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Language Barriers Silence Immigrant Tenants

Apr 10, 2007

Shaun Donovan, commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, has responded to this article. For his response, see below. Immigrant tenants and advocates for them have long complained

 

City Council’s First Haitian Member

Feb 26, 2007

Waving signs and denouncing then Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, thousands of Haitians shut down the Brooklyn Bridge as they marched to City Hall in August 1997. Some carried Haitian

 

Civil Liberties and the Election

Nov 16, 2006

While the headlines trumpet dramatic change in federal and New York State government, the experience on the ground for city residents in terms of civil rights issues may be more

 

Back In The Spotlight

Nov 01, 2006

Minutemen at Columbia The vigilante border patrol group, The Minuteman Project, has received more than its fair share of attention in recent weeks. It all stems from an October

 

Good Government Speaks Many Languages

Oct 02, 2006

In a city where one in four New Yorkers is still in the process of learning English, City Hall is failing to take its own advice. In what can only

 

Parades, Permits And The Right To Protest

Aug 15, 2006

The New York Police Department has published a rule that could end the long-held and cherished right of protesters to proceed down the sidewalks of New York.

 

Gay Marriage Ruling Highlights a Changing Court

Jul 11, 2006

The 4-2 decision of the New York State Court of Appeals denying that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry was more than just a blow to the gay rights movement.

 

The Gay Marriage Ruling

Jul 10, 2006

There is no constitutional right to marriage unless your partner’s sex is the opposite of yours, announced the New York State Court of Appeals. The 4-2 split could be summarized