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April 2, 2012

New York Pharmacies Face New Regulations

By  Will Germain / WFUV.Org


Included in the budget that passed on Friday were new regulations for New York's chain pharmacies.

The regulations are designed to help people with limited English and the elderly understand complicated medical instructions.  One of the changes will be to prescription pads.  The modification will give doctors a place to indicate what their patients preferred language is, and pharmacies will have to provide prescription instructions in that language.  Theo Oshiro, the deputy director of Make The Road New York, an advocacy group that backed the legislation says people will see big differences. 

"This is a major piece of legislation with real changes that everyday people will be able to experience as soon as the legislation goes into effect."

The measure goes into effect a year from now.

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Victory for Immigrant Families: Preventing Unjust Deportations in NYC

On March 18, 2013, Mayor Bloomberg signed new legislation to stop federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from using NYC’s criminal justice system to deport thousands of New Yorkers.

Building on legislation we helped to win just over a year ago, Local Laws 21 and 22 prohibit not only the Department of Correction but now also the NYPD from spending millions of city taxpayer dollars to hold individuals on behalf of ICE agents for detention and deportation. Each year, thousands of New York families will stay together who would otherwise have been torn apart by overly aggressive, indiscriminate immigration enforcement.

At a moment when the country is debating immigration reform, with these laws, New York City sends a clear message to Washington that tearing apart thousands of immigrant families is bad policy.

With your support, we look forward to winning national reform that keeps families together. We thank our partners at the Center for Popular Democracy, the Cardozo Immigration Justice Clinic and the bills’ sponsors, NYC Council Speaker Quinn and Council Member Mark-Viverito, for their courageous leadership.


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