NYLPI Responds to Coronavirus

OUR IMPACT
Our committed staff of lawyers, community organizers, policy experts, and other advocates combine forces with 80 member firms, 900 pro bono attorneys, and thousands of community members. We marshal these resources to protect civil rights and improve the lives of millions of New Yorkers. READ MORE >
Advancing Equality.
Demanding Justice.
Transforming Communities.

City Limits: Op-Ed: After Feds’ Failure, NYS Must Crack Down on Air Pollution
Environmental Justice Fellow Ruthie Lazenby and Organizing and Research Intern Sarah DeSouza explain the urgency of state legislative and regulatory action to curb dangerous particulate matter pollution in the absence of federal leadership. City Limits: Op-Ed: After...

NYLPI Testifies to NYC Planning Commission in Support of a Renewable Rikers
Senior Staff Attorney Melissa Iachan testified before the NYC Planning Commission in support of a proposal to amend the City's official zoning map to designate Rikers Island as a "Public Place". This designation would prohibit the City and the Department of...

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...

Replace Peaker Plants to Cut Climate Emissions, Save Money and Let NYC Breathe
Faced with an accelerating climate crisis and the emerging links between COVID-19 and air pollution, NYLPI and our partners are fighting for a clean energy future for New York City and State. There is no better place to start than by replacing outdated and costly...
NYLPI Joins Community to Condemn Anti-Black Violence
June 3, 2020. Like you, we watched in horror the incidents of police violence again unfolding this past week and over the weekend. The police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Police brutality during the protests that followed. It was a week of racism, this...LOOKING FOR HELP?
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Our Work
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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