Recent News REPORT: Breaking Down Barriers, Breaking the Silence: Making Health Care Accessible to Women with Disabilities October 24, 2012 Crain’s Health Plus: Disabilities and Access October 24, 2012 Letter to State Board of Pharmacy Regarding SafeRx Report July 25, 2012 REPORT: Rx for Safety – SafeRx Recommendations for Clear and Accessible Prescription Medications July 25, 2012 NY1: DOE Not Providing Necessary Language Translation Services June 28, 2012 WBAI: DOE Failing to Provide Translation Services Mandated By Law June 28, 2012 Gotham Schools: Lawsuit Demands DOE Increase Language Services for Parents June 22, 2012 PRESS RELEASE: NYLPI and Advocates for Children File Complaint Against NYC Department of Education to Stop Discrimination Against Limited English Proficient Parents June 22, 2012 NY Times SchoolBook: Parents With Limited English Skills Say City Fails to Help Them June 20, 2012 PRESS RELEASE: OWN, NYLPI, and Other EJ Advocates Support Implementation of NYC Solid Waste Management Plan; Oppose Further Delays to the Siting of the Upper East Side Marine Transfer Station May 17, 2012 Gotham Schools: School EMS referrals, on the rise, catch City Council’s attention May 1, 2012 Riverdale Press: PCB toxins found inside Bronx Science April 2, 2012 PRESS RELEASE: Make the Road New York and NYLPI Applaud the Inclusion of SafeRx in the Final Budget March 28, 2012 NY Times Blog: Hospital Merger Plan Very Much in Doubt February 10, 2012 PRESS RELEASE: NYLPI Commends Governor for Making His Office More Accessible to Millions of Limited English Proficient New Yorkers February 1, 2012 PRESS RELEASE: NYLPI Applauds Governor’s Decision to Include SafeRx Proposal in the Executive Budget January 17, 2012 The Albany Times Union: Cuomo should help seniors with their meds January 16, 2012 El Diario: Tarea de salud para el Gobernador Cuomo en 2012 December 22, 2011 NY Times: Council Mandates City Alerts on PCB Dangers December 19, 2011 NY1: North Shore Residents Work to Put the Brakes on Idling Trucks December 14, 2011 Huffington Post: New York City Schools Pressed to Get Rid of PCBs December 13, 2011 Gotham Schools: City releases list of 754 schools that could have toxic PCBs December 7, 2011 NY Daily News: More waste trucks clogging the streets in Williamsburg and Greenpoint, study finds November 17, 2011 NY1: Community Activists Rally Against Truck Traffic In Brooklyn November 17, 2011 Progress in Community Health Partnerships - A community mobilizes to end medical apartheid November 17, 2011 NYT The Local: Community at Odds on How to Save Brooklyn’s Hospitals October 26, 2011 NY Times: Two Major Hospital Groups in City Explore a Partnership October 20, 2011 El Diario: Nueva York: líder nacional a favor de comunidades inmigrantes October 7, 2011 WSJ: Cuomo: NY to translate forms into other languages October 6, 2011 Press Release: Gov. Cuomo issues executive order to improve access to state services for non-English speakers October 6, 2011 New York Law Journal: Q&A with Michael Rothenberg September 30, 2011 NY Times: In Deal, Hundreds of Mentally Ill People Will Leave Confinement of Nursing Home September 12, 2011 Bronx Times: Public advocacy groups call on DOE to test leased school sites September 9, 2011 NY Daily News: Group urges city to test schools for toxins September 8, 2011 NYLPI Attorney Christina Giorgio is interviewed about PCBs in New York City schools. (Segment starts at 17:05) September 8, 2011 Riverdale Press: Lawyers want school toxins tested before first day September 7, 2011 WSJ: Activists Find Contaminated Caulk in City Schools September 7, 2011 Gotham Schools: Parents, officials: DOE’s response to toxins in schools too slow September 7, 2011 NY1: Parents, Advocates Urge DOE To Come Clean On Contaminated Schools September 7, 2011 PIX11: Chancellor Brushes Off Contaminated Schools Report September 7, 2011 MyFox New York: Parents Worry About Chemicals in NYC Schools September 7, 2011 NY Daily News: Parents demand 31 schools be tested for toxins before school starts next week August 31, 2011 The Real Deal: Non-profits urge DOE to environmentally review leased schools August 30, 2011 Riverdale Press: Loophole let DOE take years to test toxic site August 24, 2011 WOR: PS 51 Cancer Scare Leaves Residents Rattled August 20, 2011 NY1: PS 51 Cancer Scare Ignites Calls For Accountability August 19, 2011 Gotham Gazette: As City Leases Industrial Sites for Schools, Concern About Safety Builds August 17, 2011 Huffington Post: Acknowledging Difference, Not Defeat: A Racial Justice Perspective on the Medicaid Debate July 26, 2011 NY Daily News: Toxic groundwater makes Mott Haven school site unsafe for kids, teachers and residents argue July 26, 2011 WSJ: Lawsuit Blasts City PCB Plan July 21, 2011 NYT: N.Y. Parents Sue to Speed PCB Cleanup in Schools July 20, 2011 NYT: New York Parents Sue to Speed PCB Cleanup in Schools July 20, 2011 WNYC: City Isn't Removing PCBs From Schools Fast Enough: Suit July 20, 2011 NY Daily News: Parents plan to sue DOE over speedy removal lights possibly contaminated with PCBs July 20, 2011 NY1: Lawyers' Suit Aims To Speed Up PCB Removal Effort In Public Schools July 20, 2011 NYT: In Fight Against Trash Station, Upper East Side Cites Injustice June 30, 2011 Drug Store News: N.Y. lawmakers seek to help patients with low health literacy May 16, 2011 WNYC: Removing PCBs From Schools Now Complicated By Asbestos, Says Ed Dept April 13, 2011 NY1: Timeline For PCBs Removal From Schools Still Not Finalized April 13, 2011 NY Daily News: An asbestos setback for education department in school PCB cleanup plan April 13, 2011 FOX News Latino: Mislabeled Prescriptions Putting Spanish Speakers at Risk April 5, 2011 NY Daily News: The PCB problem: Private firms say they can replace old school-light fixtures cheaper than city March 28, 2011 NYT: New York Proposes Delay for Waste Transfer Stations March 25, 2011 NYT: Group Faults New York on PCB Disclosures March 15, 2011 41 City Council Members Demand Quick Action on PCB Lighting in New York City Public Schools March 11, 2011 NY1: Lawmakers Demand Faster Action On PCBs In Schools March 11, 2011 Times Union: New York needs safety net hospitals March 9, 2011 NY1: States Weigh Cost Of Medicaid Reform February 28, 2011 Star-Gazette: Medicaid panel finishes work, but obstacles remain in legislature February 25, 2011 NYLPI weighs in on New York State Medicaid Redesign Process February 24, 2011 NBC: NYC to Remove Toxic Light Fixtures from Schools February 23, 2011 NEW PHOTOS: 18th Annual Law & Society Luncheon honoring Evan Chesler and Brackett Denniston February 23, 2011 WSJ: City in a Deal for Removing School PCBs February 23, 2011 NY Daily News: City drags its feet on antiquated light fixtures containing dangerous PCBs in schools February 23, 2011 Brooklyn Eagle: Officials Keep Pressure on City to Deal with PCBs in Schools February 22, 2011 Star-Gazette: NY Governor's panel has 2 weeks to submit Medicaid spending plan February 16, 2011 NY Daily News: Fixing ailing hospitals Medicaid task force eyed for operating aid February 15, 2011 New York Times runs NYLPI’s Letter to the Editor on PCBs February 11, 2011 Harvard CRCL Law Review: Advocates in New York Respond to Medical Repatriation February 4, 2011 OUR LATEST REPORT: PCB Lighting in NYC Schools: Dangerous, Inefficient and Obsolete February 4, 2011 NY Times: Parents Seek More Action on PCBs in Schools February 4, 2011 NY Times: High PCB Levels Detected at P.S. 56 January 26, 2011 PRESS RELEASE: Consumer and Labor Coalition Critical of State's Medicaid Redesign Team Process January 26, 2011 WNYC: New Concerns About Toxic PCBs in Schools Pose Clean-Up Challenge January 21, 2011 Queens Tribune: Toxic PCBs In Hundreds Of Sites, Dept. Of Ed. Says Risk Not Urgent January 20, 2011 NY Daily News: Parent-backed inquiry finds toxic caulk in 6 public schools January 19, 2011 WNYC: PCBs Found at Another School on Staten Island January 18, 2011 WNYC: Staten Island School Found to Have Elevated PCB Levels January 8, 2011 Brooklyn Daily Eagle: EPA, City Disagree On Need To Rush School PCB Testing January 4, 2011 NY Daily News: EPA gives new guidelines to schools with light fixtures contaminated by a cancer-causing toxin December 31, 2010 WBAI: Interview on Pharmacy Accessibility Legislation (Start: 48:50) December 15, 2010 World Journal: National pharmacies get better interpreting services December 15, 2010 Noticiero Univision: Etiquetas traducidas en los frascos December 15, 2010 El Nuevo Herald: Piden en NY que farmacias ayuden a inmigrantes con sus medicinas December 14, 2010 PRESS RELEASE: Report: New City Law and AG Settlement Agreements Spur Improved Translation, Language Access Services in NY Chain Pharmacies December 14, 2010 NY1: Advocates Push For Expansion Of Prescription Label Laws December 14, 2010 Gotham Gazette: Parents, Officials Seek to Rid Schools of Toxic PCBs -- Now December 10, 2010 The Brooklyn Rail: Will the DOE Test for PCBs? December 10, 2010 WBAI: Telling It Like It Is: Nisha Agarwal's Radio Interview Part II November 15, 2010 WBAI: Telling It Like It Is: Nisha Agarwal's Radio Interview Part I November 15, 2010 ASPL News: The Case for Multilingual Medication November 1, 2010 SiLive.com: EPA names North Shore 'a showcase community' September 23, 2010 Brooklyn Eagle: Parents to City: Remove Toxic PCBs From Schools! September 13, 2010 Huffington Post: The Hypocrite's Oath: Latino Immigrants and Health Access in the Hamptons September 13, 2010 PRESS RELEASE: Bronx Borough Pres. Ruben Diaz Jr., Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal, NY Communities for Change and NYLPI Call for the NYC DOE to Take Effective Action to Remove Toxic PCBs from NYC's Classrooms September 2, 2010 NYI: Group Calls On DOE To Expand PCB Testing At City Schools September 1, 2010 NYLPI Releases List of Schools Contaminated by PCBs September 1, 2010 The Epoch Times: Parents, Officials Demand City Checks Schools for PCBs September 1, 2010 NBC: New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Litigation Director Miranda Massie discusses PCBs in NYC schools on NBC Nightly News with Chuck Scarborough August 31, 2010 NYLPI Demands that EPA Maintain Protections for PCBs August 25, 2010 NY1 (English): Higher-Than-Acceptable Levels Of PCBs Found In Three City Schools August 20, 2010 NY1: Group Claims MTA Service Cuts Violated Disabilities Act August 10, 2010 WBAI: Health Action on Health Disparities July 19, 2010 PRESS RELEASE: NYLPI Wins Honor in 2010 New York Times Nonprofit Excellence Awards June 30, 2010 PRESS RELEASE: In Victory for Low-Income New Yorkers, NYU Child Study Center Opens Doors to Medicaid Patients June 1, 2010 New York Times: With Expanded Coverage for the Poor, Fears of a Big Headache April 26, 2010 The Huffington Post: Fighting to Make Health Equality a Reality April 20, 2010 NY1 (English): Bronx Residents Claim Private Health Care System Practices De Facto Segregation April 17, 2010 NY1 (Espanol): Denuncian posible segregación en sistema de salud April 17, 2010 New York Daily News: Bronx Health REACH accuses hospitals of segregating patients based on health insurance April 16, 2010 The Bronx Times: Separate & Unequal Health Care In NYC April 14, 2010 NY1: Environment Exposed: EPA Steps In To Help April 8, 2010 Back to Press & Publications

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