Long before Astoria was Astoria, a creek called Sunswick by the local Indigenous tribes traveled northward from what is now Queens Plaza, up the present-day route of 21st Street, and opened into the East River, where Socrates Sculpture Park stands today. Sunswick Creek suffered greatly from the industrialization of the land surrounding it after the Europeans arrived. Increased population brought increased pollution; sewage filled the water, making it stagnant and attracting m

We want to thank the Brunswick School Computer Science Club, led by volunteer tutor Michael del Toro and assisted by fellow tutor Ajay Bagaria, for fundraising for CIANA's afterschool programs on November 4. We’re moved to see rising college students supporting the next generation of learners. Michael has been a tutor at CIANA since June 2020, and Ajay began tutoring this past May. Both tutor at our Elementary Afterschool program, where Ajay focuses on helping students with t

Around 6,000 recently-arrived asylum seekers are currently enrolled in New York City public schools. But two months into the school year, our city has still not given schools the resources they need to properly accommodate asylum seeking youth, the number of which continues to grow. CIANA joined the New York Immigration Coalition and its Education Collaborative on October 31 on the steps of Tweed Courthouse, the headquarters of the NYC Department of Education, to rally for fu