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For the past 16 years, DRUM’s members, along with several different communities and grassroots organizations have fought to restore drivers licenses for immigrant New Yorkers. Today the people of our state are one step closer to victory. With the Assembly having passed the legislation on June 12th, and the Senate having passed their bill today,…

Street vendors do the work through rain and shine  So yesterday, we honored and celebrated a major victory by street vendors against abuse by city agencies in a press conference despite the rain  Street vendors won a major lawsuit, led by Street Vendor Project, against the city for trashing the carts, materials, supplies, and food of…

The victory over Amazon was a watershed moment for our city, and our very ideas of how economic development should happen  This past Saturday, we kicked off community conversations to talk about why Amazon HQ2 was a bad deal for New Yorkers, but also to deepen our understanding of the need for economic development that…

“As an immigrant worker and mother I know all too well the dangers of allowing Amazon to come into NYC. Not only because women workers will face the brunt of abuse by Amazon, but also because of how ICE collaborates with Amazon to tear families apart. Our work kept Amazon out of NYC and we…