ADVISORY: THURSDAY - SENATOR MAYER ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER.

SENATOR SHELLEY MAYER ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER’S LEGAL SERVICES.

$20,000 in new funding will support immigration legal services.

Immigrants comprise approximately 25% of the Westchester County population.

Mamaroneck, NY -- On Thursday, October 3rd, State Senator Shelley Mayer and Jirandy Martinez, Executive Director of Community Resource Center (CRC), along with CRC’s board members, staff, clients, supporters, and attorneys will gather at Community Resource Center offices to announce $20,000 in new funding Senator Mayer secured for additional legal services for families in the community. The new funding will be used to support the hire of a new staff attorney to assist clients in their immigration cases involving naturalization, family petitions, deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) renewals, green card renewals, U-visas, and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) cases.

This comes at a time when comprehensive immigrant legal representation is at increased demand. The funding will help CRC’s Case Managers and advocates continue to respond to the critical needs of Westchester’s immigrant population, now over 25% of the population.

WHEN:

Thursday, October 3, 2019 

10:00 AM 

WHERE:

Community Resource Center  

134 Center Avenue 

Mamaroneck, NY 10543

WHO: 

• State Senator Shelley Mayer (Senate District 37); 
• Jirandy Martinez, Executive Director of Community Resource Center;
• Assemblymember Steve Otis (Assembly District 91);
• Mamaroneck Mayor Tom Murphy;
• Community Resource Center (CRC) board members, staff, clients, supporters, and attorneys.

About State Senator Shelley B. Mayer

Senator Mayer was elected to the New York State Senate to represent the 37th District in an April 2018 Special Election, and she was subsequently re-elected in November 2018. The 37th State Senate District includes the Cities of Yonkers, White Plains, Rye and New Rochelle; the Towns of Bedford, Eastchester, Harrison, North Castle, Mamaroneck, and Rye; the Villages of Bronxville, Larchmont, Harrison, Mamaroneck, Port Chester, Rye Brook, and Tuckahoe; and the unincorporated hamlets of Katonah, Bedford Hills, and Armonk.

Prior to her time in the State Senate, she served in the State Assembly for six years representing the City of Yonkers in the 90th Assembly District. Click here to read more about Senator Mayer.

About Community Resource Center

Community Resource Center (formerly Hispanic Resource Center) is a 501 (c)(3) community-based organization founded in 1998 to promote the cultural, economic, educational and professional integration of immigrants into the larger community and to advocate for those in need. The center helps provide new immigrant families the tools to become self-sufficient and active members of the community.