Immigration advocates say that the backlog is so severe that as many as a million people who have not been able to vote for at least five years, some as long as 10 to12 years because of their status as green-card holders, are unlikely to be sworn in as U.S. citizens in time to vote in next November’s presidential elections. more>

A survey conducted by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies finds that Black voters want change – and they believe Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are the most likely to deliver it. more>

Despite the decreasing crime rate in New York City, communities with concentrations of Koreans residents are experiencing a reverse in this trend, giving rise to concerns for what they feel is inadequate crime prevention action. more>

At Al-Noor Poultry Market, the employees have been working six days a week, 10 hours a day for an average wage of $400 a week, with no overtime pay, and without the employer providing proof of payment. The company owes $63,000 to five of its employees, which also levied penalties that bring the total owed by the business to $134,000, according to the Department of Labor. more>

“No matter how much the statistics are massaged, the fact still remains that in 2006 more than half a million New Yorkers were stopped and frisked by police, about 90 percent of those people were engaged in no unlawful activity, and 86 percent of those people were Black or Latino,” said Donna Lieberman, executive director of the NYCLU. more>