Complaint Filed by Brooklyn Community Groups in August Accused DEC of Discrimination After Failing to Review Natural Gas Pipeline Contact: Amy Paul, paul@nclej.org The United States Environmental Protection Agency is investigating the New York State Department of Environmental…
Read More →NCLEJ filed FOIA and Georgia Open Records Act Requests seeking government records regarding public officials’ progress and timeline for ending ICE operations at the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC), an immigration detention center in Georgia with a long…
Read More →Community groups from across Brooklyn, represented by the National Center for Law and Economic Justice and the New York Law School Civil Rights and Disability Justice Clinic, filed a groundbreaking federal civil rights complaint against the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), the New…
Read More →NCLEJ partnered with attorneys Wendy Manard and Ellyn Clevenger to address major violations in Louisiana’s unemployment insurance benefits system that are costing Louisianans their unemployment checks. “Louisiana’s unemployment system is so confusing that people are losing benefits –…
Read More →On November 25, 2020, as part of our efforts to end excessive fines and fees, NCLEJ and the National ACLU, ACLU of Illinois, Fines and Fees Justice Center, and Shriver Center on Poverty Law submitted an amicus brief…
Read More →Michiganders with disabilities achieved a major victory in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in NCLEJ’s Waskul v. Washtenaw County Community Mental Health case. Plaintiffs, individuals with developmental disabilities, and the Washtenaw Association for Community Advocacy, a non-profit organization that…
Read More →Victory! Our plaintiffs Migrant Justice and supporters are announcing a settlement in our case to sue Immigration and Customs Enforcement and stop ICE’s unlawful surveillance, harassment, and arrest of immigrant community leaders targeted for their First Amendment protected…
Read More →No one should have to worry about their life-sustaining medical equipment being taken from them in a pandemic. Disability Rights New York (DRNY) & NCLEJ filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of Not Dead Yet, NMD United,…
Read More →Last week, a federal judge certified a class action charging the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) with systemic due process violations. The lawsuit challenges the Transit Authority’s unlawful seizures of New Yorkers’ state tax refunds to collect on default…
Read More →NCLEJ, in partnership with the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit brought by the Buffalo, New York police and firefighter unions that seeks…
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