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[...]at the end of August, the justice center filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court seeking class-action status for a case involving New Rochelle-area laborers who worked for a large landscaping and maintenance company but were denied minimum wage and overtime pay in violation of federal and state law. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he had been executive director of the Rhode Island Center for Justice and legal director of Catholic Migration Services, which assists immigrants and refugees in Brooklyn and Queens. SERVICES CELEBRATE COLLABORATION Legal Services of the Hudson Valley and My Sisters' Place celebrated their 10 years of collaboration with an open house at their joint offices at 100 E. First St. in Mount Vernon. Since their collaboration began in the Mount Vernon, they have helped more than 13,000 residents. Legal Services of the Hudson Valley provides free comprehensive civil legal services in the areas of domestic violence, housing emergencies, disability law, elder law, health care, consumer fraud and more.