Arya Sundaram appears in the following:
'Our neighbors are in danger': New Yorkers prep for an immigration crackdown
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Such trainings, which are largely organized by mutual aid and advocacy groups, have become more popular and numerous following an ICE raid on Canal Street in Lower Manhattan in late O...
New York looks to put an end to ICE officers wearing masks
Sunday, July 20, 2025
It doesn't just apply to ICE. It applies to all law enforcement officers – local, state and federal.
Immigrants Allege 'Inhumane' Conditions at Manhattan Holding Sites
Monday, July 14, 2025
Immigrants and advocates are alleging that conditions at a lower Manhattan ICE facility are inhumane, including no beds and not enough food. Arya Sundaram, WNYC and Gothamist reporter...
Who is Columbia’s Mohsen Mahdawi?
Monday, April 21, 2025
More details are emerging about Mohsen Mahdawi, the second Columbia University student protest leader detained by U-S immigration officers in recent weeks.
NYC's health department warns New Yorkers about mercury in certain skin lightening products
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The city’s health department is warning New Yorkers about 22 skin lightening products with high amounts of mercury. These products are largely from Pakistan and Thailand and available...
Trump's Gains and the Dems' Losses in NYC
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
WNYC and Gothamist reporters Jon Campbell and Arya Sundaram discuss the shifts in New York City's electorate for the 2024 presidential race.
On Randall’s Island, a growing divide between sheltered migrants and neighbors
Wednesday, September 04, 2024
After a massive tent shelter for migrants arrived on Randall’s Island in August last year, Liz Hurtado said she changed her weekly running route to avoid the new crowds.Split HereShe ...
Biden plans restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. What does this mean for New York City?
Thursday, June 06, 2024
Policy experts expect the new policy would effect life here in New York City.
More Black Migrants are coming to New York City
Thursday, April 18, 2024
More migrants from countries in Africa are coming to New York City to seek asylum, signaling a shift from the majority Central and South American migrants cases in the city.
NY mosques are struggling to serve migrants as Ramadan begins
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Mosques are increasingly caring for a wave of West African migrants.
Are We Really Having a 'Migrant Crisis?' Depends Who You Ask.
Monday, March 04, 2024
Three reporters in El Paso, New York City and Chicago explain the nuances and realities of migration in America today.
New York, looking to boost work opportunities for migrants, relaxes some requirements
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
The changes backed by the Civil Service Commission and the Hochul administration would affect some 4,000 positions.
Migrant NYC school families face new threat of being uprooted again
Wednesday, December 06, 2023
The Adams administration’s new limits on shelter stays spark worry among migrant families; a City Council hearing did little to allay concerns.
Longtime merchants unsure they'll survive a deteriorating Chinatown mall's rebirth
Thursday, October 05, 2023
The East Broadway Mall in Manhattan's center had once been a center of the local Fujianese community. A $5 million renovation aims to restore its long-lost vibrancy.
After street vendors crackdown, Corona Plaza market is a changed place
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Street vendors say the months-long enforcement effort has hit them in the pocketbook and changed the Queens neighborhood as well.
Where are they now? Migrants who slept on the Midtown sidewalk.
Monday, August 28, 2023
Although many found the scene of outstretched bodies on the pavement unsettling, the widely circulated images appeared to spur government action.
Reforming NJ Traffic Stops
Monday, July 17, 2023
A discussion about a new report on the New Jersey state police department's discriminatory traffic stops
NYC residents get a leg up in housing lotteries in their own neighborhoods. Does that perpetuate segregation?
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
A lawsuit that raises the question has been cleared for trial in federal district court.
Half of NYC households can’t meet their basic financial needs, report says
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
The new accounting by the United Way of New York City shows it’s gotten harder to make it in the city, especially for communities of color.
NYC is more ethnically diverse, less racially segregated, report finds
Monday, March 06, 2023
Some long-established ethnic populations in NYC, including Italians, African Americans and Puerto Ricans, are shrinking, while others are fueling growth.
