The Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees is launching The Welcome and Opportunity Center – a new state-of-the-art community space and training center.
State Assembly members representing upstate communities, including Anthony Brindisi, are pushing for a $12 million package of funding for refugee resettlement agencies in the wake of the Trump travel ban.
A number of elected officials and community leaders, along with area refugees, gathered at the Mohawk Valley Center for Refugees in Utica on Wednesday.
The City of Utica, the Utica Municipal Housing Authority, Utica Fire Department and the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees have launched a fire safety campaign.