Posts by FaithinNewYork
NYC Mayor Agrees to Cut $1 Billion From NYPD, But Reformers Call BS
N. Jamiyla Chisholm, Colorlines, June 30, 2020. The original version of this article appeared in Colorlines and can be found here. Following a major tug-of-war between New York City public officials and activists, Mayor Bill de Blasio finally agreed to cut $1 billion from the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) massive budget Tuesday (June 30), NBC New York reports. The NYPD cut is part of an $88.1 billion…
Read MoreWashington Square Park Immigration Rally
Demonstrators gathered in Greenwich Village Thursday evening to stand in solidarity with immigrants. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/03/16/washington-square-park-immigrant-rally/
Read MoreAnti-Gentrification Affordable Housing Marching Band Protest
MIDTOWN – An group of anti-gentrification protesters held a mock funeral for affordable housing and briefly disrupted a meeting of the Real Estate Board of New York at a Midtown hotel Wednesday. https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170315/midtown-east/rebny-gentrification-affordable-housing-marching-band-protest
Read MoreRally in Washington Square Park Planned Trump Suffers Second Travel Ban Defeat
A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban hours before it was to take effect, marking the second time courts have thwarted Trump’s efforts to freeze immigration by refugees and citizens of some predominantly Muslim nations. https://longislandtechnologynews.com/2017/03/rally-in-washington-square-park-planned-trump-suffers-second-travel-ban-defeat/
Read MoreRally in NYC planned after Trump suffers second travel ban defeat
LOWER MANHATTAN — A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban hours before it was to take effect, marking the second time courts have thwarted Trump’s efforts to freeze immigration by refugees and citizens of some predominantly Muslim nations. http://abc7ny.com/politics/rally-in-nyc-planned-after-trump-suffers-second-travel-ban-defeat/1803269/
Read MoreLideres religiosos en desobediencia civil por defender a inmigrantes
EVA YORK.- Decenas de manifestantes bloquearon la noche de este jueves el tráfico en un declarado acto de desobediencia civil al arrodillarse frente al centro de detención de Inmigración y Aduanas localizado en la calle Varick, en el Bajo Manhattan. http://eldiariony.com/2017/03/16/lideres-religiosos-en-desobediencia-civil-por-defender-a-inmigrantes/
Read MoreSwastikas on door of UWS church
In the midst of a national and citywide spike in anti-Semitic acts, an Upper West Side church, which recently announced its status as a sanctuary for the undocumented, discovered a series of swastikas carved into its front door. The Fourth Universalist Society, a Unitarian Universalist church, learned of the vandalism on the morning of Feb.…
Read MoreReflections on the Travel Ban
On March 6th, President Trump signed a second version of an Executive Order on Immigration titled, “Executive Order Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States”. We asked our contributors to share their reflections about the situation immigrants and refugees are now facing and how faith plays an important role in welcoming…
Read MoreHouses of Worship Sign Up to House Undocumented Immigrants During Raids
MANHATTAN — As fear grips the city’s immigrant communities after this weekend’s arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, many houses of worship across the boroughs are gearing up to provide refuge to undocumented New Yorkers in the event of future raids. Interfaith networks focused on social justice issues, like the New Sanctuary Coalition of…
Read MoreFaith in sanctuary
After hearing reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids around the country, an Upper West Side congregation voted to make itself a short-term refuge for undocumented immigrants. “Hopefully it won’t be necessary to use that but there are raids that have already begun in New York City,” said the Rev. Schuyler Vogel, senior minister…
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