Plea to end classroom closures
Leave your thoughtsDennis Walcott’s first assignment as schools chancellor should be reversing the policy of shutting down struggling schools, said the teachers…
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Helping Immigrants Navigate Government
Leave your thoughtsAt a Haitian church in Canarsie, Brooklyn, officials from the mayors office spent a recent Saturday morning discussing food stamps…
UFT Calls on New Chancellor to Fix Struggling Schools
Leave your thoughtsUnited Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew called on new Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott to start his tenure by fixing…
We Are Students, Not Statistics!
Leave your thoughtsOn April 10th, NYC high school students from the Urban Youth Collaborative (UYC), along with parents from the Coalition for…
NY employers must get wages rightor it’ll cost
Leave your thoughtsA new state law intended to stop crooked bosses from cheating workers out of wages had employers across New York…
New York Times Publishes Op-Ed by MRNY Co-Executive Director Decrying NYC’s Wrongful Deportation Policies
Leave your thoughtsEvery year, the City of New York assists the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) in the deportation of…
MRNY’s Landmark Wage Theft Prevention Act Takes Effect
Leave your thoughtsMRNY members celebrate the signing of the Wage Theft Prevention Act. This Saturday, MRNY’s innovative new piece of legislation, the…
Protejamos a nuestros jóvenes de la adicción al fumar
Leave your thoughtsYo no fumo. La gente se sorprende cuando le digo que nunca he fumado ni un cigarro, porque muchos han…
Mislabeled Prescriptions Putting Spanish Speakers at Risk
Leave your thoughtsWhen an elderly patient asked Isabela to hand her three tablets, the home health attendant froze. The patient had read…
Unfair to Immigrants, Costly for Taxpayers
Leave your thoughtsEvery year thousands of immigrants being held on Rikers Island are transferred to federal custody and deported. Only about half…