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Melissa Iachán Reviews 2020 Environmental Law Developments Before the New York City Bar Association
Melissa Iachán, Senior Supervising Counsel at NYLPI, delivered a range of updates on City, State and national legal environmental issues before a virtual crowd of more than 130 participants at a New York City Bar Association panel, joining Thomas Berkman, General...
Eman Rimawi’s Testified at City Council Hearing on Need for Accessible Sidewalks
Eman Rimawi, NYLPI's Access-A-Ride Coordinator and Organizer, graphically described navigating the City sidewalks obstructed by trash and snow, as a double-amputee. "I’ve had to climb over such barriers, which isn’t easy for someone like me to do, or hope that a...
Eman Rimawi Addresses MTA Board Meeting on Access-A-Ride Fare Hike
The MTA Board should bump up community comments and ensure they are part of the Board's live feed, according to NYLPI's Eman Rimawi, Access-A-Ride Coordinator and Organizer. Rimawi pressed the point in her testimony during their February MTA board meeting, where she...
NYLPI Celebrates as City Council Passes the Renewable Rikers Act
Yesterday morning, more than 75 advocates, survivors of Rikers, community members and leaders joined the Speaker of the City Council, Council Member Constantinides, NYLPI Senior Supervising Counsel Melissa Iachán, and other partners in the Renewable Rikers Coalition...
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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