City agencies, organizations come together in Bay Ridge for pro-immigration ‘Day of Action’
One New York.
That was the message at a Wednesday, February 8 press conference outside a busy Bay Ridge subway station to kick off an official “Day of Action” geared towards ensuring the protection of the city’s Muslim-American communities.
The presser, hosted by a handful of city agencies — including the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, the City Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) and the Community Affairs Unit — and leading Muslim-American organizations, in conjunction with local politicians, took place at 9:30 a.m. near the corner of Bay Ridge and Fourth Avenues in an effort to remind immigrant New Yorkers, “especially those hailing from Muslim communities” like Bay Ridge, that the city is still behind them.