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Disability Advocates Decry Mayor’s Plan to Increase Coercive Treatment for Individuals with Mental Illnesses, Call for a Comprehensive Program of Voluntary Engagement, Housing, and Community Supports
November 29, 2022. We are heartened by Mayor Adams’ statement that we can no longer walk away from vulnerable people experiencing mental health crises. Indeed, we need to respond – but not, as the Mayor suggests, by increasing the use of involuntary hospitalizations...
The Washington Informer: Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright Interviewed About COP27
THE WASHINGTON INFORMER | NOVEMBER 2022 Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright, Director of Environmental Justice at NYLPI, was quoted in a Washington Informer article regarding the Climate Justice Pavilion — an aspect of the international meeting devoted entirely to climate...
StreetsBlog NYC: Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright Quoted
STREETSBLOG NYC | NOVEMBER 2022 Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright, Director of Environmental Justice at NYLPI, was quoted in a Streetsblog article regarding a new class-action lawsuit filed by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund on behalf of Chinatown and...
New York Times Article Citing NYLPI Included In Politico’s New York Playbook
POLITICO | NOVEMBER 2022 A recent New York Times article featuring Ruth Lowenkron, NYLPI’s Director of Disability Justice, was included in Politico’s New York Playbook news recap. “We need to recognize that if we have better mental health services in place, if we had...
NYLPI and Co-Counsel File Federal Class Action to Remove Police as First Responders to Mental Health Crises
For Immediate Release: December 29, 2021 Contacts: David Kang 347-515-3311 [email protected] Coalition Sues Mayor de Blasio for Failing to Provide a Safe, Non-Police Response to New Yorkers Experiencing Mental Health Crises NYPD has routinely violated...
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