More than three years after 15 laundry workers first lodged their complaint with New York Attorney General Letitia James, the employees—all Latina immigrant women—finally received the first checks for their owed salaries. The case is emblematic of what can be a long road to justice for victims of wage theft, which lawmakers estimate impacts some 2.1 million New Yorkers each year.
For two decades, residents in Jamaica’s Bricktown say they’ve had to contend with the stench and debris from unenclosed waste transfer facilities nearby. A settlement reached with the facilities’ operators last month could change that for the community, one of the three city neighborhoods most burdened by waste infrastructure.
Advocates are sounding the alarm over both Gov. Hochul and Mayor Adams’ spending proposals, which failed to include several flagship programs they’ve fought for in recent years as well as reductions to programs that provide English language, literacy and citizenship classes that immigrant New Yorkers rely on.
“We must recognize that restaurant workers, many of whom have been doing their jobs for at least a decade, are the same as those in other industries who deserve equitable pay, paid time off, health care, and other job protections to ensure quality of life for themselves and their families.”
“In 2004, the Republican National Convention came to New York City. Outside, the NYPD perpetrated some of the worst offenses against civil liberties in the city’s history. Cops rounded up 1,800 protesters in a single day, most of whom were demonstrating peacefully.”
“Rikers Island is not a necessary institution. There are plans and legislation underway that will remove our neighbors and fellow New Yorkers off of Rikers and into a smaller system borough-based facilities. This would bring families closer to their loved ones, improve conditions for people detained, and end our over-reliance on incarceration.”
Siete organizaciones de trabajadores han compilado una base de datos sobre el robo de salarios durante la pandemia por un total de 130.5 millones de dólares adeudados a los trabajadores. Los datos preliminares de sólo siete grupos empequeñecen los casi 3 millones de dólares que la gobernadora Kathy Hochul se jactó de que el estado había recuperado para los trabajadores el año pasado. Una versión preliminar de estos datos ha sido compartida con City Limits.
Seven workers’ organizations have compiled a database on wage theft during the pandemic totaling $130.5 million owed to workers. The preliminary data from just seven groups dwarfs the nearly $3 million Gov. Kathy Hochul boasted of the state having recovered for workers last year. A preliminary version of this data has been shared with City Limits.
“The notion of the law as something outside of politics has surely been put to rest by the recent Supreme Court confirmation processes and the right-wing decisions of that Court. Most Americans now agree: the nation’s highest court is in fact a political body.”
El pasado 5 de enero, el Presidente Joe Biden anunció una nueva estrategia de gestión de la migración en la frontera sur del país que contiene nuevas medidas tanto para la admisión al país, como para la expulsión del mismo.
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