Julissa Bisono, a 25-year old Workplace Justice Organizer for Make the Road New York Wins "Mario Savio Young Activist Award"
*** FOR RELEASE DECEMBER 5, 2008*** NEW YORKER WINS "MARIO SAVIO YOUNG ACTIVIST AWARD" Berkeley, CA – Julissa Bisono, a…
Housing Crisis Hurts Immigrants More
The real estate run-up and ensuing credit crisis has exacerbated an already grim housing situation for New York City immigrants,…
AT 100TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF NYC'S HISTORIC CHILD HEALTH CLINICS SATURDAY, TWO CRITICAL NEW DOCUMENTS WILL BE RELEASED
***For immediate release: Wednesday, December 3, 2008*** CHILDREN’S HEALTH CARE IN NEW YORK CITY AT 100TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF…
Live Blogging – The City Council Capital Plan Hearing, Sort Of
I spent the afternoon at the City Council’s hearing on the School Construction Authority’s proposed capital plan, and I tried…
Program Helps Brooklyn Residents Breathe A Little Easier
Bushwick has some of the highest asthma rates in the city, but this time not due to industrial factors, but…
Low-income residents celebrate homeownership with the recent completion of new cooperatives, even after scams hiked the building prices well out of reach
***For Immediate Release*** November 21st, 2008 – A Home For The Holidays Hundreds of low-income New Yorkers – from Bushwick,…
Rally & press conference to demand that City Council holding hearings to pass the Student Safety Act
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** November 21, 2008 – High School Students & their allies to Rally for Transparency & Accountability for…
Farmacias traducirán al español
**Traslado de "Associated Press" Dos grandes cadenas de farmacias han acordado traducir instrucciones de recetas a idiomas primarios en más…
CVS, Rite Aid Will Provide Language Services for Non-English-Speaking Customers Filling Prescriptions in New York State
CVS and Rite Aid pharmacies in New York have agreed to provide customers who fill prescriptions with spoken and written…
Pharmacies Agree To Translate Drug Instructions
Two major pharmacy chains have agreed to translate prescription drug instructions into customers’ primary languages in more than 2,000 stores…