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Migrants in New York: Dignity in Housing and Healthcare

Migrants in New York: Dignity in Housing and Healthcare 
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 | 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
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Format: WEBINAR
Program Fee:
Free for Members and Non-Lawyers | $15 Non-Members
Non-Lawyers please call Customer Relations at 212-382-6663 to register.

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Description:
This event will focus on providing an update on the City's response to the migrant busing crisis. It will provide information pertaining to challenges that the migrants are presently facing to their rights, housing, employment and receipt of benefits. It will explore and question the narrative that migrants are taking away resources from low-income New Yorkers. Legislative experts and on-the-ground advocates will discuss the current state of migrants' rights in New York City and what challenges are to come.

Speakers:
Anne Williams-Isom, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services
Stephanie M. Cordero, Director, Immigrants' Rights & Advocacy Project, Brooklyn Legal Services
Guillermo Martinez, Deputy Director & Legislative Liaison, Institute on Immigrant Integration Research and Policy, Rockefeller Institute of Government
Reverend Juan Carlos Ruiz, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 
Harold Solis, Co-Legal Director, Make the Road New York

Moderator:
 Jeffrey C. Mays, Politics Reporter for the Metro Desk, New York Times  
Sponsoring Committee:
Social Welfare Law, Sandra Gresl and Lindsay Funk, Co-Chairs  
Social Welfare Law Migrants' Rights Subcommittee, Catherine Frizell, Chair 

Co-Sponsoring Committees:
New York City Affairs, Jeremy Feigelson,  Chair
Immigration and Nationality Law, Danny Alicea, Chair
Housing and Urban Development, Rachel Jaffe & Karol Robinson, Co-Chairs
Health Law, Heather Hatcher, Chair


Where
Online Event

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