SSA Notices Discriminate Against Blind and Visually Impaired
January 21, 2010
A federal court judge in California has ordered relief to a nation-wide class of visually impaired individuals who sought to compel SSA to provide alternative formats of communication. Read More

New York State Human Rights Law Offers Few Protections Without Attorney's Fees
January 16, 2010
The New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL) has the potential to offer New Yorkers civil rights protections beyond federal law, but these rights cannot be realized without the provision of attorney’s fees. Read More

Empire Justice Joins Advocates to Decry Mid-Year Cuts
November 5, 2009
Press release announcing the press conference organized by New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, the Fiscal Policy Institute, Empire Justice Center and others to talk about alternatives to Governor Paterson's proposed DRP. Read More

Overcoming Intimidation and Harrassment of Migrant Farmworkers
November 2, 2009
Last year, only a few months after I began working at Farmworker Legal Services of New York (FLSNY), I received a fax scrawled with ethnic slurs and xenophobic remarks, interspersed with irrelevant provisions of immigration law and accusations that our office was harboring terrorist sympathizers, aiding and abetting them in evading authorities and violating the law. Read More

ADA Regulations Defining Disability Available for Public Comment
November 2, 2009
Significant changes to the definition of disability became effective on January 1, 2009 under the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA.) Read More