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Suhali Méndez Testifies During Oversight Hearing on Seniors Aging in Place
Suhali Méndez, Senior Advocate in NYLPI's Disability Justice program, testified at a recent virtual hearing hosted by the New York City Council on Wednesday, April 7th. The oversight hearing on Seniors Aging in Place in NYCHA during a Pandemic was hosted by the...
Advocates Commemorate Loss of Longtime Disability Rights Champion Edith Prentiss
In the most recent edition of Able News, a collection of political leaders, advocates, and members of the disability community shared words honoring the recently deceased Edith Prentiss. Among those voices was NYLPI's Senior Staff Attorney Christopher Schuyler who...
Coalition of 30 Groups, including NYLPI, Prevent Diverting of $238 Million From MTA
In response to the efforts of a coalition of watchdog groups, unions and advocates, the final New York State 2021-2022 budget rejected all of the Governor's proposed raids on transit funds statewide, amounting to $160 million total, and approximately $140 million for...
New NYLPI and Transform Don’t Trash NYC Report Finds Crashes and Safety Violations Continue in Private Sanitation Industry
As New York City moves toward implementing the Commercial Waste Zones Law (Local Law 199 of 2019), our new report finds that trash carters’ crashes continued to increase in 2019 and 2020 — despite heightened public scrutiny of the industry. Research by NYLPI and the...
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...
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