NY ID CARDS A SMASH
Leave your thoughtsA new ID card issued by the city of New York, called IDNYC, has drawn an unexpectedly huge response, as…
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Popularity of NYC ID program has officials scrambling to keep up
Leave your thoughtsA municipal ID program that city officials thought would draw a few hundred thousand people in its first year has…
Coalition Formed to Target Tenant Harassment in North Brooklyn
Leave your thoughtsA coalition of elected officials, community members and housing nonprofits is planning to target tenant harassment in North Brooklyn’s in…
Unique new worker cooperative planned
Leave your thoughtsMake the Road is boosting support for transgender Latina immigrants. One idea for a Queens-based workers’ cooperative aims to empower…
BROADCAST: Workers Win Court Cases, But Cant Recover Stolen Wages
Leave your thoughtsThe New York State Department of Labor boasts that it has recovered $169.4 million in stolen wages since 2011 through…
New Municipal ID Opens New Doors to Financial Mainstream for Thousands
Leave your thoughtsYou work hard for two weeks and payday finally comes. But instead of a quick stop at an ATM to…
Task force examining citys tax break programs
Leave your thoughtsA group of City Council members, left-leaning activists and business leaders are studying some of New York City’s tax break…
Comptroller Stringer calls for more interpreters, language help in Housing Courts
Leave your thoughtsFighting your landlord in court is bad enough. It’s even worse if you can’t understand a word of what’s going…
Immigration Executive Action Delay: Who Is Judge Andrew Hanen? What You Need to Know
Leave your thoughtsImmigrants attend a workshop for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), on Feb. 18, 2015 in New York City. The…
Immigrant New Yorkers hold on to hope despite suspension of Obamas relief programs
Leave your thoughtsTheir dreams are on hold — but many immigrant New Yorkers say they’re holding onto hope despite a federal judge’s…