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Voiceless, Maria Sanchez Diez
Voiceless, Maria Sanchez Diez
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In 2013, Deisy García, a young immigrant from Guatemala filed two domestic violence complaints against her husband. In one of them she said she was scared he would killed her. The New York City Police Department never translated it and eight months later, Garcia's husband ended up killing her, along with their two daughters. Exploring García's case, this story explores how the access to interpretation services can mean a matter of life or death for Spanish-speaking victims of domestic violence.
Transportation And Sanitation Drivers Of Land Use/Land Cover Change: Loss Of The Jamaica Bay Wetlands, Margaret Joy Cytryn
Transportation And Sanitation Drivers Of Land Use/Land Cover Change: Loss Of The Jamaica Bay Wetlands, Margaret Joy Cytryn
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis presents an analysis (1830-2014) of the historical events of land use/land cover change in the Jamaica Bay estuary, identification of the agents of change, and a perspective on the potential drivers of transportation and sanitation in land use/land cover change.
Demographic, Economic, And Social Transformations In Queens Community District 3: East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, And North Corona, 1990-2006, Astrid S. Rodríguez
Demographic, Economic, And Social Transformations In Queens Community District 3: East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, And North Corona, 1990-2006, Astrid S. Rodríguez
Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies
Introduction:
This report analyzes changes among the current top five Latino national groups during 1990-2006 in the NYC Community District 3 of the borough of Queens, which comprises the neighborhoods of East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, and North Corona. A profile of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics including population distribution, age, homeownership, income, educational attainment, employment, and citizenship is provided. These characteristics are compared, whenever appropriate, with those of the other major racial/ethnic components of the population -- non-Hispanic Whites, non-Hispanic Blacks, and Asians.
Methods:
The findings reported here are based on data collected by the Census Bureau IPUMS (Integrated Public Use …