Want to live in an apartment with floor-to-ceiling windows and a rooftop terrace overlooking the Gowanus? Or in a prewar building near the Bronx Zoo with renovated rooms and brand-new fixtures? Three affordable housing lotteries that may help you reach these dreams are closing in late February or early March. In the Bronx, a lottery…

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