New York Lawyers for the Public Interest

SMARTCITIESDIVE | APRIL 2024 NYLPI Director of Policy Justin Wood was featured in a story about NYC’s fare-free bus program. New York State Sen. Michael Gianaris and Assembly Member Zohran T...

https://www.nylpi.org/smartcitiesdive-justin-wood-responds-to-potential-for-nyc-fare-free-bus-program-expansion/

NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL | APRIL 2024 NYLPI Director of Disability Justice Ruth Lowenkron was featured in New York Law Journal coverage about New York State allocating a substantial budget The pos...

https://www.nylpi.org/new-york-law-journal-ruth-lowenkron-featured-in-response-to-governor-hochuls-allocation-of-33-million-for-mental-health-services/

On April 18, 2024, Roberta Mueller, senior supervising counsel for Disability Justice at NYLPI, spoke at the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance Education Working Group (LFAA) regarding the recent repor...

https://www.nylpi.org/event-recap-roberta-mueller-spoke-about-nyc-special-education-nylpi-report-at-law-firm-antiracism-alliance-education-working-group/

NYLPI Director of Policy Justin Wood was honored among City & State’s Trailblazers in Energy list: The question is, does Justin Wood hate garbage trucks or polluting power plants more? The p...

https://www.nylpi.org/nylpi-director-of-policy-justin-wood-included-in-city-state-nys-2024-trailblazers-in-energy-list/

NEW YORK TIMES | APRIL 2024 NYLPI Co-Director of Health Justice Karina Albistegui Adler‘s guest opinion essay was included as one of six responses to “We Should Be Allowed to The post New ...

https://www.nylpi.org/new-york-times-karina-albistegui-adler-responds-to-op-ed-writer-urges-transplant-equity-with-regard-to-kidney-transplant-discussion/

NYLPI joined coalition partners from Climate Works for All in a letter to Mayor Eric Adams’ office, urging New York City to implement pressing changes in its Fiscal Year 2025 The post Climat...

https://www.nylpi.org/climate-works-for-all-coalition-urges-mayor-adams-to-use-fiscal-year-2025-budget-to-address-essential-funding-for-just-transition/

SPECTRUM NEWS 1 | APRIL 2024 New York State’s budget will likely contain a pilot program for Daniel’s Law, a non-police response to mental health crises, reports Spectrum News 1. The post ...

https://www.nylpi.org/ruth-lowenkron-featured-in-spectrum-news-1-regarding-likely-inclusion-of-daniels-law-pilot-program-in-the-new-york-state-budget/

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) joined the Equality New York Coalition’s (EQNY)’s 2024 LGBTQ+ Advocacy Day in Albany to ensure that our elected officials hear and respond ...

https://www.nylpi.org/event-recap-housing-at-the-root-lgbtq-new-yorkers-deserve-safety-and-access-to-thrive-nylpi-participates-on-panel-meets-with-elected-officials-in-albany-with-the-equality-new-y/

In response to the Transportation, Economic Development and Environmental Conservation (TED) Bill of the FY 2025 New York State Budget, NY Renews issued the following statement: It’s outrageous...

https://www.nylpi.org/ny-renews-statement-on-ted-bill-of-the-fy-2025-new-york-state-budget/

It has been just over four years since Daniel Prude died of asphyxiation after being restrained by police officers when experiencing a mental health crisis in Rochester. Daniel’s death was T...

https://www.nylpi.org/joe-prude-and-the-daniels-law-coalition-call-for-pilot-funding-in-nys-fiscal-year-2025-budget/