MOIA's Language Access Implementation Plan describes, per Local Law 30, the Office's resources, processes, plan, and goals for ensuring that language access is promoted across the Office and interactions with New Yorkers with limited English proficiency (LEP).
This report is issued to the Mayor and the Speaker of the City Council in accordance with Local Law 185 of 2017, which mandates annual reporting on the city’s immigrant population and MOIA’s activities during the previous calendar year. This is the second such report, covering calendar year 2018.
Estimating the potential impacts of the DHS' proposed rule’s “chilling effect” on the receipt of some public benefits as a result of fear, misinformation, and uncertainty, as well as the impact on certain immigrants’ future ability to adjust their immigration status even if otherwise eligible.
A quick and easy road map of city services available to all New Yorkers, including immigration legal help, healthcare, education, childcare, emergency food and shelter, public safety, protections against discrimination, and IDNYC.
Describes FAQs about public charge and Trump administration's rule proposal. Details resources for legal services and calls for action on submitting a comment
The first Local Law 30 Report provides an overview of MOIA's implementation efforts; the names and titles of agencies' language access coordinators; agencies' language access implementation plans; information regarding how members of the public can submit language access inquiries.
Part I describes the responses to the 2018 family separation crisis by the City of New York, the City and County of Los Angeles, and the City of San Antonio. Part II highlights the risks of institutional congregate care for children, underscoring the need to avoid family separation.