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PAST SUCCESSES

Language Access: NYLPI helped lead a coalition to secure an executive order for statewide language access policy that demands state agencies translate vital documents into common non-English languages and provide interpretation. After years of individual and systemic advocacy, our advocacy with our coalition partners led to New York State requiring all private and public hospitals to provide skilled interpreters, translate important hospital forms into commonly used languages, and ensure that limited English proficient patients do not experience excessive delays because of language issues. New York City also enacted the Language Access in Pharmacies Act, drafted by NYLPI, requiring City pharmacy chains to provide translation and interpretation services, and the state enacted  a parallel law known as SafeRx. 

Physical Education in Public Schools/PE4All: Nearly one in five NYC public school students in grades K-8 is obese. Rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other illnesses related to lack of physical exercise are highest in low-income communities, often communities of color. Yet many schools in New York City struggle to meet physical education requirements. NYLPI worked with education and health advocates, community partners, school administrators, city officials and parents to improve physical education and wellness in New York City’s public schools. We successfully worked for the New York City Council reporting legislation and $100 million in budget initiatives, and we continue to monitor public schools’ performance and push for more funding for physical education in schools. www.physed4all.org.

DACA:  Realizing the risk to 40,000 young New Yorkers who got health coverage, by qualifying for Medicaid because they qualified through the DACA program, we sprang into action developing a legal analysis to support our Coverage 4 All colleagues in advocacy to continue coverage. When President Trump cut the DACA program we built on our base of work and, in coalition, successfully advocated with the State to commit to continuing coverage for former DACA-recipients regardless of federal attacks.

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