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Organizing to Transform Ourselves and Our Laws: The New York Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Campaign
Our campaign culminated with the passage of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in 2010. This statewide legislation recognizes the domestic workforce and establishes basic labor standards. The first law of its kind, the bill provides expanded over-time pay, protection
Doing the Work That Makes all Work Possible,
Domestic workers continue to organize and continue to act for the sector’s collective interest, calling for state, national international policies that will enable them to achieve fair labor standards, recognition and full social stature.
Domestic Workers and Collective Bargaining
This report documents the inconsistent, informal, and uncertain nature of domestic employment and concludes that domestic workers need the right to collectively bargain. Inclusion under the SLRA would represent more than a symbolic gesture: the law’s important protections would allow
Weathering the Storm: Rebuilding a More Resilient New York City Housing Authority Post-Sandy
While this report reveals some of NYCHA’s major challenges in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, these findings and the related recommendations come at an opportune moment for public housing residents in New York City.
No Access: The Need for Improved Language Assistance Services for Limited English Proficient Asian Tenants of the New York City Housing Authority
The report details recommendations to reform NYCHA’s systems and services to give LEP Asian tenants genuine, meaningful access to critical information about their housing, and to allow them to participate more fully in the broader NYCHA community.
What Happens When Communities Organize? A New York Foundation Report
This report details strategies used by different kinds of community organizing groups to achieve policy wins and accomplishments.
Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers to Immigrant Financial Empowerment
Summary The Northwest Queens Financial Education Network, composed of CDP, Chhaya CDC, New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) and Queens Community House (QCH) worked on this report, which is based on 253 surveys. It explores how immigrants in Northwest Queens save