6:56 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Immigration|Labor|New York · Comments Off
21 May 2010That was fast. An Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY ordinance targeting Latino day laborers seeking work was shot down yesterday by a Federal Judge, who issued a temporary restraining order barring enforcement of the law until a full hearing on the matter on May 28th.
The decision came following a lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union
The law used the excuse of public safety, claiming that day laborers seeking work in Farmingdale and Locust Valley presented a danger to pedestrians and drivers. Most Latino immigrant workers and their supporters say the law was racial profiling and anti-immigrant.
For now day laborers can return to seeking work in order to provide for themselves and their familias.
7:38 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · GLBT|Media|New York · 2 Comments
2 Jun 2009The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) launched a website to push for the New York State Senate to pass a gay marriage bill before the legistlative terms ends. The focus of the site is featuring gay couples in New York as legitimate families that should have the right to get married. Pero the majority of the couples featured are white couples and males.
An exception to this is the couple featured in Blabbeando , who get an English video and a Spanish video about their coupledom (and they live in Queens)
See the English video after the jump
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