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Queens Housing Coalition Meets with Developers on Controversial Willets Point Plan

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

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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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Línea Laboral Featured in Nuestra Voz

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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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CMS Reopens Removal Defense Project

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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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CMS Partners with The New Americans Campaign

The New Americans CampaignCatholic Migration Services is proud to be part of The New Americans Campaign, an unprecedented national effort that is paving a better path to citizenship and helping legal residents achieve their dream of becoming American citizens. (more…)

Shining Star Award Dinners in Review

September 28th Honorees

On September 28th and October 5th, 2012, nearly 800 attendees gathered to celebrate this years Shining Star Award recipients.  Both dinners were held at the beautiful Gargiulo’s in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, NY.

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