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Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito’s. Photo--Flickr. Coalition Demands That Mayor de Blasio Respect Community’s Support For Continued Full Inclusion In City’s Immigrant Defense Program. A coalition of immigrant rights, community…
State Senator Sanders. Photo--Flickr State Senator James Sanders Jr. (D-Rochdale Village, Far Rockaway) will join elected officials representing Southeast Queens to host a JFK community meeting to discuss…
South Sudan's embattled President Salva Kiir. Photo--Stein Ove Korneliussen. commons.wikimedia.org Wednesday June 7, 2017, 7-9 pmWhat’s happening in South Sudan? Give the Peace Deal A Chance.Violence is escalating…
Council Member Jumaane D. Williams delivering remarks during a May 2017 press conference supporting Linda Sarsour, the former executive director of the Arab American Association of New York.…
Schneiderman shown with, left NYC Public Advocate Letitia James and Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-New York). Photo-AG's office. Flickr A new bill, Tenant Protection Act of 2017, introduced by…
Council Member Jumaane D. Williams. Photo Credit: Brooklyn College New York City Council Member Jumaane D. Williams, whose constituency includes many Haitian Americans and displaced Haitians called the…
Council Member Jumaane D. Williams (left) delivering remarks at his annual Haitian Flag Day event with Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte (right) Photo Credit: John McCarten, NYC Council I'm…
George Gresham. Photo. Aaron Donovan. Flickr. As the decision whether or not to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians currently living in the US draws near, activists,…
From Left to right: Steve Choi, Executive Director of New York Immigration Coalition; Maya Wiley, Senior Vice President for Social Justice, The New School; Jennifer Jones Austin, CEO…
Stringer. Photo: William Alatriste-Flickr With the Trump Administration ratcheting up its attacks on immigrant communities, including more frequent raids, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer today called…
