Community-Powered Investigations

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Community-Powered Investigations Labor

127,000 New York Workers Have Been Victims of Wage Theft

BY Max Siegelbaum Aug 22, 2023

Community-Powered Investigations Labor

NYS Department of Labor Fails to Recover $79 Million in Stolen Wages

BY Marcus Baram Aug 21, 2023

Asylum Seekers & Migrants Community-Powered Investigations Federal Immigration Policy

Migrants Struggle to Find Lawyers to Meet One Year Deadline to File for Asylum

BY Rommel H. Ojeda Apr 24, 2023

Community-Powered Investigations New York Immigrant Communities

Surviving the Water: New York City’s Flooding Crisis in the Age of Climate Change

BY John Upton BY Rommel H. Ojeda Apr 05, 2023

Asylum Seekers & Migrants Community-Powered Investigations Immigration

The Unspoken Toll Migration Has on Mental Health

BY Rommel H. Ojeda Jan 11, 2023

Asylum Seekers & Migrants Community-Powered Investigations Migration

Latin American Migrants Use TikTok to Share Their Journeys to the U.S. Border

BY Lucía Cholakian Herrera BY Rommel H. Ojeda Nov 30, 2022

Community-Powered Investigations 中文移民法规解读资源

真实身份证实施日期延期：预约面试要求、花费以及如何申请

BY Rommel H. Ojeda BY April Xu Nov 10, 2022

Community-Powered Investigations Documented

Documented's Coverage of Bronx Apartment Fire Nominated for Two Impact Awards

BY Madeline Faber Sep 28, 2022

NYC Company That Faked Worker Safety Training Makes National List of Most Dangerous Employers

BY Amir Khafagy Apr 25, 2024

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Un hombre de Brooklyn está dirigiéndose a migrantes recién llegados. Ellos dicen que les está quitando sus salarios.

BY Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio BY Amir Khafagy Apr 25, 2024

Employment & Workers Rights Resources English Labor Resources

Is Your Job Unsafe? Start a Workplace Safety Committee

BY Amir Khafagy Apr 25, 2024

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Community-Powered Investigations Labor

Scientology's Secret Immigrant Workforce Exposes Decades of Exploitation

BY Kevin Dugan Sep 08, 2022

Community-Powered Investigations Pandemic Relief

Victims of Excluded Workers Fund Fraud Owe Taxes for Money That Was Stolen From Them

BY Rommel H. Ojeda May 06, 2022

Community-Powered Investigations New York Immigrant Communities

Undocumented Immigrants Launch Businesses With Excluded Workers Fund

BY Andrea Pineda-Salgado BY Rommel H. Ojeda Apr 22, 2022

Community-Powered Investigations Pandemic Relief

Agency Finds 'No Error' as Scammer Steals $14K from Excluded Workers Fund for Luxury Watches

BY Rommel H. Ojeda Feb 11, 2022

Community-Powered Investigations Español

Robos a tarjetas del Fondo para Trabajadores Excluidos afectan a inmigrantes

BY Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio BY Rommel H. Ojeda Jan 28, 2022

Community-Powered Investigations

Excluded Workers Fund Hit With Debit Card Thefts

BY Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio BY Rommel H. Ojeda Jan 26, 2022

Community-Powered Investigations Immigration Fraud & Misinformation

Scam Messages Are Targeting Immigrants On WhatsApp and Social Media

BY Juliana Jiménez BY Rommel H. Ojeda Dec 16, 2021

Community-Powered Investigations

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