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On December 11, 2013, Devyani Khobragade, then the Deputy Consul General of the Consulate General of India in New York City, was charged by U.S. authorities with committing visa fraud and providing false statements in order to gain entry to the United States for Sangeeta Richard, [1] a woman of Indian nationality, for employment as a domestic worker for Khobragade in New York. [2]
In New York City, the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB) was at the forefront of a homesteading movement in the 1970s and 1980s. [46] Despite squatting being illegal, artists began to occupy buildings, and European squatters coming to New York brought ideas for cooperative living, such as bars, support between squats, and tool exchange ...
New York's squatter's rights laws have once again become the focus of public attention. Adele Andaloro inherited her family’s home in Flushing, Queens after her parents passed away.
Shortly after she was released from prison, an immigration judge put her under house arrest in New York and banned her from using social media. In early August, Sorokin quietly won a major legal ...
Two teenagers were arrested after a woman was discovered dead in a duffel bag in a New York City apartment last week. The woman was identified as 52-year-old Nadia Vitel. Earlier this month, she ...
The U.S. state of New Jersey, where most of the population is situated within the New York City metropolitan region, has by a significant margin the highest proportional Indian population concentration of any U.S. state. According to Census estimates in 2023, 4.6% of New Jersey's population consists of individuals of Indian origin.
Squatting inthe United States. C-Squat is a former squat house located at 155 Avenue C (between 9th and 10th Streets) in the Alphabet City neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City that has been home to musicians, artists, and activists, among others. After a fire, it was taken into city ownership in 1978 and squatters moved in 1989.
Umbrella House is a former squat [1] and a Housing Development Fund Corporation in New York City's East Village, at 21-23 Avenue C. [2] The squat, formed in 1988, was known for its political engagement and high level of collective organization among its members. [3] In 2010, the building officially became a housing cooperative.