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On June 19, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York approved the negotiated settlement in Richard C. v. Proud, 12 Civ. 5942, which challenged the State’s failure to advise individuals facing SNAP (Food…
Read More →This article was originally published in The Capitol Pressroom. Read it here. Sept. 1, 2023 – The Hochul administration is being sued by a group of home care workers in New York City that wanted state labor officials…
Read More →Today, in decisions that were as damaging as they were predictable, the United States Supreme Court struck down admission polices at Harvard University and The University of North Carolina that were created to benefit all of their students by…
Read More →We are deeply saddened to learn of the loss of former NCLEJ Board Member Nancy Lieberman. A staunch advocate for people with disabilities, she co-founded New Yorkers to Cure Paralysis, and twice succeeded in reinstating state funds for…
Read More →“The National Center for Law and Economic Justice (NCLEJ) filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court last week against the state Department of Labor for documents the group requested under the state Freedom of Information Law….
Read More →This article was originally published in The St. Louis American. Read it here. Democratic U.S. Reps. Wesley Bell of Missouri and Hank Johnson of Georgia, along with U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, have introduced legislation that…
Read More →Under Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act, states must shoulder more of the administrative and cost burdens of the food aid program SNAP, which helps feed 42 million Americans. This article was originally published in The Daily Yonder….
Read More →Missouri has been working on updating its computer systems to improve how it administers social safety net programs since 2013. New federal rules mean that work will wait until at least 2028 This article was originally published in…
Read More →This article was first published in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Read it here. Something really important happened during the recently ended shutdown of the federal government: poor people mattered. […] “A lot of people are suddenly understanding…
Read More →This article was first published in Alaska Public Media. Read it here. Lawyers are trading arguments in a case challenging the state’s failure to process applications for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on time. The case dates back…
Read More →This article was originally published in The St. Louis American. Read it here. Legal Services of Eastern Missouri (Legal Services) recently honored community leaders and partners during the Common Good Awards Luncheon on Thursday, August 21 at the…
Read More →This article was originally published in Workers World Today. Read it here. The National Center for Law and Economic Justice (NCLEJ) announced its settlement in a case against Applebee’s. The case involved a violation of the National Labor…
Read More →This article was originally published in AMNY. Read it here. Over 100 restaurants in New York City have joined the “Solidarity Restaurants” coalition launched Friday by One Fair Wage and Presente, seeking to protect restaurant workers from Immigration…
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