Sonyi Lopez (@LopezSonyi) profile picture

Sonyi Lopez

@LopezSonyi

Community Journalist | Video News Fellow at Democracy Now! Not a big tweeter. Lil' tweets. On Instagram @sovereigngee

 Bronx, NY
Joined September 2016
  • Tweets12
  • Following29
  • Followers19
3Media
Photo by Sonyi Lopez (@LopezSonyi)Photo by Sonyi Lopez (@LopezSonyi)Photo by Sonyi Lopez (@LopezSonyi)
🧵⚠️ @nypd @nycsanitation @nycdhs swept the migrant encampment in front of The Watson late last night. 🎥 Sue Brisk @TheIndypendent
3
119
more replies
🧵Lots of contradictions in this case, between agencies and the media.
1
55
🧵Announcement in Spanish says: "You must abandon the area and take your belongings with you. If you refuse to leave, or intervene with any police functions, you will be subject to arrest."
49
🧵 Mutual Aid organizers say some migrants went to Red Hook Terminal-- they're reporting that there is NO heat there, the terminal is by the water in Brooklyn, some fled on foot when the sweep took place, others were escorted to a safe, undisclosed location.
78
Asylum seekers in New York are protesting their eviction from a Manhattan hotel, part of a decision by city officials to move them to a remote camp in Brooklyn. Democracy Now!'s @m_ines_taracena & @LopezSonyi spoke with people about their concerns. democracynow.org/2023/1/31/n…

Asylum Seekers Protest Eviction, Inhumane Conditions

Asylum seekers in New York are continuing to protest outside a Manhattan hotel where they’d been living for weeks, after city officials suddenly evicted them over the weekend.

101
83
13
166
53,435
Disfrutando el #FestivalPeople con #EnMarcha
Image from CNN en Marcha (@cnnenmarcha)
1
2
Professional boxer, Adrien Broner worth $3 Million has been counting down threatening to commit suicide via social media.
Image from Sonyi Lopez (@LopezSonyi)
timelesshourglass92.tumblr.c…
5
timelesshourglass92.tumblr.c…
My Borough is emerging! #TheBronx nyti.ms/2cRdeux
People Fled the Bronx in the 1970s. Now Its Population Is Booming. (Published 2016)

People Fled the Bronx in the 1970s. Now Its Population Is Booming. (Published 2016)

The borough is growing at the highest rate of any county in the state, according to the Census Bureau, while nearly half the population in Queens is now foreign-born.

nytimes.com
3
Saw a pre screening of #BlairWitchProject Verdict:4/10 Cheesy jump scares just aren't my idea of a good Horror film.
2
Load more