NYLAG Outlines 2024-2025 State Legislative Priorities
As Albany kicks off its 2024 legislative session, the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) looks forward to advocating for the policies and budgetary measures ...
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Testimony: Supportive Housing and Assisting Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
NYLAG's testimony before the New York City Council on supportive housing and assisting individuals experiencing homelessness, including homeless veterans.
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Testimony: Preserve the Status Quo for Home Care Eligibility
NYLAG's Valerie Bogart submits a memorandum supporting the repeal of discriminatory restrictions on Medicaid home care eligibility.
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Testimony: New York City Council Oversight Hearing Before the Committee on Public Housing RE: $78.34 Billion: NYCHA’s Physical Needs Assessment
Public Housing Justice Project Director Anna Luft and Staff Attorney Sophie Cohen represented NYLAG at City Hall to testify that NYCHA's Physical Needs Assessment is ...
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Testimony: City’s Shelter Policies for Recent Immigrants are Discriminatory
NYLAG’s Deborah Berkman testified before the New York City Council Committees on General Welfare and Immigration about the harms of a recently implemented 60-day limit ...
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Testimony: NYLAG Advocates Against NYCHA Significant Amendment
Anna Luft, the supervising attorney in NYLAG’s Tenants’ Rights Unit, critiques NYCHA’s proposed demolition of three buildings and their replacement with a larger development of ...
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Testimony: NYLAG Supports Legislation Expanding Access to Rental Subsides
Deborah Berkman, the supervising attorney of the Shelter Advocacy Initiative and the Public Assistance and SNAP practice at NYLAG spoke with the Committee on General ...
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New York Times: New Migrants Have a Year to Apply for Asylum. Many Won’t Make It.
NYLAG’s Jodi Ziesemer spoke to the New York Times about the long, confusing, and tedious application process required of migrants seeking asylum. Even for those ...
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NYLAG and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Successfully Advocate for Policy Change to Prevent Homeless Families with Children from Sleeping on Streets and Subways
After nearly two years of advocacy by NYLAG and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, the New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) closed an ...
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Testimony: NYLAG Advocates for Immigrants Experiencing Homelessness and Financial Insecurity
NYLAG’s Deborah Berkman spoke to the Committees on General Welfare and Immigration on legislation impacting immigrants experiencing homelessness and financial insecurity.
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