[Labor Rights Week\”Know Your Rights” Virtual Events]
Stringer: “I always say that in my office, every week is Labor Rights Week…”My office is as committed to the enforcement of prevailing wages as we are in connecting workers with the pay they are rightfully owed.”
Photo: Office of NYC Comptroller
[Stolen Wages\NYC Comptroller Scott M. Stringer]
32BJ SEIU’s Kyle Bragg: “We strongly support the Comptroller’s proactive efforts to get $2.5 million in stolen wages back in the hands of families that need them, and urge our members to respond to calls from the Comptroller’s office.”
Photo: Susan Watts/Office of the NYC Comptroller
[Immigration\”Public Charge Rule”]
Make The Road Litigation team: “As long as the Public Charge Rule remains in effect, immigrants and their families, including those who are U.S. citizens, will be deterred from seeking testing or treatment for COVID-19.”
Photo: Make The Road New York
[City Hall\Census 2020]
NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson on funding community groups to get a correct 2020 Census count: “A complete count will send a strong message to the Trump Administration that New York is not invisible and not intimidated by the president’s attacks on our diverse communities.”
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
[New York City’s Digital Divide]
NYC Comptroller Stringer: “We can’t allow the digital divide to contribute to the President’s heinous efforts to undercount communities of color and compromise the Census.”
Photo: Susan Watts, Comptroller’s office
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