Government Benefits
NYLAG Obtains Records From NYC’s Department of Homeless Services That Show Agency Projects Lack of Shelter Capacity
Data obtained by NYLAG through a Freedom of Information Law request shows that, for over six months, New York City's Department of Homeless Services has ...
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Consumer Protection Unit
NY Focus: For Scandal-Plagued For-Profit Colleges, No State Is More Welcoming Than New York
NYLAG's Jessica Ranucci was interviewed for this piece from New York Focus on New York State's tuition subsidies for poorly-performing for-profit colleges.
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Government Benefits
NYLAG, Legal Aid, Dechert LLP, File Federal Class Action Lawsuit Against City for Failing to Process SNAP and Cash Assistance Applications and Recertifications, Forcing Thousands of Families to Face Food Instability
New York Legal Assistance Group, The Legal Aid Society, and Dechert LLP, filed a class action lawsuit against the New York City Department of Social ...
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Government Benefits
Gothamist: New Yorkers Sue City Over Delays to Food Stamps
NYLAG's Abby Biberman was quoted in Gothamist about NYLAG's class action lawsuit, along with the Legal Aid Society, on behalf of New Yorkers who were ...
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Education Rights
Gothamist: NYC Receives $38 Million Funding Boost for Lawyers Litigating Special Education Lawsuits
NYLAG's Danielle Tarantolo spoke to Gothamist about the New York City Department of Education’s efforts to get additional funding for staff to handle cases brought ...
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Consumer Protection Unit
Facing Collapse, For-Profit ASA College Makes Troubling Moves
In December, NYLAG’s Jessica Ranucci spoke to the Republic Report about NYLAG’s advocacy for students left in turmoil after their for-profit college lost its accreditation. ...
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Consumer Protection Unit
The Long Troubled ASA College Loses its Accreditation
On November 11, 2022, ASA College, the subject of a NYLAG class action lawsuit in 2014, lost its accreditation. NYLAG’s Jessica Ranucci spoke with Documented ...
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Consumer Protection Unit
Troubled ASA College Loses Accreditation
The Republic Report covers how for-profit ASA College lost its accreditation after repeated accusations, from NYLAG and other advocates, of preying on vulnerable immigrants with ...
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Consumer Protection Unit
For-Profit ASA College Deceived Immigrant Students, NYC Says
The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection found that advertisements made by the for-profit ASA college violated the City’s Consumer Protection Law by preying on ...
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Housing Insecurity
NYCHA’s Section 8 logjam continues on for too many
An error in NYCHA’s case management system that wrongfully terminated tenants’ Section 8 vouchers continues to leave tens of thousands in jeopardy. In this follow ...
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