NYLAG submitted comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opposing proposed rule seeking to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).
NYLAG urges the Bureau to strengthen the proposed rules to protect consumers. The proposed rules would allow debt collectors to engage in abusive behavior in contravention of the purpose of the FDCPA.
NYLAG’s Valerie Bogart submits a memorandum supporting the repeal of discriminatory restrictions on Medicaid home care eligibility.
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 no excuse to forgo repairs or privatize public housing.
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 on shelter stays for adult migrants.
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 market rate and “affordable” housing units.
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 Welfare about facilitating services for vulnerable New Yorkers.
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 who regularly practice immigration law, the administrative complexities can be confusing, she said.
