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News

A Raid At The Jefferson Street Shelter

“They have us out here like dogs"

News

Inside a Humanitarian Crisis Happening Right Off Myrtle/Broadway

Instead of a Blink Fitness, a local building in Bushwick has become a token in the city’s ongoing asylum crisis.

Politics

NYC Set To Grant Noncitizens the Right to Vote in Local Elections

Thirty-six out of 51 councilmembers have sponsored the bill, which would grant more than 800,000 permanent residents and work permit holders the right to vote in city elections.

Politics

City Council Member-Elect Sandy Nurse Calls for Expanding Voting Rights to Green Card Holders

Nurse, along with a group of other elected officials and organizers, are calling on Speaker Cory Johnson to schedule a vote for the bill Intro 1867.

News

It is Now Illegal To Threaten To Report Undocumented Immigrants to ICE

Bushwick's Sen. Salazar says "This is good" but pushes for more steps to "protect immigrant New Yorkers from ICE."

Arts & Culture

Bushwick Music Venue Hosts Benefit for Immigrant Services

Nov10 organizes musical event to support Safe Passage Project – a nonprofit that provides lawyers for immigrant children

News

Bushwick Official Is Calling Out President Trump For Poor-Shaming Immigrants

Council Member Rafael Espinal has spoken out about immigrant rights several times this year.

Community

Riseboro Farmer’s Market Highlights Neighborhood Migration

Our relationship to people and food.

Community

Representative Velázquez Fights to Remove ‘Police’ Label from I.C.E. Uniforms

The bill could help better protect local immigrants in their interactions with federal immigration agents.

News

Councilwoman Velázquez Urged Bushwick Immigrants to Know Their Rights at Recent Immigration Forum

The Council Woman held an immigrants right forum last weekend alongside local police and immigration lawyers.

Who Harvests Our Food?

The Farmers Behind RiseBoro’s Markets.

Community

A Map of ICE Raids In and Around Bushwick

The ICE Watch map shows that despite NYC being a sanctuary city, a significant number of raids occurred just last year.

Community

Attend Congresswoman Velázquez’s Immigration Rights Forum This Sunday

Congresswoman Velázquez will host an Immigration Forum this Sunday.

Arts & Culture

“This Is America” Themed Art Show Brought A Conversation About Race to Ridgewood

Community

Friday Fast Fact: Which Countries Do Bushwick’s Immigrants Come From?

Data from the American Community Survey reveals the biggest immigrant groups in Bushwick.

News

A Ridgewood Landlord Has Been Charged with Intimidating Immigrant Tenants

Discriminating against someone because of their national identity or immigration status is illegal in New York City.

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