Hispanic Heritage Week: Advocacy Group Aims To Empower Hispanic Immigrants - NY1 by Ruschell Boone
There are some questions Luz Barinas can answer in English, but the Colombian immigrant says her language skills are very limited. As a result, she signed up for a free English class being offered in Corona.
“I need to speak English with [...]

By Jennifer Medina
Some of the strongest backers of the Bloomberg administration’s push to renew the state law granting New York City’s mayor control of its public schools have fretted for months that the discussion in Albany would get hopelessly tied to the personality of the current occupant of City Hall.
With Michael R. Bloomberg’s announcement this [...]

Legal Immigration? Anybody? - NY Times Editorial
One of the false pieties uttered by anti-immigration politicians is that they love immigrants. If that were true, Congress would not be having so much trouble passing a simple law to smooth out a serious kink in the legal immigration pipeline.
Every year Congress authorizes a certain number of permanent-resident visas, [...]

International Creole Celebration Day is Saturday, October 25th, 1–4pm at the Brooklyn Public Library, 22 Linden Blvd. 2nd Fl, btw Flatbush & Bedford Ave.

Schools, Econ Top Agenda - New York Post by Maggie Haberman
As he moves to seek a third term, Mayor Bloomberg has his sights fixed on two priorities: retaining mayoral control of the school system and shoring up the city’s economy.
They are the two pieces of his legacy on which he is most focused, several sources said.
“Schools [...]

NY Times - Mayor’s Push for a 3rd Term Clouds Debate Over School Control
Menos inmigrantes indocumentados llegan a EE.UU. - Prensa Asociada 
NUEVA YORK — Cada vez menos inmigrantes indocumentados llegan a Estados Unidos, dice un estudio difundido el jueves según el cual el promedio anual de los que cruzaron ilegalmente la frontera del país disminuyó en [...]