Maria Alvarez
The Archive
STILL MUY BONITA - CRI$IS ROCKS LA ISLA - BUT TOURISM IS BOOMING
June 7, 2006 | 4:00amWHEN a government lockdown put thousands of civil servants out of work in May, travel to Puerto Rico spiked. However, According to tourism officials, the economic nightmare that saw 100,000...
SCHOLAR DOLLARS - PROGRAM HELPS KIDS PAY TUITION
June 7, 2006 | 4:00amSCHOLARSHIP winner and Puerto Rican Day parade shining star Angel Ayala of The Bronx is on his way to Yale this fall to study astronomy and physics. At five, he...
POINTE PLEASANT - QUEENS WATERFRONT GETS FENG SHUI TOWNHOUSES
May 11, 2006 | 4:00amWE'VE heard of feng shui - a Chinese practice of arranging space and objects to create a more harmonious environment - working in small apartments and office buildings, but on...
HEY, JUDY - ACTRESS NAVIGATES HOLLYWOOD MINEFIELD OF LATINA STEREOTYPES
January 11, 2006 | 5:00amSOFT-SPOKEN and sweet, Judy Marte is the antithesis of the gritty character she plays in the upcoming indie film, "On the Outs." The moving drama tells the story of three...
BROOM WITH A VIEW - FORMER PORTER 'CLEANS UP' AS CEO OF HIS OWN COMPANY
January 11, 2006 | 5:00amBECOMING CEO of the company where you used to work scrubbing toilets may seem like an impossible feat to most people - but not to 36-year-old Brooklynite Michael Rodriguez, who,...
MAGICAL MARILYN - PUERTO RICAN ACTRESS SPARKES ON STAGE AND SCREEN
December 14, 2005 | 5:00amHARLEM born-and-raised actress Marilyn Torres isn 't stressing about her role as a maid in the new film "Bernard and Doris " - the story of tobacco heiress Doris Duke...
PEDAL-PUSH PEDDLERS 'AD' MORE TRAFFIC
November 13, 2005 | 5:00amLook out! Michael Dudich is about to add yet another wrinkle to New York's ever-changing and crowded streetscape: bicycle-drawn billboard advertising. The 48-year-old businessman feels the city, which has seen...
DESIGN OF THE TIMES - QUEENS WHIZ STARTS GRAPHIC BIZ
November 9, 2005 | 5:00amDanny Gonzalez is a Queens boy through-and-through - never taking no for answer and never flinching at a job, whether it's a small affair or a colossal undertaking. Gonzalez is...
STAMP AND DELIVER - NEW POSTAL ARTWORK CELEBRATES THE MAGIC OF LATIN DANCE
September 14, 2005 | 4:00amSALSA'S explosive, swirling moves are caught in a dreamy freeze-frame by artist José Ortega, designer of a U.S. postal stamp that celebrates Latin dance. "I wanted to get that angle...
STAND-'OUTS' - THREE YOUNG STARS DAZZLE IN NEW INDIE FILM ABOUT TEENAGE GIRLS IN PRISON
July 13, 2005 | 4:00amAGGRESSIVE, disturbing and brutally honest, "On the Outs," the new indie film that opens today at the New York Film Forum, makes audiences cringe with revulsion and sadness. "I'm glad...
ACTING ON PRINCIPLE - MIRIAM COL"N HELPS KEEP LATINO THEATER ALIVE WITH TRAVELING TROUPE
June 8, 2005 | 4:00amINSIDE an aging firehouse on 47th Street that serves as a small theater, actress Miriam Colón gestures to the worn seats with regret, but holds out her arms to the...
SOME TOUGH MOTHERS - THE WISDOM OF WANDA SALAMAN - MOTIVATING MOMS TO SAVE OUR SCHOOLS
May 11, 2005 | 4:00amA BRONX neighborhood survivalist, Wanda Salaman learned early to empower herself and use her anger to help the weak and the poor. Salaman, 38, has been saving working-class neighborhoods in...
LOVE IN THE BRONX - BOOGIE DOWN COURTHOUSE HAS BECOME A MECCA FOR MARRIAGE-MINDED LATINOS
April 13, 2005 | 4:00amFORGET the glitzy fanfare and spectacle of a Trump wedding. In the minimally decorated basement of the Bronx Courthouse, hundreds of New York couples are saying "I do" - making...
TENANTS' TERROR - TELL COURT OF 'HELLISH' LANDLORD'S OUTRAGES
August 16, 2002 | 4:00amThey call him "the landlord from hell." Tenants who claim they were terrorized for years by Queens apartment owner George Subraj faced off against their alleged tormentor yesterday. During an...
'DWI' HORROR DRIVER IGNORED OUR PLEAS: BROTHER
August 8, 2002 | 4:00amThe allegedly DWI driver who crippled a young emergency medical technician had been warned repeatedly about his drinking, his brother said yesterday. "I told him over and over again not...
CAR CRUSHES MEDIC'S LEG
August 7, 2002 | 4:00amA young EMS worker who was helping an elderly woman onto an ambulance had his leg "snapped like a twig" when he was hit by an allegedly drunk driver early...
STATE SNIPS SUSPECTS IN ID-THEFT RING
August 2, 2002 | 4:00amFour people were indicted in a massive identity-theft ring that stole personal information from WNYC, the New York State Insurance Fund and other organizations, authorities announced yesterday. State Attorney General...
STRAPHANGERS: NEW CAR COOL
August 1, 2002 | 4:00amIt's been a long time coming, but a welcome relief yesterday for city subway riders who got a cool, roomy ride on a new subway car, the first of 1,700...
GRANNY DRUG-RAP DUO 'ILL'
July 31, 2002 | 4:00amTwo Brighton Beach grannies charged with peddling prescription drugs to neighborhood kids were too ill to appear yesterday at their arraignments, their lawyers said. Roza Shusterman, 80, who has breast...
CAN TUNA-EATING IF PREGNANT: STUDY
July 26, 2002 | 4:00amScientists yesterday warned pregnant women to cut their consumption of canned tuna fish, and recommended that the FDA issue stricter warnings about the mercury-tainted product. An estimated 60,000 women nationwide...