NYLPI’s Disability Law Center (DLC) works to promote and protect the civil rights of people with disabilities, advocating for better programs and policies in public schools, less restrictive residential opportunities, and access to public services and all venues across New York City. To achieve these ends, the DLC’s team of attorneys, advocates and organizers engages in impact litigation, advocates for systemic change and provides trainings for people with disabilities and their families.

NYLPI also serves as New York City’s federally designation Protection and Advocacy Agency, charged with defending the interests of people with disabilities.

The DLC’s work spans three main program areas:

• The Education Program represents parents and children with disabilities trying to secure appropriate, integrated special educational opportunities
• The Deinstitutionalization Program addresses the needs of adults who are or have been institutionalized, as well as those of children in foster care
• The Opportunity and Access Program fights for equal access for people with disabilities to a range of municipal services and activities including public transportation, housing, businesses, voting, police protection, and medical care and equipment

En Espanol