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On June 19, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York approved the negotiated settlement in Richard C. v. Proud, 12 Civ. 5942, which challenged the State’s failure to advise individuals facing SNAP (Food…
Read More →This article was originally published in The Capitol Pressroom. Read it here. Sept. 1, 2023 – The Hochul administration is being sued by a group of home care workers in New York City that wanted state labor officials…
Read More →Today, in decisions that were as damaging as they were predictable, the United States Supreme Court struck down admission polices at Harvard University and The University of North Carolina that were created to benefit all of their students by…
Read More →We are deeply saddened to learn of the loss of former NCLEJ Board Member Nancy Lieberman. A staunch advocate for people with disabilities, she co-founded New Yorkers to Cure Paralysis, and twice succeeded in reinstating state funds for…
Read More →“The National Center for Law and Economic Justice (NCLEJ) filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court last week against the state Department of Labor for documents the group requested under the state Freedom of Information Law….
Read More →The New York Court of Appeals’ determination of Andersen v. Hein will impact how state government agencies and local social services departments can use participation in the Work Experience Program to recover costs from lump sum federal Supplemental…
Read More →An appeals panel will decide whether a federal judge overreached by imposing an injunction seeking to streamline Missouri’s SNAP interview process and cut down on call wait times. This article was originally published in Courthouse News Service. Read…
Read More →Researchers say many of the costs for SNAP waivers fall on individual grocery stores, and that the restrictions don’t help improve health outcomes for low-income people. This article was originally published in Montana Free Press. Read it here….
Read More →This article was originally published in Bloomberg Law. Read it here. A group of low-income individuals reliant on federal food assistance sued the Trump administration Wednesday, alleging new restrictions to which foods they can buy using government benefits…
Read More →This article was originally published in USA Today via Reuters. Read it here. Food stamp recipients sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday to undo Trump administration efforts to prevent them from using benefits to buy products…
Read More →This article was originally published in Newsweek. Read it here. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients have filed a lawsuit against the federal government, arguing that new restrictions on what they can purchase with the benefits are unlawful and harmful to people…
Read More →In suing to halt restrictions in five states, the plaintiffs argued that the Trump administration violated laws authorizing SNAP and governing changes in policies. This article was originally published in the New York Times. Read it here. Food…
Read More →A judge recently handed 24-hour home care aides a victory, and a City Council member is reviving his push to ban 24-hour shifts altogether. But the workers’ struggles are far from over. This article was originally published in…
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