This originally appeared in Black Star News. The Haitian American Business Network, Haitian American Caucus and Haitian Americans United For Progress Wednesday announced that they have joined the New York Coalition for Independent Work to help elevate the voices and...

NEW YORK (March 8, 2021) — The New York Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Westchester Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and 100 Hispanic Women have become the latest groups to join the New York Coalition for Independent Work to help elevate the voices and needs of New York’s...

NEW YORK (April 16, 2021) —The Haitian American Business Network, Haitian American Caucus and Haitian Americans United For Progress today announced that they have joined the New York Coalition for Independent Work to help elevate the voices and needs of New York’s...

This article originally appeared in Westchester Hispano. La Cámara de Comercio Hispana de Nueva York, La Cámara de Comercio Hispana de Westchester y 100 Hispanic Women se han unido a la coalición para el Trabajo Independiente, para apoyar las necesidades de los...

This op-ed originally appeared in Spectrum News. Bruce Deere grew up in the taxi business. His parents co-owned Colonie Checker Taxi, which is where he and his brother worked for several years. Deere stopped driving about seven years ago, when his wife Denise became...

This op-ed originally appeared on Spectrum News. Many New Yorkers who have lost jobs due to the pandemic have turned to the gig economy to make ends meet. Stasha Gumienny is one of them. She works for DoorDash. She's a "DoorDasher" on top of her full-time job as a...

This op-ed originally appeared in The Times Union. Erin Bornt has been a 911 dispatcher for Rensselaer County for 20 years. Though she makes good money and has good benefits, as a single mom, the $60,000 a year wasn’t enough to pay all the bills. She became an Uber...

This op-ed originally appeared in the Long Island Press. Being a father is a full-time job and, for the last 18 years, it has been my only job. As a Navy veteran who raised two children in Huntington, I have loved being retired and spending time with my family. This...

This op-ed originally appeared in LoHud. The gig economy has been part and parcel to the livelihoods of Black Americans for generations. Some think the term “gig” is a pejorative, but for Black and Brown people in this country, it’s meant the extra cash we’ve made...

Companies that provide on-demand services through apps like Uber and DoorDash have formed a coalition ahead of a likely debate in Albany over regulations for the sector. The coalition, set to be announced on Monday, includes companies Lyft, Uber, Instacart, Postmates...