Multiple Arrests During Immigration Protests Outside Jamie Dimon’s UES Home
Leave your thoughtsImmigrant rights advocates gathered in the pouring rain early Wednesday morning outside Jamie Dimon’s Upper East Side home to protest…
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Wall Street’s Ties to the Private Immigrant-Detention Network
Leave your thoughtsThere’s a new tactic in the battle against ICE’s detention network: Defund the private prison companies that operate these facilities.…
DiNapoli divests N.Y. pension funds from private prison companies
Leave your thoughtsALBANY — State Controller Thomas DiNapoli this week took the rare step of divesting all direct state pension fund holdings…
DiNapoli dumps last of pension’s private prison holdings
Leave your thoughtsNew York state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli junked the state public pension fund’s remaining private prison assets Thursday in response to…
Rozic’s Standby Guardianship bill signed into law
Leave your thoughtsImmigrant parents who might face deportation will now be able to ensure care for their children after Gov. Andrew Cuomo…
Labor Unions Will Be Smaller After Supreme Court Decision, but Maybe Not Weaker
Leave your thoughtsWith the Supreme Court striking down laws that require government workers to pay union fees, one thing is clear: Most…
Lawsuit: Islip Town’s voting system blocks Latinos
Leave your thoughtsA group of Latino residents and advocacy groups is suing Islip Town, claiming the system of electing the town board…
Lawsuit Says Voting System in Long Island Town Shuts Out Latinos
Leave your thoughtsFor Maria Hernandez, the chief problem in Brentwood, her Long Island hometown, has always been the streets and their state…
Let them drive, gov: Give driver’s licenses to undocumented New Yorkers now
Leave your thoughtsFamilies throughout New York and across America have been horrified by the inhumane detention of Pablo Villavicencio, who was apprehended…
Driver’s Licenses for All Would Better Many Lives, Including Mine
Leave your thoughtsEvery morning, I drive with my wife to work. My commute is the scariest part of my day – and…