NEW YORK - Riya Ortiz, Executive Director of the Damayan Migrant Workers Association, testified before the New York City Council Committee on Immigration, highlighting the organization’s crucial work in protecting and empowering low-wage Filipino workers in the city. Ortiz, speaking alongside the RISE Network, shared how Damayan continues to serve the Filipino community through life-saving programs for migrant and trafficked workers. She emphasized that many of those they he