A new bond fund created through a collaboration of New York City community organizations, the New York Immigrant Freedom Fund (NYIFF), has freed more than 300 immigrant New Yorkers from detention in less than a year of operation. VIDEO
Dear New Yorker: As many of you may know, my office enforces state and local prevailing wage laws. VIDEO
NYC Health + Hospitals and the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs today re-released a joint open letter to New Yorkers from Harlem to Hollis in 14 languages. VIDEO
Today, U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris and Harlem Representative Adriano Espaillat led 74 lawmakers in a letter requesting that Republican Congressional leaders … VIDEO
The Mayor Bill de Blasio administration has been engaged with immigration issues the few years both in and out of Harlem. This afternoon, First Lady Chirlane McCray and the Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs met with Pablo Villavicencio Calderon, his wife, his mother-in-law, and his two young children. VIDEO
By Hector Tobar U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat is the first Dominican member of the United States Congress. As part of an exploration of rising political power among Latino Americans, National Geographic interviewed Espaillat about his life and experience. VIDEO
Mayor Bill de Blasio‘s Office of Immigrant Affairs today launched its first-ever annual report. MOIA’s 2017 Annual Report, “State of Our Immigrant City,” provides a demographic snapshot of the city’s immigrant communities, the barriers they face. VIDEO