 In this period it also received the financial and in-kind support from the AriZona Beverage Company, the CBS Television Network, Citi, the City University of New York (CUNY), Columbia University, Fordham University School of Law, Lehman College (CUNY), Hostos Community College (CUNY), Con Edison, the Ford Motor Company, the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA), the IBM Corporation, jetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, NBC4-Telemundo47, Telemundo, Univision, PBS, Nielsen Media Research, the RAM Capital Group LLC, the Scholastic Corporation, SEIU SEIU 32BJ, 1199SEIU, GlobalHue Latino, d'exposito & partners, Tonio Burgos and Associates LLC, the Toyota Motor Company, ABC-TV, FOX Television Stations, Salsa Catering & Special Events, LatinoSports, the California Community Foundation, the National Refrescos Import Company, and DC 37 AFL-CIO.1982

Publishes first report, on the issue of the extreme underrepresentation of Latinos in New York State government work force.It found that, although 10 percent of the state's population, they were less than 3 percent of state government workers, making Latinos the most underrepresented group in the state.