Beyond Amazon: An Inclusive Economic Vision for New York
Leave your thoughtsEarlier this year, grassroots organizations like the one I co-lead helped block the planned Amazon HQ2 deal in New York. The…
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Allowing undocumented immigrants access to driver’s licenses would be boon for both New York and New Jersey, study says
Leave your thoughtsALBANY — Allowing nearly 1.2 million driving age immigrants in the tri-state area access to driver’s licenses could fatten the…
Activists hope to put pressure on banks that finance Homestead migrant detention center
Leave your thoughtsCritics of the Homestead detention center for unaccompanied migrant children have hung signs in the trees expressing their contempt for…
Amazon opponents call for transparency as they embrace a slate of bills that could overhaul how New York does business
Leave your thoughtsALBANY — The scuttled Amazon deal is a prime example of the need to overhaul New York’s approach to economic…
Beyond Amazon: Reshaping New York’s Approach to Economic Development
Leave your thoughtsDownload report HERE. Late last year, New Yorkers reacted with outrage to the announcement that Amazon was going to force…
Opinion: The Rent Regs Debate is About Giving Tenants the Tool to Fight
Leave your thoughtsMy family and I are fighting to be able to stay in our apartment building, while our ruthless landlord is…
Latinos in Islip Push to Have Town Divided Into Council Districts
Leave your thoughtsFirst came Hempstead. Could Islip’s at-large system of electing town council members be next? Plaintiffs in civil suit ask federal…
This Is How Sex Workers Will Change the Law
Leave your thoughtsMore than 100 sex workers, trafficking survivors, and advocates traveled to Albany, New York, on Tuesday to lobby state lawmakers…
TEN Arquitectos Designs a Beacon for the Resistance
Leave your thoughtsThe new home for Make the Road New York, a leading immigrant rights group, aspires to be a transparent gathering…