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NY accountant faces five years for bogus tax returns An accountant from Meiers Corners faces up to five years in prison and must forfeit at least $54,000 for preparing false tax returns in connection with an immigration fraud scheme. David Vago, 58, of the 100 block of Joseph Avenue, has pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to a felony count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. He is free on $100,000 bond and is to be sentenced Sept. 9. The Staten Island Advance (NY)

NY activist reaches out to gay Latinos Wilson Montoya's mother waited for the day he would get married. Montoya lived in fear that he would be forced to do just that. As a gay man living in... NY court rules for cuts in immigrants' benefits Thousands of impoverished elderly, disabled or blind legal residents of New York State, including refugees, will be limited to $352 a month in public aid -- about half of what... NY woman charged with scamming foreigners State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a civil suit yesterday against a Jackson Heights woman, claiming she defrauded more than a dozen immigrants on Long Island and in New York...

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NY traffic stop nabs illegal aliens

A traffic stop on Interstate 81 in Cortlandville on Saturday has led to the arrest of nine Mexican men suspected of being illegal aliens. Pedro A. Garcia Figueroa, 21; Jose L. Corral, 34; Juan D. Garibay Jauregui, 41; Pedro Vargas,...
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NY senator exerts influence on Cuban policy

When the Obama administration moved to ease restrictions on traveling to Cuba or sending money to family members there, Sen. Robert Menendez was quick to say "not so fast." But with some Democrats favoring a more cautious approach to an...
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NY governor throws weight behind immigration call center

Come One, come all, and we will help. That's the message Gov. David Paterson relayed yesterday at the Daily News/Citizenship Now! call-in while the phones rang off the hook with questions from all over the world. 'Our hand is like...
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Man arrested for threatening protester in NY

Gabriel Sanchez-Nugra, 26, was arrested on Monday morning, April 20, at around 8 a.m. by East Hampton Village Police in front of the East Hampton train station on Railroad Avenue and charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the...
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NY pol seeks crackdown on loitering laborers

Mahopac, NY -- Hispanic day laborers who gather in groups in downtown Mahopac seeking work may soon be told to move along. Assemblyman Greg Ball, R-Patterson, carrying his tough anti-immigration stance beyond his Brewster base, and Supervisor Kenneth Schmitt announced...
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NY police accused of misuse of imm. status inquiries

Many police officers in New Jersey are misusing a 2007 directive by the state's attorney general by questioning the immigration status of Latino drivers, passengers, pedestrians and even crime victims, reporting them to federal immigration authorities and jailing some for...
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NY mass murderer picture of isolation, frustration

In November, Jiverly A. Wong walked into an employment center in downtown Binghamton. He had been laid off from his job at a vacuum cleaner plant, and he needed help applying for unemployment benefits. Speaking in broken English, he struggled...
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NY town deals with day labor issue

The Town of Oyster Bay is coming up with an innovative way to handle the issue of day laborers compromising the quality of life of Locust Valley residents. It is a long-range plan to improve the area and possibly add...
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Citizenship considered for victims of NY mass shooting

New York's senators said Wednesday they plan to ask Congress to grant citizenship posthumously to victims of Friday's shooting in Binghamton, N.Y. Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand said that under legislation they are proposing, the honorary citizenship would...
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NY Interfaith leaders push amnesty policies

Religious leaders from diverse backgrounds and Harlem Congressman Charles Rangel joined together in Morningside Heights, Manhattan on Monday to call for comprehensive immigration reform. The New York State Interfaith Network for Immigration Reform is asking Congress to overhaul immigration laws,...
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NY shooter blamed police, employment status for murders

A Vietnamese man who shot dead 13 people in a New York state immigration centre before killing himself sent a letter to a television station before his killing spree, blaming police and his 'poor life' for his actions. The letter...
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Police defend response to shooting at NY immigrant center

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - A faster response by emergency officials to the attack at an immigrant services center in Binghamton would have saved no lives, a county prosecutor said Sunday. The shooting at the American Civic Association stopped shortly after the...
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NY senator lends support to DREAM Act

Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand continued her change in tone on illegal immigration Thursday when she announced she was cosponsoring the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. Gillibrand joins 14 of the Senate's more liberal Democrats as well...
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Gunman storms NY immigration service building, opens fire

Binghamton, NY (AP) -- A gunman entered an immigration services center in downtown Binghamton on Friday, shot at least four people and took as many as 41 hostage, according to media reports. Mayor Matthew Ryan told the Binghamton Press &...
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New NY senator jumps aboard DREAM Act

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says she's working to pass the DREAM Act. She became a co-sponsor of the legislation, which would provide better educational opportunity for New York's immigrant students. The DREAM Act would make college more affordable for immigrant students...
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NY farmers lobby congressman for continued foreign labor

The construction downturn has been a boon to farmers, as migrant workers in the region trade in their hammers for hoes. But local growers are concerned that U.S. immigration reform could eventually drain the labor pool -- leaving farmers in...
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Long Island colleges vie for Hispanic students

As Hispanic students increase their presence on college campuses - going from 10 percent to 12 percent of students nationwide between 2006 and 2007 - Long Island colleges are reaching out to capture the demographic. SUNY Old Westbury has bilingual...
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NY legislator seeks crackdown on illegals

Seven homeless men remained in the Putnam County jail on trespass charges yesterday, three days after a state assemblyman led a tour of their wooded encampment and used the event to promote his proposals to fight illegal immigration. The men...
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NY budget proposal cuts spending on ESL programs

New York (AP) -- Farzana Morshed arrived from Bangladesh three years ago without any real grasp of English. Her husband had to help her open a bank account, an interpreter was necessary when she needed medical care and she couldn't...
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Frustrated NY man's 'phony crimes' targeted Mexican

An unemployed construction worker frustrated with trying to find work was arrested Saturday on Staten Island for saying he 'killed two Mexicans,' police said. Michael Franklin called 911 five times Thursday morning after a contractor rejected him in favor of...
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NY coalition pledges to continue immigration forums

Hampton Bays - Members of the newly formed Hamptons Immigration Coalition say they are pleased with the outcome of their forum on the topic of local immigration issues held on Friday, March 13 at the Southampton Town Senior Center in...
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