Behind the smiles and the laughter in Erica Orr’s household lies a constant fear that some day soon her family will be no more.

Special Immigration Juvenile Status (SIJS) allows immigrant children in foster care to apply for permanent residency but the system needs to be made more efficient so that no child is left behind.

LGBT-friendly group homes exist in an unusual paradox. A last resort for foster children neglected by their families and the child welfare system, they are also a rare safe space where LGBT adolescents are surrounded by their peers.

About 26,000 young adults leave the foster care system each year. Because they have no family support or guidance, at least 12 percent of them become homeless.

For the first time, a group of artists in northern Manhattan have organized themselves to develop much needed spaces to create and show their art.

Feeling the crunch of the economic downturn Muslims in New York have been reluctant to spend, even on the Hajj pilgrimage, a religious duty.

Qurbani is a ritual sacrifice of livestock during the festival of Eid al-Adha. Unable to perform the ritual at home, some trek to suburban slaughterhouses. Others arrange the whole thing online.