Mayor de Blasio announced a multi-agency public-private project to provide pro bono legal assistance to families facing detention at the southern border.
Mayor de Blasio joined live on the Brian Lehrer show to discuss recent events in NY and nationwide politics, first discussing President Trump failing to return all 2,500 children separated from their families back to their families, then moving onto more local issues.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Corporation Counsel Zachary W. Carter announced the filing of a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice for its unlawful efforts to force New York City officials to engage in federal immigration enforcement.
Mayor de Blasio appeared live at City Hall to discuss the issue of migrant children still being housed in the City without their parents and children in public housing being exposed to lead in the paint in their buildings.
IDNYC quarterly report Includes, but not limited to, number cards issued, cards to minors, denials made to requesting agencies for information collected about applicants, efforts to promote acceptance such as banks, outreach, & types of services that accept the ID as proof of identity and residency.
Describes goals to guarantee that all eligible persons receive appropriate benefits without undue delay or difficulty based on language. Intake and placement should take no longer for LEP clients than it does for English proficient clients.
Plan to improve access to city services for limited English proficiency individuals and ensures that language will not be an obstacle to receiving services. The goal of this plan is to ensure that all eligible applicants and recipients receive the appropriate benefits without undue delay/difficulty.
Mayor de Blasio joined live on MSNBC's Morning Joe to discuss the migrant children who were in East Harlem, discussing the separation of families at the border.
Mayor de Blasio appeared live on MSNBC with Rachel Maddow to discuss the housing of migrant children in the City, which was done by the federal government with no notice to City officials.