Ensuring language services with police interactions
Assemblymember Catalina Cruz makes the case for ensuring that people giving statements to the police are translated accurately.
New York restricts working relationships with ICE
Assemblymember Catalina Cruz discusses new laws redefining the relationship between local law enforcement and immigration officials.
New York ‘Green Light’ law under attack by Trump administration
Assemblymember Catalina Cruz discusses the 2019 law allowing undocumented New Yorkers to apply for a driver's license
Expediting work permits for New York asylum seekers
Assemblymember Catalina Cruz pushes legislation enabling the state to issue work permits to asylum seekers.
In defense of state-funded immigration legal services
Assemblymember Catalina Cruz makes the case for guaranteeing legal defense services in federal immigration courts.
What happened to Clean Slate this time?
Assemblymember Catalina Cruz explains why her criminal justice bill didn't make it through the Assembly this year.
Planet Albany Fantasy Lawmaker League
A fantasy league that tests who knows the most about life at the Capitol.
Old faces in new places in the legislature
The dust has settled (for now) in the latest game of musical chairs at the Capitol.
A second chance for formerly incarcerated New Yorkers
'Clean Slate' legislation would help more than 2 million New Yorkers move on with their lives
Senate ‘Clean Slate’ sponsor reflects on end-of-session drama
Sen. Zellnor Myrie provides a postmortem on effort to give New Yorkers with criminal records a fresh start.
