DSNY Initiatives: The Dignity of a Clean-Living City

DSNY Initiatives: The Dignity of a Clean-Living City

Photo: Sanitation Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch and José Bayona, Executive Director, Mayor’s Office of Ethnic & Community Media and The Press at Community/Ethnic Media Roundtable (May 4, 2022) | New York City Department of Sanitation By Manuel Holguin Department of Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch takes the helm of one of the essential departments in New […]

What Immigrants Expect from the Next New York Governor

What Immigrants Expect from the Next New York Governor

By Linda Nwoke The New York gubernatorial race is on, with the Democratic party’s primary just a few weeks away. There is a mixture of candidates ranging from —contestants with deep-rooted political backgrounds and strong ties to their communities to others with less political experience. Yet, they have a vision for a brighter and better […]

USCIS Lengthens Work Permit Automatic Extension Period to Address Adjudication Delays

USCIS Lengthens Work Permit Automatic Extension Period to Address Adjudication Delays

By Emma Winger, Immigration Impact U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a temporary rule last week that automatically extends employment authorization for certain noncitizens waiting for USCIS to process their work permit renewal applications. As of December 2021, over 80,000 noncitizens had lost or would soon lose the right to work because of adjudication delays and a growing […]

When Does Life Begin? Religions Don’t Agree

When Does Life Begin? Religions Don’t Agree

WASHINGTON, DC – OCT. 2, 2021: Women’s March in Washington demanding continued access to abortion after the ban on most abortions in Texas, and looming threat to Roe v Wade in upcoming Supreme Court. (Shutterstock) By Sarah McCammon, NPR In a bill introduced this past week, a Louisiana lawmaker describes human life as “created in […]

Less Immigrant Labor in US Contributing to Price Hikes

Less Immigrant Labor in US Contributing to Price Hikes

By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Just 10 miles from the Rio Grande, Mike Helle’s farm is so short of immigrant workers that he’s replaced 450 acres of labor-intensive leafy greens with crops that can be harvested by machinery. In Houston, Al Flores increased the price of his BBQ restaurant’s brisket plate because the cost of […]

The Anti-Immigrants Don the Cloak of Trumpism, Again

The Anti-Immigrants Don the Cloak of Trumpism, Again

New York City – July 12, 2019: People taking part in the “Lights4Liberty” protests against President Trump’s planned ICE raids against immigrants and the detention centers along the southern border. (Shutterstock) By America’s Voice In the United States, Trumpism salivates over the prospect of achieving, in the short term, control of Congress, and with its […]

DHS Mayorkas Message to Migrants: Do Not Come

DHS Mayorkas Message to Migrants: Do Not Come

Migrants from Guatemala turn themselves over to a Border Patrol agent after crossing the border wall between the United States and Mexico on May 12, 2021 in Yuma, Arizona. (Shutterstock) By Linda Nwoke, Journal Exclusive As the pandemic unfolded in 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), under former President Donald Trump, issued […]