Celebrating Immigrant Heritage Week: Meet Ulysses Umana, Construction Field Supervisor

As part of Immigrant Heritage Week in New York City, the American city celebrates the invaluable contributions of migrant communities, including the Dominican Republic, which have left a significant mark on various neighborhoods in the Big Apple. The annual celebration commemorates a historic event that occurred exactly 117 years ago, on April 17, 1907, when more than 11,000 immigrants arrived in the United States via Ellis Island, a small islan…

Celebrating Immigrant Heritage Week: Meet Ulysses Umana, Construction Field Supervisor

On April 17, 1907, the City of New York recorded its largest-ever immigrant arrivals on Ellis Island. In honor of the significance of this moment, since 2004 the City has set aside a week in April to commemorate Immigrant Heritage Week, celebrating the contributions immigrant New Yorkers like veteran NYCHA employee Ulysses Umana make to… MORE The post Celebrating Immigrant Heritage Week: Meet Ulysses Umana, Construction Field Supervisor  first a…