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Ecuadorean Carmen Velásquez is the first South American to be elected judge for the Queens Supreme Court, El Diario reports.

For New York Latinos, the Dream Act would be one of the few motivations to vote Nov. 4, El Diario reports.

Hispanic City Council members, Latino unions in the NYPD and the editorial page of El Diario are asking that another Hispanic is chosen as deputy commissioner after Rafael Piñeiro’s retirement.

The forced retirement of the NYPD’s highest-ranked Latino, Rafael Piñeiro, has prompted speculation that it is due to a pressure to increase the number of African-American officers in the department, El Diario reports.

Several Hispanic police officers are unhappy about what they consider a lack of support from the municipal government, El Diario/La Prensa reports.

The mayor discussed affordable housing, immigration and other topics at a roundtable at City Hall.

An interactive multimedia project in support of the DREAM Act is encouraging dreamers across the nation to put out their pictures and share their aspirations. “Somos Dreamers/We Are Dreamers” has been launched by Impremedia, the publisher of El Diario-La Prensa.

The dependence of Latino groups on public funds has become problematic and put their financial future in limbo, reports El Diario-La Prensa. But it’s not only challenges from the city, some nonprofits also face internal problems.

The City Council is once again considering legislation that would give legal residents the right to vote in municipal elections but this time supporters believe they can override a potential veto from Mayor Bloomberg, reports El Diario and Queens Latino.