Haitian elected officers, New York Metropolis representatives, enterprise leaders and neighborhood advocates gathered at Brooklyn Faculty on July 30 to look at how shifting federal immigration coverage is affecting New York’s workforce and the immigrant employees who maintain it.
The management breakfast, titled “Main Labor in a Altering Immigration Panorama,” centered on the financial and human penalties of coverage adjustments, together with the top of Non permanent Protected Standing for Haitians. Audio system mentioned the uncertainty dealing with Haitian households, employers and industries that rely closely on immigrant labor.
The Haitian Instances hosted the occasion in partnership with the Federation of Haitian Chambers of Commerce and the Haitian Studies Institute at Brooklyn College, with sponsorship from The Lodge Affiliation of New York Metropolis.
The Haitian Instances’ Particular Tasks Editor Macollvie Neel speaks throughout the July 30, 2026, management breakfast on immigration coverage and New York’s workforce at Brooklyn Faculty. Fredner Cayemitte / The Haitian Instances Attendees pay attention throughout “Main Labor in a Altering Immigration Panorama,” a management breakfast centered on immigration coverage and New York’s workforce at Brooklyn Faculty in Brooklyn on July 30, 2026. Fredner Cayemitte / The Haitian Instances Dr. Marie Lily Cerat speaks throughout “Main Labor in a Altering Immigration Panorama,” a management breakfast at Brooklyn Faculty in Brooklyn on July 30, 2026. The occasion introduced collectively elected officers, enterprise leaders and neighborhood advocates to debate federal immigration coverage and its results on New York’s workforce. Fredner Cayemitte / The Haitian Instances New York Metropolis Council Member Rita Joseph, left, and Josue Pierre, proprietor of Roger’s Burgers, pay attention throughout a dialogue about federal immigration coverage and New York’s workforce at Brooklyn Faculty in Brooklyn on July 30, 2026. Fredner Cayemitte / The Haitian Instances Faiza N. Ali, a commissioner with the New York Metropolis Mayor’s Workplace of Immigrant Affairs, speaks throughout “Main Labor in a Altering Immigration Panorama” at Brooklyn Faculty in Brooklyn on July 30, 2026. Fredner Cayemitte / The Haitian Instances
New York Meeting Member Phara Souffrant Forrest speaks throughout a panel dialogue at “Main Labor in a Altering Immigration Panorama” at Brooklyn Faculty in Brooklyn on July 30, 2026. Fredner Cayemitte / The Haitian Instances
Deputy Brooklyn Borough President Kim Council addresses attendees throughout a dialogue about immigration coverage, labor and Haitian communities at Brooklyn Faculty in Brooklyn on July 30, 2026. Fredner Cayemitte / The Haitian Instances
Vijay Dandapani, president and CEO of the Lodge Affiliation of New York Metropolis, speaks throughout a fireplace chat on immigration coverage and New York’s hospitality workforce at Brooklyn Faculty in Brooklyn on July 30, 2026. Fredner Cayemitte / The Haitian Instances
Shirley P. Leyro, affiliate professor of Legal Justice at Borough of Manhattan Group Faculty, speaks throughout a panel dialogue at “Main Labor in a Altering Immigration Panorama” at Brooklyn Faculty in Brooklyn on July 30, 2026. Fredner Cayemitte / The Haitian Instances
From left, restauranteur Fred Raphael; Maritiza Bourdoir Guerrier, CEO of Boudoir Home; New York Metropolis Council Member Rita Joseph; and an attendee collect throughout the management breakfast at Brooklyn Faculty in Brooklyn on July 30, 2026. Fredner Cayemitte / The Haitian Instances
The Haitian Instances founder and director of partnerships at URL Media, Garry Pierre-Pierre, left, speaks with José Bayona, founding father of Grassroots Methods, throughout “Main Labor in a Altering Immigration Panorama” at Brooklyn Faculty in Brooklyn on July 30, 2026. Fredner Cayemitte / The Haitian Instances
New York Metropolis Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams attends a management breakfast on immigration coverage and the workforce at Brooklyn Faculty in Brooklyn on July 30, 2026. Fredner Cayemitte / The Haitian Instances
Stephanie Delia, government director of Little Haiti BK, listens throughout a dialogue on immigration coverage, labor and Haitian communities at Brooklyn Faculty in Brooklyn on July 30, 2026. Fredner Cayemitte / The Haitian Instances
Vijay Dandapani, president and CEO of the Lodge Affiliation of New York Metropolis, and New York Metropolis Council Member Farah Louis attend “Main Labor in a Altering Immigration Panorama” at Brooklyn Faculty in Brooklyn on July 30, 2026. Fredner Cayemitte / The Haitian Instances
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