Category: News

Settlement Secures Continuing Benefits for Thousands of New York City Recipients Awaiting Hearing Decisions

On April 2, 2013, the United States District Court in New York approved the class action settlement entered into between New York City residents, who are entitled to aid continuing pending the outcome of fair hearing decisions regarding…

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Federal Court Approves Class Action Settlement Regarding Suffolk County (New York) Constitutionally Inadequate Notice of Child Care Termination

On March 18, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York approved the class action settlement entered into between low-income working parents, represented by the of National Center for Law and Economic Justice and…

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NY City and State Agencies Sued for Failing to Provide Accessible Information

NCLEJ and Drinker, Biddle & Reath filed a lawsuit on behalf of 4,000 blind and seriously visually impaired New Yorkers who cannot read the standard print applications, notices and other materials provided to them about their food stamp…

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Judge Ciparick Elected to NCLEJ’s Board

At its March 8th meeting, NCLEJ’s Board of Directors elected Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick to serve as a Board member. Judge Ciparick, now of counsel to Greenberg Traurig, LLP, recently retired after serving for 19 years as an…

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Persistent Nassau County (NY) Delays Lead to Motion for Contempt

NCLEJ and the Empire Justice Center achieved a revised settlement in January 2015 in a case before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York challenging Nassau County’s unlawful practice of delaying food stamp,…

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Maryland Sued for Delaying Medical Benefits to Impoverished Adults with Disabilities

NCLEJ, the Public Justice Center, and the Homeless Persons Representation Project have filed a state court lawsuit, Magee-Kern v. Dallas, on behalf of a class of the thousands of adult applicants each month who apply for Medicaid benefits…

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NCLEJ Participates in Ford Foundation Roundtable

Gina Mannix participated in a two-day Women’s Rights Legal Roundtable convened by the Ford Foundation in mid-January. The Roundtable brought together a small group of leading scholars, activists and legal practitioners to discuss innovative and compelling ways to…

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Marc Cohan and Gina Mannix’s article on NCLEJ’s SNAP (Food Stamp) Application Delay Litigation Project Is Published in Clearinghouse Review

Find the article here (pdf).

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Jenny Pelaez Begins Service as the First Paul M. Dodyk Fellow

Jenny Pelaez, a 2011 honors graduate of Cardozo Law School and federal court clerk, has begun her service as the first Paul M. Dodyk Fellow for Economic Justice. The Fellowship, which was created by generous donors to NCLEJ,…

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NCLEJ and Partners See Significant Improvement in Benefit Application Processing in Steuben County

In February 2010, NCLEJ, the Western New York Law Center, and the Empire Justice Center achieved a settlement approved by the United States District Court for the Western District of New York in a class action case challenging…

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