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New Medical and Healthcare Rights Calendar for People Detained in Immigration Detention Centers and Jails
The Health Justice Program is excited to share our recently released Medical and Healthcare Rights Calendar for people detained in immigration detention centers and jails. NYLPI, in partnership with First Friends of New Jersey and New York, has created and distributed...
Christopher Schulyer Helps Law Student Challenge Denial of Reasonable Accommodation for Bar Exam
Senior Staff Attorney Christopher Schuyler recently assisted a law student in appealing a determination by the New York State Board of Law Examiners (BOLE) denying the law student’s request for reasonable accommodations. The law student, who has Type 1 diabetes,...
Christopher Schuyler Presents CLE on Recovering Expert Witness Fees After Lawton v. Success Academy
Senior Staff Attorney Christopher Schuyler, along with Laura Barbieri at Advocates for Justice, NYLPI’s co-counsel in Lawton v. Success Academy Fort Greene, recently presented a CLE, hosted by Practising Law Institute. In a matter of first impression for courts within...
Eman Rimawi Co-Leads Press Conference on Making Subways Accessible as NYC Opens Up
NYLPI Access-A-Ride Campaign Coordinator and Organizer Eman Rimawi co-led the Riders Alliance press conference on June 7 along with several disability rights advocates, Congressman Jamaal Bowman, and MTA accessibility officials on how to make subways accessible for...
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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Our work activates the power of New York communities as they lead the fight to make equal justice a reality. Together we attack systemic bias based on race, poverty, disability, and immigration status. Guided by their priorities, we use every tool available to create lasting change. We file lawsuits, organize, seek policy reform, educate, create pro bono partnerships, and build the capacity of local nonprofits to serve our communities.
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