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Our ResourcesNew York State students lose thousands of days in the classroom each year because of suspensions, often for normal youthful behavior. As all
Take Action!Black and Brown women deserve to walk the streets safely without the fear of being stopped, frisked and arrested. We are calling Speaker Carl Heastie
Take Action!The COVID-19 crisis is hitting immigrants and Black and Brown New Yorkers the hardest, but our communities are being left out of relief.
Take Action!Everyday the housing crisis related to COVID-19 crisis gets worse and worse. It is impacting tenants, homeless New Yorkers, public housing residents, and
Take Action!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
Take Action!As COVID-19 spreads, Amazon is again failing to protect our health – as workers, neighbors, customers – by failing to offer every person
Take Action!In New York, our communities have organized and won critical victories for workers, including a $15 minimum wage, paid family leave, protections against
Take Action!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
Take Action!From immigrant and working-class communities across New York City, Long Island and Westchester
Cleaning in the Time of Coronavirus The video series “Cleaning in the Time of Coronavirus” was created to inform immigrant, Latinx household cleaners and communities of NY about safer cleaning and toxic chemicals commonly found in cleaning products. Every week there will be a new video featured talking about: The difference between cleaning and disinfecting, …
We are writing with a beautiful announcement. After nearly a decade as Co-Executive Directors of Make the Road New York, we will be stepping aside effective April 1, 2021. The Board of Directors has accepted our recommendation to name three extraordinary leaders – Jose Lopez, Arlenis Morel, and Theo Oshiro – to become Make the Road…
After years of organizing the Walking While Trans ban has finally been repealed in the New York State legislature. The bill now moves to the Governor’s desk. Black and brown trans women have been at the forefront of this fight. Donate in honor of our Trans Immigrant Project members who have been on the frontlines of…
A COVID-19 Center of Excellence, a community health clinic that will provide comprehensive short- and long-term care for recovering COVID patients, is opening in Jackson Heights on March 1. The new facility, located at 37-50 72nd St., is designed to meet the unique needs of patients recovering from COVID-19, including specialized services like pulmonary and…
Falta poco para que se cumpla el primer año del arribo de la pandemia del COVID-19 a la Gran Manzana que hasta ahora ha matado en todo el estado de Nueva York a 38,227 personas, de las cuales la mayoría, el 34%, son hispanos, seguidos por negros con el 28%. Y aunque el gobernador Andrew Cuomo aseguró desde el principio de la crisis que no…
The family of a Latino father of three is worried that his health condition will worsen if he remains in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. The family has been voicing concerns for nearly a month, and assisted by the immigrant rights group Make The Road New York, has been calling for his immediate release from detention…