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Amy S. Taylor

Working Families · NY

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Public-interest attorney associated with Make the Road New York whose legal work has focused on immigrant rights and representing low-income and working-class communities.

Where Amy S. Taylor stands, based on their records

Supports

Civil Rights (5 records)

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Track record

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 5 support
  • Represented immigrants in a federal lawsuit alleging that attorneys used fraudulent asylum filings that placed clients at risk of deportation.

    May 3, 2018Supports Civil Rights

    Source: wral.com · researched September 13, 2026

  • Appeared as counsel for the plaintiffs in Batalla Vidal, litigation challenging the federal government's termination of DACA.

    November 6, 2017Supports Civil Rights

    Source: media.nilc.org · researched September 13, 2026

  • Urged the New York City Council to pass the Right to Know Act and argued that low-level policing unnecessarily exposed undocumented residents to immigration enforcement.

    March 15, 2017Supports Civil Rights

    Source: observer.com · researched September 13, 2026

  • Supported New York City's decision to let the Commission on Human Rights certify U and T visa petitions for immigrant victims and witnesses of crime.

    February 11, 2016Supports Civil Rights

    Source: aila.org · researched September 13, 2026

  • Served as policy director for the New York City Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and as language-access and public-benefits coordinator for the New York Immigration Coalition before law school.

    September 1, 2004Supports Civil Rights

    Source: dmiblog.com · researched September 13, 2026

Track record — General

General · 2 records
  • Qualified for the November 2026 general-election ballot on the Working Families line for New York Supreme Court in the 1st Judicial District.

    September 4, 2026

    Source: elections.ny.gov · researched September 13, 2026

  • Submitted testimony as Make the Road New York's legal-team co-director at the state Legislature's joint budget hearing on local government.

    February 10, 2020

    Source: assembly.ny.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Track record — Legal Competence

Legal Competence · 2 favorable
  • Served as co-legal director of Make the Road New York, leading legal services for immigrant and working-class communities.

    December 31, 2017Favorable on Legal Competence

    Source: maketheroadny.org · researched September 13, 2026

  • Graduated from CUNY School of Law after representing immigrant workers through its Immigrant and Refugee Rights Clinic.

    January 1, 2006Favorable on Legal Competence

    Source: dmiblog.com · researched September 13, 2026

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Profile last researched September 12, 2026.