Panorama Hispano News covered the reveal of widespread use of racist language and a complete lack of training on racial bias or profiling in NCLEJ’s litigation against the Buffalo Police Department challenging the constitutionality of checkpoints and traffic enforcement. Read…
Read More →Geoff Kelly of the Investigative Post reported on depositions of five officers in NCLEJ’s checkpoints lawsuit which reveal use of degrading language and little supervision or discipline in Strike Force and Housing units. Read full article here. A…
Read More →Testimony Shows Officers Receive No Training on Racial Bias or Profiling Contact:Zavé Martohardjono, National Center For Law and Economic Justice, (646) 853-2728, martohardjono@nclej.org Jen Nessel, Center for Constitutional Rights, (212) 614-6449, jnessel@ccrjustice.org Buffalo, NY – Litigation against the Buffalo…
Read More →Contact for questions and comments:Jordan Berger, NCLEJ Skadden Fellow, berger@nclej.org, 646-680-8906Saima Akhtar, Senior Attorney, akhtar@nclej.org, 646-558-6152Linda Hassberg, Senior Attorney, Empire Justice Center, lhassberg@empirejustice.org, 631-533-5272 Suffolk County, NY — A federal judge in the Eastern District of New York…
Read More →Gothamist covered a complaint filed by NCLEJ demanding the federal government investigate the New York State Department of Health and Department of Labor for their discrimination against home care workers being forced to work 24-hour shifts. Excerpts below taken…
Read More →Law360 covered a complaint filed by NCLEJ demanding the federal government investigate the New York State Department of Health and Department of Labor for their discrimination against home care workers being forced to work 24-hour shifts. Read the article by Irene Spezzamonte.
Read More →Contact: Carmela Huang, National Center for Law and Economic Justice | huang@nclej.org New York, NY — Today the National Center for Law and Economic Justice has filed a complaint in partnership with National Mobilization Against Sweatshops, Chinese Staff…
Read More →Contact for comments: Claudia Wilner, NCLEJ Director of Litigation and Advocacy | wilner@nclej.org New York, NY – For years, the City of Montgomery and a private contractor, Judicial Correction Services (JCS) operated a debtors’ prison in Alabama. A…
Read More →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…
Read More →Decision Could Impact Millions of Children’s Access to Food, Healthcare Contacts: Willis Jacobson, National Center for Youth Law: wjacobson@youthlaw.org Saima Akhtar, National Center for Law and Economic Justice: akhtar@nclej.org Selina Weiss, Youth Law Center: sweiss@ylc.org Constance Van Kley, Upper Seven Law (counsel…
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