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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 following excerpts were reprinted from The New York Times. Read the the full article. This article It uplifts the stories of Plaintiff in the case McCullough v. City of Montgomery Marquita Johnson and others in Alabama persecuted by debt in…
Read More →The following excerpts were reprinted from Missouri Independent. Read the the full article. This article was also reposted in Fulton Sun. Mary Holmes says she subsisted on hardly any food for over a month as she struggled to…
Read More →The following excerpts were reprinted from The Black Wall Street Times. Read the full article. After the 2020 police lynching of George Floyd in broad daylight inspired the nation’s largest social uprising ever recorded, states like Oklahoma retaliated…
Read More →The following excerpts were reprinted from The River. Read the full article. If you could get to another planet, what would you need to live there? It’s a straightforward question with a simple answer—air, food, shelter, and water….
Read More →The following excerpts were reprinted from PRNewswire. Read the full article. Winston & Strawn LLP has released its 2022 Pro Bono Racial Justice & Equity CEASE Initiative Report. The publication outlines the CEASE Initiative’s most significant wins and ongoing matters…
Read More →The following excerpts were reprinted from City Limits. Read the full article. El Departamento de Conservación Medioambiental del Estado de Nueva York ha vuelto a retrasar el plazo de la solicitud de permiso de National Grid relacionada con…
Read More →The following excerpts were reprinted from a News 4 Investigates’ article. Read the full piece by Daniel Telvock. Most law enforcement agencies in New York, including the Buffalo Police Department, do not consistently collect the race of drivers ticketed…
Read More →The following excerpts were reprinted from a News 4 Investigates’ article. Read the full piece by Daniel Telvock. Buffalo Common Council President Darius Pridgen said he is “very familiar” with stories from constituents about racial bias from Buffalo’s…
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