Statewide "Loan Modification Scam Alert" Campaign Launched
March 4, 2010
Statewide “Loan Modification Scam Alert” Campaign Launched As Part of NYS Consumer Protection Board’s Annual Consumer Action Day. Event Also Offered a Variety of Free, Confidential Assistance to New Yorkers.
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Advocates Join Together to Urge Governor and the Legislature to Make "Better Choices" to Balance State Budget (A Better Choice for NY)
February 22, 2010
Members of the Better Choice Budget Campaign joined together today to urge the Governor and the Legislature to explore alternatives to state budget cuts that would further erode jobs and desperately needed services.
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Empire Justice Center Releases 'Mending the Patchwork' Report
January 13, 2010
A report examining county by county inequities in child care subsidy administration in New York State.
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Media Advisory: Access to Child Care Assistance Varies Wildly Across the State
January 11, 2010
NEW REPORT: Access to Child Care Assistance Varies Wildly Across the State - Families With Same Income, Number of Kids Treated Differently Just Because They Live in a Different County!
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Empire Justice Center Elects Officers and New Board Members
December 15, 2009
Empire Justice Center is pleased to announce the Board's election of executive officers and three new members to its Board of Directors.
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NYRL Praises Governor and Legislature for Timely Passage of Foreclosure Prevention Bill
November 19, 2009
New Yorkers for Responsible Lending hails swift action by the New York State Legislature, which passed landmark legislation on Monday that will help reduce foreclosures; protect tenants in foreclosed properties; and relieve local governments from maintaining properties when foreclosures occur.
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New York's Budget Negotiation Should Not Jeopardize Critical Medicaid Services for Vulnerable New Yorkers
November 19, 2009
Cuts to so-called Optional Medicaid Services are not optional at all.
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NYRL Supports Immediate Passage of Legislation to Prevent Foreclosures
November 16, 2009
New Yorkers for Responsible Lending statement in support of Governor's program bill #46 that would improve and expand the foreclosure settlement conference process and the 90-day pre-foreclosure notice requirement, provide crucial protections for tenants in foreclosed properties, and protect neighborhoods with high rates of foreclosure by mandating that lenders maintain foreclosed properties.
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Governor Paterson Issues Executive Order 21 Establishing the Governor's Task Force on the Prevention of Childhood Lead Poisoning (NYS Governer's website)
June 2, 2009
State Agencies Will Collaborate on the Development of a Coordinated Strategy to Eradicate Childhood Exposure to Lead
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Report Finds That Communities of Color in NYS May Have Inadequate Access to Homeowner's Insurance
May 21, 2009
Analysis by Empire Justice Center suggests that minority communities and neighborhoods with high vacancy rates have higher concentrations of “insurance of last resort.”
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