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Minorities and immigrants in N.Y. financially devastated due to pandemic: report

August 11, 2020 11:05 am Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

A new report set to be issued Tuesday highlights the economic toll the coronavirus crisis has taken on working-class immigrant…

July 26, 2020 8:54 am Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

After suffering years of alleged sexual harassment and wage theft while working for a Queens caterer, Alicia Calderon decided to…

July 14, 2020 2:28 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

After years spent crisscrossing the city to lift, bathe and feed elderly New Yorkers as a home health aide, Ida…

May 1, 2020 3:07 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

ALBANY — Frustrated tenants struggling to pay rent amid the coronavirus crisis took their complaints straight to Gov. Cuomo on…

April 13, 2020 5:22 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

At least 197,000 taxpaying New Yorkers will miss out on coronavirus relief payments from the federal government because of a…

May 29, 2019 3:13 pm Published by Devo Intern Leave your thoughts

ALBANY — Allowing nearly 1.2 million driving age immigrants in the tri-state area access to driver’s licenses could fatten the…

January 28, 2019 4:26 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

I remember it clearly: I entered my college counselor’s office last year full of hopes, ready to learn what my…

December 31, 2018 5:04 pm Published by Regina Hodge Leave your thoughts

On Tuesday, Gov. Cuomo will be sworn in for his third term on Ellis Island, a historic site that symbolizes…

August 7, 2018 3:42 pm Published by Regina Hodge Leave your thoughts

Immigration advocates expressed outrage Tuesday amid reports the Trump administration plans to make it all but impossible for legal immigrants…

July 13, 2018 6:46 pm Published by Regina Hodge Leave your thoughts

ALBANY — State Controller Thomas DiNapoli this week took the rare step of divesting all direct state pension fund holdings…