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Advocates urge larger investments in language access, adult literacy and worker supports as ICE activity spikes
Summary
During the MOIA budget hearing, community organizations and service users urged expansion of multilingual outreach, adult-education seats, ESL programming and worker-protection investments, citing demand that outstrips current funding and recommending new city funding streams and baseline increases.
Multiple community-based organizations, providers and program participants testified during the public-comment portion of the Committee on Immigration hearing about the critical role of language access, adult literacy and worker supports for immigrant New Yorkers.
Ira Yanquet of the Literacy Assistance Center and partners said roughly 2.2 million New Yorkers have limited English proficiency and argued the mayor should fund a new $20 million adult-education stream in FY27 to increase seats and ensure access regardless of immigration status. "Fewer than 3% of…
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