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Llegada de solicitantes de asilo renueva impulso por garantizar derecho a representación legal en tribunales de inmigración de Nueva York

Daniel Parra | 40 mins ago

Tras la llegada de más de 27.000 solicitantes de asilo, muchos de los cuales han tenido dificultades para encontrar abogados en medio de una congestión histórica de casos en los tribunales de inmigración de Nueva York, funcionarios estatales, familias afectadas y defensores de los inmigrantes relanzaron una campaña para garantizar la representación legal en procedimientos de deportación en todo el estado. Adi TalwarFila frente al edificio 26 Federal Plaza una mañana de 2015. El edificio es uno de los dos lugares de la ciudad donde se celebran las audiencias de inmigración

Este artículo apareció originalmente en inglés. Translated by Daniel Parra.Read the English version here. El número de solicitantes de asilo que ha llegado a la ciudad de Nueva York ha superado los 27.200 y, en la actualidad, el acceso a los abogados de inmigración no está garantizado en los procedimientos judiciales de inmigración en el estado de Nueva York.Además, los tribunales de inmigración de todo el estado se enfrentan ya a un retraso histórico de más de 184.000 casos, según el Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC por sus siglas en inglés), mientras que los inmigrantes llevan meses luchando contra la escasez de abogados en los tribunales de inmigración de Nueva York.

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CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Do We Want to Solve Violence, or Crime?

Danielle Sered and Kira Shepherd | November 22, 2022

“For decades politicians have focused on reducing crime while communities end up with nothing that actually solves violence—and often with strategies that make it worse.”

Opinion

Opinion: Rikers Crisis Demands Federal Receiver

Gabriel Sayegh | November 17, 2022

“A hearing in federal court could decide whether or not the city, under Mayor Eric Adams, will maintain control of Rikers. The feds should take over.”

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Teaching Kids About Domestic Violence Earlier Will Make NY Safer

Luis Matos | November 16, 2022

“Reaching children at much earlier ages to teach them about healthy relationships and how to identify abuse will provide them with the foundations to safety and resiliency and provide our youngest New Yorkers with an additional layer of protection against harm.”

2022 election

Why They Voted: New Yorkers Share What Drove Them to the Polls

CUNY Lehman Journalism Team | November 9, 2022

Nearly 1.7 million residents across the five boroughs turned up to vote for the next governor in Tuesday’s general election—up significantly from the June primary, but still lower than the number of ballots cast in the last gubernatorial race in 2018.

Una Ciudad sin Límites

Destino de inmigrantes neoyorquinos está en juego en campaña para gobernador, advierten defensores de inmigrantes

Daniel Parra | November 7, 2022

Los defensores de los inmigrantes dicen que preferirían seguir trabajando con la gobernadora de Nueva York, Kathy Hochul, citando logros pasados como el Fondo de Trabajadores Excluidos, y se preocupan por lo que significaría para sus causas un posible gobierno de Lee Zeldin.

2022 election

Fate of Immigrant New Yorkers at Play in Governor’s Race, Advocates Warn

Daniel Parra | November 7, 2022

Immigrant advocates say they would prefer to continue to work with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, citing past accomplishments like the Excluded Workers Fund, and worry what a potential Lee Zeldin governorship would mean for their causes.

2022 election

Opinion: If We Don’t Show Up to Vote, We Won’t Be Heard

Carmen Perez-Jordan | November 3, 2022

“We must encourage our communities to vote, knowing politicians can make life-altering decisions that impact issues important for all Americans, specifically in our work for racial equity.”

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: How the Other Half Still Lives in NYC Housing

Sateesh Nori | November 2, 2022

“In 1890, Jacob Riis photographed and documented the inhumane conditions of tenements in New York City: the lack of light, air, space, and basic sanitation. Today, 132 years later, much of New York City’s housing stock is still bad: unsafe water, broken elevators, mold, lack of heat, roaches, and rats.”

homeownership

AG Urges New York Officials to Make ‘Deed Theft’ an Explicit Crime

David Brand | October 31, 2022

Under current law, state and county prosecutors are bound by statutes of limitations and forced to rely on charges, like grand larceny, that do not take into account the magnitude of the crime, officials say.

Housing and Homelessness

Council Directs NYC to Establish Micro-Grant Program for DV Survivors

David Brand | October 28, 2022

The legislation directs the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-based Violence and the Department of Social Services to establish a new fund and dispense modest grants to survivors of domestic violence.

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