Amir Khafagy, Author at DocumentedDocumented

Amir Khafagy

Amir Khafagy is an award-winning New York City-based journalist. He is currently a Report for America corps member with Documented. Much of Amir's beat explores the intersections of labor, race, class, and immigration.

@AmirKhafagy91

Labor Sex Workers

Despite Reforms, Sex Workers in New York Still Live in Fear of Arrest

Mar 20, 2023

Labor U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

New OSHA Rules Empower Immigrant Workers

Mar 03, 2023

Education

Troubled ASA College Closed But Left Students Out In the Cold

Mar 02, 2023

Labor Taxicab Industry

Uber and Lyft Drivers Fight Back Against Accounts Being Randomly Deactivated

Feb 24, 2023

Labor

LaGuardia Airport Workers Claim Anti-Union Retaliation

Feb 10, 2023

New York City Council New York Immigrant Communities Politics

City Council Member Funnels Taxpayer Dollars to Anti-Abortion Clinic

Feb 06, 2023

Construction Labor

Mayor Eric Adams Budget Cuts Put Wage Theft Recovery Program In Jeopardy

Jan 27, 2023

Labor

Twitter May Have Broken City Law by Firing Its Cleaning Staff

Jan 12, 2023

New York Immigrant Communities

Twin Parks Fire Victims Claim That Donations Are Still Owed, a Year Later

Jan 09, 2023

Taxicab Industry

Immigrant Drivers Fined by New York TLC Police in Sting Operations

Jan 06, 2023

Labor

Ahead of the Holiday Travel Season, Immigrant Airport Workers Are in Crisis

Dec 16, 2022

Labor

A Year Later, New York’s First Farm Workers Union Struggles to Secure Its First Contract

Dec 12, 2022

Labor

After Construction Worker Falls to His Death, Advocates Pressure Hochul

Dec 02, 2022

Labor

Spectrum Workers Sue Their Former Union

Dec 01, 2022

Labor

New York Delivery Workers Call for Higher Minimum Wage

Nov 22, 2022

Labor

Home Health Care Workers Can Sue Their Bosses, Court Says

Nov 18, 2022

Labor Taxicab Industry

TLC Fines Rise 446% as Cab Drivers Struggle to Pay Medallion Debts

Nov 18, 2022

Education

The Long Troubled ASA College Loses its Accreditation

Nov 15, 2022

Labor

Immigrant Workers Say Chipotle is Firing Them for Organizing

Nov 04, 2022

Labor

The MTA Says Immigrant Subway Cleaners are Not Entitled to Prevailing Wages

Oct 25, 2022

Español

Los químicos que afectan la salud reproductiva de trabajadoras en los salones de manicura

Oct 21, 2022

Labor

Nail Salon Workers Say Proper Ventilation Can Protect Their Reproductive Health

Oct 12, 2022

Education

For-Profit ASA College Deceived Immigrant Students, NYC Says

Oct 07, 2022

Labor

“At Any Moment Anybody Can Die”: Immigrant Construction Workers Fight for Safety

Oct 05, 2022

Street Vendors

De Blasio Promised that the NYPD Would Stop Policing Street Vendors. Mayor Adams Has Reversed Course

Sep 21, 2022

Labor

U.S Open Workers Win Back Pay for Stolen Wages

Sep 13, 2022

Labor

Healthcare Worker Union is Fighting a Bill that Would End 24 Hour Shifts for Home Health Aides

Sep 13, 2022

Labor

U.S. Open Immigrant Workers Say Their Wages Were Stolen

Sep 08, 2022

Housing Immigration Migration

Migrants are Wrestling With the Complex Shelter System in NYC

Aug 20, 2022

Asylum New York Immigrant Communities

As Asylum Seekers Arrive in NYC, Many Struggle to Get on Their Feet

Aug 12, 2022

Labor

In the Summer Heat, UPS Warehouse Workers Endure Sweltering Working Conditions

Aug 05, 2022

Chinese language

纽约市打击非法轻便摩托车送餐工人称遭不公平针对

Aug 03, 2022

Labor

NYC's Crackdown on Illegal Dirt Bikes Curbs Delivery Workers

Jul 25, 2022

Labor

At Spectrum Cable, America's Longest Ongoing Strike Ended With Workers Unhappy

Jul 15, 2022

Housing

Feds Say Bloods Took Over Fire-Clean Up Company That Worked In Building Where Loot Went Missing

Jul 13, 2022

Politics

As New York's Legislative Session Ends, Several Pro-Worker Bills Are Left Behind

Jun 03, 2022

Housing

Pregnant, Sick, Homeless and Afraid: Bronx Fire Survivors Say the City is Not Doing Enough

Mar 09, 2022