As Senate Approves ‘Coverage for All,’ Focus Shifts to Assembly on Health Coverage for Undocumented New Yorkers
Leave your thoughtsIn the final days of the legislative session in Albany last week, the State Senate passed a bill that would…
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Leading Immigrant Advocacy Group Releases NYC Agenda, Countering Mayor’s Budget
Leave your thoughtsWith Mayor Eric Adams soon to release his executive budget plan, Make the Road New York, a leading immigrant advocacy…
Leading Immigrant Advocacy Group Releases 2022 New York City Policy and Budget Agenda
Leave your thoughtsMake the Road New York, the state’s largest organization representing immigrants and working New Yorkers, is releasing a new New York…
California’s Moving to Expand Health Coverage to Immigrants; What About New York?
Leave your thoughtsIn the United States, our broken health-care system treats health care as a privilege, instead of the right it should…
The Next Big Step in Stopping Wage Theft in the Construction Industry
Leave your thoughtsI’m an employment attorney at Make the Road New York, a community-based organization that helps low-wage and immigrant workers fight…
Federal Infrastructure Plan Must Include a Path to Citizenship for Immigrants
Leave your thoughtsIn his first several months in office, President Biden has taken significant steps to reverse the harm imposed by President…
Justice for Excluded Workers
Leave your thoughtsThe approval this week of the nation’s first-ever Excluded Workers Fund is a bold statement that New York recognizes the…
With More Than 1 Million Uninsured, New York Needs Immediate Comprehensive Health-Care for All
Leave your thoughtsThe pandemic has been raging throughout New York for nearly a year, killing tens of thousands of our neighbors and…
Every New Yorker Has a Right to a Roof, We Need an Integrated Housing Plan to Get There
Leave your thoughtsWell before the beginning of the pandemic that has turned life upside down, New Yorkers already faced a devastating affordable…
Immigrant, Black, and Brown New Yorkers Need Albany to Deliver a Recovery for All
Leave your thoughtsImmigrant, Black, and brown New Yorkers have experienced unspeakable losses and suffered catastrophic economic consequences throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Community…