Commentary: An Opportunity for New York to Lead on Immigration Policy

Commentary: An Opportunity for New York to Lead on Immigration Policy

By Murad Awawdeh Gov. Hochul, let’s show the nation how to shape a morally sound, economically beneficial response to the migrant crisis. As 2024 sets in, immigrant communities all over are bracing for a year of attacks and policy proposals that threaten to eliminate crucial protections and resources.  President Joe Biden and congressional leaders are considering cruel […]

Attorney General James Leads Multistate Coalition to Stop Sales of Military-Grade Ammunition Used in Mass Shootings

Attorney General James Leads Multistate Coalition to Stop Sales of Military-Grade Ammunition Used in Mass Shootings

Federally Funded Factory Produced Ammunition Used at Tops Supermarket Shooting in Buffalo and Other Recent Mass Shootings NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James led a multistate coalition of 20 attorneys general calling on the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention to investigate recent reports that a federally funded contractor has produced military-grade […]

NYS Workers’ Compensation Board Joins State Effort to Protect Undocumented Workers During Labor Investigations

NYS Workers’ Compensation Board Joins State Effort to Protect Undocumented Workers During Labor Investigations

By WCB | January 8, 2024 WCB Will Partner with State, Federal Authorities to Gain Temporary Protection for Workers Exercising Their Right to File Workers’ Compensation Claims Builds on Governor Kathy Hochul’s Commitment to Protecting Workers in New York State – Regardless of Immigration Status The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) has joined […]

Montefiore Lower Hudson Valley Nurses Authorize Strike

Montefiore Lower Hudson Valley Nurses Authorize Strike

Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com NYSNA Nurses at Nyack, New Rochelle, and Mount Vernon Hospitals Overwhelmingly Authorize a Strike with 96% Voting in Favor Nearly 800 Nurses Ready to Strike for Safe Staffing and Respect More than 40 Elected and Community Leaders Add Support to Nurses’ Demands for Fair Contracts Nyack, N.Y.— Approximately 96% […]

Governor Hochul Continues New York’s Leadership on Racial Equity, Signs Legislation Establishing Commission to Study Reparations and Racial Justice

Governor Hochul Continues New York’s Leadership on Racial Equity, Signs Legislation Establishing Commission to Study Reparations and Racial Justice

Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Governor’s Press Office | December 19, 2023 Listen to New York Gov. Hochul on signing the bill on reparations below and here: Listen to Senator James Sanders speaking about the reparations bill here. Listen to Brian Figeroux speaking about reparations here. S.1163-A/A.7691 Establishes the New York State Community […]

State Office for the Aging Honors Over 90 Older Adults for their Volunteer Efforts, Civic Contributions

State Office for the Aging Honors Over 90 Older Adults for their Volunteer Efforts, Civic Contributions

The New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) recently honored over 90 older adults for their volunteerism as part of NYSOFA’s annual Older New Yorkers’ Day celebration presented during a November 3 livestream. Awardees were nominated by New York’s 59 county Offices for the Aging and their partners who identified older adults making substantial contributions […]

Miss Immigrant USA, Whose Contestants Often Appear With Adams, Cancels Its Crowning

Miss Immigrant USA, Whose Contestants Often Appear With Adams, Cancels Its Crowning

By Haidee Chu | October 31, 2023 They’ve been photographed repeatedly with Mayor Eric Adams. They’ve volunteered their time at more than 100 government and civic events in the last three months. They are contestants in Miss Immigrant USA, where many traditional beauty pageant rules do not apply. Here, contestants representing different countries of origin […]

NY State Attorney General Letitia James and Elected Leaders Unveil Alarming Findings of Wage Theft, Sexual Harassment and Racial Discrimination from the Largest Post-Pandemic Survey of Service Workers

NY State Attorney General Letitia James and Elected Leaders Unveil Alarming Findings of Wage Theft, Sexual Harassment and Racial Discrimination from the Largest Post-Pandemic Survey of Service Workers

National Policy Director, Naila Caicedo-Rosario delivering remarks and introducing AG James. Photo Courtesy: One Fair Wage By One Fair Wage Press | October 27, 2023 The new One Fair Wage report reveals tipped workers in NY are facing alarming levels of wage theft, racial discrimination, and pandemic-induced challenges, with New York City now the last of the […]

Interview: City Announces $2 Million for Sesame Flyers’ Expansion and Renovation Project – The Organization’s First City-Funded Capital Project – and New Funding for Cultural Groups Across Brooklyn

Interview: City Announces $2 Million for Sesame Flyers’ Expansion and Renovation Project – The Organization’s First City-Funded Capital Project – and New Funding for Cultural Groups Across Brooklyn

Photos courtesy: Sesame Flyers By NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) | October 16, 2023 Listen to our podcast here Brooklyn capital investments are part of over $222 Million in capital funding from the Mayor, City Council, and Borough Presidents for over 75 cultural groups across the city. Renderings of Sesame Flyers’ planned renovation project along with […]