Your Gift Expands Sports Access to Thousands of Students in New York City
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NYLPI URGES STATE ACTION TO HELP STOP THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN GROUP FACILITIES
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O’Toole v. Cuomo
November 17, 2018
For decades, New York State warehoused people with serious mental illness in adult homes. A landmark settlement on behalf of thousands of state adult homes residents gives them the opportunity to live, with supports, in their own homes.
Brad H. v. City of New York
November 16, 2018
The Brad H. v. City of New York class action pursues the rights of people with mental illnesses in the City’s jail system at Rikers Island to have discharge planning and services upon release from custody.
Willowbrook
November 16, 2018
The landmark Willowbrook class action vindicated the civil rights of individuals with disabilities to live in the community, after a series of investigations in the 1970s unearthed deplorable conditions at the Willowbrook State School.