The Catholic Migration Services Impact Reception honored Virginia & Ambinder, LLP, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Lauren Springer, and Regina Shanley for the great work they have done for New Yorkers, in the areas of workers’ rights, tenant power, and pro
Attorney General James Recovers $1.1 Million for Rikers Island Cleaners Cheated out of Fair Pay CleanTech Underpaid Immigrant Workers and Refused to Provide Paid Sick Leave at Height of Pandemic; Crew Chiefs Required Some Workers to Pay Illegal Kickbacks to
Catholic Migration Services To Honor Davis Wright Tremaine for Pro Bono Impact June 10, 2024 News Provided by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP JUNE 10, 2024 – Catholic Migration Services, a nonprofit that provides pro bono legal services to low-income residents throughout
Thank you for Joining Us for the 2024 Annual Shining Star Award Celebration Catholic Migration Services recently honored this year’s Shining Stars during an award celebration presented by the Most Reverend Robert J. Brennan on Friday, April 19, 2024, at
Queens Community Orgs Host Town Hall on Tenant Right to Counsel Bill February 29, 2024 By Charlie Finnerty, Queens Ledger Woodside on the Move, the Right to Counsel Coalition, Chhaya, Catholic Migration Services and other Queens-based community organizations hosted a
Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Housing Catholic Migration Services Testimony on Urgent Need to Fund and Pass Statewide Right to Counsel (S2721) Catholic Migration Services is a proud member of the Right to Counsel Coalition, which unites tenants, organizers, legal services providers,
In the News – Assemblymembers Raga and Ardila join dozens of Woodside residents fighting for statewide right to counsel Feb. 25, 2024 By Czarinna Andres and QNS Staff Several non-profit groups held a town hall meeting in Woodside Wednesday evening
In the News – Woodside Rallies for Tenants’ Rights: A Push for Statewide Legal Counsel in Eviction Cases February 25, 2024 By Nimrah Khatoon, BNN Breaking Discover the transformative power of legal representation highlighted at the ‘Queens United: Town Hall
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, November 16, 2023 Employees of Rockwood Music Hall, located in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, are suing the venue’s owner, Kenneth Rockwood, for unpaid wages. The workers state in their complaint that on payday they were
In the News – In Queens, Strangers Become Neighbors Rent increases in a building in Sunnyside encouraged tenants to band together. Now they know one another’s names and help keep an eye on building management. November 6, 2023 By D.W.