Inside New York's Infamous Town

Sixty miles north of New York City, two cities sit across the Hudson River from each other, but they couldn't be more different. We went to Newburgh and Beacon to find out how two places with so much in common ended up so far apart. About Roca: RocaNews is an independent media company started by 3 friends in 2020. Our mission is to cover the news without bias or fear. We deliver daily news to 2M+ people via the products below. If you want unfiltered, independent reporting like this, subscribe to our daily newsletter on Substack: https://rocanews.substack.com/subscribe Our Products: ► Instagram:   / ridethenews   ► App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rocanew... ► Substack: https://rocanews.substack.com Our Series: ► The South:    • The South   ► Pakistan:    • Pakistan   ► East Coast:    • East Coast   ► Appalachia:    • Appalachia   ► Rust Belt:    • Rust Belt   ► The Southwest    • The Southwest   ► The UK    • UK   Wants to help us report? ► Sign up here: https://shorturl.at/xPrUx 0:00 Intro 1:17 Newburgh History 1:50 Lifelong Newburgher 2:25 Italian Mafia 3:30 Leaving Newburgh 4:10 Guys on Corner 5:00 Pregnant Woman 7:03 Nini 7:45 Latinos 9:25 Newburgh & Beacon Diverge 10:30 Hispanic (50% of Town) 12:20 Glimpses of Change 13:25 Beacon 14:00 Transplants 15:06 Affordability 15:53 Beacon Local 17:20 Outro Episode 154 Subs: 960k subs #newburgh #beacon #upstate #newyork