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Discover COVID-related updates and resources as we shift our work to respond to this crisis.
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The COVID-19 crisis is hitting immigrants and Black and Brown New Yorkers the hardest, but our communities are being left out of relief.
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Reclaim Our Homes: Rent/Mortgage Suspension Now!
Everyday the housing crisis related to COVID-19 crisis gets worse and worse. It is impacting tenants, homeless New Yorkers, public housing residents, and
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The COVID-19 crisis and New York’s staggering inequality leaves the most vulnerable communities in unfathomable conditions. Why in an unprecedented health crisis is Governor
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Tell Amazon: Give ALL Workers 100% Paid Leave NOW and Tell Us Your Plans
As COVID-19 spreads, Amazon is again failing to protect our health – as workers, neighbors, customers – by failing to offer every person
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New York State must fight back against corporate attacks on workers’ rights. Support the EmPIRE Act!
In New York, our communities have organized and won critical victories for workers, including a $15 minimum wage, paid family leave, protections against
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New Yorkers are committed to participating in the 2020 Census!
Since 1790, the U.S. Constitution has mandated that every U.S. resident regardless of age, citizenship status, or ability to vote be counted every
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Reflecting and Honoring the Life of Breonna Taylor.
Our hearts are with Breonna Taylor’s family, who has endured five excruciating months since the Louisville Police Department murdered Breonna. Breonna Taylor was a daughter, sister, and a caregiver. She was an EMT supporting her community during the pandemic. We honor her life and the struggle for justice taken up by her family. Today, we…
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Friend, is your voter registration up to date? Check with our *NEW* Civic Action Center!
This November, vote for respect and dignity for all! We want to make sure you are ready to cast your ballot. This week, we launched our *NEW* Civic Action Center, where you will be able to register to vote or check your registration, find your polling place, learn about the elected officials and candidates in…
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Let’s repeal the #WalkingWhileTrans ban once and for all!
The time to Repeal the #WalkingWhileTrans Ban is now! This week, members of our Trans Immigrant Project (TrIP) continue to take action to repeal Penal Law 240.37, Loitering for the Purpose of Prostitution. Black and brown trans women deserve to walk in their neighborhoods without the constant fear of being stopped, frisked and arrested at…
The Appeal
Ximena Zamora was 15 years old and preparing to apply for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for the first time in September 2017. That’s when the government terminated it, upending her life. In June, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration had improperly ended DACA, effectively restoring the program as it existed prior to…
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Groups of tenants’ advocates marched through Downtown Brooklyn on Tuesday from the Housing Court on Livingston Street to the office of the eviction marshal on Atlantic Avenue as they called on the Legislature to pass bills that would prevent evictions. There are currently no evictions proceeding in New York State. However, the moratorium that is…