Internal turmoil has plagued Make the Road New York, the state’s largest immigrant-led community-based organization, with staff speaking out against planned layoffs.
Beginning on May 31, Make the Road New York (MRNY) laid off 32 staff members and reduced the hours of another 15 staff members across five of its community centers. Before the layoffs, MRNY employed 248 people.
With the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrant communities in full swing, staff who spoke exclusively with Documented claim that the organization is failing the very community it claimed to protect…