The Social Services Law 106 was repealed in the New York State Budget. This important and necessary reform was long overdue. As a result of the repeal and subsequent guidance issued by the Office of Temporary Disability Assistance,…
Read More →This excerpt was reprinted from Law360. Read the full article. The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to scrap a case over whether states can impose work requirements in Medicaid programs, vacating D.C. Circuit decisions in the process. In…
Read More →Representing workers across New York State in coalition with Legal Services NYC, New York Legal Assistance Group, Volunteers of Legal Service, Empire Justice Center, Brooklyn Defenders Services, and National Employment Law Project, the National Center for Law and…
Read More →New data released today reveals that thousands of New York households risk having their water turned off. With our partner Western New York Law Center, we found that thousands of New Yorkers are struggling to pay their water bills,…
Read More →This excerpt is reprinted from The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting. “Tip Moody trusted the University of Kentucky. He worked there, and since 2001 he had visited UK’s Albert B Chandler hospital every three months for HIV treatment….
Read More →Plaintiffs in our lawsuit against the Missouri Department of Social Services have received interviews and started receiving benefits after months of being unable to get through to the State Agency’s failing call center— a barrier that has caused thousands of eligible households to be…
Read More →Today, we call attention to Constance Baker Motley, whose accomplishments include: First Black woman to argue a case before the Supreme Court. Lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Led the litigation that integrated the Universities of Georgia, Alabama, and…
Read More →KENTUCKY— The National Center for Law and Economic Justice (NCLEJ), Kentucky Equal Justice Center (KEJC), and Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP took a major step forward in the ongoing federal class action litigation against the University of Kentucky…
Read More →BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – News 4 Investigates interviewed six activists and attorneys, who all said the police department could do better by enforcing the mandate. Incomplete data makes it more difficult to determine disparities, they said. Watch the full…
Read More →See excerpt from an article in the Kansas City Star Attorneys from the National Center for Law and Economic Justice in New York joined the lawsuit. Katharine Deabler-Meadows, an attorney from that organization, said the state’s reliance on…
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