NY immigrant rights advocates stage rallies to protest lack of access to health care
The New York immigrant rights advocates has announced a plan to hold rallies in New York City, Long Island, and Yonkers.
The rallies, which have been planned to hold on Friday February 18, 2022, will highlight the need for state lawmakers to pass Coverage for All.
According to the organizers, the Coverage for All legislation would create a state-funded health coverage option for all New Yorkers with income up to 200% of the federal poverty line regardless of immigration status.
Earlier this month, the Coverage for All bill(A880A/S1572A) passed in both Senate and Assembly Health committees.
At the rallies, immigrants eligible under the legislation will speak about their struggles without access to healthcare before and during the pandemic.
Elected officials and the NYIC leaders will call on the need for Governor Hochul to include the legislation in this year’s state budget, and highlight how the pandemic has exposed inequities in healthcare coverage, especially for immigrant New Yorkers.
Participants such as Assemblymember Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC)
Akinde Agnes Kodjo, Lead Organizer will gather the Office of the Governor, 633 3rd Ave, New York, NY.
Others include African Communities Together
Arline Cruse, Associate Director of Health Programs, Make the Road New York
Sara Kim, Korean Community Services of Metropolitan NY, Inc. Mon Yuck Yu, President, Academy of Medical and Public Health Services
La Colmena member, The Coverage4All Coalition
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