Language Access Act News Today

The county executive said that while the goal of the legislation is "noble," it seems to overlap and conflict with other existing state and federal language access laws.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Erie County Legislature adjourned its final session of 2023 Thursday afternoon. The governing body passed the Language Access Act, focused on providing translation services and county documents in six of the most commonly spoken languages in Erie County. Several other items were on legislators minds, too, including the controversial posts […]

The Erie County Legislature passed the Language Access Act, which will make interpretation and translation services for six different languages required in the next few months.

The County Legislature approved the Language Access Act, mandating that some official documents be translated into the top six languages spoken in Erie County, including American Sign Language.

Advocates with the local and state New York Immigration Coalition are urging the passage of the Language Access Act, which would require that all "vital" government documents issued by the

HOUSE DEBT CEILING BILL WOULD’VE ‘SUNK NY’: Just hours after President Biden signed the debt limit bill negotiated, in part, by Majority Leader Charles Schumer, the Senator announced that New Yorkers can breathe a sigh of relief because under his Senate majority, he was able to kill the original bill, which would have sunk NY

Following similar legislation that was proposed in the House of Representatives last week, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) introduced ...

Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) revived a decades-old push to establish English as the official language of the United ...

NYC Council Passes and Introduces Legislation- Last Wednesday, the NYC Council convened a Stated meeting, where they passed and introduced multiple pieces of legislation. The...

The study comes amid AAPI History Month, and during a period of heightened AAPI hate over the last two-plus years.