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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

NY Daily News: Parents and pols urge city for PCB testing at 740 schools across New York
September 2, 2010

The Epoch Times: Parents, Officials Demand City Checks Schools for PCBs
September 1, 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

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

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Environmental Justice

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

NY Daily News: Parents and pols urge city for PCB testing at 740 schools across New York
September 2, 2010

The Epoch Times: Parents, Officials Demand City Checks Schools for PCBs
September 1, 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

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

SILive.com: PCB threat lurks in Staten Island schools
August 9, 2010

WBAI: NYLPI Litigation Director Miranda Massie on EPA and PCBs
August 5, 2010

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Health Justice

WBAI: Health Action on Health Disparities
July 19, 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

WNYC: Interpreting Health: Medical Translation in a City of Immigrants
March 30, 2010

Gotham Gazette: Monserrate Fights for His Old Job -- and 'Traditional Values'
March 12, 2010

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Disability Rights

NY1: Group Claims MTA Service Cuts Violated Disabilities Act
August 10, 2010

The Huffington Post: This bridge called my back: A retro look at women of color and power
January 11, 2010

PRESS RELEASE: Helping New Yorkers Weather The Storm: Civil Legal Services Experts Discuss Responding To The Recession
October 6, 2009

PRESS RELEASE: Federal Court Upholds Rights of People with Mental Illness in Adult Homes
February 20, 2009

Court Affirms Grant of Class Certification in Suit Challenging the ACS's Treatment of Foster Children with Disabilities
February 10, 2009

PRESS RELEASE: Judge affirms plaintiff class of foster children with disabilities alleging incompetence on part of State and City agencies
February 10, 2009

Small Schools, Few Choices: How New York City’s High School Reform Effort Left Students With Disabilities Behind

PRESS RELEASE: Lawsuit Challenging The Warehousing Of Individuals With Mental Illness In Nursing Homes Clears Its First Hurdle
April 23, 2008

PRESS RELEASE: Disabled In Action And Duane Reade Reach Agreement On Accessibility Of Stores To Persons With Disabilities
April 19, 2008

PRESS RELEASE: Lawsuit Filed Challenging New York’s Placement of Individuals With Mental Illness in Nursing Homes
March 8, 2006

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Community Oversight of Policing Project: No Place Like Home 2008

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