Advocates hold independent budget forum outside Governor’s Midtown office
Leave your thoughtsMake the Road New York are also urging the state to expand universal childcare and provide $3 billion in aid…
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Op-Ed | The excluded workers fund is changing lives
Leave your thoughtsI’ve faced a lot of challenges in my life, but the pandemic was the first time that I felt like…
Day of action: Coalition of New York housing advocates push for reforms to help tenants in distress
Leave your thoughtsCarlos Junca, a member of Make the Road NY, shared that due to flooding from Hurricane Ida’s remnants in September,…
No Sleep Till Brooklyn: Protesters sleep outside of Senator Schumer’s home demanding pathway to citizenship
Leave your thoughts“Today we are going to sleep on the street. We only have sleeping bags on the sidewalks to let him…
LGBTQ activists condemn violent attacks against trans community in Queens
Leave your thoughtsThe advocates offered a series of proposed solutions to confront the wave of attacks, including calls to shift funds from…
‘Resign or impeach’: Williams and protesters tell embattled Cuomo to leave at Midtown protest
Leave your thoughtsThe eviction moratorium expires on Aug. 31, and those at the Midtown rally are pushing for an extension to June…
Citizenship for all: A call from immigrant essential workers
Leave your thoughtsFrom Columbus Park through Chinatown, the ralliers marched across the Manhattan Bridge. Friday’s march and rally were part of a series…
Activists call on New York State DOL to make Excluded Workers Fund more accessible
Leave your thoughtsAccording to Make the Road New York, the Excluded Workers Fund will provide help for approximately 290,000 workers in New…
New protections for NYC fast food workers to take effect July 4
Leave your thoughts“For years, countless workers across the city have faced the constant threat of being fired for arbitrary reasons or no…
Protesters demand the $1B defund the NYPD promise be kept
Leave your thoughtsTaking place one day before City Council’s first June meeting, various advocacy groups such as Communities United for Police Reform…