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Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright Makes 2021 Energy and Environment Power 100
January 5, 2022
CITY & STATE | DECEMBER 2021 NYLPI’s Director of Environmental Justice Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright was listed in City & State’s 2021 Energy and Environment Power 100. “[R …
Letter: Recommendations to Support 9-8-8 Initiative
January 5, 2022
BREAKING: NYLPI, together with a coalition of disability justice and other civil rights organizations and advocates, penned a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul in response to the gov …
AOC Shares 21 Accomplishments from 2021
January 5, 2022
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez closed out 2021 with a highlight reel of 21 accomplishments from 2021. NYLPI worked with the congresswoman in opposing – and successfully st …
The Nation: Ruth Lowenkron Pens Letter on Mental Health Crisis Intervention
January 5, 2022
THE NATION | JANUARY 2022 NYLPI’s Director of Disability Justice Ruth Lowenkron penned a letter to the editor featured in the upcoming issue of The Nation. Lowenkron’s letter is i …
PATCH NYC: NYPD Systematically Fails NYers in Mental Health Crisis
January 5, 2022
PATCH NYC | DECEMBER 2021 Patch NYC covered Baerga v. City of New York – a class action lawsuit filed by NYLPI and Co-Counsel to remove the NYPD from mental health crisis response. …
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