How Hurricane Sandy Impacted New York Citys Immigrants
Leave your thoughtsLike many New Yorkers, Joseph McKellar looks back at the destruction caused one year ago by Hurricane Sandy and sees…
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Gay Undocumented Immigrant Released From Rikers After Acquittal
Leave your thoughtsA month ago, a jury found Ricardo Muñiz innocent of assaulting a 65-year-old man during a fight outside a Brooklyn…
NYC Cooperation with ICE on Immigrant Detentions Angers Council Members
Leave your thoughtsNEW YORKImmigrant leaders have rejected the citys response to complaints about the Corrections Departments cooperation with the Bureau of Immigration…
A Year In, Immigrant Groups Say Health Care Reform Has Benefited Communities
Leave your thoughtsA year ago today President Obama signed the Affordable Care for America Act into law, enacting a controversial federal health…
Latinos Give Paterson a Report Card: Good, But Not Good Enough
Leave your thoughtsNEW YORKIf Governor David Paterson was applying for a job and the Latino community was hiring, his resume would be…
Family of Slain Ecuadorian Immigrant Fights Hate Crimes
Leave your thoughtsNEW YORK You dont have to be gay to be a victim of homophobia.The Sucuzhañay family knows this all…
Youth say tabling DREAM Act a Good Decision
Leave your thoughtsNEW YORKAfter a long day on Wednesday waiting for the House vote on the DREAM Act, a group of New…
Growing Concern in NY City Council Over Federal Immigration Agents at Rikers Island Jail
Leave your thoughtsNEW YORKIn an overcrowded hearing room, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn along with the Councils Immigration Committee Chair, Daniel Dromm…
New York Congressman Urges President Obama to Go Forward with Immigration Reform
Leave your thoughtsAlmost two months after the deadline Sen. Charles Schumer had set for himself to introduce a comprehensive immigration reform bill…
Small Business Employees in New York
Leave your thoughtsHundreds of workers marched over the Brooklyn Bridge last Thursday calling on New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn…