The Paraguayan community in Westchester is celebrating their country’s independence day with a festival in White Plains that will include the international premiere of a Guarani movie, Westchester Hispano reports.
In its latest municipal election, Port Chester elected a more diverse government including two new council members, an African-American woman and Westchester’s first Colombian elected official, Westchester Hispano reports.
Pro-immigrant organizations cheered as the Westchester government signed into law an anti-wage theft bill at a community center that promoted it for two years, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
A Dominican-born police officer in Mamaroneck in Westchester County was named sergeant after repeatedly being denied a promotion, Westchester Hispano reports.
The growth of the Hispanic community in Westchester County is highlighted by an event honoring Latino personalities in Yonkers and two first-time Hispanic festivals, in Ossining and Peekskill, Westchester Hispano reports.
A bill seeks to protect Westchester construction workers – who are mostly immigrants – from such abusive labor practices as wage theft, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
The detention of an Ecuadorean immigrant in Ossining, the latest in a series of raids in Westchester, prompts an anti-ICE demonstration and expressions of support from local authorities, Westchester Hispano reports.
Colombian immigrant and fan of Argentine cuisine Moisés Mera started in White Plains the first Latino-owned burger chain in the U.S., Gaucho Burger Company, Westchester Hispano reports.
White Plains-based nonprofit Latino U College Access helps first-generation Hispanic students to enroll and graduate from college, Westchester Hispano reports.
The Westchester legislature approved the Immigration Protection Act, which prohibits county employees from using its resources to carry out the job of federal immigration authorities, El Diario/La Prensa reports.
El Diario/La Prensa takes a look at Sleepy Hollow, of Washington Irving fame, which has experienced an economic boom over the past decade thanks to Hispanic immigrants who now comprise half the population.
After a strong community mobilization Westchester County legislators approved a law preventing collaboration between the local police and ICE, although the county executive vowed to veto it, Westchester Hispano reports.
The first JCC to open in Westchester in 40 years had its ribbon-cutting June 7, reports The Jewish Week.
The Westchester Labor Alliance, which includes five activist groups, celebrated its fifth anniversary vowing to defend immigrant workers and fight wage theft, Westchester Hispano reports.
A municipal resolution forbidding local police from collaborating with ICE passed unanimously in Irvington, the latest Westchester town to formally express support for immigrants, Westchester Hispano reports.
