Category: Strategic Policy Advocacy

City Council Opens Hearings on Bilingual Prescriptions Labels

June 18, 2008 12:00 am Published by admin Leave your thoughts

When Julio Perez, 29, received his prescription painkiller drugs Hyprocodone and Motrin, the native Dominican had no way of reading…

June 17, 2008 12:00 am Published by admin Leave your thoughts

Las farmacias que no ofrecen servicios de traducción e interpretación a clientes que lo requieran son un peligro para la…

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NUEVA YORK Para muchos neoyorquinos que no entienden inglés, ir a la farmacia a comprar medicamentos recetados puede ser…

June 12, 2008 12:00 am Published by admin Leave your thoughts

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 12, 2008 Immigrant Communities to Flood City Council Oversight Hearing About Dangerous Lack of Translation Services…

May 22, 2008 12:00 am Published by admin Leave your thoughts

When young children in Queens and Brooklyn are ill, their non-English speaking parents may be receiving a prescription for disaster,…

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State Sen. John Sabini and City Council Member Eric Gioia claimed that English-only prescriptions are threatening the health of numerous…

May 20, 2008 12:00 am Published by admin Leave your thoughts

Desde septiembre de 2006, los hospitales públicos y privados del estado de Nueva York están obligados a ofrecer servicio gratuito…

May 15, 2008 12:00 am Published by admin Leave your thoughts

Standing with fellow immigrant’s rights advocates, State Senator John D. Sabini (D/I-Jackson Heights) spoke out in favor of laws mandating…

May 9, 2008 12:00 am Published by admin Leave your thoughts

Community activists from Make the Road New York added new complainants to join a pending civil rights complaint with the…

May 2, 2008 12:00 am Published by admin Leave your thoughts

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center earned high marks from Make the Road New York this month in a comprehensive report showing…