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May 2025

In Trump’s First 100 Days, Immigrant Arrests Stir Fear Across New York—But Also Forge Community Bonds

While specific figures for New York under the new federal administration are not yet available, media reports and press releases from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) suggest there have…

ByDaniel Parra 11Comments

18

Jun 2021

Comunidades de habla hispana Government

Despite Delayed Start, Efforts to Vaccinate New York Farmworkers Bearing Fruit

Sources—including farmworkers, leaders of farmworker organizations, advocates and community centers that target this group—report that vaccination is going well, with thousands of farmworkers estimated to have received the shots.

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

17

Jun 2021

Uncategorized

A pesar del inicio retrasado, vacunación entre trabajadores agrícolas de Nueva York está dando frutos

Todas las fuentes consultadas, entre trabajadores agrícolas, líderes de organizaciones de trabajadores agrícolas, defensores de trabajadores agrícolas y centros de salud comunitarios que tienen como público objetivo a este grupo,…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

02

Mar 2021

Uncategorized

The Check In: NY’s Farmworkers in Vaccine Limbo

In this week’s episode of The Check In, Spanish-language reporter Daniel Parra discusses the frustration New York’s farmworkers feel about being treated like “third-class essential workers” when it comes to…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

22

Feb 2021

Comunidades de habla hispana Government

Farmworkers Left Out of NY’s Vaccination Plans, Despite Federal Priority

On Feb. 9, President Biden announced the immunization program for community health centers (FQHC), which includes farmworkers, but the governor has not yet included them in the immunization rollout.

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

15

May 2020

Economy Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Housing Worry for Laborers as New York’s Farms Slip Deeper into Trouble

Undocumented migrant farm workers are facing evictions as farms in upstate New York encounter financial losses, according to farm worker advocacy groups.

BySadef Ali Kully

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

20

Apr 2020

Economy In Depth Investigations

Undocumented, Essential and Sick: COVID-19 Comes to the Farm

First came the fever, then dark urine and diarrhea, then a cough ‘that wanted to tear my throat up.’ And then his roommate got sick, too.

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

18

Apr 2019

Podcasts

Max & Murphy: Rookie State Sen. Says Life in Albany Has Been a Lesson on How Power Works

‘We need a lot of reform when it comes to budget process in general that hopefully will lend itself to more transparency and hopefully a lot more uplifting of legislators’…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

12

Mar 2019

Opinion

Opinion: Time for Albany to Harvest Long Overdue Crop of Justice for NYS Farmworkers

‘For the farmworkers of New York State, the Farmworkers Fair Labors Practices Act (FFLPA) is a promising remediation to exploitative labor practices, poor living conditions and a pernicious exemption from…

ByOlivia Heffernan 2Comments

12

Feb 2019

Uncategorized

Will New York’s Farmworkers Get Labor Protections in 2019?

With a Democratic-controlled State Senate and Assembly, many advocates are hopeful that this will be the year the Farmworker Fair Labor Practices Act finally passes.

ByHarry DiPrinzio 0Comments

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