Editorial credit: Leonard Zhukovsky / Shutterstock.com By Scott R. Axelrod, Staten Island Advance Sep. 19—STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Several dozen people from Staten Island and other boroughs gathered in Port Richmond Monday evening for a pro-migrant rally, standing in direct contrast to multiple anti-migrant housing protests held over the last several weeks outside the former […]
Migrants outside of a shelter in Brooklyn. Alex Krales/THE CITY By Gwynne Hogan | SEP 19, 2023 Adults who reapply for shelter will have just 30 days, and families with children may be given their own deadline for the first time. Adult migrants reentering city shelters will have just 30 days for that stay, an […]
By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Sep 14, 2023 Since President Biden took office, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been escalating both rhetoric and action in response to a rise in migration across the Rio Grande. Right now, challenges to his latest maneuver—installing 1,000 feet of “marine barrier” in the middle of the Rio Grande—are making their way through the […]
By Emily Ngo, Jeff Coltin and Nick Reisman | 09/05/2023 Expediting work authorization for migrants won’t be quick. And in this political climate, it won’t be easy. There’s actually only so much that President Joe Biden can change, making the pressure from Gov. Kathy Hochul, Mayor Eric Adams and others limited in its ability to lead to change. So how could work eligibility be […]
Editorial credit: Sergei Bachlakov / Shutterstock.com New York City is home to people from all over the world. We may eat different foods and speak different languages, but in the end, we all want things: jobs, good schools for our children, public safety, and a chance to live the American Dream. A central part of […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By: Mayor Eric Adams As mayor, it is my sacred duty to keep New Yorkers safe. I campaigned on making New York City a safer place to live, work, and raise a family, and now, after a little over a year and a half in office, we continue to […]
Written By: Greg B. Smith Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday announced new leadership for the New York City Housing Authority at a moment when the nation’s biggest public housing authority is facing a near-existential crisis, forced to squeeze every penny out of some households while also confronting tenants who have simply […]
African women trafficked into the UAE are forced into debt and subjected to threats and violence, as they are kept in sexual slavery. The case of Christy Gold, who has been charged with sex trafficking in Nigeria, highlights the torment endured by these women in the UAE. By MAGGIE MICHAEL // Reuters.com On a pleasure boat […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By JR Holguin Mayor Eric Adams and his administration are attempting to tackle the asylum seeker issue from all angles; Adams requested a change be made to the consent accordance that had been in place for 40 years and had established the city’s entitlement to provide shelter for people […]
AV PRESS RELEASES Washington, DC – In a new analysis for CNN, columnist Ronald Brownstein assesses, “How legal immigration might solve two of America’s toughest problems,” underscoring the importance of legal immigration pathways to both strengthening our economy and alleviating pressures at the border. According to Douglas Rivlin, Director of Communication for America’s Voice: “At a […]