Tag: hempstead
Education Commissioner Asked to Remove Cross from School Board
Frederick K. Brewington, the lawyer representing Hempstead School Board candidate Maribel Touré, appealed yesterday to the state education commissioner to remove or invalidate the...
Hempstead School Board Candidate Protests at City Hall
Yesterday, Maribel Touré, the Hempstead school board candidate whose loss is in dispute, led several dozen residents in a march on city hall in...
Drama Continues for Hempstead School Board
On Friday, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice seized voting records of the beleaguered Hempstead School Board’s election in an attempt to investigate possible...
VIDEO: Candidates for Hempstead School Board Discuss Issues
On Monday, six out of seven candidates running for the Hempstead school board appeared before concerned parents and district residents to discuss their plans...
Job Opening: Staff Attorney
The Central American Refugee Center is a non-profit serving the immigrant community on Long Island. CARECEN has a three-decade long history of working on...
An Affordable and Trustworthy Path to Citizenship for LI Immigrants
When I came to CARECEN’s office in Hempstead yesterday, the first thing my receptionist told me was that dozens of people had called to...
Protesters March for Immigrant Rights in Hempstead
As the rain faded out and the sun pressed its way through the clouds, a gathering of protesters formed at the corner of Front...
Pathways Program A Remarkable Step Forward for Long Island
On Tuesday I addressed a room filled with people who had come to hear about a new program to help permanent residents apply for...
Pathway to Citizenship Now Open to Long Islanders
At a conference at Kennedy Memorial Park in Hempstead, a coalition of New York state government and local groups kicked off a program earlier...
Coping With a Changing Community
New York has long been an epicenter of immigration. People come here from around the world for a better life, to work hard and...