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NYLPI and its AARRG! Partners Condemn MTA for Reinstituting Paratransit Fares as COVID Cases Escalate
In a strongly worded letter to MTA Interim President Sarah Feinberg, NYLPI and its Access-A-Ride Reform Group (AARRG!) partners took the MTA to task for reinstituting Access-A-Ride fares that it had wisely determined to cancel in March to ensure driver and rider...
NYLPI Joins Medical Advocacy Partners to Demand the Biden Administration End Immigration Detention Within First 100 Days in Office
This week, NYLPI, including NYLPI’s Medical Providers Network, joined our immigrant and health justice partners to call on the Biden Administration to end the terror and abuse inflicted upon immigrant communities in the United States of America by an immigration...
Melissa Iachán Speaks on Renewable Rikers Movement in “On the Count” Feature
On Tuesday, January 19, Senior Supervising Counsel Melissa Iachán appeared alongside key partners in the Renewable Rikers coalition live on WBAI radio, featured in the "On the Count" show. "On the Count" is the only radio show on the subject of mass incarceration...
Marinda van Dalen Appointed to Criminal Justice Committee of the NYC Community Service Board
Senior Staff Attorney Marinda van Dalen has been appointed to the Criminal Justice Committee of the NYC Community Service Board (CSB). The CSB advises the NYC Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene. Membership on the Committee will be an opportunity for NYLPI to...
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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