NYC Schools’ student safety plan faces backlash over expansion of NYPD presence
Leave your thoughts“You’re called school safety agents, but you’re not giving the school safety,” said Jolie S., a high school junior from…
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NYC celebrates DREAMers, 10th anniversary of DACA program
Leave your thoughtsMake the Road New York member Johana Larios is in the courts as a DACA first-time applicant whose case has…
Unions, activists praise Senate Dems progressive proposal
Leave your thoughtsWhile much of New York State stayed at home bracing for the storm, Senate Democrats released their priorities for the…
32BJ, New Yorkers rally against deportation system
Leave your thoughtsActivists, clergymen, elected officials and labors leaders have continued vocal opposition to President Donald Trump. Most recently, these groups gathered…
Airport workers, elected officials rally around poverty wages
Leave your thoughtsA different kind of food fair happened in Queens last week. Last week, members of the New York City Coalition…
Organizations call on City Council to drop NYPD proposal
Leave your thoughtsThis is not the type of police reform certain activists were looking for. Last week, a group made up of…
Groups, officials want Cuomo to strengthen criminal justice proposal
Leave your thoughtsSome New York state senators and Assembly members have linked up with civil rights advocates and community groups. With the…
City Council passes bills to ignore some requests to detain immigrants
Leave your thoughtsNew York City will soon start rejecting some requests from the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain immigrants…
Tipped workers fight for higher wages
Leave your thoughtsLast week, a new coalition of food delivery workers, low-wage tipped workers and women’s rights leaders across New York called…
NYC Public High Schools disciplinary code frustrates parents and students
Leave your thoughtsMore than 100 members of the Dignity in Schools Campaign-New York (DSC-NY), a coalition of students, parents, teachers and education…