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Yorkers, Know Your Rights!" to let Special Deputy Attorney General
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Celebrating
20yearsserving Northern Manhattan residents know for Civil Rights Jenny Rivera said, hear," Perez said. "Sometimes it's
how their offices protect the rights "The best client is the educated common sense. If it's too good to be
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families. of immigrants in housing, labor, and client" who goes to a lawyer and true it probably isn't [true]."
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relates exactly what she observed.
"You have to try as best as you can
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Torrent, assistant attorney general in
was: make your complaint. to remember the details and make both the labor and litigation bureaus,
Each of the four panelists gave the complaint," Rivera said. "It's not to speak about employment issues
an overview of what area their easy to do when your job is on the and the areas that her department,
office focused on and a rundown of line or you have to put food on the which works to protect documented
~~"j'~> the rights available to each person table. The wonderful thing about this and non-documented workers,
under those categories. In addition, city is you don't stand alone." focuses on.
a representative from the New York She also stressed the importance She listed what should be made
State Division of Housing and of keeping in mind the statue of clear at the time of hire: if benefits
Community Renewal (NYSDHCR) limitations, which puts a limit on the will be provided, what those benefits
was on hand to answer questions amount of time that elapses when are, how much the employee will
about housing rights. Afterward your rights were violated and when a be paid and when, and what meal
the floor was open to community complaint is filed. Her office looks at break and rest periods the employee
members for a question and answer collective complaints throughout the is entitled to. And if employees
period. state. Staff then looks for patterns of work for different employers, she
More than 75 people attended practice or trends to see if the incident suggested that they keep a daily
the forum and several voiced their is something that is happening journal indicating where they
skepticism and distrust in the repeatedly. Although the office can't worked each day, what they did,
government. Those who went up investigate each individual case, for how much, and for whom. This
to the mike told tales of housing staff still need to know what's going way if the employees bring cases
discrimination, gentrification issues, on in a community and if there is a against employers they will have
and consumer fraud. Although many role they can play. documented details.
had questions dealing with personal "If you're not sure if you were "Immigrants suffer due to language
cases, and were invited to stay discriminated against, make the barriers, ignorance of resources, fear
after the forum to speak with the complaint anyway," she urged. of retaliation or they just don't know
panelists individually, others simply Jose Perez, the acting chief of what their rights are," said Torrent.
wanted to know "What exactly is the Consumer Fraud Bureau, talked All these departments provide
the government doing to help our about immigration services scams. information on rights, laws, and how
community?" Scammers use misrepresentation and to protect yourself from becoming a
Guy Mitchell, the assistant attvrney misinformation against immigrant victim of discrimination and how to
generalinchargeof theHarlem/Bronx consumers, banking on consumers' identify when your rights have been
regional office, said his office deals ignorancetogive up their information violated. More information can be
mainly with consumer fraud, civil or money for services that will never found at www.oag.state.ny.us or by
rights and health care issues. With come to them, such as expedited calling 1-800-771-7755.
two attorneys and about 18 assistants green cards and citizenship. The
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