Green Light NY Campaign (STATEWIDE)
Campaign to restore access to drivers licenses for all regardless of immigration status in NYS. We need your support for the final push to the finish line this legislative session! Stand with the immigrant community in NYS to allow them to drive and to travel without fear!
What it is about?
SEPA Mujer joined the fight to restore access to drivers licences for all regardless of immigration status in New York State on February 2019 at the most critical point of the state-wide campaign when the fate of the entire campaign depended on Long Island. Green Light NY 2019 Legislation A03675 and S1747 was at a tipping point in NYS politics when all that was needed in the now democratic majority Senate and Assembly were the Long Island 6 Democratic Senators. More info: greenlightnewyork.org
What SEPA Mujer did?
It was in this time when SEPA Mujer decided to respond to the community needs and confusion and organize with our partners a local committee made up of organizations, leaders and most importantly community members to roll out a comprehensive community response targeting the areas with the most need. The first town hall organized within just one week was in Riverhead where we had the most overwhelming response with over 300 people in assistance forcing us to organize two simultaneous presentations in two separate rooms. Just a few days after we held our own march to the DMV in Riverhead with over 300 people also in assistance. A week later we organized a second town hall this time in Huntington with over 150 people in assistance and just 2 weeks later a third in Patchogue was organized with over 300 people in assistance. We didn’t stop there we continued to organize more due to the tremendous needs in the community and a march and 2 more town halls were organized in Nassau County, Hempstead, and Hicksville.
What’s going on now and what’s next?
Over the course of 5 months the small committee SEPA Mujer co founded now had organized series of phone banking events, interviews, presentations, meetings with stakeholders, legislative advocacy visits and had branched out into both counties on Long Island, the message had gotten to thousands of people including upstate and the political landscape had shifted so much so that the future of Green light NY was brighter than ever. Green light NY has now advanced in the NY Assembly and is likely to pass whereas in our NYS Senate it is still being stalled. We need you to stand with us and call your local Long Island Senator and let them know we need them to champion Green Light before the legislative session ends!
UPDATE
GREEN LIGHT passed in the NYS Senate on June 17, 2019.
SEPA Mujer witnessed as our senators voted live on the session and celebrated with our political leaders in Albany. More about it here: https://bit.ly/2Nvprvz Two hours later, news erupted that Governor Cuomo signed it into law! More information on the process and implementation to come. Legislation is assumed to go into effect Mid-December 2019 if no lawsuits are filed to push back the implementation date. Please consider supporting our work as we will continue grassroots education and the prevention of scams. More info on legislation here: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s1747
UPDATE
GREEN LIGHT passed in the NYS Senate on June 17, 2019.
SEPA Mujer witnessed as our senators voted live on the session and celebrated with our political leaders in Albany. More about it here: https://bit.ly/2Nvprvz Two hours later, news erupted that Governor Cuomo signed it into law! More information on the process and implementation to come. Legislation is assumed to go into effect Mid-December 2019 if no lawsuits are filed to push back the implementation date. Please consider supporting our work as we will continue grassroots education and the prevention of scams. More info on legislation here: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s1747
