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El Diario - March 6, 2014, by Joaquín Botero, Juan Matossian, and Gloria Medina - Como ocurre en el Departamento de la Policía de la ciudad, los servicios de interpretación en NYCHA para quienes no dominan el inglés no se usan adecuadamente
In response to Mayor de Blasio announcing that the city will end the lawsuit – initiated by the previous administration – challenging the Community Safety Act law (Local Law 71) that prohibits ‘bias-based’ police profiling, the Center for Popular Democracy released the following statement fro
Latinos Post - February 26, 2014, by Jorge Calvillo - The Hispanic and immigrant population employed in the construction industry in the state of New York is the ethnic group most vulnerable to fatal accidents in the workplace, according to a report by the Center for Popular Democracy.
GRITtv - February 18, 2014, by Laura Flanders - Bill de Blasio campaigned on ushering in a new era in New York City and actively pursued low-wage voters. Now that he is Mayor, what can the people who elected him do to influence what happens next? It is a question grassroots groups grapple with around the country. On GRITtv this week, Ana María Archila shares a few ideas. Archila was a founder of one of the most effective community groups in New York; now she's heading up a regional initiative that seeks to build popular democracy, not only at the ballot box, but in between elections.
NY1 - February 11, 2014 - Immigration advocates are praising Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposal for a municipal ID program.
CBSNew York - February 11, 2014 - Undocumented immigrants and their supporters are cheering Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan for creating city identification cards this year. But, as WCBS 880′s Alex Silverman reported, they also want to make sure New York gets it right.
One of the paradoxes at the center of the struggle for immigrant rights in the United States is that while immigration law and policy is made at the national level, most of the impacts of those laws occur at the local level. Politicians and bureaucrats in Washington, DC, negotiate and renegotiate a statutory framework that includes some and excludes others, and design and redesign a police apparatus to enforce the framework. Meanwhile, in towns and cities across the country, immigrants and the neighborhoods they are part of experience firsthand the difficult realities of trying to live, work, take care of a family, and participate in community within a set of legal structures that do not always protect their basic rights and freedoms.
New York Times - January 28, 2013, by Kirk Semple - In the next several days, the deans of the nation’s top law schools will be notified of a new job opportunity for their graduating students.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 28, 2014
NEWARK CITY COUNCIL PASSES PAID SICK DAYS BILL
The Guardian - January 26, 2014, by Rose Hackman - The 'Fight for 15' movement, driven by millennials, picks up where Occupy left off and shows a new interest in labour unions.
