Overview:
Watch a hearth dialog between Lodge Affiliation of New York Metropolis President and CEO Vijay Dandapani and The Haitian Instances Writer and Editor-in-Chief Vania André on how shifting federal immigration insurance policies are affecting New York’s hospitality trade and the immigrant workforce, together with Haitians impacted by the tip of Momentary Protected Standing.
As federal immigration coverage reshapes New York’s workforce, what does it imply for the hospitality trade—and the immigrant employees who assist maintain it?
On this fireplace chat, Vijay Dandapani, president and CEO of the Lodge Affiliation of New York Metropolis, joins Macollvie J. Neel, Particular Initiatives Editor of The Haitian Instances, to debate the financial and human affect of adjusting immigration insurance policies, together with the tip of Momentary Protected Standing for Haitians.
The dialog was recorded July 30, 2026, throughout “Main Labor in a Altering Immigration Panorama,” a management breakfast hosted by The Haitian Instances in partnership with the Federation of Haitian Chambers of Commerce and the Haitian Research Institute at Brooklyn School.
The occasion was introduced with help from the Lodge Affiliation of New York Metropolis.
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