The number of migrants coming to the Big Apple is expected to snowball with the lifting of Title 42 this week – with 10 to 15 busloads of asylum seekers set to arrive in the next two days, according to dire warnings issued by Mayor Eric Adams and City Hall[…]

Advocates of them Clean Slate Act voiced their desires again to have the act passed now. Their argument? It will help to seal old conviction records which may be hurting those who pay their debt to society start fresh with a new job. Many non-violent convictions are facing[…]

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When political pundits predicted a national “red wave” in the midterm elections, they never imagined that one of the few areas it would actually surface would be southern Brooklyn, New York. They weren’t imagining Sunset Park, a working-class area where nearly three in four residents are people of[…]

The Viola Foundation – began and run by the Viola Family of Brooklyn – was honored for their immigration work. On Wednesday, Nov. 9, the Viola Foundation received the Immigration Achievement Award at the annual gala of the Manhattan-based Center for Migration Studies at The View at the[…]

New York City’s migrant crisis will cost “at least” $596 million in public funds each year, according to a Monday report from the city’s Independent Budget Office. City Hall will rack up the costs thanks to offering shelter, healthcare, education and legal aid to thousands of migrants who[…]

Employers are testing the limits of a new city law requiring salary ranges on job ads by posting pay bands that, in some cases, span more than $100,000, according to a Bloomberg News analysis of over 400 open roles. As employers in New York City adjust to the fresh regulations, many listings[…]

Housing developer Breaking Ground has converted a former Jehovah’s Witness building into affordable housing in DUMBO section of Brooklyn. Of the 491 units in the apartment complex, 185 are affordable housing now and 246 will remain affordable in perpetuity. Building on a long-standing partnership between Breaking Ground and[…]

Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association awarded it’s inaugural Hinds-Redix scholarship. A third-year Brooklyn Law School student got a financial boost last week to continue her career in public service thanks to a new scholarship named after a trailblazing woman in law. In honor of the work and legacy of[…]

The recent surge of over 20,000 migrants over the summer has added to the already backlogged 180,000 immigration cases awaiting the New York Immigration Court. Only 88 judges are handling the long line of cases which is creating months and months of waiting for the asylum seekers and[…]