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NYLPI Testifies On Passing the Climate and Community Protection Act
NYLPI's Director of Environmental Justice, Rachel Spector, testified before the New York State Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee today highlighting the urgency of passing the Climate and Community Protection Act: We can all agree in this room that climate...
CUNY Law School Awards Dean’s Medal To Marnie Berk
Congratulations to our Director of Pro Bono Programs Marnie Berk, who has been awarded the Dean's Medal by CUNY Law School at this morning's graduation ceremony. From CUNY's press release: CUNY Law will confer the Dean’s Medal to Marnie Berk ‘96 who has chaired the...
New York Times Features NYLPI’s Work As Part of Access-A-Ride Reform Group
The New York Times ran an in-depth feature this morning on efforts to reform the Access-A-Ride service, quoting our ally in the Access-A-Ride-Reform-Group, Joseph G. Rappaport, the executive director of the Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled. The story...
STILL LEFT BEHIND: Apps Continue To Fail New York’s Wheelchair Users Despite Raising Billions
Despite raising billions of dollars in investments, for-hire-vehicle services Uber, Lyft, and Juno continue to violate federal, state, and local accessibility laws by failing individuals who use wheelchairs, according to “Still Left Behind”, a community report...
NYLPI’s Michelle Kraus And Colleagues Discuss Microaggressions In The Legal Profession
When a legal colleague says something demeaning in a meeting do we: Do nothing? Try to keep it light, and move on? Confront it directly? And how are legal organizations responding to such behavior more broadly? NYLPI Senior Social Worker Michelle Kraus was featured...
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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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