Testimony: Public Benefits Processing Delays are Leaving Families in a state of Emergency
Abby Biberman, the Associate Director of the Public Benefits Unit at the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG), spoke before the New York City Council ...
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City Limits: New Yorkers See Uneven Improvement in Food Stamp, Cash Assistance Delays
NYLAG’s Deborah Berkman spoke to City Limits for this piece about how tens of thousands of New Yorkers have faced delays to their benefits applications, ...
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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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Pix11: NYC Must Speed Up Food Stamp Application Processing Amid Backlog, Judge Rules
This Pix11 story covers a court order secured by NYLAG, Legal Aid Society, and Dechert LLP requiring the City to eliminate all SNAP and Cash ...
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NYLAG, Legal Aid, and Dechert LLP Secure Court Order Requiring City to Eliminate All SNAP and Cash Assistance Delays
NYLAG, Legal Aid Society, and Dechert secured a court order requiring the City to eliminate all SNAP and Cash Assistance delays that have long contributed ...
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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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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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NYLAG, Legal Aid, Empire Justice, Launch “Fair Hearing Help NY” Website
NYLAG, Legal Aid Society, and Empire Justice Center launched Fair Hearing Help NY, a free, virtual legal resource for New Yorkers who are representing themselves ...
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Opinion: Homeless shelters that make sense: Large, dangerous congregate shelters drive people away
In the New York Daily News, NYLAG's Deborah Berkman and City Relief's Josiah Haken explain why the City should invest in non-congregate shelters to better ...
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