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Make the Road New York company history timeline

1999

It began in 1999 when Make the Road New York and the NY Immigration Coalition filed a Federal Civil Rights complaint against the City of New York for its failure to provide language access in the welfare system.

2003

As a result, in 2003, Local Law 78 was signed into law, requiring language access at the Human Resources Administration, ensuring equal access to vital government benefits like Medicaid, Food Stamps and public assistance.

2007

Make the Road New York was created in the fall of 2007 through the merger of two New York City-based organizations, Make the Road by Walking and the Latin American Integration Center.

2012

Make the Road New York opened a Long Island office in Brentwood in 2012 to serve Nassau and Suffolk Counties’ growing immigrant communities.

2018

In 2018, through a merger with the Westchester Hispanic Coalition, they began working with immigrant and working class communities in Westchester County out of their White Plains Office.

2021

In April 2021, Co-Executive Directors Deborah Axt and Javier Valdés stepped down, and Arlenis Morel, Jose Lopez, and Theo Oshiro became the new Co-Executive Directors of Make the Road New York.

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Founded
1997
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Headquarters
Grove, NY
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Founders
Andrew Friedman,Oona Chatterjee,Oona Friedman
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