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We have fought for almost 50 years to protect civil rights and achieve lived equality for communities in need.
New York made major climate progress this year, but we need to defend it! On Dec 11, we’re gathering in Albany to urge Governor Hochul to sign the 100-Foot Rule Repeal.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
New York made major climate progress this year, but we need to defend it! On Dec 11, we’re gathering in Albany to urge Governor Hochul to sign the 100-Foot Rule Repeal.
RSVP: bit.ly/RHN-NY
RSVP: bit.ly/RHN-NY
Today is #GivingTuesday!
Join us as we kick off a year-end push to raise $50,000 to support NYLPI’s work.
This Giving Tuesday, your gift directly supports immigrant defense, nonprofit resiliency, environmental justice, and disability justice.
Donate at nylpi.org/justice
Join us as we kick off a year-end push to raise $50,000 to support NYLPI’s work.
This Giving Tuesday, your gift directly supports immigrant defense, nonprofit resiliency, environmental justice, and disability justice.
Donate at nylpi.org/justice
December 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Today is #GivingTuesday!
Join us as we kick off a year-end push to raise $50,000 to support NYLPI’s work.
This Giving Tuesday, your gift directly supports immigrant defense, nonprofit resiliency, environmental justice, and disability justice.
Donate at nylpi.org/justice
Join us as we kick off a year-end push to raise $50,000 to support NYLPI’s work.
This Giving Tuesday, your gift directly supports immigrant defense, nonprofit resiliency, environmental justice, and disability justice.
Donate at nylpi.org/justice
Shobana Ramasamy, MD — part of NYLPI’s Medical Providers Network — co-authored a powerful piece for Physician’s Weekly on what it means for healthcare workers to advocate for immigrant patients beyond clinical care
Read the article: www.physiciansweekly.com/post/what-it...
Read the article: www.physiciansweekly.com/post/what-it...
What It Means to be a Healthcare Worker Advocate in 2025 | www.PhysiciansWeekly.com
A mother’s fear of deportation during her child’s cancer care underscores the need for compassionate, immigrant-focused care.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Shobana Ramasamy, MD — part of NYLPI’s Medical Providers Network — co-authored a powerful piece for Physician’s Weekly on what it means for healthcare workers to advocate for immigrant patients beyond clinical care
Read the article: www.physiciansweekly.com/post/what-it...
Read the article: www.physiciansweekly.com/post/what-it...
🚨 Breaking: The NY State Supreme Court has ruled that New York must comply with the Climate Law. The Court ordered DEC to issue regulations by Feb 6, 2026 — nearly 2 years overdue.
📄 Read the ruling: www.nylpi.org/wp-content/u...
📄 Read the ruling: www.nylpi.org/wp-content/u...
October 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
🚨 Breaking: The NY State Supreme Court has ruled that New York must comply with the Climate Law. The Court ordered DEC to issue regulations by Feb 6, 2026 — nearly 2 years overdue.
📄 Read the ruling: www.nylpi.org/wp-content/u...
📄 Read the ruling: www.nylpi.org/wp-content/u...
3,700+ nonprofits have signed a powerful letter condemning the Trump administration’s illegal attacks on civil society. We will not be intimidated or silenced.
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October 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
3,700+ nonprofits have signed a powerful letter condemning the Trump administration’s illegal attacks on civil society. We will not be intimidated or silenced.
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New Report: SOS – SAVE OUR SEWERS! NYLPI’s report documents the crisis of flooding + sewer backups in NYC. It uplifts community voices, shares expert analysis, and offers resources for action.
Read the report here: www.nylpi.org/nylpi-releas...
Read the report here: www.nylpi.org/nylpi-releas...
NYLPI RELEASES NEW REPORT, "SOS: SAVE OUR SEWERS," AND HOMEOWNER RESOURCE GUIDE - New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
This new report by NYLPI’s Environmental Justice Program examines New York City’s fight for justice and resiliency in the face of aging infrastructure and extreme storms. This report, born from […]
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September 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New Report: SOS – SAVE OUR SEWERS! NYLPI’s report documents the crisis of flooding + sewer backups in NYC. It uplifts community voices, shares expert analysis, and offers resources for action.
Read the report here: www.nylpi.org/nylpi-releas...
Read the report here: www.nylpi.org/nylpi-releas...
Congratulations to NYLPI Executive Director McGregor Smyth, honored as a Distinguished Leader in the New York Law Journal.
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Distinguished Leaders: McGregor Smyth, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest | Law.com
The New York Law Journal will honor attorneys and legal professionals at an awards ceremony in September.
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September 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Congratulations to NYLPI Executive Director McGregor Smyth, honored as a Distinguished Leader in the New York Law Journal.
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#KNOWYOURRIGHTS: Not all warrants are the same.
📄 Judicial warrants: signed by a judge, specify who/what/where, allow entry into private spaces.
🚫 ICE warrants: signed only by ICE, do NOT allow entry into homes or businesses.
📄 Judicial warrants: signed by a judge, specify who/what/where, allow entry into private spaces.
🚫 ICE warrants: signed only by ICE, do NOT allow entry into homes or businesses.
September 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
#KNOWYOURRIGHTS: Not all warrants are the same.
📄 Judicial warrants: signed by a judge, specify who/what/where, allow entry into private spaces.
🚫 ICE warrants: signed only by ICE, do NOT allow entry into homes or businesses.
📄 Judicial warrants: signed by a judge, specify who/what/where, allow entry into private spaces.
🚫 ICE warrants: signed only by ICE, do NOT allow entry into homes or businesses.
DENIED CARE IS ABUSE ‼️
ICE detention means unsanitary conditions, withheld meds, delayed treatment, and preventable deaths.
Join us on Aug 18, 2 PM at 26 Federal Plaza
✊ Free them all
✊ Let the doctors in
✊ ICE out of immigration courts
@thenyic.bsky.social @maketheroadny.bsky.social
ICE detention means unsanitary conditions, withheld meds, delayed treatment, and preventable deaths.
Join us on Aug 18, 2 PM at 26 Federal Plaza
✊ Free them all
✊ Let the doctors in
✊ ICE out of immigration courts
@thenyic.bsky.social @maketheroadny.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
DENIED CARE IS ABUSE ‼️
ICE detention means unsanitary conditions, withheld meds, delayed treatment, and preventable deaths.
Join us on Aug 18, 2 PM at 26 Federal Plaza
✊ Free them all
✊ Let the doctors in
✊ ICE out of immigration courts
@thenyic.bsky.social @maketheroadny.bsky.social
ICE detention means unsanitary conditions, withheld meds, delayed treatment, and preventable deaths.
Join us on Aug 18, 2 PM at 26 Federal Plaza
✊ Free them all
✊ Let the doctors in
✊ ICE out of immigration courts
@thenyic.bsky.social @maketheroadny.bsky.social
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🚨 Congress and the federal administration are undermining our environmental protections. NY's Congressmembers must protect NY's air and water by defending the National Environmental Policy Act!
🌍 Sign-on letter: www.nypirg.org/pubs/202508/...
📰 News release: www.nypirg.org/pubs/202508/...
🌍 Sign-on letter: www.nypirg.org/pubs/202508/...
📰 News release: www.nypirg.org/pubs/202508/...
August 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🚨 Congress and the federal administration are undermining our environmental protections. NY's Congressmembers must protect NY's air and water by defending the National Environmental Policy Act!
🌍 Sign-on letter: www.nypirg.org/pubs/202508/...
📰 News release: www.nypirg.org/pubs/202508/...
🌍 Sign-on letter: www.nypirg.org/pubs/202508/...
📰 News release: www.nypirg.org/pubs/202508/...
Gender-affirming care is under unprecedented attack, but New Yorkers are fighting back. The Legislature passed the Shield Law to protect patients and providers. Now it’s time for Gov. Hochul to affirm New Yorkers’ right to essential health care
Take Action Now: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Take Action Now: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
August 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Gender-affirming care is under unprecedented attack, but New Yorkers are fighting back. The Legislature passed the Shield Law to protect patients and providers. Now it’s time for Gov. Hochul to affirm New Yorkers’ right to essential health care
Take Action Now: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Take Action Now: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
“The lowest-income New Yorkers face a choice between deadly heat or skyrocketing electric bills.”
Megan Carr (NYLPI) and the Peak Coalition call on Gov. Hochul and NYPA to retire peaker plants and expand renewable energy.
Read the Op-ed in Times Union:
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Megan Carr (NYLPI) and the Peak Coalition call on Gov. Hochul and NYPA to retire peaker plants and expand renewable energy.
Read the Op-ed in Times Union:
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Commentary: What happened to plans for public solar and wind power?
The New York Power Authority has the ability to develop its own renewable energy projects. So why is it dragging its heels?
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August 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
“The lowest-income New Yorkers face a choice between deadly heat or skyrocketing electric bills.”
Megan Carr (NYLPI) and the Peak Coalition call on Gov. Hochul and NYPA to retire peaker plants and expand renewable energy.
Read the Op-ed in Times Union:
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
Megan Carr (NYLPI) and the Peak Coalition call on Gov. Hochul and NYPA to retire peaker plants and expand renewable energy.
Read the Op-ed in Times Union:
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
As we wrap up #disabilitypridemonth let’s continue promoting awareness and celebrating the diversity, strength, and leadership of people with disabilities all year long.
July 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
As we wrap up #disabilitypridemonth let’s continue promoting awareness and celebrating the diversity, strength, and leadership of people with disabilities all year long.
#DisabilityPrideMonth celebrates the resilience and contributions of individuals with disabilities. It's a time to celebrate and act. Join us in promoting awareness and celebrating the diversity of people with disabilities year-round.
July 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
#DisabilityPrideMonth celebrates the resilience and contributions of individuals with disabilities. It's a time to celebrate and act. Join us in promoting awareness and celebrating the diversity of people with disabilities year-round.
NYLPI testified before the NYC Board of Correction, urging them to reject DOC requests allowing continued overcrowding at Rikers.
The Board of Correction ultimately denied the requests, a critical step toward justice and dignity for incarcerated New Yorkers.
The Board of Correction ultimately denied the requests, a critical step toward justice and dignity for incarcerated New Yorkers.
July 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
NYLPI testified before the NYC Board of Correction, urging them to reject DOC requests allowing continued overcrowding at Rikers.
The Board of Correction ultimately denied the requests, a critical step toward justice and dignity for incarcerated New Yorkers.
The Board of Correction ultimately denied the requests, a critical step toward justice and dignity for incarcerated New Yorkers.
Watch Karina Albistegui-Adler NYLPI’s Co-Director of Health Justice, on New York Now. Karina discussed the challenges undocumented New Yorkers face in accessing organ transplants, despite the fact that many contribute to organ donations after death.
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Watch Karina Albistegui Adler Albistegui-Adler, NYLPI’s Co-Director of Health Justice, on New York Now. | New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
Watch Karina Albistegui Adler Albistegui-Adler, NYLPI’s Co-Director of Health Justice, on New York Now.
In a recent segment on WMHT's New York Now, Karina discussed the challenges undocumented Ne...
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July 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Watch Karina Albistegui-Adler NYLPI’s Co-Director of Health Justice, on New York Now. Karina discussed the challenges undocumented New Yorkers face in accessing organ transplants, despite the fact that many contribute to organ donations after death.
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#Medicaid is health insurance coverage. New Yorkers across our state tell their stories to share why the program is important to them: medicaidmattersny.org/wp-content/u... #HandsOffMedicaid @schumer.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
#Medicaid is health insurance coverage. New Yorkers across our state tell their stories to share why the program is important to them: medicaidmattersny.org/wp-content/u... #HandsOffMedicaid @schumer.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
Were you ticketed for an expired NYC Parking Permit holders for People with Disabilities (PPPD) during the pandemic? You may be eligible for help. Contact the NYC Office of the Parking Summons Advocate and reach out to NYLPI if the issue isn’t resolved.
July 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Were you ticketed for an expired NYC Parking Permit holders for People with Disabilities (PPPD) during the pandemic? You may be eligible for help. Contact the NYC Office of the Parking Summons Advocate and reach out to NYLPI if the issue isn’t resolved.
NYLPI Director of Policy Justin Wood was featured in @insideclimatenews.org discussing the urgent need for reform in NYC’s waste management system, particularly around the long-delayed commercial waste zones.
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New York City Has a Trash Problem. A Packaging Reduction Bill Could Help - Inside Climate News
A proposal in the state Legislature that would require a steep drop in non-recyclable packaging faces fierce opposition from businesses that would have to meet new package and recycling demands.
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July 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
NYLPI Director of Policy Justin Wood was featured in @insideclimatenews.org discussing the urgent need for reform in NYC’s waste management system, particularly around the long-delayed commercial waste zones.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1406202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1406202...
We’re so thankful to receive support from @trinitychurchnyc.bsky.social to continue strengthening and protecting New York’s nonprofit sector.
June 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
We’re so thankful to receive support from @trinitychurchnyc.bsky.social to continue strengthening and protecting New York’s nonprofit sector.
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We just won a court order blocking the U.S. Department of Transportation’s illegal attempt to tie transportation funding to immigration enforcement.
We will keep fighting to protect our immigrant communities and ensure our roads, airports, and transit systems get the support they need.
We will keep fighting to protect our immigrant communities and ensure our roads, airports, and transit systems get the support they need.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Transportation are illegally forcing states to comply with the administration’s immigration policies or give up billions of dollars in funding for disaster relief and transportation.
I’m suing to stop this unlawful overreach.
I’m suing to stop this unlawful overreach.
June 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We just won a court order blocking the U.S. Department of Transportation’s illegal attempt to tie transportation funding to immigration enforcement.
We will keep fighting to protect our immigrant communities and ensure our roads, airports, and transit systems get the support they need.
We will keep fighting to protect our immigrant communities and ensure our roads, airports, and transit systems get the support they need.
Thank you to Senator Liz Krueger and NY Senate for passing the Customer Savings and Reliability Act to reduce pollution, save utility ratepayers' money, and protect New Yorkers' health. Now it's up to Speaker Heastie and The NYS Assembly Majority to take action: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
June 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Thank you to Senator Liz Krueger and NY Senate for passing the Customer Savings and Reliability Act to reduce pollution, save utility ratepayers' money, and protect New Yorkers' health. Now it's up to Speaker Heastie and The NYS Assembly Majority to take action: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Albany: Protect providers and patients receiving gender-affirming care.
The State Assembly and Governor Hochul must pass the Gender-Affirming Care Shield Law (A.5480-B) before session ends.
Take action now: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
The State Assembly and Governor Hochul must pass the Gender-Affirming Care Shield Law (A.5480-B) before session ends.
Take action now: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
June 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Tell Albany: Protect providers and patients receiving gender-affirming care.
The State Assembly and Governor Hochul must pass the Gender-Affirming Care Shield Law (A.5480-B) before session ends.
Take action now: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
The State Assembly and Governor Hochul must pass the Gender-Affirming Care Shield Law (A.5480-B) before session ends.
Take action now: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
We’re standing with Renewable Heat Now and allies to demand bold climate action in Albany. Come join us!
The NY HEAT Act is key to affordable, clean energy and we need it now. Let’s get it passed before session ends.
#NYHEATAct #EnvironmentalJustice #ActOnClimate
The NY HEAT Act is key to affordable, clean energy and we need it now. Let’s get it passed before session ends.
#NYHEATAct #EnvironmentalJustice #ActOnClimate
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We’re standing with Renewable Heat Now and allies to demand bold climate action in Albany. Come join us!
The NY HEAT Act is key to affordable, clean energy and we need it now. Let’s get it passed before session ends.
#NYHEATAct #EnvironmentalJustice #ActOnClimate
The NY HEAT Act is key to affordable, clean energy and we need it now. Let’s get it passed before session ends.
#NYHEATAct #EnvironmentalJustice #ActOnClimate
Join us this Wednesday, May 22, for NYLPI’s 32nd Annual Law & Society Awards Luncheon honoring Brooke Cucinella, Hon. Jonathan Lippman, and Mike Ferrara.
Can’t attend? Donate now: text 646-956-2366 or give online: host.nxt.blackbaud.com/donor-form/?...
Can’t attend? Donate now: text 646-956-2366 or give online: host.nxt.blackbaud.com/donor-form/?...
May 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Join us this Wednesday, May 22, for NYLPI’s 32nd Annual Law & Society Awards Luncheon honoring Brooke Cucinella, Hon. Jonathan Lippman, and Mike Ferrara.
Can’t attend? Donate now: text 646-956-2366 or give online: host.nxt.blackbaud.com/donor-form/?...
Can’t attend? Donate now: text 646-956-2366 or give online: host.nxt.blackbaud.com/donor-form/?...