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NYLPI Seeks Bodycam Footage and 911 Call Tapes From NYPD Fatal Shooting
In a key test for New York’s Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), we are suing the New York Police Department (NYPD) for the body-worn camera footage and 911 call tapes from the NYPD’s fatal shooting of Susan Muller. Ruth Lowenkron, Director of the Disability Justice...
Trump’s Public Charge Rule Hurts Our Clients
The Trump Administration’s new immigration rule will force our clients and communities to choose between the people they love and the food, housing, and healthcare they need. Under the “public charge” rule, having a disability or using government programs can be...
One Year after Fatal Crash, Coalition Demands Accountability for Private Carters
A year after a wheel flew off a private sanitation truck and killed a driver in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, elected officials, safe streets activists, workers, labor unions, and the Transform Don’t Trash NYC coalition criticized the company’s continued unsafe operation and...
A “people-powered initiative”: The history of waste equity policy in New York
Our pop-up social justice museum was packed tonight for a discussion about using innovative policy solutions to advance the goals of sustainability and equity in New York. You can watch video of the discussion here. NYLPI’s Senior Attorney for Environmental Justice...
“Most individuals I’ve spoken to tell me that they’re treated like animals.”
Dozens of New Yorkers attended a panel discussion at All Access, our pop-up social justice museum, focused on healthcare in immigration detention, today. You can watch video of the event on our Facebook page. NYLPI’s health justice attorney Yleana Roman (above, left),...
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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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