In the April 2006, Gotham Gazette the state of immigrant organizing is reviewed:
Daily News, May 2, 2006
Rally for Immigrant Rights
New York Times, May 2, 2006
The Immigration Debate
A study conducted by Restaurant Opportunities Center of NY (ROC-NY) makes the connection between health and poor work conditions in city restaurants.
Independent Press Association New York, April 6, 2006
Dining Out, Dining Healthy
New York Times April 6, 2006
Food Risks Tied to Poor Work Conditions
Project FAIR comments on the current state of welfare:
New York Times, April 6, 2006
Welfare Rolls Falling Again
Village Voice, May 2, 2006
Bad News for Poor Kids
NMASS and other worker rights groups are working on helping workers get back pay and tips
New York Times, May 25, 2006
Supermarket Sued for Back Pay
New York Times, April 6, 2006
Big Chinatown Restaurant Accused of Siphoning Tips
Plans for Columbia University to expand their campus has caused several community groups to cry foul:
Village Voice, May 23, 2006
Columbia vs. Harlem
North Brooklyn Alliance demands answers on the cause of the devastating fire at the Greenpoint Terminal Market. The group is seeking continued air quality analysis as cleanup begins and greater oversight of the rampant development that has ensued as a result of the area's rezoning.
Press Release
New Yorkers for Responsible Lending, a state coalition of 121 groups, including several grantees, protects vulnerable homeowners from "foreclosure rescue" scams.
Press Release
Several New York Foundation grantees have been working to improve language access in New York City Hospitals:
City Limits Weekly May 22, 2006
Language Access
Trustees Making News
Ana Oliveira was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of the New York Women’s Foundation. Ms. Oliveira is a recognized leader in the health, human services, and social justice fields for more than 20 years, developing programs that have focused on the needs of women, substance abusers, prisoners and other underserved populations.
NYWF Ana Oliveira
Peter Kwong releases "Chinese America, The Untold Story of America's Oldest New Community". "The arrival of this long-awaited account of the Chinese in the United States, by one of the country's most esteemed scholars of Asian America, promises to be an exciting publishing event." Mike Wallace, Co-Author of Gotham.
Chinese America
The North Star Fund will honor Errol Louis at their June 8th North Star News Prize. The North Star News Prize celebrates Frederick Douglass' legacy as a journalist by recognizing people of color who have made a significant contribution to journalism, media and communications and the public's understanding of the struggle for social justice.
The event is June 8th, tickets available at:
North Star Fund Honors Errol Louis
Chung Wha Hong was featured in New York Magazine's "The Influentials".
Chung Wha Hong
(Former grantee Oscar Paredes from Latin American Workers Project was also highlighted.)
Grantees Featured in Reports
Study bolsters grantee's claims on the need for language access in hospitals:
Language Barriers Causing Reduced-Quality Care for Children of NYC Haitian, Russian, and Latino Immigrants, New Academy Report Finds.
Language Access at Hospitals
New York Foundation child welfare grantees and other child welfare organizing groups write about the court and the legal side of the child welfare system stands today.
Child Welfare Report
