Low-income New Hampshire families with a child with a disability won a major victory on August 2, 2016, when the New Hampshire Supreme Court struck down a rule requiring that the child’s Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits…
Read More →It has been 20 years this month since the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, which established the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, was enacted. Marking this anniversary, NCLEJ Executive Director Marc Cohan…
Read More →On March 4, 2016, the U.S. District Court issued an important decision in Fishman v. Daines in favor of low-income elderly and disabled New York Medicaid recipients who seek fair hearings to challenge New York State’s termination of…
Read More →In a victory for New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) tenants with asthma who have mold in their apartments, Judge William H. Pauley III of the Southern District of New York issued an order on December 15, 2015…
Read More →On October 15, 2015, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important decision in favor of low-income elderly and disabled New York Medicaid recipients who seek fair hearings to challenge New York State’s termination of their…
Read More →Senior Attorney Greg Bass conducted two recent webinars on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). On August 13th, he conducted a webinar for legal services and disability rights advocates in Georgia on using the ADA on behalf of…
Read More →As a result of a federal class action settlement in Rafferty v. Doar, New York City and State agencies will begin providing information about food stamps and Medicaid in a variety of alternate formats that are accessible to…
Read More →In October, Senior Attorney Greg Bass presented at a workshop he organized for the American Bar Association’s National Aging & the Law Conference in Washington, DC. Along with attorneys from Greater Boston Legal Services and AARP Foundation Litigation,…
Read More →The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) will address mold and excessive moisture in its apartments more quickly and thoroughly as a result of an agreement approved by the court in, Baez v. NYCHA, filed by NCLEJ and…
Read More →NCLEJ’s ADA Public Benefits Access Project is successfully using federal disability rights laws to improve access to public benefits for low-income New Yorkers with disabilities. The focus of the project is to obtain improved policies and procedures in…
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