Primer ’round’ para aumento del salario mínimo en NY
Leave your thoughtsLa lucha por aumentar el salario mínimo a $15 por hora vive un nuevo capítulo. El miércoles, docenas de trabajadores…
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Immigrants Still Waiting On Deportation Relief, 6 Months After Policies Announced
Leave your thoughtsFor Yorelis Vidal, a Dominican-born immigrant rights organizer with Make the Road New York, Tuesday was supposed to be a…
Opinion: Immigration relief, a movement-building moment
Leave your thoughtsGuillermo Pintado watched the television screen with rapt attention. Surrounded by several hundred of her boisterous neighbors in the Jackson…
Immigrants rally over stall in Obamas Deferred Action work permit program
Leave your thoughtsThe federal government was initially set to start accepting applications Tuesday for the President’s executive action granting work permits to…
Day of action: Protesters rally for immigration reform across America
Leave your thoughtsImmigrant-rights activists held rallies around the country Tuesday to mark what would have been the start of President Obama’s second…
Undocumented Parents Could Have Applied For Immigration Relief By Now, If Not For Republican Lawsuit
Leave your thoughtsTuesday would have marked the date that 3.7 million undocumented immigrant parents of some Americans could apply for deportation relief…
Exit Skelos, Enter Flanagan: What Albanys Power Switch Means for NY
Leave your thoughtsAround the Empire State this week New Yorkers from across the political spectrum have been scrambling to assess what it…
Results are in for CEC 30
Leave your thoughtsAfter an election wherein 28 vied for 11 spots on school District 30’s Community Education Council, the votes are in.…
Progressives jump on Senate change to rally outside Skelos’ office
Leave your thoughtsA coalition of Long Island liberal-leaning activists called on new Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R-East Northport) to pass measures…
Immigrant-owned small businesses want a controversial tax break to go away
Leave your thoughtsA group of 50 small, immigrant-owned businesses, organized by Make the Road NY, is urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to let…