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sábado, 29 de octubre de 2011
IKARUS GALLERY CULTURAL PROGRAM: THE 13TH ANNUAL HISPANIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL- BABYLO...
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FORO - SALVADOREÑOS EN LONG ISLAND: $12,590.92 para damnificados de El Salvador
FORO - SALVADOREÑOS EN LONG ISLAND: $12,590.92 para damnificados de El Salvador: Voluntarios del Comité de Emergencia en Nueva York Pro Damnificados de El Salvador, cuentan las donaciones colectadas en supermercados de Lo...
jueves, 27 de octubre de 2011
Long Island Sees Upswing in Immigrants
NY REGIONOCTOBER 27, 2011
Long Island Sees Upswing in Immigrants
By JOSEPH DE AVILA
Long Island's immigrant population has more than doubled in the past three decades, with nearly one in five Long Islanders now born abroad, according to a new report released on Thursday.
About a third of all immigrants on Long Island are now Hispanic, making it the biggest group of foreign-born Long Islanders, according to a report by the left-leaning Fiscal Policy Institute based on U.S. Census Bureau data. But an influx of Asians has also helped change the demographics of Nassau and Suffolk counties, two of the nation's wealthiest suburbs.
The report highlights how immigration trends in the New York City suburbs have been shifting for decades. Generations ago, immigrants came to areas such as Manhattan's Lower East Side to begin new lives before leaving for Long Island.
"Nowadays they are moving directly to the suburbs," said Lawrence Levy, executive dean at Hofstra University's National Center for Suburban Studies.
Today, Pakistanis are flocking to the town of Brookhaven; Koreans are coming to Oyster Bay and Glen Cove; and Ecuadorians are settling in Hempstead.
Hispanics from Central America have emerged as the biggest groups of new immigrants on Long Island. El Salvadorans were the largest immigrant group, increasing their ranks by 27% to nearly 56,000 between 2000 and 2009.
El Salvador's civil war in the 1980s and early 1990s, followed by social upheaval there, fueled the wave of emigration, said Patrick Young, an attorney with the Central American Refugee Center.
Now "there is almost no village on Long Island that doesn't have a small population of Salvadorans," Mr. Young said.
The Village of Hempstead remains an epicenter for many Central Americans. In the downtown area, the streetscape is lined with Salvadoran restaurants and bakeries, travel agencies specializing in flights to Central America and check-cashing vendors where immigrants can send remittances to their families back home.
Delmis Avella, who owns a clothing store downtown, came to Hempstead in 1993 from El Salvador. Her mother and sister arrived in Long Island with political asylum during the early 1980s. "I wanted to change my life," said Ms. Avella, 36 years old.
Ms. Avella says she has no intention of ever returning to El Salvador due to its gang problems. "It's too dangerous," said Ms. Avella, a mother of three.
Leslie Esperanza Rivera, 32, moved to Hempstead from Honduras a year ago to join her husband. She works in a clothing store in downtown Hempstead and sends money home to put her three children, who are still in Honduras, through school. Her husband works in a nearby pizzeria.
"It's better to come here and save money," said Ms. Rivera, who plans to stay in the U.S. for about another two years before returning to Honduras. "That's where my family is."
Jobs and family connections are the main reasons why immigrants have chosen Long Island for their home, Mr. Levy said, though the rate of immigration has slowed since the economic downturn began.
The report presents a complicated portrait of where immigrants work and how they contribute to the economy, said David Dyssegaard Kallick of the Fiscal Policy Institute.
Indians, who grew by 26% since 2000 on Long Island, and Filipinos, who surged 45%, primarily work in white-collar jobs such as engineering and teaching. Groups from Latin America—heavily represented by countries in Central America—are more likely to work in low-skilled jobs. Meanwhile, foreign-born Long Islanders own nearly a quarter of all small businesses in Nassau and Suffolk.
"There is no typical immigrant," Mr. Kallick said. "What you see is that the composite of immigration turns out to be a very robust picture of immigrant contribution with a lot of range."
While many immigrants come to Long Island for higher wages, they earn about a quarter less than U.S.-born workers. Immigrant families, however, earn only 11% less than U.S.-born families, mostly because foreign-born households tend to have more than two wage earners, the report said.
"I think the report debunks the popular stereotypes of Long Island immigrants," said Pearl Kamer, chief economist of the Long Island Association. Much of the political discussion around immigration on Long Island focuses on illegal immigration and ignores contributions made by foreign-born residents, she added.
Others criticized the report. "It doesn't...determine the costs of services that immigrants use in the economy," said Seth Forman, of the Long Island Regional Planning Council.
The report also doesn't distinguish between new immigrants and those who arrived in the country decades ago, Mr. Forman said. "I think that most people are concerned about present day immigration," he added.
Write to Joseph De Avila at joseph.deavila@wsj.com
Long Island Sees Upswing in Immigrants
By JOSEPH DE AVILA
Long Island's immigrant population has more than doubled in the past three decades, with nearly one in five Long Islanders now born abroad, according to a new report released on Thursday.
About a third of all immigrants on Long Island are now Hispanic, making it the biggest group of foreign-born Long Islanders, according to a report by the left-leaning Fiscal Policy Institute based on U.S. Census Bureau data. But an influx of Asians has also helped change the demographics of Nassau and Suffolk counties, two of the nation's wealthiest suburbs.
The report highlights how immigration trends in the New York City suburbs have been shifting for decades. Generations ago, immigrants came to areas such as Manhattan's Lower East Side to begin new lives before leaving for Long Island.
Today, Pakistanis are flocking to the town of Brookhaven; Koreans are coming to Oyster Bay and Glen Cove; and Ecuadorians are settling in Hempstead.
Hispanics from Central America have emerged as the biggest groups of new immigrants on Long Island. El Salvadorans were the largest immigrant group, increasing their ranks by 27% to nearly 56,000 between 2000 and 2009.
El Salvador's civil war in the 1980s and early 1990s, followed by social upheaval there, fueled the wave of emigration, said Patrick Young, an attorney with the Central American Refugee Center.
Now "there is almost no village on Long Island that doesn't have a small population of Salvadorans," Mr. Young said.
The Village of Hempstead remains an epicenter for many Central Americans. In the downtown area, the streetscape is lined with Salvadoran restaurants and bakeries, travel agencies specializing in flights to Central America and check-cashing vendors where immigrants can send remittances to their families back home.
Delmis Avella, who owns a clothing store downtown, came to Hempstead in 1993 from El Salvador. Her mother and sister arrived in Long Island with political asylum during the early 1980s. "I wanted to change my life," said Ms. Avella, 36 years old.
Ms. Avella says she has no intention of ever returning to El Salvador due to its gang problems. "It's too dangerous," said Ms. Avella, a mother of three.
Leslie Esperanza Rivera, 32, moved to Hempstead from Honduras a year ago to join her husband. She works in a clothing store in downtown Hempstead and sends money home to put her three children, who are still in Honduras, through school. Her husband works in a nearby pizzeria.
"It's better to come here and save money," said Ms. Rivera, who plans to stay in the U.S. for about another two years before returning to Honduras. "That's where my family is."
Jobs and family connections are the main reasons why immigrants have chosen Long Island for their home, Mr. Levy said, though the rate of immigration has slowed since the economic downturn began.
The report presents a complicated portrait of where immigrants work and how they contribute to the economy, said David Dyssegaard Kallick of the Fiscal Policy Institute.
Indians, who grew by 26% since 2000 on Long Island, and Filipinos, who surged 45%, primarily work in white-collar jobs such as engineering and teaching. Groups from Latin America—heavily represented by countries in Central America—are more likely to work in low-skilled jobs. Meanwhile, foreign-born Long Islanders own nearly a quarter of all small businesses in Nassau and Suffolk.
"There is no typical immigrant," Mr. Kallick said. "What you see is that the composite of immigration turns out to be a very robust picture of immigrant contribution with a lot of range."
While many immigrants come to Long Island for higher wages, they earn about a quarter less than U.S.-born workers. Immigrant families, however, earn only 11% less than U.S.-born families, mostly because foreign-born households tend to have more than two wage earners, the report said.
"I think the report debunks the popular stereotypes of Long Island immigrants," said Pearl Kamer, chief economist of the Long Island Association. Much of the political discussion around immigration on Long Island focuses on illegal immigration and ignores contributions made by foreign-born residents, she added.
Others criticized the report. "It doesn't...determine the costs of services that immigrants use in the economy," said Seth Forman, of the Long Island Regional Planning Council.
The report also doesn't distinguish between new immigrants and those who arrived in the country decades ago, Mr. Forman said. "I think that most people are concerned about present day immigration," he added.
Write to Joseph De Avila at joseph.deavila@wsj.com
NEWSDAY NOTES- notes immigrants' role in LI economy
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/study-notes-immigrants-role-in-li-economy-1.3276248Study
notes immigrants' role in LI economy
October 27, 2011 by VÍCTOR MANUEL RAMOS / victor.ramos@newsday.com
Immigrants in Nassau and Suffolk counties generated 17 percent of the total earnings of Long Islanders, roughly equal to their share of the population, a study of 2009 census figures released Thursday found.
The report by the liberal Fiscal Policy Institute in Manhattan also found most immigrant families live in owner-occupied homes and reported paying a median $8,499 in property taxes. Most are U.S. citizens. More than half were white-collar workers; nearly half of the immigrant households earned $80,000 a year or more; and 22 percent of small businesses were owned by people not born in the United States.
The group analyzed 2009 census and other demographic data to reach its conclusions that many immigrants are living the middle-class lifestyle as they bolster the Long Islandeconomy.
"Immigrants are pulling their weight in the economy," said David Dyssegaard Kallick, the institute's immigration research director. "When people think about immigrants they may not think as much about the executives and the doctors and the nurses or small-business owners."
They are a diverse bunch from places such as El Salvador, India and Italy, and numbered 493,000 in 2009, the study found.
The economic data, however, has to be weighed against the costs of a growing population and more demand for social services, said Steven Camarota, research director at the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies, which favors immigration limits.
Camarota points to data showing that 47 percent of immigrant households in New York State access social services, such as food assistance and Medicaid, compared with 27 percent for non-immigrants.
Seth Forman, chief planner for the Long Island Regional Planning Council, said the figures are accurate but paint an incomplete picture. The study doesn't reflect immigrant impacts on "infrastructure, schools, parks, environment, health and emergency services."
Susan and Ivan López of Lopez Brothers Landscaping in Farmingville weren't surprised by the findings. The Colombian immigrants started their business six years ago and employ 15.
"We came to this country seeking progress and wanting to live better than we could in our country," said Susan López, 30, who became a U.S. citizen years ago. "It's gratifying to see that all those weekends, Christmases and holidays we have worked are making a difference."
Maryann Slutsky, of Long Island Wins, an immigrant advocacy group in Old Westbury, said the report helps dispel a "false reality" about immigrants. "They come here from Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America and they come here to work hard."
notes immigrants' role in LI economy
October 27, 2011 by VÍCTOR MANUEL RAMOS / victor.ramos@newsday.com
Immigrants in Nassau and Suffolk counties generated 17 percent of the total earnings of Long Islanders, roughly equal to their share of the population, a study of 2009 census figures released Thursday found.
The report by the liberal Fiscal Policy Institute in Manhattan also found most immigrant families live in owner-occupied homes and reported paying a median $8,499 in property taxes. Most are U.S. citizens. More than half were white-collar workers; nearly half of the immigrant households earned $80,000 a year or more; and 22 percent of small businesses were owned by people not born in the United States.
The group analyzed 2009 census and other demographic data to reach its conclusions that many immigrants are living the middle-class lifestyle as they bolster the Long Islandeconomy.
"Immigrants are pulling their weight in the economy," said David Dyssegaard Kallick, the institute's immigration research director. "When people think about immigrants they may not think as much about the executives and the doctors and the nurses or small-business owners."
They are a diverse bunch from places such as El Salvador, India and Italy, and numbered 493,000 in 2009, the study found.
The economic data, however, has to be weighed against the costs of a growing population and more demand for social services, said Steven Camarota, research director at the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies, which favors immigration limits.
Camarota points to data showing that 47 percent of immigrant households in New York State access social services, such as food assistance and Medicaid, compared with 27 percent for non-immigrants.
Seth Forman, chief planner for the Long Island Regional Planning Council, said the figures are accurate but paint an incomplete picture. The study doesn't reflect immigrant impacts on "infrastructure, schools, parks, environment, health and emergency services."
Susan and Ivan López of Lopez Brothers Landscaping in Farmingville weren't surprised by the findings. The Colombian immigrants started their business six years ago and employ 15.
"We came to this country seeking progress and wanting to live better than we could in our country," said Susan López, 30, who became a U.S. citizen years ago. "It's gratifying to see that all those weekends, Christmases and holidays we have worked are making a difference."
Maryann Slutsky, of Long Island Wins, an immigrant advocacy group in Old Westbury, said the report helps dispel a "false reality" about immigrants. "They come here from Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America and they come here to work hard."
Study Finds That Immigrants Are Central to Long Island Economy
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/study-finds-that-immigrants-are-central-to-long-island-economy/
October 27, 2011, 7:01 AM
Study Finds That Immigrants Are Central to Long Island Economy
By MEREDITH HOFFMAN
Immigrants, those who are here legally and illegally, are important contributors to the economy on Long Island and are a relatively affluent group, according to a report to be released on Thursday.
The median income for a family with at least one immigrant adult was $98,000, compared with $110,000 for families headed by American-born adults, the report by the Fiscal Policy Institute said.
The report said that in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, two of the country’s 50 most affluent counties, immigrants represent about 16 percent of the population and add about 17 percent of value to the economy through their work.
The Fiscal Policy Institute — a union-supported, nonpartisan research and advocacy group — based its findings on Census Bureau data from 2009 and 2010.
Illegal immigration, especially as it contributes to the pool of day laborers, has been a flashpoint on Long Island with some towns aggressively policing gathering spots for immigrants seeking temporary jobs.
In 2008, an unarmed Ecuadorean immigrant, Marcelo Lucero, was stabbed to death by a group of teenagers in a racially motivated attack that shone a spotlight on anti-Hispanic crime on Long Island.
Advocates for immigrants said that the report helps debunk arguments made by some elected officials on Long Island that immigrants are a financial drain and instead shows that they are an integral part of the region’s economy.
“Immigrants are home owners, business owners, entrepreneurs, hard workers,” said Maryann Slutsky, director of Long Island Wins, an immigrant advocacy group.
Indeed, immigrants perform a variety of jobs, and are slightly overrepresented in jobs in the professional and health fields, though they are very overrepresented in low-income service jobs, according to the Fiscal Police Institute’s study.
Immigrants are also small business owners, with 22 percent of all Long Island small businesses owned by immigrants. Most immigrants live in homes they own — 75 percent, compared with 86 percent of United States-born residents in Long Island — and they pay roughly the same amount as native-born Americans in property taxes. The study reports that many illegal immigrants work in service, while a small number work in construction; over half pay taxes on their income, the study said.
Long Island’s immigrant population is also diverse.
Immigrants from El Salvador are the largest concentration, representing 12 percent of immigrants, followed by those from India, Italy and the Dominican Republic. Natives of Mexico make up only 3 percent of Long Island’s immigrant population.
Steve Levy, the Suffolk County executive, who has taken a hard line on illegal immigration, contended that the study was done by a “left-leaning” group that did not adequately distinguish between documented and illegal immigrants.
“No one is denying that legal immigration contributes to our culture and our economy,” Mr. Levy said in an interview. “It looks like selective data was put into this study omitting the drain on services that come about from the illegal population.”
But David Kallick, the director of the Fiscal Policy Insitute’s Immigrant Research Initiative, said that the report included “the best data there is about undocumented on Long Island.”
“I think it’s really important for Long Island to move on from such an overheated immigration discussion,” Mr. Kallick said. “The last thing we want to do is to follow the path of places like Arizona and Alabama where they seem to be going out of their way to create an off-putting climate for immigrants and that’s hurting them economically and socially.”
The Fiscal Policy Institute’s study was analyzed by Pearl Kamer, the chief economist for the Long Island Association, the regions’ largest business group.
“The findings are sufficiently detailed to show the role that immigrants play in the economy,” Ms. Kamer said, “and to guide policy makers in serving the immigrant community.”
October 27, 2011, 7:01 AM
Study Finds That Immigrants Are Central to Long Island Economy
By MEREDITH HOFFMAN
Immigrants, those who are here legally and illegally, are important contributors to the economy on Long Island and are a relatively affluent group, according to a report to be released on Thursday.
The median income for a family with at least one immigrant adult was $98,000, compared with $110,000 for families headed by American-born adults, the report by the Fiscal Policy Institute said.
The report said that in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, two of the country’s 50 most affluent counties, immigrants represent about 16 percent of the population and add about 17 percent of value to the economy through their work.
The Fiscal Policy Institute — a union-supported, nonpartisan research and advocacy group — based its findings on Census Bureau data from 2009 and 2010.
Illegal immigration, especially as it contributes to the pool of day laborers, has been a flashpoint on Long Island with some towns aggressively policing gathering spots for immigrants seeking temporary jobs.
In 2008, an unarmed Ecuadorean immigrant, Marcelo Lucero, was stabbed to death by a group of teenagers in a racially motivated attack that shone a spotlight on anti-Hispanic crime on Long Island.
Advocates for immigrants said that the report helps debunk arguments made by some elected officials on Long Island that immigrants are a financial drain and instead shows that they are an integral part of the region’s economy.
“Immigrants are home owners, business owners, entrepreneurs, hard workers,” said Maryann Slutsky, director of Long Island Wins, an immigrant advocacy group.
Indeed, immigrants perform a variety of jobs, and are slightly overrepresented in jobs in the professional and health fields, though they are very overrepresented in low-income service jobs, according to the Fiscal Police Institute’s study.
Immigrants are also small business owners, with 22 percent of all Long Island small businesses owned by immigrants. Most immigrants live in homes they own — 75 percent, compared with 86 percent of United States-born residents in Long Island — and they pay roughly the same amount as native-born Americans in property taxes. The study reports that many illegal immigrants work in service, while a small number work in construction; over half pay taxes on their income, the study said.
Long Island’s immigrant population is also diverse.
Immigrants from El Salvador are the largest concentration, representing 12 percent of immigrants, followed by those from India, Italy and the Dominican Republic. Natives of Mexico make up only 3 percent of Long Island’s immigrant population.
Steve Levy, the Suffolk County executive, who has taken a hard line on illegal immigration, contended that the study was done by a “left-leaning” group that did not adequately distinguish between documented and illegal immigrants.
“No one is denying that legal immigration contributes to our culture and our economy,” Mr. Levy said in an interview. “It looks like selective data was put into this study omitting the drain on services that come about from the illegal population.”
But David Kallick, the director of the Fiscal Policy Insitute’s Immigrant Research Initiative, said that the report included “the best data there is about undocumented on Long Island.”
“I think it’s really important for Long Island to move on from such an overheated immigration discussion,” Mr. Kallick said. “The last thing we want to do is to follow the path of places like Arizona and Alabama where they seem to be going out of their way to create an off-putting climate for immigrants and that’s hurting them economically and socially.”
The Fiscal Policy Institute’s study was analyzed by Pearl Kamer, the chief economist for the Long Island Association, the regions’ largest business group.
“The findings are sufficiently detailed to show the role that immigrants play in the economy,” Ms. Kamer said, “and to guide policy makers in serving the immigrant community.”
miércoles, 26 de octubre de 2011
martes, 25 de octubre de 2011
Nueva York: Buscan limitar acceso a beneficios sociales; latinos se oponen
Nueva York: Buscan limitar acceso a beneficios sociales; latinos se oponen
Una propuesta que exigiría el requisito de residir en el estado de Nueva York como mínimo 90 días antes de que una persona pueda solicitar servicios sociales del sistema público, ha generado preocupación entre la comunidad latina del Condado de Suffolk, Long Island.
"Ahora es muy fácil para las personas trasladarse a Suffolk y empezar a recibir beneficios de inmediato, compitiendo con los residentes de larga data que realmente los necesitan", dijo la tesorera del condado de Suffolk Angie Carpenter y candidata del partido republicano a la posición de Ejecutivo del Condado.
Carpenter dijo que está a favor de imponer algún tipo de requisito de residencia sobre la elegibilidad de las personas para acceder a los servicios sociales. "Por mi parte, deberíamos estar buscando opciones, como lo hacen otros estados", añadió Carpenter, "algún tipo de requisito de residencia para regular esos servicios sociales, de manera que aquellos que realmente lo necesitan, que han estado aquí y han sido parte de nuestro país, puedan obtener la ayuda que necesitan y merecen".
El proyecto de ley fue presentado ante el Comité de Servicios Sociales del Senado Estatal y aún no sido debatido. Una propuesta similar fue presentada en enero de este año por el senador republicano Michael Ranzenhofer del distrito senatorial 61 del estado de Nueva York.
La medida contribuiría a agravar la situación de muchas familias de latinos en la línea de pobreza que reciben servicios sociales para poder subsistir, sugieren residentes latinos del condado de Suffolk consultados por Aol Latino/HuffPost Latino Voices sobre la propuesta de Angie Carpenter.
El Asambleísta Phil Ramos, demócrata, que representa al distrito 6 de la Asamblea de Nueva York expresó, "estamos conscientes de la crisis económica que atraviesa el estado y todo el país y la necesidad de recortar el gasto gubernamental pero también tenemos claro que no podemos balancear el presupuesto afectando a los grupos más vulnerables de nuestra comunidad".
El distrito 6 de Asamblea de Nueva York incluye los pueblos de Brentwood, Central Islip y Bay Shore del condado de Suffolk. En el área está la mayor concentración de latinos en el estado, fuera del perímetro urbano de la ciudad de Nueva York.
"Imponiendo una moratoria de hasta 90 días a personas que pueden ser víctimas de violencia doméstica sería una tragedia. Una medida de ese tipo no sólo afectaría a la víctima sino también a sus hijos", afirma Phil Ramos.
Por su parte, Martha Maffei directora ejecutiva de la organización.... ver nota completa http://noticias.aollatino.com/2011/10/25/nueva-york-acceso-beneficios-sociales-latinos/
sábado, 22 de octubre de 2011
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viernes, 21 de octubre de 2011
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jueves, 20 de octubre de 2011
IKARUS GALLERY CULTURAL PROGRAM: GRANADA- AGUSTIN LARA
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miércoles, 19 de octubre de 2011
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¿Y QUE DICE EL FLAMANTE GIO- PRESIDENTE DEL CONSEJO CONSULTIVO DE LEVY?
Levy propone cerrar centros de atención, botar a 710 personas y poner más de 3500 víctimas de abuso infantil en peligro. ¿Y dónde está el "puente" de la comunidad hispana con el ejecutivo? ¿Qué propuesta han dado? ¿Como pretenden aconsejar a Levy para evitar los recortes? Que ideas "nuevas y frescas" traen a la mesa de negociación.
Bien dice el bachi es que ser un líder comunitario no es para hocicones.
Lo cual es cierto que tanto la administración de Levy en Suffolk y su colega Mangano en Nassau, en lo que respecta a los asuntos hispanos, son el sueño de un dentista. Trabajar con un par de muelas.
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/some-fear-levy-s-cuts-will-end-services-1.3252613
Some fear Levy's cuts will end services
October 17, 2011 by RICK BRAND AND PAUL LAROCCO / rick.brand@newsday.com., paul.larocco@newsday.com
Some of County Executive Steve Levy's top commissioners warned Monday of the severe impact of his $2.7 billion budget, saying the spending plan would "cripple" their ability to provide services.
Top health and social services officials said proposed cuts, including 710 layoffs, will shut down social service centers, halt water testing at beaches, end pollution investigations and put 3,500 potential child abuse victims at risk.
Robert Tomarken, the Suffolk health commissioner, warned that the department will be hampered in everything from responding to outbreaks of communicable diseases to performing annual restaurant inspections. Tomarken said he was not consulted on the cuts.
"The department has . . . emerged from a period of turbulence due to state aid funding issues and will be entering an even darker period of chaos and uncertainty," he said. "This will be the end of the county health department as we know it today."
Another Levy appointee, Social Services Commissioner Gregory Blass called the elimination of 295 departmental jobs -- 124 through layoffs -- "impossible to absorb" because public assistance rolls and the number of homeless continue to rise. Levy's budget, he said, "will literally cripple this department."
The hearings followed warnings by legislative budget analysts last week that Levy's budget, even with the layoffs, is out of balance by $135.2 million. Levy maintains his budget is balanced and his revenue estimates are sound.
"There would be no need for departmental layoffs if the unions would agree to contribute toward their health plan coverage, as does most everyone in the private sector," Levy said in a statement Monday. "We hope legislators will now pressure the unions to negotiate this reasonable concession."
But County Attorney Christine Malafi, one of Levy's most loyal appointees, called on lawmakers to reverse the layoffs of two attorneys who work in Family Court, "to make sure children don't get hurt." She said Levy had not consulted her about cuts to the office.
District Attorney Thomas Spota testified that Levy's move to cut 27 positions in his office -- including 15 through layoffs -- would hamper the office's efforts to keep up with a growing load of cases, including those involving gangs and drugs. "The bottom line is I need more, not less, investigators," Spota said.
NEWS NOTES- LABOR UNIONS RALLY AGAINST MANGANO'S PROPOSED BUDGET
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Labor unions rally against Mangano's proposed budget
(10/17/11) MINEOLA - The union representing county workers rallied against County Executive Ed Mangano's (R-Nassau) proposed budget in Mineola today.
"Mr. Mangano wants Nassau County to become another Wisconsin," says union member Katherine Gallagher. "We have a signed contract - he can't just go around ripping up contracts that were signed."
The workers were protesting the proposed 700 layoffs in Mangano's budget and his plan to declare a fiscal emergency.
The fiscal emergency would give Mangano the power to have union members pay 25 percent of their health care costs.
In a statement, Mangano said, "Rather than waste members' dues on T-shirts and juvenile signs, union leaders would serve their members responsibly by getting their butts to the negotiation table."
Labor unions rally against Mangano's proposed budget
(10/17/11) MINEOLA - The union representing county workers rallied against County Executive Ed Mangano's (R-Nassau) proposed budget in Mineola today.
"Mr. Mangano wants Nassau County to become another Wisconsin," says union member Katherine Gallagher. "We have a signed contract - he can't just go around ripping up contracts that were signed."
The workers were protesting the proposed 700 layoffs in Mangano's budget and his plan to declare a fiscal emergency.
The fiscal emergency would give Mangano the power to have union members pay 25 percent of their health care costs.
In a statement, Mangano said, "Rather than waste members' dues on T-shirts and juvenile signs, union leaders would serve their members responsibly by getting their butts to the negotiation table."
DEL ESCRITORIO DEL ASAMBLEISTA PHIL RAMOS- CARMEN ST. GEORGE RECIBE APOYO
Carmen St. George recibe apoyo de Asambleísta Ramos
A menos de cuatro semanas para la elección del próximo 8 de noviembre, la candidata a juez del distrito en el pueblo de Hempstead, Carmen St. George, recibió el apoyo del oficial electo hispano de más alto rango en Long Island, el asambleísta Phil Ramos.
“Durante la última década hemos estado trabajando por lograr mayor representación hispana y de minorías en todos los niveles de gobierno de Long Island y del estado. La candidatura de Carmen St. George es una inspiración para que más mujeres hispanas se involucren en política y gobierno. Contar con candidatas de la categoría de Carmen St. George es un honor y demuestra la diversidad de la comunidad hispana en Long Island.”
Ramos hizo el anuncio en un evento festivo en la ciudad de Garden City donde varias decenas de personas se hicieron presentes para respaldar a Carmen St. George.
Carmen St. George es una abogada graduada con honores de la Universidad jesuita Fordham. De padres puertorriqueños y griegos, St. George fungió por 6 años como Fiscal Adjunto en el condado de Queens. Ella habla griego y español.
St. George se mostró complacida con el apoyo brindado por Ramos: “Como Latinos necesitamos representación en nuestras cortes. En la actualidad sólo hay un juez de origen hispano en todo el sistema de cortes de Nassau. Sabedores que en algún punto de nuestras vidas todos nos vemos involucrados con el sistema legal de una u otra manera, debemos tener la seguridad que cuando esa situación nos toque, tendremos una jueza que sea dura con el crimen de nuestros vecindarios pero al mismo tiempo tenga la compasión y entendimiento para lidiar con los asuntos de nuestra comunidad.”
Ahora es el turno de los votantes. La elección se llevará a cabo el próximo martes 8 de noviembre. Carmen St. George se convertiría en la segunda jueza hispana, luego que el año pasado Helen Voustinas saliera electa.
A menos de cuatro semanas para la elección del próximo 8 de noviembre, la candidata a juez del distrito en el pueblo de Hempstead, Carmen St. George, recibió el apoyo del oficial electo hispano de más alto rango en Long Island, el asambleísta Phil Ramos.
“Durante la última década hemos estado trabajando por lograr mayor representación hispana y de minorías en todos los niveles de gobierno de Long Island y del estado. La candidatura de Carmen St. George es una inspiración para que más mujeres hispanas se involucren en política y gobierno. Contar con candidatas de la categoría de Carmen St. George es un honor y demuestra la diversidad de la comunidad hispana en Long Island.”
Ramos hizo el anuncio en un evento festivo en la ciudad de Garden City donde varias decenas de personas se hicieron presentes para respaldar a Carmen St. George.
Carmen St. George es una abogada graduada con honores de la Universidad jesuita Fordham. De padres puertorriqueños y griegos, St. George fungió por 6 años como Fiscal Adjunto en el condado de Queens. Ella habla griego y español.
St. George se mostró complacida con el apoyo brindado por Ramos: “Como Latinos necesitamos representación en nuestras cortes. En la actualidad sólo hay un juez de origen hispano en todo el sistema de cortes de Nassau. Sabedores que en algún punto de nuestras vidas todos nos vemos involucrados con el sistema legal de una u otra manera, debemos tener la seguridad que cuando esa situación nos toque, tendremos una jueza que sea dura con el crimen de nuestros vecindarios pero al mismo tiempo tenga la compasión y entendimiento para lidiar con los asuntos de nuestra comunidad.”
Ahora es el turno de los votantes. La elección se llevará a cabo el próximo martes 8 de noviembre. Carmen St. George se convertiría en la segunda jueza hispana, luego que el año pasado Helen Voustinas saliera electa.
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