Protesters rally against President Trump’s travel ban on February 4, 2017 in Washington DC. (Shutterstock) By Katy Murdza, Immigration Impact The U.S. House of Representatives has passed two major bills to protect the rights of certain noncitizens entering the United States. The bills—the NO BAN Act and the Access to Counsel Act—passed on April 21. […]
Briefing on the U.S. Small Business Administration’s new $28.6 Billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) featuring Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman. Learn about the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)’s new $28.6 Billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund. We are honored to hear from SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman and the SBA team who will answer questions from our members. […]
Letters remind landlords of their obligations as part of the CDC’s moratorium.
View of the headquarters building of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in Washington DC. – Washington DC – February 21, 2020 (Shutterstock) By FTC The acting heads of the Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have sent joint notification letters to the nation’s largest apartment landlords, which collectively own more than 2 million […]
The company has sent letters to three of the workers on strike stating that they have been permanently replaced. Neither UMEC nor Catsimatidis himself responded to Documented’s request for comment.
Photo Courtesy of Alex Moore/Teamsters Joint Council 16 By Amir Khafagy, Documented NY For five years, Dennis Spence has worked as a terminal operator for United Metro Energy Corp. (UMEC). An immigrant from the small Caribbean island of St. Vincent, Spence has three daughters and thought himself fortunate to have a job that paid $27.50 […]
NYC Mayoral Candidate Ray McGuire speaks during Press conference on rise of attacks against Asian Americans at NAN Headquarters. – New York, NY – March 18, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Nicole Gelinas, NY Post After months of Zoom discussions, WABC radio did something refreshing last week: hold a real, live, in-person, debate, with candidates standing at […]
A factory worker didn’t want to call in sick or catch COVID-19, so she tried to ignore the pain. Now she has stage 4 cancer.
By Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica Teresa Ruvalcaba lay on a bed in the emergency room of Chicago’s Mount Sinai Hospital, her right breast swollen to nearly twice the size of her left, the skin so thick and dimpled that the doctor examining her would note that it resembled an orange peel. Ojalá que sólo sea una infección, […]
Protest for DACA and TPS march in Battery Park NYC. Immigrant protesters. – New York / USA – October 2019 (Shutterstock) WASHINGTON – Immigrants, progressive allies and working people nationwide turned out to in-person and virtual events on May 1 to elevate the need for President Biden and Democrats to work together to include a pathway […]
The Working Families Party, a major left-leaning institution, and several lawmakers withdrew their backing of Scott Stringer for mayor of New York City.
Scott Stringer attends rally by coalition of union members and activists to support his bid for mayor at City Hall Park. – New York, NY – April 24, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Katie Glueck and Emma G. Fitzsimmons, NY Times Several of New York’s leading left-wing lawmakers and the New York chapter of the Working Families […]
NYC Comptroller and Mayoral Candidate Scott Stringer proposed Summer in the City Agenda at presser at Commodore Barry Pool. – New York, NY – April 6, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Sally Goldenberg and Amanda Eisenberg, Politico NEW YORK — An accusation of sexual assault against a top-tier New York City mayoral candidate threw the race into […]
By Karolina Walters, Immigration Impact The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week in Niz-Chavez v. Garland that immigration law requires the government to give noncitizens complete notice about the initiation of their immigration court case at one time. The April 29 ruling denounces the government’s current practice of providing necessary information over time and in multiple […]