Study Finds Language Help for Immigrants Lacking
Leave your thoughtsNew York is, of course, a city of immigrants. But for residents who speak little English and need government assistance,…
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STILL LOST IN TRANSLATION
Leave your thoughtsEXECUTIVE SUMMARY Make the Road New York (MRNY) and The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) led a campaign…
Language Help for Citys Immigrants Falls Short
Leave your thoughtsIn the worlds most diverse city, it was hailed as a milestone: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg signed an executive order…
New York State Assembly and Senate Pass Historic Wage Theft Prevention Act
Leave your thoughtsUnited Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500, New York State’s largest Union representing supermarket workers, commended the New York…
Albany Passes Bills Helping Low-Wage Workers
Leave your thoughtsState legislators passed three different bills Thursday aimed at raising standards for workers in some of the lowest-wage industries in…
Jury Gets It Right And Dishes Justice For Brutal Hate-Crime Killing Of José Sucuzhanay
Leave your thoughtsIt took them seven hours, but a Brooklyn jury finally got it right in the brutal death of José Sucuzhanay.…
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Bloomberg And Biz Leaders Want Immigration Reform
Leave your thoughtsMayor Michael Bloomberg, News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch and a number of other mayors and business leaders joined forces last…