Legislation to Improve Housing Conditions and Fight Asthma in New York City
Leave your thoughtsNew York City Council passed Intro 436-A by a vote of 49-0. The comprehensive City legislation will crack down on…
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MRNY Wins Law to Help Tenants Breathe Easier
Leave your thoughtsMRNY member Gladys Puglla advocates for the new safe housing legislation, flanked by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Council…
Immigrants Need Help with Drug Labeling
Leave your thoughtsFor Gloria Esquivel, tasks as simple as reading medication labels have proved difficult throughout her years as an immigrant living…
Council to Consider Adding Asthma Triggers to Safe Housing Act
Leave your thoughts"These are the specific triggers which they get exposed to in their home, in their own environment. And their asthma…
Rising Stars of 2011
Leave your thoughtsLatinos continue to shape the Big Apple in big and small ways. Here are a few of the emerging leaders…
Voices That Must Be Heard: Undocumented, But Still Have Rights
Leave your thoughtsAccording to Colombian-born immigration lawyer Mercedes S. Cano, a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), "The United States…