NYLAG offers comments on proposed Income Savings Plan Program for residents in NYC homeless shelters
NYLAG submitted comments to the Departement of Homeless Services about the proposed Income Savings Plan Program
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NYLAG comments on proposed changes to SNAP eligibility
Proposed changes to SNAP eligibility would cause serious harm to low-income households, and would specifically affect working families, children and the elderly and disabled populations.
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USCIS reverses decision on medical deferred action
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), the administrative arm of DHS, has reversed its decision and will continue to use their power to consider ...
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NYLAG’s New Visual Identity. Why now?
Since 1990, The New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) has worked tirelessly to make the voices of individuals and families with low-income or experiencing poverty ...
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NYLAG’s first Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer
Caprice Jenerson has become NYLAG's first-ever Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer.
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Mississippi ICE raids: Children of immigrations arrested left ‘homeless’—’my dad didn’t do anything, he’s not a criminal’
Randye Retkin, Director of NYLAG's LegalHealth Division, interviewed in Newsweek about the need for Standby Guardianship laws.
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Opinion: It’s Vital for Immigrant Parents to Consider a Standby Guardian
Randye Retkin, Director of NYLAG's LegalHealth Division, wrote this Op-Ed for City Limits about NY's Standby Guardianship law.
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Planning tools for Immigrant Parents
There are tools availible for immigrant parents who are worried that they may be separated from their child because of immigration enforcement.
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LGBTQ Legislative Update
Heather Betz. Director of NYLAG's LGBTQ Law Project, gives an update on the policies NYLAG is advocating for to promote protections for LGBTQ communities.
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Does NY’s Legal System Provide Justice to Sexual Assault Survivors?
Lisa Rivera, NYLAG’s Managing Attorney, wrote this Op-Ed for Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the New York Law Journal
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