Jesús Chapa Malacara

New York farmworkers and their advocates say that their employers are using loopholes to avoid paying overtime as required under a recent overhaul of state labor law. Three years ago, New York state passed legislation granting farmworkers the possibility of overtime pay, a guaranteed day off and the right to form a union — among other benefits. The move represented a major shift in the state’s farm labor regulations, making New York an outlier nationally.

Decoding the trends that continually re-shape our world can be a challenge. In these stories for the pop-up newsroom El Deadline, reporters in the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY’s Bilingual Program investigate issues and events affecting the Spanish-speaking communities of New York and beyond. These journalists detail the risks and rewards of using cryptocurrencies for international money transfers and trace the trajectory of first-generation Puerto Rican musicians in the city.