The New York Immigration Coalition's 2016 Annual Report

2016
Annual Report
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A Letter to our Supporters
What an incredible year for the New York Immigration Coalition!
At the NYIC, we never stop our fight for the four million immigrants who call New York State home — and we’ve achieved
some big wins in 2016. This year, we registered a record 8,500 students to vote at our Student Voter Registration Day,
who made their voices heard on Election Day; we mobilized over 700 allies to Washington, D.C. to show support for
President Obama’s historic executive action on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for
Parents of Americans and Lawful Residents (DAPA); we successfully advocated for increased translation services across
New York City public schools, resulting in 1,800 schools which now have direct access to over-the-phone-interpreters
after business hours; and we gathered 3,000 signatures in support of Green Light NY: Driving Together — our campaign
to win driver’s licenses for all New Yorkers regardless of immigration status. And that’s only the start!
As we look forward to 2017, we will continue to support and unify our members, champion and defend the rights of New
York’s immigrants, and advocate for comprehensive immigration reform in the State and across the nation. Also, we will
celebrate our 30th Anniversary of supporting immigrant communities in New York!
This 2016 Annual Report gives you an overview of our efforts this past year. With your support, we will continue to build
on our successes in the coming year and beyond.
Thank you for your commitment to building a stronger New York for immigrants and all!
Best,
Steven Choi
Executive Director
Guillermo Chacón
Board Chair
Major Individual Supporters
Stanley & Marion Bergman
Suzette Brooks Masters & Seth Masters
Carol Chang
Joyce Chang & David Robbins
Rockwell Chin & May Chen
Muzaffar Chishti
Nikki Cicerani, Upwardly Global
Emilio España, AEM-USA Foundation
Penny Foley
Michael Hirschhorn & Jimena Martinez
Fay & Matt Jozoff
Gloria M. Kim
Pamela Klem & Thomas Dubin
Steven Koenig
Daniel Korich
Jeffrey Lee, Mirae Foundation
Parkin Lee
Jaime Lucero
Margie McHugh, MPI National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy
Richard & Ronay Menschel
Kay C. Murray
Luis Oganes
Chul Pak & Michelle Lee
Joshua Paulson
Jerald Posman
Carlos Rodriguez
Valerie Rubsamen
Ted Ruthizer & the Business Immigration Group of Kramer Levin
Alan Shapiro, MD, Co-founder and Medical Director of Terra Firma, a
program of Montefiore and Children’s Health Fund
Melanie Shugart
Marc Silberberg
Lorin Silverman
Ellen Sporn
Teresita Wisell, Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education,
Westchester Community College
Young Woo Choi
Kathy Wylde
2%
Fiscal Year 2016 Revenue
m Foundations & Corporations $1,658,647
m Government $987,873
m Special Events $206,187
m Conference $850,566
m Membership & Training $46,905
m Individual Donations $36,964
m Other Income $26,325
Total $3,813,469
25.9%
5.4%
43.5%
22.3%
1.23%
.97%
.7%
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Organizational and Corporate Supporters
1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
32BJ SEIU
America’s Voice
Bank United
Baruch College, School of Public Affairs
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of
New York
Center for Community Change
Citi Community Development
City University of New York
City University of New York (CUNY)
Chancellor James B. Milliken
Committee for Immigration Reform
Implementation
Community Health Care Association of NYS
Community Service Society of New York
CUNY Research Foundation
Con Edison
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
District Council 37, AFSCME, AFL-CIO
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Health and Welfare Council of Long Island
H. L. Epstein Family Foundation
Industry City
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Laundry, Distribution & Food Service JB,
Workers United, SEIU
Lehman College
Lutheran Immigrant and Refugee Service
M&T Charitable Foundation
MinKwon Center for Community Action
National Council of La Raza
National Partnership for New Americans
N Cheng LLP
New York City Health and Hospitals
Corporation
New York Civic Engagement Table
New York State Nurses Association
NYU Lutheran Family Health Centers (FHC)
NYU School of Medicine
Partnership for a New American Economy
Partnership for New York City
PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP
Schuyler Center for Analysis & Advocacy
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Southwest Airlines
Transport Workers Union Local 100
UJA-Federation of New York
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
Westchester Community College
Western Union
World Education Services (WES)
Zegar Family Fund
Pro Bono/In-Kind Supporters
Brooklyn Brewery
Catchafire
City Winery
Dentons US LLP
Exec|Comm LLC
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Google
Gray Matters
Lawyers Alliance for New York
Michael Mandel, Esq.
Ed Sermier
Sidley Austin LLP
Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Clinton Stevenson
Amy Thesing
UCLA Labor Center
Government and Foundation Supporters
Altman Foundation
Bernard F. and Alva B. Gimbel Foundation
Booth Ferris Foundation
Corporation for National and Community Service
Durst Family Foundation
FJC - A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds
Ford Foundation
Four Freedoms Fund
Fund for New Citizens
Hagedorn Foundation
Herb Block Foundation
Jacob & Valeria Langeloth Foundation
JM Kaplan Fund
Juntos Podemos
Lily Auchincloss Foundation
May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation
Mertz Gilmore Foundation
New York City Campaign Finance Board
New York City Council
New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito
New York City Council Member Daniel Dromm
New York City Department of Education
New York City Department of Youth and Community Development
New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs
New York Community Trust
New York Foundation
New York State Office for New Americans
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
North Star Fund
Open Society Foundations
Puffin Foundation
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
Scherman Foundation
Tides Foundation
Tiger Baron Foundation
Unbound Philanthropy
Wallace H. Coulter Foundation
NYIC SPECIAL EVENTS
National Immigrant
Integration Conference,
December 2015
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ä City Legislative
Breakfast, February 2016
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Young Professionals
Leadership Council
Summer Soiree,
August 2016
ä Albany Leaders’ Summit, January 2016
ä NYIC Gala, May 2016
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Immigration Advocacy
works to identify and break down barriers to equality and justice, focusing on
strategic, high-profile issues affecting immigrants on the federal, state, and local
levels — including but not limited to comprehensive immigration reform, tuition
equity, and enforcement and detention.
700
New Yorkers mobilized to Washington,
D.C. to defend President Obama’s
administrative relief programs
during oral arguments in
Texas vs. the United States
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Supreme Court to judge
Obama immigrant
protection plan
In New York, around 300,000 immigrants
could potentially benefit from the rule,
which could come into effect as early as
June or July, said Thanu Yakupitiyage,
spokesperson for the New York
Immigration Coalition.
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“Know-Your-Rights” trainings
held in response to increased
activity from Immigration
Customs Enforcement (ICE) with
300+
people in attendance
NYIC Lays Out Immigrant Blueprint >
The New York Immigration Coalition this week
released its “immigrant blueprint” for the budget.
The organization wants lawmakers to take a broader
look at the definition of who qualifies as an immigrant and also focus
on all parts of the state, not just New York City. Steven Choi, Executive
Director of the coalition, joins us to talk more about this.
200+
attendees at a press
conference calling for
Temporary Protected Status
for Ecuadorians, which allows
nationals to live and work
in the U.S. until it is safe for
them to return
100
people present at the Albany
launch of our Immigrant Blueprint
for New York, a long-term
statewide advocacy agenda
2 100
events held for the New York State DREAM Act campaign with participants in total
Protesters in Manhattan call
on Obama to stop feds from
deporting [undocumented]
immigrants
Anti-deportation activists held a
“die-in” Tuesday in lower Manhattan
as part of a national movement to get
President Obama to stop sending undocumented
immigrants back to their
Central American countries.
Many of the undocumented are fleeing
violence and instability caused by
gangs, drug trafficking and government
corruption, the activists said.
“We are disappointed that the Obama
administration once again has taken
this enforcement-heavy approach,”
said Steven Choi, executive director of
the New York Immigration Coalition.
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Civic Engagement
works to achieve more democratic and participatory political and civic processes.
20,000+
students educated and
8,500
registered to vote at our Student
Voter Registration Day — with
$400,000
given by City Council to
expand the event
Advocates Call for Voting
Reform Following Reported
New York Primary Irregularities
4/26/16 “When people are going
and finding that they cannot exercise
their political right to vote, that they
cannot exercise their voice, and their
voices have been silenced, that is
nothing short of a crime,” said Steven
Choi, executive director of the New
York Immigration Coalition, one of 25
organizations represented at the rally.
40,000
immigrant voters that turned out
for the 2016 general election in
New York City, Long Island, and
the lower Hudson Valley
400,000
new voters that the NYIC and partners have registered since 1998
through our Immigrants Vote! Campaign
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translations
of New York City voter registration forms
available thanks to advocacy by our Civic Engagement
Collaborative
A Push to Expedite Citizenship
Applications for New Voters
10/5/16 Mayra Aldás-Deckert, community coordinator at
the New York Immigration Coalition, said that the ability
to vote is one of the main goals of the new citizens and is
a way to give voice to the voiceless in the electoral process.
“I became a citizen last year and have never felt so
empowered than the day I took the oath of citizenship,”
she said. “My first thought was that I could vote. I can vote
for my family and my community…”
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New York City Council districts that allow
residents to decide how to allocate
capital funding, regardless of immigration
status, through participatory budgeting
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600
in-person and
200,000
online attendees at our
English/Spanish town hall on
the DACA+ and DAPA
Supreme Court decision
A Call for $ 13 million
Annually to Defend
Undocumented
Immigrants in New York
5/11/16 New York Immigration Coalition
asks City Council to include legal services
for immigrants in the city’s budget.
Legal Initiatives reaches thousands of legal
service providers and nonprofit staff every year through training, liaison work, and
technical assistance — effectively enhancing the availability of quality legal services
for immigrants across New York State.
Emotional
Moments at
Immigration
Townhall at the
New York Public Library
6/30/16 Channel 7, Univision and
community organizations from
across New York City hosted
a public town hall to answer
questions about immigration.
The meeting followed last week’s
Supreme Court vote on the DACA/
DAPA case that halted President
Obama’s executive actions on
immigration. NY Immigration
Coalition partnered with ABC7 and
Univision 41 in this community
outreach forum.
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trainings — including
3
week-long trainings for BIA
Recognition and Accreditation —
held, totaling more than
150
hours this year
170
immigrant
307
attendees — both
in person and
via webinar — at
NYIC legal service
trainings
community
members assisted at our
Citizenship Day event
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Protecting Immigrant New Yorkers
Task Force meetings attended by
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government, legal and social service
agencies to fight immigration fraud
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NYIC Members
are organizations dedicated
to representing the collective
interests and building the power
of immigrants in New York State.
The NYIC provides
Members opportunities for
engaging in advocacy and direct
service, discounts on legal
service trainings, leadership
development programs,
capacity-building support,
technical assistance and
up-to-date information, and
much more.
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re-grants made to Member organizations
in fiscal year 2016, totaling more than
$380,000
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participants in the
Immigrant Civic
Leadership Project —
a partnership with
Coro New York —
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of whom are on the
staff or board of NYIC
Member organizations
100+
community members
that volunteered
to support mass
assistance service
events like Key to the
City, Superstorm Sandy
rebuilding projects,
and emergency
preparedness trainings
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individuals engaged in
paraprofessional service
through the NYIC VISTA
program —
19
of whom served at Member
organizations in New
York City, Long Island,
Westchester, Albany,
and Buffalo to build
organizational capacity for
immigrant-focused antipoverty
programs
and services
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Member
organizations
that have
attended the NYIC’s
legal service trainings
131
organizations that comprise
NYIC membership
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Regional Advocacy
engages local Member organizations from Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Buffalo,
Rochester, Syracuse and other upstate areas through advocacy, training, and service
coordination to address the needs of immigrants outside of New York City.
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roundtable discussions
convened in regions outside
of New York City, with
approximately
450
participants in total
Farmworkers to
march to Albany
for labor rights
5/13/16 Farmworkers and their
supporters are rallying Sunday
on Long Island and walking the
first leg of a 200-mile march
to Albany to call for labor
rights for a largely immigrant
workforce that plants and
harvests crops in New York.
3,000
signatures gained in support
of Green Light NY: Driving
Together, our campaign to win driver’s licenses for
all New Yorkers regardless of immigration status
Efforts for the New
York State Driver’s
License Campaign
3/25/15 In this program we interview Jackie
Vimo, Director of Regional Advocacy at the
New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) and
Francis Madi, Long Island Regional Outreach
Associate also at the NYIC. They talk about
the New York State Driver’s License Campaign and what is happening
both statewide and here on Long Island.
1,000+
participants who
attended community
forums and campaign
trainings for Green Light
NY: Driving Together
295+
families offered
informational workshops
and legal assistance
through our Long Island
Immigrant Children’s
Defense Project — out of
which
125
students received legal prescreenings
and referrals
40+
meetings with legislators held by regional
NYIC Members
Westchester Latinos worry
about ICE raids in South
1/14/16 Immigration lawyers and non-profit agencies around Westchester
— which is nearly 25 percent Latino — have received hundreds of calls from
terrified families around the region. Agencies are continuing to hold information
sessions to quell rumors, inform residents of their rights and calm jangled nerves.
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If you’re undocumented, you can apply for
CHILD HEALTH PLUS (CHP)
This is health insurance for children under 19 years
old that the government helps pay for.
All pregnant women can apply for Medicaid
regardless of their immigration status.
MEDICAID
This is health insurance for low- and middleincome
children and pregnant women that the
government helps pay for. How much you pay
depends on how much you make, but this
program will cover most of your health care costs.
Your coverage lasts for two months after your
pregnancy is over. Your baby is covered until he or
she is one year old (and after that they qualify for
Child Health Plus or Medicaid).
Many family planning and prenatal care places will
treat you without proof of insurance and help you
apply for financial help.
Si usted está indocumentado, puede solicitar
el seguro
CHILD HEALTH PLUS (CHP)
Es un seguro médico para los niños menores de 19
años que el gobierno ayuda a pagar.
Todas las mujeres embarazadas pueden solicitar
Medicaid sin preocuparse por su estado migratario.
MEDICAID
Este es un seguro médico para niños y mujeres
embarazadas de ingresos bajos y medianos
que el gobierno ayuda a pagar. Lo que usted paga
depende de cuanto gana, pero este programa
cubre la mayoría o todos los gastos médicos.
Para mujeres embarazadas, la cobertura dura dos
meses después del final del embarazo. Su bebé
tiene seguro hasta que el o ella cumpla un año (y
después califican para Child Health Plus
o Medicaid.)
Muchos lugares con servicios de planificación
familiar y cuidado prenatal le darán servicios
sin prueba de seguro médico y le ayudarán a
inscribirse en programas de ayuda financiera.
You’re Lawfully Present if you’re a permanent
Usted es un residente permanente, refugiado, asilado,
resident, refugee, asylee, or an individual with o tiene Estatus de Protección Temporal.
Temporary Protected Status.
O tiene el permiso del gobierno para vivir en los
You could also be Lawfully Present if you have Estados Unidos, o tiene autorización para trabajar
permission from the government to live in the US, or (aparte de DACA, vea “PRUCOL” abajo).
current work authorization (except Deferred Action
for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), see “PRUCOL” below). La ley dice que tiene que tener seguro. Aquí están las opciones,
dependiendo de cuanto gana:
The law says you have to have insurance. Here are your options,
depending on how much you make:
QUALIFIED HEALTH PLANS →
You’re here on a visa. Depending on the type of visa
you have, you might have to have health insurance.
Here are your insurance options, depending on how much
you make:
QUALIFIED HEALTH PLANS →
“PRUCOL” means you have evidence from United
States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
that they do not intend to deport you.
This category also includes people who have
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA).
Or if you have an application for an
immigration benefit.
You do not have to have health insurance by law, but here are
your options, depending on how much you make:
MEDICAID →
You entered the US without inspection at the border
or your visa has expired.
You do not have to have health insurance by law, but if you are
low-income you have these options:
MEDICAID →
MEDICAID →
EMERGENCY MEDICAID →
← CHILD HEALTH PLUS (CHP)
THE ESSENTIAL PLAN →
Dependiendo del tipo de visa que tenga, podría ser
requerido para usted de tener seguro médico.
Aquí están las opciones dependiendo de cuanto gana:
THE ESSENTIAL PLAN →
“PRUCOL” significa que usted tiene pruebas de que el
Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de los Estados
Unidos (USCIS) no tiene intención de deportarlo.
Esta categoría también incluye a las personas que
tienen Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la
Infancia (DACA).
O si usted tiene una solicitud pendiente para un
cambio de estado migratorio.
Usted no tiene la obligación de tener seguro médico, pero estas
son sus opciones dependiendo de cuanto gana:
EMERGENCY MEDICAID →
Usted entró en los Estados Unidos sin pasar por la
inspección de fronteras o su visa ha expirado.
Usted no tiene la obligación de tener seguro médico, pero estas
son sus opciones dependiendo de cuanto gana::
WHAT IS IT?
Health insurance that the goverment might help
you pay for. You can only apply on the NY
State of Health Marketplace during ‘open
enrollment,’ which is a set time period every
year. You can apply at any time if you have a
change in your life like marriage, birth, or
adoption, but you only have 60 days to do it.
WHAT’S THE COST?
You pay a set amount each month, plus fees for
doctor’s visits and other services. How much you
pay depends on how much money you make.
WHAT IS IT?
These are low-cost plans for people who make
too much money to qualify for Medicaid. You can
apply at any time.
WHAT’S THE COST?
Care is free or low-cost. How much you pay
depends on how much you make.
WHAT IS IT?
Health insurance for low-income people that is
paid for by the government. You can apply at
any time.
WHAT’S THE COST?
Care is free or low-cost. How much you pay
depends on how much you make. With Medicaid,
the government pays almost all of your health
care costs.
¿QUÉ ES?
Un seguro médico que el gobierno tal vez le
ayude a pagar. Solo puede solicitarlo durante
el período de inscripción abierta (“open
enrollment”) que es un período determinado de
cada año. Si se produce un cambio en su vida,
como un matrimonio, nacimiento o adopción,
puede inscribirse en cualquier momento, pero
solo tiene 60 días para hacerlo.
¿CUÁL ES EL COSTO?
Usted paga una suma fija por mes más los gastos
de visitas al médico y otros servicios. Lo que
usted paga depende de cuanto gana usted.
¿QUÉ ES?
Son planes de bajo costo diseñados para personas
que ganan demasiado para calificar para Medicaid.
Puede solicitarlo en cualquier momento.
¿CUÁL ES EL COSTO?
Es gratis o de bajo costo. Lo que usted paga
depende de cuanto gana usted.
¿QUÉ ES?
Un seguro médico para personas de bajos
ingresos que paga el gobierno. Puede solicitarlo
en cualquier momento.
¿CUÁL ES EL COSTO?
Es gratis o de bajo costo. Lo que usted paga
depende de cuanto gana. Con Medicaid el
gobierno paga casi todos sus gastos de atención
de la salud.
WHAT IS IT?
¿QUÉ ES?
A program for low-income people who aren’t Un programa para personas de bajos ingresos
eligible for Medicaid because of their immigration que no pueden inscribirse en Medicaid por
status. You can pre-apply for Emergency
causa de su estado migratorio. Puede solicitar
Medicaid at any time so that the emergency Emergency Medicaid por anticipado para que la
room knows you have Emergency Medicaid when sala de emergencia sepa que tiene Emergency
you need to get emergency care.
Medicaid cuando necesite atención de
emergencia.
WHAT’S THE COST?
¿CUÁL ES EL COSTO?
Care is free. But Emergency Medicaid only covers
La atención es gratuita. Pero Emergency
the cost of treating medical emergencies.
Medicaid solo cubre el costo de tratar las
emergencias médicas.
Go to an emergency room. You’ll have
to be examined to make sure you have
an emergency.
Vaya a la sala de emergencias. Lo examinarán
para saber si se trata de una emergencia.
This doesn’t mean your care will be free — it can be
very expensive. But the hospital is required to help
you figure out how to pay for your medical bills.
Esto no significa que el tratamiento sea
gratuito – puede ser muy costoso. Pero el hospital
tiene la obligación de ayudarle a ver cómo pagar sus
facturas médicas.
nystateofhealth.ny.gov
1-855-355-5777
The Marketplace is the only place where you can
get financial help with insurance. If you need help,
contact a health care Navigator. They can give you
free help you can trust. Find one by calling
1-855-355-5777. For more options, see the back.
You also have the right to emergency
transportation in an ambulance.
También tiene derecho de recibir transporte
de emergencia en una ambulancia.
You will get better care from a health care provider
that you visit regularly who knows you. The emergency
room should be your last choice for health care, unless
you have an emergency!
Recibirá mejor atención con un profesional de la salud
que usted visita periódicamente y que lo conoce.
La sala de emergencias debe ser el último recurso
para su problema de salud, a menos que se trate
realmente de una emergencia.
nystateofhealth.ny.gov
1-855-355-5777
Es el único lugar donde puede obtener ayuda
financiera para su seguro médico. Si necesita
ayuda comuníquese con un asesor de atención
de la salud (Navigator), llamando al 1-855-355-
5777. La ayuda es gratuita y confiable. Vea más
información al dorso.
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Health Advocacy
works to ensure that all immigrants and limited English proficient (LEP) people have
access to safe and quality health care.
433,000
undocumented immigrants who
could benefit from the Coverage 4
All campaign to expand affordable
coverage to all New Yorkers
regardless of immigration status
Coalition moves to expand
Obamacare to undocumented
immigrants 2/22/16 The umbrella
group Health Care for All New York,
which represents 170 organizations
across the state... is launching a
campaign dubbed Coverage 4 All to
get the state to expand the most basic
health insurance option on its Obamacare
marketplace to cover undocumented
immigrants. Led by Make the Road New
York and the New York Immigration
Coalition, Coverage 4 All urges state
legislators to adopt two strategies for
expanding Essential Plan coverage.
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Coverage 4 All advocacy,
strategic planning, and organizing
meetings held across the state
WHAT KIND OF
HEALTH CARE
DO YOU
QUALIFY FOR?
¿QUÉ TIPO
DE ATENCIÓN
DE LA SALUD
PUEDE RECIBIR
USTED?
2,000+
Are you pregnant or looking for
“Welcome to Health Care” health informational care a child? posters
¿Está embarazada o necesita
atención de la salud para un niño?
on immigrant health access options and rights
All children under 19 years old and Todos los niños menores de 19
pregnant women can get health años y las mujeres embarazadas
insurance, no matter what their pueden obtener un seguro médico
distributed to community-based immigration status is. organizations
independientemente de su estado
migratorio.
and community members
1. 2,400+
First, find your IMMIGRATION
LAWFULLY PRESENT
NON-IMMIGRANT
"PRUCOL", BUT NOT
LAWFULLY PRESENT
UNDOCUMENTED
STATUS ↓ to see which programs
you qualify for.
Primero busque su ESTADO
MIGRATORIO ↓ para ver para cuales
programas usted califica.
Then, learn more about
the PROGRAMS. ↓
Conozca sus OPCIONES DE
2.PROGRAMAS DE LA SALUD. ↓
New York City residents
enrolled LEGALMENTE PRESENTE in ActionHealthNYC,
QUALIFIED HEALTH PLANS
the city’s direct access
pilot program to provide
coordinated, high-quality, lowcost
care to undocumented
THE ESSENTIAL PLAN
NO-INMIGRANTE
immigrants who are not
eligible for comprehensive
“PRUCOL”, PERO NO
PRESENTE
MEDICAID
health LEGALMENTE coverage
$1 Million
EMERGENCY MEDICAID
INDOCUMENTADO
awarded by the New York
City Council to support
F I N D YO U R P RO G R A M →
BU S QUE S U P RO G R A M A →
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community-based
organizations and
community health centers
for the second year of
Access Health NYC —
an initiative to improve
outreach and education on
health access and rights
If you’re uninsured, you can still
get health care at NYC Health +
Hospitals and public hospitals
across NY State.
Si no tiene seguro médico, de
todos modos puede recibir
atención médica de emergencia
en los hospitales de NYC
Health+Hospitals y en los demás
hospitales públicos del estado
de Nueva York.
What if I have an
emergency?
¿Qué pasa si tengo
una emergencia?
You have the right to get treated if Tiene derecho de recibir tratamiento
you have an emergency! It doesn’t si tiene una emergencia médica sin
matter what your immigration status tener en cuenta su estado migratorio,
is, if you have insurance, or if you sin tener seguro médico ni la
can afford to pay.
capacidad de pagar.
WHAT’S NEXT? ¿QUÉ SIGUE?
You can apply for all of these options on
the NY State of Health Marketplace.
Don’t forget! You have the
right to interpretation and
translation of important forms
wherever you go.
¡No se olvide! Usted tiene
derecho a recibir interpretación
y traducción de formularios
donde sea que vaya.
Usted puede solicitar cualquiera de
estas opciones en NY State of Health
Marketplace.
Breaking Language Barriers
at NYC’s Public Hospitals
3/13/16 Max Hadler, a health advocacy
specialist with the NYIC said, “The
distance that has been covered in
improving language access for limited
English proficient people in the healthcare
setting is pretty amazing,” he added.
“No matter what time frame you put on it,
we’ve come a long way.”
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Special Projects
develops and implements unique community-based initiatives and campaigns to engage,
empower and holistically integrate immigrant communities in New York City and State.
29,837
people from
66
countries served since 2011
at our Key to the City events
— a mobile, communitybased
initiative that
provides immigrant families
with vital consular IDs,
legal screenings, college
readiness programming and
more — with
2,257
served at
6
events this year
1,200
individuals engaged and
200+
served by the Black Immigrant
Engagement Initiative — a
collaborative between the
NYIC and partners to increase
outreach, advocacy, and
immigration legal support for
NYC’s African, Afro-Caribbean,
and Afro-Latino communities
New York Immigrant Advocates
Launch Black Immigrant
Engagement Initiative
9,000+
individuals reached and
800+
served at
156
events statewide as part of our Mexican
Initiative for Deferred Action
$13Million
in adult literacy funds won for
New York City and New York
State’s communities
City Council Offers Immigrant
Families the ‘Key to the City’
in the form of Legal Assistance
2/27/16 Local officials came out
to Public School 24 in Sunset Park
Saturday morning to inform immigrant families about
legal resources they have access to.
The event is part of the City Council’s “Key to the
City” initiative, which aims to support the city’s
immigrant population.
“The work that we’re doing here with the New York
Immigration Coalition is to make sure that everybody
gets services — legal, healthcare, IDNYC — and
other things that they need as family members to
be able to prosper,” said City Councilman Carlos
Menchaca. “We want immigrant families to thrive and
that’s what we’re doing here in Sunset Park.”
The Key to the City initiative is a City Council-funded
initiative led by the New York Immigration Coalition.
14
consulates that partner with
the NYIC for Key to the City
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youth engaged in the New
American Youth Leadership
Corps — a leadership
development program for
first- and second-generation
immigrant high school students
218,000
ELLs in New York State who will be impacted by the
Every Student Succeeds Act plan which the NYIC helped to shape
New York City Boosts
Translation Help for Parents
1/11/16 Steven Choi, executive
director of the New York Immigration Coalition, said the
new measures would help bridge a gap in translation
services that his organization found through a survey of
parents last year. The Coalition released a report showing
that parents missed critical information about their child’s
education because of a lack of interpretation services and
that parents often relied on their own children to translate.
NYC Schools Expand
Language Access, Aids
Immigrant Families
Education Advocacy
aims to improve the quality of education for New York’s English Language Learner (ELL)
and immigrant students, and to promote opportunities for parents to meaningfully
engage in their education.
1/18/16 The New York
Immigration Coalition’s (NYIC)
Education Collaborative
joined up with New York City
Schools Chancellor Carmen
Fariña to announce the
placement of new translation
and interpretation support
programs for the city’s large
immigrant population.
1,800+
schools with direct access to over-thephone-interpreters
after business hours
9
new full-time field language access coordinators,
hired as a result of our Build the Bridge Campaign,
who provide support and monitor translation and
interpretation for public school parents
3,300+
“Your Children Can Go to College. Yes They Can!” guides
distributed in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Haitian Creole,
English, and Spanish to immigrant parents
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Board of Directors
Manuel Castro
Executive Director
New Immigrant Community Empowerment
Guillermo Chacon, Chair
President
Latino Commission on AIDS
Megan Chambers
Chief of Staff of Laundry Distribution and
Food Service Joint Board
Workers United
Muzaffar Chishti
Director
Migration Policy Institute at NYU School of Law
Kevin Douglas
Co-Director of Policy & Advocacy
United Neighborhood Houses
Angela Fernandez
Executive Director
Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights
Gail Golden
Co-Chairwoman
Rockland Immigration Coalition
Eva Hassett
Executive Director
International Institute of Buffalo
James Hong
Interim Executive Director
MinKwon Center for Community Action
Mae Lee
Executive Director
Chinese Progressive Association
Carmen Maquilon
Director of Immigrant Services
Catholic Charities Diocese of Rockville Center
Gonzalo Mercado
Executive Director
La Colmena
Lewis Papenfuse
Executive Director
Worker Justice Center
Margo Paz
Senior Policy Advisor
UJA-Federation of New York
Mohammad Razvi
Executive Director
Council of Peoples Organization
Elsie St. Louis
Executive Director
Haitian-Americans United for Progress
Linda Sarsour
Director
Arab-American Association of New York
Annetta Seecharran
Bakary Tandia
Case Manager and Policy Advocate
African Services Committee
Luz Tavarez-Salazar
Director, Government & Community Relations
Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of New York
Estela Vasquez
Executive Vice President
Local 1199-SEIU
Patrick Young
Director of Legal Services
Central American Refugee Center
2%
Staff
60%
Steven Choi
Executive Director
Sara Rakita
Managing Director
Mayra Aldás-Deckert
Community Engagement Manager
Muzna Ansari
Immigration Policy Manager
Murad Awawdeh
Director of Political Engagement
Claudia Calhoon
Director of Health Advocacy
Silvia Carrasco-Gonzales
Administrative Manager
Claudia Carrera
Communications & Outreach Associate
Charlotte Gossett Navarro
Regional Outreach Manager
Kiwi Grady
Membership & Capacity Building Manager
Max Hadler
Health Advocacy Specialist
Adriana Lovera
Education & Youth Leadership Manager
Camille Mackler
Director of Legal Initiatives
Francis Madi
Regional Outreach Senior Associate
Andrew Ochoa
Contracts & Operations Associate
Carlene Pinto
Immigration Campaign Manager
Elizabeth (Betsy) Plum
Director of Special Projects
Juan Ramírez
Human Resources & Operations Manager
Gillian Rowland-Kain
Special Assistant
Christina Samuels
Development Manager
Kim Sykes
Education Advocacy Senior Manager
Hallam Tuck
Training & Legal Initiatives Associate
Samantha Van Doran
Development & Communications Associate
Thanu Yakupitiyage
Senior Communications Manager
Tiffany Wheatland-Disu
Community Outreach Manager
Karen Yau
Director of Outreach & Capacity Building
Fellows
Megan Abron, Jackie Wong Fellow
Mamadou Bah, Public Allies Health
Advocacy Fellow
Kristina Ericson, Development VISTA
Teija Garrett, Capacity Building Civic Corps Member
André Mozeak, Civic Engagement Fellow
Alicia Patterson, AmeriCorps VISTA Leader
Lovelie Tejada, Voting Rights Campaign Organizer
& Puffin Foundation Educator-Activist Fellow
Erica Watson, Special Projects VISTA
Katherine White, Communications VISTA
KZ, Public Allies Civic Engagement Fellow
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The New York
Immigration
Coalition
Opportunity & Justice for All
www.nyic.org
131 W. 33rd Street, Suite 610
New York, NY 10001
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@thenyic