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Four Tips to Overcome Financial Stress
NYLAG Financial Counselor Peterson DeCoteau and Gwen Hartstein share different ways to handle the mental health challenges that come with financial stress.
Gothamist: NYC’s Immigration Court Delays Could Jeopardize Migrants’ Chance at Asylum
NYLAG’s Melissa Chua and Grace Choi spoke to Gothamist about how chaos and delays outside of immigration court in New York City are jeopardizing immigrants’ chances at applying for asylum.
NYLAG, NCLEJ & MRNY File Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against New York State Department of Labor for Discriminating in Unemployment Insurance Procedures
The complaint alleges that the New York State Department of Labor discriminates against its clients and workers who have limited English proficiency by failing to provide meaningful multilingual access to unemployment insurance.
Documented: Migrants Struggle to Find Lawyers to Meet One Year Deadline to File for Asylum
NYLAG’s Jodi Ziesemer spoke with Documented about the demand for free legal services for asylum-seekers in New York City, one year after thousands were bussed to the city from other states.
Opinion: NYC’s ‘Right to Counsel’ program in dire need of funding life raft
“The time is now for City Hall to step up and make the Right to Counsel program a reality so that low-income tenants can get the legal help they need,” writes NYLAG CEO Lisa Rivera, Legal Aid Society’s Adriene Holder, and LSNYC’s Raun Rasmussen in City & State New York.
Joint Statement Applauding NYC Council Progressive Caucus’ Call for $351 Million in City Budget for ‘Right to Counsel’ so Tenants Facing Eviction Can Stay in Their Homes
“At a time of increasing rents, record level homelessness, and soaring eviction cases, the City must invest in protections that preserve affordable housing and keep tenants safe, not take them away.”
