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A New Year's Eve reveler in Times Square soaked in the moment as confetti filled the sky after the ball drop. (Photo by Q. Sakamaki)

Celebrating a new year — and for migrants, a new start in a new country

January 2, 2024

PHOTOS BY Q. SAKAMAKI | This New Year’s in Times Square took on special meaning for recently arrived migrants, who are still settling into America and New York City.

Venezuelan migrants celebrated New Year’s in front of their shelter hotel on Eighth Avenue (Photo by Q. Sakamaki)
Migrant kids from South America in front of their shelter hotel on Eighth Avenue. (Photo by Q. Sakamaki)

Amid the thousands of revelers who packed the Crossroads of the World to usher in 2024 were migrants celebrating in front of their nearby shelter hotel, a 10-year-old asylum seeker crooning tunes for bucks and a young mother suckling her baby while vending.

These photos were all taken just after the ball drop at Times Square at midnight.

Happy New Year! (Photo by Q. Sakamaki)
(Photo by Q. Sakamaki)
Celebrating the start of 2024 in Times Square. (Photo by Q. Sakamaki)
Amid the festivities, Oscar, a 10-year-old asylum seeker from Mexico, took to the street to perform as a reveler danced beside him. (Photo by Q. Sakamaki)
A migrant vendor breastfed her child on Eighth Avenue among the teeming New Year’s Eve crowds. (Photo by Q. Sakamaki)
(Photo by Q. Sakamaki)
(Photo by Q. Sakamaki)
A police Emergency Service Unit was detailed on Eighth Avenue by the Port Authority. (Photo by Q. Sakamaki)

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