Being able to access state services is very important and could even save lives. - - Donna Poisl
BY Kenneth Lovett, DAILY NEWS ALBANY BUREAU CHIEF
ALBANY - New York's non-English-speaking immigrants will soon have an easier time dealing with state bureaucracy.
Gov. Cuomo Thursday signed an executive order requiring all state agencies that deal directly with the public to offer vital forms and instructions in six foreign languages.
The agencies will also have to provide free interpretation and translation services designed to help roughly 2.5 million New Yorkers who do not speak English as their primary language.
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