“Access means a lot of different things, and language access is a huge part of it,” Councilmember Linda Lee, who now chairs the committee on mental health, told WBAI’s City Watch.
En la última seman de enero, abogados y defensores de inmigrantes adviertieron de un posible brote de COVID-19 entre los inmigrantes detenidos en el centro penitenciario del condado de Orange, NY. Tres clientes de Bronx Defenders han logrado acceder a la vacuna luego de que City Limits hiciera publica la situación.
“This comes down to the inefficiencies of government,” said Councilmember Crystal Hudson, who represents Brooklyn’s 35th District. “We need to create systems that work for people, not against them.”
Dos nuevos informes del Pew Research Center muestran dos caras de la inmigración hacia los Estados Unidos: uno habla de cómo los latinos perciben su vida en EE.UU., y el otro sobre cualés son las características de las comunidades inmigrantes negras en el país.
To learn more about these new officials and their plans for their time in office, City Limits partnered with students from the Department of Journalism & Media Studies at CUNY’s Lehman College, who contacted their district representatives for audio interviews.
“What we need to do is to ensure that, no matter how much money you’re making, you can access a free attorney if you’re at risk of eviction,” North Brooklyn Councilmember Lincoln Restler said during an appearance on WBAI’s City Watch Sunday.
El martes 11 de enero la Corte Suprema llevó a cabo dos audiencias para decidir si los inmigrantes detenidos que llevan largos períodos privados de la libertad pueden ser liberados bajo fianza mientras sus casos avanzan y luchan contra la deportación.
New Queens Councilmember Lynn Schulman wants to incorporate hospital capacity into New York City’s zoning process, following decades of medical facility closures, including several in Queens.
City Limits staff talk about the biggest stories in the last 12 months; TurboVax creator Huge Ma discusses his 2022 run for State Assembly in Queens.
Dos decisiones en los últimos días han propinado golpes noqueadores para el futuro del plan de incluir cambios en inmigración en el paquete de reconciliación del presupuesto.
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