Category: In the News

NY Courts Split Keeps Legal Aid Attorneys Unsure of Pay for Work

This article was originally published in Bloomberg Law. Read it here. Calls for the New York high court to finally end a long-time New York state circuit split—over when and whether legal aid attorneys representing low-income New Yorkers…

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The Republican Budget Plan: Snatch Food From the Mouths of Hungry Children

SNAP cuts are ‘going to have a massive shock wave across the country, and everybody will feel it.’ This article was originally published in The American Prospect. Read it here. When you walk into the supermarket, do you…

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NCLEJ Executive Director Dennis Parker Speaks with the National Collaborative for Health Equity

The law has been an important pillar in effecting social change throughout the history of the United States. Its effectiveness and use have changed over the country’s history. This discussion considers the history of litigation as a means…

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New York Medicaid Plans Are Responsible for Wage Theft, Lawsuit Charges

This article was published in NY Focus. Read it here. For years, Mei Zhen Xiao worked nonstop for a few days each week caring for an elderly woman who required constant attention. Xiao, a 64-year-old immigrant from China’s Fujian…

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Class action sought in Buffalo Police racial profiling lawsuit 

This article was originally published in WIVB. Read it here. BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — For years, minority residents of Buffalo have spoken out about discriminatory police stops, which they say have often resulted in multiple tickets, sometimes for…

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Judge hears arguments for class-action status in Buffalo police discrimination lawsuit

This article was originally published in The Buffalo News. Read it here. Attorneys for advocacy groups and people bringing a lawsuit against the Buffalo Police Department for alleged discriminatory policing practices were before a U.S. District Court judge…

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Lawsuit accuses Buffalo Police Department of racial profiling and discriminatory policing

“I’ve never been stopped in the boarding neighborhoods” This article was originally published in WKBW. Read it here. Buffalo’s finest are under the microscope in a class-action lawsuit that accuses the Buffalo Police Department of racial profiling and…

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Long Shifts, No Sleep: Home Care Aides Sue Companies Over Working Conditions

This article was originally published in Medium. Read it here. A group of 14 home care aides has filed a lawsuit against their former employer and the organizations that managed their patients’ health care plans. The workers, who are Chinese…

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Federal court: TennCare illegally terminated health coverage for thousands

Monday ruling says TennCare violated the Due Process Clause, Medicaid law and ADA protections This article was originally published in Tennessee Lookout. Read it here. Tennessee’s Medicaid safety net program unlawfully terminated coverage for thousands of Tennessee families,…

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TennCare illegally cut health care for thousands of Tennesseans, judge rules

This article was originally published in The Tennessean. Read it here. Tennessee’s Medicaid program TennCare unlawfully terminated health care coverage for thousands of Tennesseans, a federal judge ruled Monday, marking the conclusion of a four-year-long class-action lawsuit. “Poor,…

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