Deportation Report Suggests NYC is ‘Capital of ICE’
A report by City Comptroller Scott Stringer about the spike in deportations in New York City since Trump took office has further alarmed immigrants, El Diario La Prensa reports.
A report by City Comptroller Scott Stringer about the spike in deportations in New York City since Trump took office has further alarmed immigrants, El Diario La Prensa reports.
Pro-immigrant advocates pushing for driver’s licenses for undocumented people got a boost by a report from Comptroller Scott Stringer revealing that such a bill would benefit the New York economy, El Diario La Prensa reports.
New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer launched a campaign to return over $2.5 million in unclaimed stolen wages, targeting mostly Hispanic workers who are often too afraid to claim them, El Diario La Prensa reports.
Thanks to the help of a union, the Consulate General of Ecuador and the city comptroller’s office, an Ecuadorean worker recovered $40,000 in wages stolen by his employer years after moving back to his country, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
The Bronx Free Press reports on a roundtable discussion.
The City Council has allocated $1 million toward a halal and kosher lunch pilot program for the schools.
The 2018 version of the City Comptroller’s Immigrant Rights and Services Manual is now available in Arabic and Urdu as well as eight other languages, and has new sections on hate crimes and DACA.
While local, statewide and federal efforts have benefited minority-owned businesses, the number of city contracts is growing at a slower pace than Hispanic entrepreneurs expected, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
Comptroller Scott M. Stringer announced a yearlong series of workshops, known as M/WBE University, to help expand opportunities for minority and women-owned business enterprises.
Queens County Politics reports that Borough President Melinda Katz is exploring a mayoral run.
The city wants to turn the Elizabeth Street Garden in Lower Manhattan into an affordable housing site – to the chagrin of locals and open space advocates – with new plans proposing “LGBTQ-friendly” senior housing, writes Gay City News.
Politicians and parade goers gather in Brooklyn for a pride parade and a vigil remembering those who died in the Orlando nightclub shooting a year ago, BKLYNER reports.
Comptroller Scott Stringer proposed a new public-private citizenship fund that would fight back against President Trump’s immigration policies by helping 35,000 New York City immigrants become U.S. citizens, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
City Comptroller Scott Stringer addressed a lively crowd at the 14th annual Ippies Awards, given by the Center for Community and Ethnic Media at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism to honor the best work of the community and ethnic press in the metropolitan area.
The New York City Comptroller performed an audit that revealed the program’s inefficient management and that less than 50 percent of the services are offered on time, El Diario/La Prensa reports.