Monthly Archives: October 2012

October 29, 2012. Ted Hesson reports for ABC News/Univision on how immigrants helped keep the city going through the hurricane. Immigrants make up half of all small business owners in New York City, according to a 2011 report by the Fiscal Policy Institute, and fields like taxi and limousine services, with 90 percent immigrant ownership, will be crucial during the hurricane. One cabbie estimated that only five percent of taxi drivers were on the road this morning, and in Manhattan Valley, traffic had slowed to [...]

October 15, 2012. Danny Hakim writes about New York State's high unemployment rate in the New York Times. While the nation’s unemployment rate has been declining over the last year, New York State’s has been rising sharply, presenting a challenge for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo as he tries to build an image as a fiscal centrist who can transform the state’s business climate. Over the last 12 months, New York has been the only state with a statistically significant increase in its unemployment rate, according [...]

October 15, 2012. An ABC/Univision commentary on why the presidential candidates should address immigration in their debate at Hofstra University.   You sometimes forget that Long Island starts where Queens, one of the most diverse places on earth, ends, and that the demographic richness carries over. Immigrants make up 16 percent of the population across the Island, and 19 percent of the population in Nassau County, according to a 2011 report by the Fiscal Policy Institute.