Make the Road New York

“New York City, like much of the country, is still grappling with racial discrimination in policing. A court found that the NYPD

NYPD: Stop-And-Frisk Plaintiffs Asking For Community Input In Monitoring Of Court Ordered Reform Measures

Photos: ACLU\YouTube Thursday, community organizations, attorneys behind the class-action lawsuits that challenged the New York City Police Department (NYPD)’s stop-and-frisk and trespass-enforcement practices, and ...

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Eric Garner: Court Rejects de Blasio, NYPD Bid to Stop Public Judicial Inquiry into Killing

Photo: YouTube In October, the City of New York filed a notice of appeal of NY Supreme Court Justice Joan A. Madden’s September 24, ...

NYC Comptroller Announces Return of $2 Million in Stolen Wages

NYC Comptroller Announces Return of $2 Million in Stolen Wages

[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 ...

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NYC Budget Deal Falls Far Short of Defunding NYPD

[Defund NYPD] “This budget deal falls far short of our community’s clear demand to defund the NYPD—it is a trim around the edges, with ...

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COVID-19: NY IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES SAY CUOMO AND DE BLASIO MUST HELP IMMIGRANT VICTIMS

[NY\COVID-19 Pandemic\Immigrants] Community vigils were held in Corona Plaza and in Brentwood, Long Island to commemorate the community members lost in the epicenter of ...

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NYC COMPTROLLER LAUNCHES PHONE BANK TO CONNECT WORKERS WITH $2.5 MILLION IN UNCLAIMED WAGES

[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 ...

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REPORT HIGHLIGHTS NEGATIVE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON BLACK AND BROWN NEW YORKERS

[Road New York\Hester Street] “Excluded in the Epicenter,” presents data from a quantitative and qualitative survey of 244 New Yorkers, primarily Latinx immigrants, and ...

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FAMILIES OF NEW YORKERS KILLED BY POLICE TESTIFY TODAY TO REPEAL POLICE SECRECY LAW AT NYS SENATE

[New York News\Police\50a Law] New York police have used 50-a to shield abusive officers and departments from public scrutiny by hiding outcomes of disciplinary ...

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CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER JOHNSON ANNOUNCES FUNDING TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE CORRECT 2020 CENSUS COUNT

[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 ...

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Dr. Martin Luther King Day — New York City Rally Today Against Trump’s Racist “Shithole” Comment

Dr. King paid the ultimate price–with his life– fighting to make the U.S. a better country. A coalition including 1199SEIU, the Haitian Round Table, ...