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We are THRILLED to launch "We Protect Us"––a *NEW* website that aims to provide up-to-date information and #KnowYourRights resources, including our Deportation Defense Manual, in English and Spanish.
We will #ProtectOurFutures!
Check it out at: weprotectusny.org
We will #ProtectOurFutures!
Check it out at: weprotectusny.org
Allan, our legal client, should be with his husband Matthew during this holiday season. Instead, he’s being kept in a NJ detention center.
Additionally, ICE is not giving Allan all of his prescribed medications at his scheduled times.
Help us reunite them. Sign the petition at bit.ly/FreeAllan.
Additionally, ICE is not giving Allan all of his prescribed medications at his scheduled times.
Help us reunite them. Sign the petition at bit.ly/FreeAllan.
December 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Allan, our legal client, should be with his husband Matthew during this holiday season. Instead, he’s being kept in a NJ detention center.
Additionally, ICE is not giving Allan all of his prescribed medications at his scheduled times.
Help us reunite them. Sign the petition at bit.ly/FreeAllan.
Additionally, ICE is not giving Allan all of his prescribed medications at his scheduled times.
Help us reunite them. Sign the petition at bit.ly/FreeAllan.
🚨ACTION NEEDED: Help us reunite Allan with his husband before the holidays!
Currently, Allan is still in a NJ detention center where he is not receiving all of his medication for anxiety & depression as was prescribed.
Sign the petition: bit.ly/FreeAllan
Currently, Allan is still in a NJ detention center where he is not receiving all of his medication for anxiety & depression as was prescribed.
Sign the petition: bit.ly/FreeAllan
“The whole plan was, we get our interview, we’re gonna come home to Connecticut to see the family, celebrate, see Wicked, and celebrate my [deceased] dad’s birthday,” said Matthew. “All that shattered.“
Help us reunite Allan with his loving partner Matthew. Sign the petition: bit.ly/FreeAllan.
Help us reunite Allan with his loving partner Matthew. Sign the petition: bit.ly/FreeAllan.
A New York Marriage is Torn Apart by ICE - Documented
Matthew and Allan Marrero went to 26 Federal Plaza together to interview for a marriage-based green card. Allan never came home.
documentedny.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
🚨ACTION NEEDED: Help us reunite Allan with his husband before the holidays!
Currently, Allan is still in a NJ detention center where he is not receiving all of his medication for anxiety & depression as was prescribed.
Sign the petition: bit.ly/FreeAllan
Currently, Allan is still in a NJ detention center where he is not receiving all of his medication for anxiety & depression as was prescribed.
Sign the petition: bit.ly/FreeAllan
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We were proud to join @streetvendorproj.bsky.social, @maketheroadny.bsky.social , at City Hall yesterday in support of @cmpisanchez.bsky.social ‘s amended version of bill Int. 431-A which reforms NYC’s street vending system. ☎️ We have 5️⃣ days to pass this vital bill, call your councilmember today!
December 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
We were proud to join @streetvendorproj.bsky.social, @maketheroadny.bsky.social , at City Hall yesterday in support of @cmpisanchez.bsky.social ‘s amended version of bill Int. 431-A which reforms NYC’s street vending system. ☎️ We have 5️⃣ days to pass this vital bill, call your councilmember today!
In response to ICE raids yesterday in Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island in which immigrant New Yorkers were targeted and detained by federal officials, Natalia Aristizabal, our Deputy Director, issued the following statement on behalf of our 29,000 members.
December 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
In response to ICE raids yesterday in Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island in which immigrant New Yorkers were targeted and detained by federal officials, Natalia Aristizabal, our Deputy Director, issued the following statement on behalf of our 29,000 members.
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BREAKING: NYPD Officers Salvatore Alongi & Matthew Cianfrocco will NOT be indicted by @newyorkstateag.bsky.social for killing teenager #WinRozario in front of his mom & little brother over a year and a half ago - despite ample evidence of wrongdoing. www.justicecommittee.org/post/family-...
Family of Win Rozario Outraged by Attorney General Letitia James’ Refusal to Indict Officers Who Killed Teen
Family of slain Bangladeshi teen calls on NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch to do better than the Attorney General by firing Officers Alongi and Cianfrocco
buff.ly
December 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
BREAKING: NYPD Officers Salvatore Alongi & Matthew Cianfrocco will NOT be indicted by @newyorkstateag.bsky.social for killing teenager #WinRozario in front of his mom & little brother over a year and a half ago - despite ample evidence of wrongdoing. www.justicecommittee.org/post/family-...
Int. 431-A already has 32 co-sponsors alongside a broad coalition of stakeholders who are pushing for this bill to pass before the end of session.
☎️ Call your councilmember & urge them to pass this VITAL bill to protect the street vendors that make our city vibrant!
☎️ Call your councilmember & urge them to pass this VITAL bill to protect the street vendors that make our city vibrant!
December 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Int. 431-A already has 32 co-sponsors alongside a broad coalition of stakeholders who are pushing for this bill to pass before the end of session.
☎️ Call your councilmember & urge them to pass this VITAL bill to protect the street vendors that make our city vibrant!
☎️ Call your councilmember & urge them to pass this VITAL bill to protect the street vendors that make our city vibrant!
🛒The new version of Int.431-A would balance street vending incentives with enforcement which, among other benefits for street vendors, allows issuing licenses to bring existing vendors into the regulatory system.
See why our member Sonia joined the rally today. ⬇️
See why our member Sonia joined the rally today. ⬇️
December 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
🛒The new version of Int.431-A would balance street vending incentives with enforcement which, among other benefits for street vendors, allows issuing licenses to bring existing vendors into the regulatory system.
See why our member Sonia joined the rally today. ⬇️
See why our member Sonia joined the rally today. ⬇️
✊Today, we’re joining street vendors, advocates & elected officials in front of City Hall to support @cmpisanchez.bsky.social’s amended version of bill Int. 431-A, which reforms NYC’s street vending system.
December 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
✊Today, we’re joining street vendors, advocates & elected officials in front of City Hall to support @cmpisanchez.bsky.social’s amended version of bill Int. 431-A, which reforms NYC’s street vending system.
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Matthew and I sing together in gospel choir. His husband was snatched by ICE. My heart goes out to both of them.
#abolishICE
#advent
#hope
#abolishICE
#advent
#hope
“The whole plan was, we get our interview, we’re gonna come home to Connecticut to see the family, celebrate, see Wicked, and celebrate my [deceased] dad’s birthday,” said Matthew. “All that shattered.“
Help us reunite Allan with his loving partner Matthew. Sign the petition: bit.ly/FreeAllan.
Help us reunite Allan with his loving partner Matthew. Sign the petition: bit.ly/FreeAllan.
A New York Marriage is Torn Apart by ICE - Documented
Matthew and Allan Marrero went to 26 Federal Plaza together to interview for a marriage-based green card. Allan never came home.
documentedny.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Matthew and I sing together in gospel choir. His husband was snatched by ICE. My heart goes out to both of them.
#abolishICE
#advent
#hope
#abolishICE
#advent
#hope
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Devastating story about a queer Brooklyn couple torn apart by ICE. This should not be happening, full stop. documentedny.com/2025/12/02/a...
A New York Marriage is Torn Apart by ICE - Documented
Matthew and Allan Marrero went to 26 Federal Plaza together to interview for a marriage-based green card. Allan never came home.
documentedny.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Devastating story about a queer Brooklyn couple torn apart by ICE. This should not be happening, full stop. documentedny.com/2025/12/02/a...
"Organizations such as the @streetvendorproj.bsky.social and Make the Road NY have increased resources for street vendors & immigrants. These include legal & financial assistance, & #KnowYourRights trainings."
✊The most valuable defense our communities have against ICE is to know our rights!
✊The most valuable defense our communities have against ICE is to know our rights!
How street vendors navigate the fear of ICE | amNewYork
Street vendors, most of whom are immigrants, are among those targeted by ICE as they try to earn a living.
www.amny.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"Organizations such as the @streetvendorproj.bsky.social and Make the Road NY have increased resources for street vendors & immigrants. These include legal & financial assistance, & #KnowYourRights trainings."
✊The most valuable defense our communities have against ICE is to know our rights!
✊The most valuable defense our communities have against ICE is to know our rights!
“The whole plan was, we get our interview, we’re gonna come home to Connecticut to see the family, celebrate, see Wicked, and celebrate my [deceased] dad’s birthday,” said Matthew. “All that shattered.“
Help us reunite Allan with his loving partner Matthew. Sign the petition: bit.ly/FreeAllan.
Help us reunite Allan with his loving partner Matthew. Sign the petition: bit.ly/FreeAllan.
A New York Marriage is Torn Apart by ICE - Documented
Matthew and Allan Marrero went to 26 Federal Plaza together to interview for a marriage-based green card. Allan never came home.
documentedny.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“The whole plan was, we get our interview, we’re gonna come home to Connecticut to see the family, celebrate, see Wicked, and celebrate my [deceased] dad’s birthday,” said Matthew. “All that shattered.“
Help us reunite Allan with his loving partner Matthew. Sign the petition: bit.ly/FreeAllan.
Help us reunite Allan with his loving partner Matthew. Sign the petition: bit.ly/FreeAllan.
🚨ACTON NEEDED: We demand that ICE #FreeAllan!
On Monday, November 24th, just days before families across the country gathered to celebrate Thanksgiving, Allan, a gay man originally from the Cayman Islands was detained & separated from his husband following their marriage-based green card interview.
On Monday, November 24th, just days before families across the country gathered to celebrate Thanksgiving, Allan, a gay man originally from the Cayman Islands was detained & separated from his husband following their marriage-based green card interview.
December 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
🚨ACTON NEEDED: We demand that ICE #FreeAllan!
On Monday, November 24th, just days before families across the country gathered to celebrate Thanksgiving, Allan, a gay man originally from the Cayman Islands was detained & separated from his husband following their marriage-based green card interview.
On Monday, November 24th, just days before families across the country gathered to celebrate Thanksgiving, Allan, a gay man originally from the Cayman Islands was detained & separated from his husband following their marriage-based green card interview.
Carlos was unlawfully detained while attending a court hearing on his asylum case at 26 Federal Plaza, and our lawyers won his release.
Helps us to not just reunite families like Carlos’, but to fight back against these cruel policies by making a donation to support our work: bit.ly/GiveMRNY.
Helps us to not just reunite families like Carlos’, but to fight back against these cruel policies by making a donation to support our work: bit.ly/GiveMRNY.
December 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Carlos was unlawfully detained while attending a court hearing on his asylum case at 26 Federal Plaza, and our lawyers won his release.
Helps us to not just reunite families like Carlos’, but to fight back against these cruel policies by making a donation to support our work: bit.ly/GiveMRNY.
Helps us to not just reunite families like Carlos’, but to fight back against these cruel policies by making a donation to support our work: bit.ly/GiveMRNY.
✊Just this year we’ve been involved in 9 lawsuits fighting back against aggressive immigration enforcement, and secured preliminary relief on the barbaric detention conditions at 26 Federal Plaza.
We were built for this moment. Help us raise $25,000 to sustain this work: bit.ly/GiveMRNY
We were built for this moment. Help us raise $25,000 to sustain this work: bit.ly/GiveMRNY
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
✊Just this year we’ve been involved in 9 lawsuits fighting back against aggressive immigration enforcement, and secured preliminary relief on the barbaric detention conditions at 26 Federal Plaza.
We were built for this moment. Help us raise $25,000 to sustain this work: bit.ly/GiveMRNY
We were built for this moment. Help us raise $25,000 to sustain this work: bit.ly/GiveMRNY
"The response of the NYPD to intensify tensions, violence and make arrests, all to clear the way for ICE, goes against the spirit of the laws and the culture of our city. The NYPD must release all arrested New Yorkers & stop facilitating ICE's actions," said Natalia Aristizabal, our Deputy Director.
Acusan presunta colaboración del NYPD con ICE durante protesta en Chinatown - El Diario NY
NYIC expresó que la presencia de la NYPD, que por ley no puede cooperar con ICE en tareas de inmigración civil, provocó enfrentamientos y varios arrestos
eldiariony.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"The response of the NYPD to intensify tensions, violence and make arrests, all to clear the way for ICE, goes against the spirit of the laws and the culture of our city. The NYPD must release all arrested New Yorkers & stop facilitating ICE's actions," said Natalia Aristizabal, our Deputy Director.
“They often are showing a photo and that’s how they’re getting people to stop and engage with them,”
Our attorney Paige Austin said of federal agents who pounce.
“They’re just claiming to be looking for a person to get, ppl to stop & engage with them...we absolutely think that it’s race-based.”
Our attorney Paige Austin said of federal agents who pounce.
“They’re just claiming to be looking for a person to get, ppl to stop & engage with them...we absolutely think that it’s race-based.”
Sidewalk Arrests Seize New Yorkers in ICE’s Latest Surge
Activists and legal advocates are tracking seemingly random detentions of immigrants on the streets in what they say is a campaign of ethnic profiling.
www.thecity.nyc
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
“They often are showing a photo and that’s how they’re getting people to stop and engage with them,”
Our attorney Paige Austin said of federal agents who pounce.
“They’re just claiming to be looking for a person to get, ppl to stop & engage with them...we absolutely think that it’s race-based.”
Our attorney Paige Austin said of federal agents who pounce.
“They’re just claiming to be looking for a person to get, ppl to stop & engage with them...we absolutely think that it’s race-based.”
NY just became the first state in the nation to eliminate co-pays for maintenance & emergency inhalers!
We thank bill sponsors, Sen. Rivera + AM @votejgr.bsky.social for their tremendous work in passing this bill.
No one should choose between buying medicine & other everyday essentials!
We thank bill sponsors, Sen. Rivera + AM @votejgr.bsky.social for their tremendous work in passing this bill.
No one should choose between buying medicine & other everyday essentials!
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
NY just became the first state in the nation to eliminate co-pays for maintenance & emergency inhalers!
We thank bill sponsors, Sen. Rivera + AM @votejgr.bsky.social for their tremendous work in passing this bill.
No one should choose between buying medicine & other everyday essentials!
We thank bill sponsors, Sen. Rivera + AM @votejgr.bsky.social for their tremendous work in passing this bill.
No one should choose between buying medicine & other everyday essentials!
Yesterday, Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social appointed more than 400 New Yorkers to 17 Transition Committees — a powerful team that will shape the personnel and policy vision of the incoming administration.
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Yesterday, Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social appointed more than 400 New Yorkers to 17 Transition Committees — a powerful team that will shape the personnel and policy vision of the incoming administration.
🫂All families deserve to gather in safety and joy this holiday season. Unfortunately, many immigrant families will be missing loved ones from their tables.
Our legal team has been on the frontlines this year, doing the difficult work to reunite families and stop unjust immigration policies.
Our legal team has been on the frontlines this year, doing the difficult work to reunite families and stop unjust immigration policies.
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
🫂All families deserve to gather in safety and joy this holiday season. Unfortunately, many immigrant families will be missing loved ones from their tables.
Our legal team has been on the frontlines this year, doing the difficult work to reunite families and stop unjust immigration policies.
Our legal team has been on the frontlines this year, doing the difficult work to reunite families and stop unjust immigration policies.
A years-in-the-making overhaul of NYC's street vending system could be close to approval.
Business groups that long opposed lifting the city's strict license caps are now in talks with the City Council on a potential compromise on @pisancheznyc.bsky.social's bill.
Business groups that long opposed lifting the city's strict license caps are now in talks with the City Council on a potential compromise on @pisancheznyc.bsky.social's bill.
Street vending overhaul nears as business opposition softens
A City Council bill lifting years-old caps on vending licenses may finally get a vote after key concessions.
www.crainsnewyork.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A years-in-the-making overhaul of NYC's street vending system could be close to approval.
Business groups that long opposed lifting the city's strict license caps are now in talks with the City Council on a potential compromise on @pisancheznyc.bsky.social's bill.
Business groups that long opposed lifting the city's strict license caps are now in talks with the City Council on a potential compromise on @pisancheznyc.bsky.social's bill.
🥗 Volunteer at our Food Pantry!
Are you looking for ways to give back to immigrant communities in NYC? Our team is currently looking for bilingual volunteers to help staff our weekly food pantry in our Brooklyn and Queens locations!
Submit your application to bit.ly/MRNYVolunteer
Are you looking for ways to give back to immigrant communities in NYC? Our team is currently looking for bilingual volunteers to help staff our weekly food pantry in our Brooklyn and Queens locations!
Submit your application to bit.ly/MRNYVolunteer
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🥗 Volunteer at our Food Pantry!
Are you looking for ways to give back to immigrant communities in NYC? Our team is currently looking for bilingual volunteers to help staff our weekly food pantry in our Brooklyn and Queens locations!
Submit your application to bit.ly/MRNYVolunteer
Are you looking for ways to give back to immigrant communities in NYC? Our team is currently looking for bilingual volunteers to help staff our weekly food pantry in our Brooklyn and Queens locations!
Submit your application to bit.ly/MRNYVolunteer
❄️Let it snow… raffles!
Our members know that Make the Road NY swag is the hottest merch in town, so why not give your loved ones the opportunity to win a whole bundle of it?
Our team will help organize a raffle to fundraise for our work in immigrant and working-class communities.
📲Email us!
Our members know that Make the Road NY swag is the hottest merch in town, so why not give your loved ones the opportunity to win a whole bundle of it?
Our team will help organize a raffle to fundraise for our work in immigrant and working-class communities.
📲Email us!
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
❄️Let it snow… raffles!
Our members know that Make the Road NY swag is the hottest merch in town, so why not give your loved ones the opportunity to win a whole bundle of it?
Our team will help organize a raffle to fundraise for our work in immigrant and working-class communities.
📲Email us!
Our members know that Make the Road NY swag is the hottest merch in town, so why not give your loved ones the opportunity to win a whole bundle of it?
Our team will help organize a raffle to fundraise for our work in immigrant and working-class communities.
📲Email us!
📱 Using your #RightToRecord!
In the U.S.– no matter what your immigration status is– you have the right to record immigration enforcement agents. This is a powerful tool for exposing their tactics, combatting abuse, and fighting detention.
In the U.S.– no matter what your immigration status is– you have the right to record immigration enforcement agents. This is a powerful tool for exposing their tactics, combatting abuse, and fighting detention.
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
📱 Using your #RightToRecord!
In the U.S.– no matter what your immigration status is– you have the right to record immigration enforcement agents. This is a powerful tool for exposing their tactics, combatting abuse, and fighting detention.
In the U.S.– no matter what your immigration status is– you have the right to record immigration enforcement agents. This is a powerful tool for exposing their tactics, combatting abuse, and fighting detention.
The Protect Our Courts Act (POCA) helps people safely attend NY state & city courts without fearing an ICE arrest.
Although this is a victory for our communities, it's not applicable to federal courts. Immigrants attending their hearings at federal courts can still be subjected to ICE kidnappings.
Although this is a victory for our communities, it's not applicable to federal courts. Immigrants attending their hearings at federal courts can still be subjected to ICE kidnappings.
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Protect Our Courts Act (POCA) helps people safely attend NY state & city courts without fearing an ICE arrest.
Although this is a victory for our communities, it's not applicable to federal courts. Immigrants attending their hearings at federal courts can still be subjected to ICE kidnappings.
Although this is a victory for our communities, it's not applicable to federal courts. Immigrants attending their hearings at federal courts can still be subjected to ICE kidnappings.