Education
Photo courtesy of Winnie Hu.It has been a month since 24-year-old Lin Li was arrested and confessed to inadvertently drowning her two-year-old daughter [/police-fire/sunset-park-toddler-mother-arrested-murder-manslaughter-charges/], Melody Pheng, in a basin of water for soiling her clothes. In the weeks since, Melody was laid to rest, her four-year-old brother was
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Sean EganTwo weeks after a fake Sunset Park lawyer was sentenced [/police-fire/fake-sunset-park-lawyer-who-offered-bogus-immigration-services-gets-2-4-years/] to two to four years in prison for scamming immigrants out of thousands of dollars — the first such conviction in New York State — a forum was held at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism to
News
Photo by Sean EganTwo weeks after a fake Sunset Park lawyer was sentenced [/police-fire/fake-sunset-park-lawyer-who-offered-bogus-immigration-services-gets-2-4-years/] to two to four years in prison for scamming immigrants out of thousands of dollars — the first such conviction in New York State — a forum was held at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism to
Bensonhurst
Photo by Sean EganTwo weeks after a fake Sunset Park lawyer was sentenced [http://sunsetparkvoice.com/police-fire/fake-sunset-park-lawyer-who-offered-bogus-immigration-services-gets-2-4-years/] to two to four years in prison for scamming immigrants out of thousands of dollars — the first such conviction in New York State — a forum was held at the CUNY Graduate School
Immigrants
Source: Brooklyn Public LibraryBrooklyn Public Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/] (BPL) announced this week that it will offer expanded multilingual programming and language access resources — including a family cultural program series and real-time Language Line interpretation services — in all 60 of its branches through a new partnership with Apple Bank
arab american association of new york
Marty Golden, Photo By Erica ShermanAs Republican state senators negotiate over strengthened rent regulations passed by the Democratic-led State Assembly in Albany last month, several immigrant groups are urging Senator Marty Golden, one of New York’s two Republican senators, to take a stand in favor of stronger rent laws.
fraud
Fraudsters beware: a new task force launched yesterday to put phony lawyers who prey on vulnerable immigrants behind bars. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Mayor Bill de Blasio are teaming up on the initiative, dedicating enforcement resources to root out “immigrant service provider fraud,” among other scams targeting immigrants. The
idnyc
Source: NYC.govMayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito launched the country’s largest municipal identification program [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/021-15/mayor-bill-de-blasio-council-speaker-melissa-mark-viverito-launch-idnyc-country-s-most] yesterday morning – and residents from all five boroughs can now apply for an ID card that will allow individuals to open bank
4207 18th Avenue
There’s much happening at the Kensington Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/kensington] (4207 18th Avenue), including a chance for kids to knit, a business English conversation class, and a workshop on information and services for immigrants. Wednesday, October 22 * Kids Create: Kids Knit Now! [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/
anniversaires
Photo by William AlatristeElected officials, community and labor leaders celebrated the 12th anniversary of the Bay Parkway Community Job Center on Friday, honoring it for its history of helping immigrant laborers attain the American dream through education, jobs, safety training and grassroots organizing. We’ve written about the job center
CUNY
State Senator Marty Golden. Photo by Erica ShermanState Senator Marty Golden said he won’t support the New York Dream Act, legislation that would allow undocumented residents in New York to have access to tuition assistance for higher education. Up until recently, Golden wouldn’t have even needed to address
asians
(Source: Howard WeissWhen Asian immigrants, mostly from China, began immigrating to Dyker Heights, the local Italian residents were unfriendly to the new community and resisted the move, according to an article in Voices of NY [http://www.voicesofny.org/2014/01/brooklyns-dyker-heights-draws-chinese-residents/?utm_source=Voices+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e4daa2fd9c-RSS_