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7 hours ago · The New York City Department of Education has agreed to pay over $40,000 to settle a lawsuit filed in 2019 by Legal Services NYC that claimed the DOE did not provide sufficient language access services to four immigrant parents with limited English proficiency. Each of the four families involved in the case will receive $11,000 in damages as compensation for the harm caused by the DOE’s ...

12 hours ago · NYC Council, NYIC launch language-access bank, new funding to support Caribbean immigrants: On Wednesday, the groups launched New York City’s first-ever Community Interpreter Bank and a new initiative to protect local families. –Caribbean Life New Yorkers divided on whether to deport non ...

Dec 20, 2021 · We are launching our new website today to help usher Documented into its next chapter after over three years of bringing you the most important stories about immigration and immigrant communities in New York City.. We launched Documented from my living room couch in June 2018 with a story about the high cost of immigration bonds. It was the summer of Trump’s family separation policy and the ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Over 250,000 New York residents have been ordered deported, according to a 2025 analysis of immigration court data. The data details immigration court decisions and was provided to Documented by Mobile Pathways, a tech nonprofit advancing equitable immigration access and support for underserved immigrants and partner nonprofits.

Nov 21, 2024 · Español – 中文 – Kreyòl AyisyenDocumented is an independent, non-profit newsroom dedicated to reporting with and for immigrant communities in New York City.We provide original, responsive reporting and actionable resource guides in English, Spanish, Chinese and Haitian Creole.Documented represents a radically different community-driven approach to journalism and information that ...

Dec 31, 2024 · Amplifying stories that shape the news agenda. We were the first to connect the dots that Uzbek developer Tolib Mansurov was likely the “Businessman-4” mentioned in the indictment against Mayor Adams, who was charged with bribery, corruption, wire fraud and soliciting and accepting donations from foreign nationals. The indictment detailed allegations of Adams orchestrating straw donations ...

Oct 23, 2024 · For Documented, this is an extension of the work that we have been doing to serve immigrant readers since we launched in 2018. During the pandemic, it became especially clear that the immigrant community urgently needed practical, actionable information to address their concerns about healthcare, as well as the legal system, government programs, and even basic necessities like where to find food.

Oct 4, 2024 · When illustrating issues with the city’s migrant shelters, tour representatives pointed to RXR, a commercial real estate firm that owns the two buildings housing migrants on Hall street. In the summer of 2023, RXR signed a licensing agreement with New York City Health + Hospitals for a large-capacity migrant respite center. The city …

Sep 18, 2024 · Trump immigration policy could mean misery for H-1B spouses: A 2015 rule lets spouses of H1-B visa holders working in the U.S., and the Trump administration may make it more difficult to access.Forbes