Category: Civic Engagement & Voter Power

Opinión: Las Familias Trabajadoras Necesitamos que Repares el MTA, no Reparaciones Cosméticas

March 8, 2018 3:54 pm Published by Regina Hodge Leave your thoughts

La semana pasada, la Junta directiva de la Autoridad Metropolitana de Transporte, conocida como MTA por sus siglas en inglés,…

Long Islanders Reject Proposed Census Citizenship Question

February 27, 2018 2:52 pm Published by Regina Hodge Leave your thoughts

We are community and labor organizations across Long Island who represent tens of thousands of working-class New Yorkers and care deeply about making sure that every Long Islander is counted in the upcoming decennial census. We write to urge you to reject the reckless request by the Department of Justice to add a new citizenship question to the 2020 Census. This unwise, and frankly dangerous, request would threaten the prospect of an accurate count across our state and the country, and it would fly in the face of years of research.

Pregunta del censo desata polémica y preocupación

February 19, 2018 3:49 pm Published by Regina Hodge Leave your thoughts

Vea la entrevista de video con Yatziri Tovar y Daniel Altschuler de MRNY aqui. Defensores de la inmigración exigen que…

Immigration activists slam DOJ for proposed census addition

3:37 pm Published by Regina Hodge Leave your thoughts

BROOKLYN –Immigration activists are slamming the Department of Justice over a proposed addition to the United States census. The proposal…

New Yorkers Reject Proposed Census Citizenship Question

February 16, 2018 3:34 pm Published by Regina Hodge Leave your thoughts

We are community, labor, and legal advocacy organizations across New York State who represent the interests of hundreds of thousands of working-class New Yorkers and care deeply about making sure that every New Yorker is counted in the upcoming decennial census. We write to urge you to reject the reckless request by the Department of Justice to add a new citizenship question to the 2020 Census. This unwise, and frankly dangerous, request would threaten the prospect of an accurate count across our state and the country, and it would fly in the face of years of research.