Category: Disability Rights Resources

Mayor Adams’ Forcible Removal Order Flies in the Face of Disability Justice

By Sara Lunden, Columbia Law School Public Interest Fellow, & Jordan Berger, Skadden Fellow On Tuesday, November 29, New York City Mayor Eric Adams directed NYPD, FDNY-EMS, and mobile crisis teams to increase the use of involuntary transport…

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Poverty Programs Work When They Address Needs

by Dennis Parker, Saima Akhtar, and Sara Lunden A recent New York Times article, “How Poverty Programs Aided Children From One Generation to the Next,” looks in-depth at benefits programs in the U.S through the experiences of several…

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Disability rights suit against Suffolk DSS reaches preliminary settlement

NCLEJ’s case Newkirk v. Pierre was featured in Crain’s New York Business Health Pulse Newsletter. Read the article here. Read more about this class action settlement for Suffolk County residents with disabilities who could not access the reasonable…

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NCLEJ and Colleagues File Lawsuit Claiming Georgia Medicaid and SNAP Programs Discriminate Against People with Disabilities

On April 24, 2017, NCLEJ, along with the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Georgia Legal Services, and Alston & Bird, filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of three low-income Georgia residents with disabilities alleging that the Georgia SNAP (food…

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NCLEJ’s Manual for Using the ADA in Non-Litigation Advocacy in TANF Programs

by Cary LaCheen (2011)

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Improving Remote Communication Between Public Benefits Agencies and Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals

by Cary LaCheen, Clearinghouse Review (Jan-Feb 2010)

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