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Clamor Against NYPD English-Only Policy Gets Louder In Wake Of NY Daily News Report
Leave your thoughtsThe political and community clamor against the NYPD’s English-only policy is getting louder in the wake of today’s Daily News…
Residents Rally Against Alleged Transgender Hiring Discrimination
Leave your thoughtsMembers of the lesbian, gay, and transgender community rallied in Queens Tuesday, alleging that businesses were discriminating against transgender residents…
Transgéneros de NYC denuncian discrimen laboral
Leave your thoughtsLa comunidad transgénero protestó ayer en la avenida Roosevelt deQueens contra lo que denominan una constante discriminación cuando van a…
Video: DREAMers march on Capitol Hill to put a human face on the struggle for immigration reform
Leave your thoughtsA group of college students dressed in blue graduation gowns sit in a gallery during a U.S. Senate hearing, their…
Broadcast: NY Advocates calling for Speedy Action on Immigration Reform
Leave your thoughtsIt’s a vote that will likely make history on the sometimes heated issue of immigration reform. Today, local advocates are…
Sheldon Silver rejects new Scaffold Law: Moya
Leave your thoughtsState Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) killed proposed changes to the city’s Scaffold Law Tuesday, according to a spokeswoman for…
In Altered Long Island District, Rep. Peter King Learns Ropes
Leave your thoughtsFor most of the last two decades, Rep. Peter King represented a congressional district typical of Long Island: overwhelmingly white,…
White Paper: End Wage Theft, Stop the Billion Dollar Swindle
Leave your thoughtsThe Context: Rampant noncompliance with workplace laws In 2010, the National Employment Law Project found that nearly $1 billion…
Long Island apoya reforma migratoria
Leave your thoughtsDe acuerdo a una encuesta reciente, un 80% de votantes registrados apoyan la reforma y un camino a la ciudadanía.…