A coalition of union [including Make the Road New York] and religious leaders held a rally outside the Nassau County Executive Building in Mineola to call for a restoration of funding cuts for youth services, and announced plans to enlist more religious leaders around their cause.
"Today, with 12,600 dues-paying members, MRNY is a unique amalgam of worker center, legal clinic, citizenship school, mutual aid society, policy shop, protest factory and church. Its four offices in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island are an egalitarian oasis for members, who gather there for conversation and classes..."