New York Could Become The First State To Fully Decriminalize Sex Work
Leave your thoughtsNew York legislators introduced a bill Monday aimed at placing the state in the vanguard of a growing sex workers’…
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Undocumented Immigrants Deserve Driver’s Licenses
Leave your thoughtsAs a single father, there’s nothing more important to me than my daughter’s well-being. When she’s sick or has a…
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…
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…
Let Undocumented Immigrants Drive
Leave your thoughtsA Proposal In New York Could Extend The Right To Thousands And Make The Roads Safer. As long as Washington…
Yellow Light for Immigrant Driver’s Licenses as State Bill Revs Up
Leave your thoughtsFresh off passage of a state budget that included the DREAM Act to fund higher education for undocumented immigrants, some…
Make the Road NY’s 2019 State Policy Platform (Post-Budget)
Leave your thoughtsAs the largest not‐for‐proit democratic immigrant organization in New York State, with more than 23,000 members, MRNY is uniquely positioned…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez targets New York’s campaign finance laws
Leave your thoughtsRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is getting involved in the state’s campaign finance laws, calling for limiting the influence of big donors.…