Buffalo—Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz recently vetoed the Erie County Language Access Act. This historic legislation would have mandated all public facing county agencies to implement language access plans and provide equitable language access to residents by requiring translation of public documents into the top six spoken languages, and free interpretation services for all county residents.

Report Underscores Need For Legal Services And Pathways To Work For Recently Arrived Asylum Seekers 

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New York, NY—Today, advocates highlighted newly-released data by the Immigration Research Initiative on the economic prospects of new arrivals and their positive contributions to New York City’s economy.

New York, NY—Today, NYC Mayor Eric Adams gave his third annual State of the City address. This follows his FY25 preliminary budget announced last week, which did not take into account the investments that were announced in NYS Governor Hochul’s executive budget on the same day.

New York—Today, the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), elected officials, member organizations, impacted individuals and immigrant New Yorkers held a press conference at Mixteca to launch the Working Families Tax Credit 2024 NYS Legislative Campaign.

New York, NY—Today, Governor Hochul delivered her State of the State address to announce her priorities for New York in 2024. Her address was focused on the ways in which the state hopes to support and uplift working families, yet she failed to mention any plans to significantly support and integrate immigrant New Yorkers, including renewing her landmark investment in legal services funding for immigrant New Yorkers.

New York, NY—Today, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced a $700 million lawsuit against 17 charter bus companies for transporting asylum seekers from Texas to New York. 

Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition:

“For almost two years, Mayor Adams has treated the arrival of asylum seekers as an emergency, trying everything he can to dissuade asylum seekers from coming to New York rather than developing an efficient and thoughtful process to welcome them.

New York, NY—Last week, NYC Mayor Eric Adams issued an executive order that placed limits on how buses of asylum seekers being sent by Texas Governor Greg Abbott could arrive in New York City. Since issuing the order, buses have still arrived at Port Authority, to other parts of Manhattan, and increasingly in New Jersey.

New York, NY—Today, Mayor Eric Adams once again took issue with New York City’s sanctuary status during a TV interview, complaining that "we can’t even turn [asylum seekers] over to ICE."

Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition:

"New Year, new attacks from Mayor Adams against our communities.

New York, NY—Today, the United Federation of Teachers, joined by individual teachers, filed suit in Manhattan State Supreme Court to stop the Adams administration from cutting as much as $2 billion from city schools. The lawsuit charges that as the State increased education funding to the city's public schools, New York City illegally reduced its contribution to education.

Buffalo, NY—Today, Partnership for The Public Good, the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), Language Access Working Group, elected officials and community members held a press conference celebrating the passage of the Erie County Language Access Act.