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Immigrants Half of Small Business Owners
Immigrants make up 48 percent of all business owners living in New York City, according to this report by the Fiscal Policy Institute. Among small businesses owners in the city, immigrants make up 84 percent of small grocery store owners, 69 percent of restaurant owners, and 63 percent of clothing store owners. (October 4, 2011)

Local Investment by Banks Declines
In spite of a $38 billion increase in local deposits at the city's 20 largest banks over the past two years, reinvestment in the city's communities by those banks declined by $4.4 billion according to this new report by the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development. (September 29, 2011)

Ethnic and Cultural Diversity Boost Brooklyn's Economy
Immigrants account for half of all workers and half of all self-employed individuals in Brooklyn, according to this analysis of the American Community Survey by the Fiscal Policy Institute. (June 23, 2011)

Homes for Immigrants
Although housing conditions vary widely among immigrant groups in the city, immigrants are -- on average -- likely to pay a larger share of their income for rent than other New Yorkers, according to a policy brief by the Community Service Society. In addition, they tend to live in more crowded conditions. Affordability, the report found, is a particular problem for New Yorkers coming from Mexico, the Dominican Republic and the former Soviet Union. (April 25, 2011)

Supporting English as Second Language Programs
This paper by the Center for an Urban Future and the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy includes eight recommendations for supporting and strengthening the state's English for Speakers of Other Languages programs. (April 8, 2010)

The City (La Cuidad)
This site, which accompanied a PBS Documentary, is focused on Latin American immigrants in New York City. Several vignettes of immigrant life -- a day laborer injured gathering bricks, a boy searching for his building on a block of seemingly identical tenements -- are combined with a timeline of Latin American immigration, an outline of immigrant issues, and a list of online resources.
CUNY Citizenship and Immigration Project
This CUNY-run program provides free immigration legal services to all New Yorkers and operates several centers for immigration services throughout the five boroughs.
Slavs of New York
This blog lists events of interest to New York City's Slavic Communities. There's information about Cossack dancing, Croatian films, and the Balkan music scene. The site also has 14 summary pages arranged by nationality -- there's one for everyone from Belarusians to Montenegrins to Ukrainians.
National Association of Korean Americans

Emerald Isle Immigration Center of New York
Advice for Irish immigrants

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