Etiqueta: language access
City of Long Beach Announces Language Access Plan
The City of Long Beach has adopted a language access policy that promises the city will make reasonable efforts to provide essential access to...
Nassau County Fails to Implement its Executive Order on Language Access:...
More than two-dozen Nassau County immigrants and their allies addressed the County Legislature on Monday to demand leadership on language access. They asked legislators...
Nassau Police to Focus on Crimes Against Immigrants
Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and Nassau County Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter held a joint press conference Monday announcing a new initiative...
Suffolk Schools Agree to Changes to Accommodate English Language Learners
Seven school districts, including six in Suffolk County and one in Westchester County have reached agreements with New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman...
LILAC Conference: Filling in the Gaps to Language Access
“It’s simple justice that those who contribute their tax dollars through the treasury to public resources should not be excluded from the very institutions...
Advocates Pressure Mangano to Keep His Promise on Language Access
More than one year ago, County Executive Ed Mangano signed executive orders 67 and 72, which require that language access, in the form of...
Nassau County Misses Deadline for Language Access Programs
Last year, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano signed two executive orders aimed at providing greater access to county services to an increasingly diverse population...