In response to the Governor’s executive budget for the 2025-2026 session, Valerie Bogart and Rebecca Wallach of the Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program submitted testimony for the joint hearing of the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committees to provide insights and recommendations around health and Medicaid related matters.
Their testimony included calls for increasing home care worker pay, guaranteeing health care for immigrants, and more.
In reporting on federal uncertainty for NYCHA, City Limits cited Public Housing Justice Project Director Anna Luft’s City Council budget testimony.
Valerie Bogart and Rebecca Wallach wrote to the editor of the Times Union about the Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP).
NYLAG submitted testimony to the New York City Council’s Committee on Aging about the FY 26 preliminary budget.
NYLAG’s Public Housing Justice Project Director Anna Luft submitted testimony regarding New York City’s FY 26 preliminary budget for NYCHA.
NYLAG’s Interim Director of our LegalHealth Unit, Julie Brandfield, submitted testimony about FY 26’s preliminary budget to the New York City Council’s Committee on Hospitals, specifically making the case for
Immigrant Protection Unit Co-Director Jodi Ziesemer submitted testimony on New York City’s FY 26 preliminary budget for immigration legal services.
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