by changer | Jan 29, 2013 | News
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Queens Housing Coordinator Ivan Contreras (left) with Jesse Masyr (at microphone), attorney for Related and Sterling Equities
On Tuesday night, 200 Queens residents packed St. Sebastian’s Parish Center in Woodside for the Queens Housing Coalition’s meeting with Related and Sterling Equities, developers of the controversial plan for Willets Point. CMS, a member of the coalition, was there to provide information about our legal services and to answer attendees’ immigration and housing legal questions.
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by changer | Jan 27, 2013 | More News
Sunday, January 27, 2013
On Sunday, Catholic Migration Services joined the Guatemalan Consulate of New York for a “mobile consulate” event in the gymnasium of Regina Pacis Church in Borough Park, Brooklyn. (more…)
by changer | Jan 22, 2013 | More News
Sunday, January 12, 2013
On Sunday, the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Haitian Apostolate gathered at Holy Family Church in Canarsie to commemorate the 3rd anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12, 2010.
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by changer | Jan 2, 2013 | More News
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
On New Year’s Day, the Diocese of Brooklyn held its annual celebration of Haitian Independence Day at Our Lady of Refuge Church in Brooklyn. Deacon Paul Dorsinville, CMS’ Health Education Coordinator, spoke at the event, attended by more than 1,000 community members.
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by changer | Jan 2, 2013 | News
The renewal period for Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for Haitian nationals has been extended to Tuesday, January 29, 2013.
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by changer | Jan 2, 2013 | News
Linea Laboral Operator Rebecca Rybaltowski providing information to a community member during an outreach event in Woodside.
Línea Laboral, CMS’ bilingual workers’ rights hotline, was featured in a full-page article in the January 2013 edition of Nuestra Voz, the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Spanish-language newspaper.
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by changer | Dec 21, 2012 | News
Supervising Immigration Attorney Sharone Schwartz Kaufman, Catholic Charities’ Nina Valmonte, and former Director of Legal Services Rob McCreanor.
Catholic Migration Services (CMS) is pleased to announce that it will re-open intake for removal and deportation defense proceedings in January 2013. This programmatic development coincides with a successful re-structuring of the organization and the receipt of additional funding for our critical legal services.
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by changer | Dec 18, 2012 | More News
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Approximately 120 people attended December’s QHC/CMS meeting on Tuesday evening.
On Tuesday night, the Queens Housing Coalition/CMS hosted its final monthly meeting of the year, followed by a holiday party. CMS, a member of the coalition, was on hand to provide information about our legal services and to answer attendees’ immigration and housing legal questions.
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by changer | Dec 18, 2012 | More News
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Megan Helbling provides an overview of CMS’ mission and work to Dominican Academy students.
On Tuesday afternoon, CMS immigration counselors Corrylee Drozda and Megan Helbling visited the Dominican Academy, a Catholic college preparatory school for girls on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. They met with two classes of high school seniors on Catholic social teaching to share CMS’ mission and services and to discuss immigration policy with the students.
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by changer | Dec 9, 2012 | More News
Sunday, December 9, 2012
CMS immigration counselor Marisol Canales discusses immigration concerns with community members.
On Sunday afternoon, CMS immigration counselor Marisol Canales and Línea Laboral operator Rebecca Rybaltowski hosted an immigration and workers’ rights clinic at St. Paul the Apostle in Corona.
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