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NYLPI Wins NYPD Administrative FOIL Appeal Against NYPD
As part of its critical campaign to change the response system for mental health emergency calls in New York City, NYLPI requested all documents related to the New York Police Department’s former “Behavioral Health Diversion Pilot Program,” pursuant to New York’s...
Advocates Respond to the Killing of Walter Wallace, Jr., Demand Action in New York
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest alongside our coalition partners at Correct Crisis Intervention Today – NYC, condemn the fatal shooting of 27 year-old African-American man, Walter Wallace, Jr., by the Philadelphia police on October 26, 2020. “The killing of...
Senior Advocate & Social Worker Paola Martinez Boone Presents Know Your Rights-Special Ed and Future Planning Workshops
Senior Advocate and Social Worker Paola Martinez Boone of NYLPI’s Disability Justice Program presented a Know your Rights Workshop on Special Education at YAI and a Future Planning Workshop for District 75 families of the Queens Transition Center, both in November...
EJW Fellow Arielle Wisbaum Helps Launch NYLPI’s New “UndocuCare TGNCI+” Project in NYLPI’s Health Justice Program
NYLPI's newly launched UndocuCare TGNCI+ project aims to break down two major barriers to accessing health care: lack of immigration status, and risk of detention. Following NYLPI’s holistic approach to accessing health care through immigration advocacy, UndocuCare...
NYLPI AND PARTNERS LAUNCH COMMUNITY SURVEYING INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING POLICE BRUTALITY TOWARDS INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
Over the last five years, 15 New Yorkers experiencing a mental health crisis were killed by the police, one person died by a self-inflicted gunshot during a police engagement, and another three were shot by police and left critically wounded. The scores of people...
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Our work activates the power of New York communities as they lead the fight to make equal justice a reality. Together we attack systemic bias based on race, poverty, disability, and immigration status. Guided by their priorities, we use every tool available to create lasting change. We file lawsuits, organize, seek policy reform, educate, create pro bono partnerships, and build the capacity of local nonprofits to serve our communities.
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