Immigration

Aug
16
Meet Your Candidate: Steven Saperstein For District 48

Meet Your Candidate: Steven Saperstein For District 48

Photo: Gerry O’BrienThe 48th District has one Republican and one Democrat– Marat Filler [https://www.maratfiller.com/]–running against
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Aug
03
Meet Your Candidate: Park Slope Attorney Richard Bashner Is Running For Mayor

Meet Your Candidate: Park Slope Attorney Richard Bashner Is Running For Mayor

Richard Basher, Mayoral candidate. (Photo by Tom Sullivan)Many politicians aspire to run for higher office, but it’s new
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Apr
20
Restaurants Support Immigrants Rights In ‘Day Without Bread’

Restaurants Support Immigrants Rights In ‘Day Without Bread’

Tom Cat employees. (Photo via Brandworkers)Thirty-one immigrant workers at New York’s oldest artisanal bakery who have been threatened
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Nov
21
UPDATED: Public School Employees Tell Immigrant Students In Bay Ridge, Sunset Park To “Start Packing Your Bags”

UPDATED: Public School Employees Tell Immigrant Students In Bay Ridge, Sunset Park To “Start Packing Your Bags”

There haven’t big any big protests in Sunset Park or Bay Ridge yet, but here is an image from
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Jul
13
City To Offer More Immigrant Services After Supreme Court Ruling Halts DACA & DAPA

City To Offer More Immigrant Services After Supreme Court Ruling Halts DACA & DAPA

Pung Ping Chan of Sunset Park says she wants to go back to school to improve her English skills. (Elizabeth
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Mar
28
These Are The Top Scams Targeting Immigrant Communities

These Are The Top Scams Targeting Immigrant Communities

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
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Dec
10
Pakistani Community Leader Shahid Khan Had A Long Road From Lahore To Brooklyn

Pakistani Community Leader Shahid Khan Had A Long Road From Lahore To Brooklyn

Shahid Khan (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)Shahid Khan has become an important local community leader in the
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Dec
10

Pakistani Community Leader Shahid Khan Had A Long Road From Lahore To Brooklyn

Shahid Khan (Photo by Shannon Geis/KensingtonBK)Shahid Khan has become an important local community leader in the past few
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Jul
17
Thousands Of People Pack Coney Island Avenue For Annual Chand Raat Bazaar

Thousands Of People Pack Coney Island Avenue For Annual Chand Raat Bazaar

Thousands of people filled Coney Island Avenue, from Foster Avenue to Avenue H, last night for the annual Chand Raat
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Apr
14

Maimonides Teams Up With CareConnect To Help Non-English Speakers Apply For Health Coverage

Maimonides Medical Center (Source: Google Maps)The deadline for applying for New York State Marketplace [https://nystateofhealth.ny.gov/] health
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