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POLICY ADVOCACY

UPDATED: Maximize Federal Dollars Flowing to New York: Invest in the Disability Advocacy Program

The Disability Advocacy Program is a nationally recognized program that generates doc...

Empire Justice Memo of Support: Provide a Fair & Realistic Auto Resource Rule & Remove the Sunset Provision

We strongly support A.7236 AND S.410, which would replace the current two-tiered auto...

NEWSLETTERS

Disability Law News - December 2011 :

The Disability Law News is a quarterly newsletter published for DAP advocates. Featured in this issue highlights the announcement of a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2012 for monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. Additional articles discuss ALJ bias and defining the rolls of representatives and ALJs. Also in this issue you will find articles on Regulations, Court Decisions, and Administrative Decisions. Read More

Legal Services Journal - Fall 2011 :

The Fall 2011 Legal Services Journal reports on a wide range of poverty law topics. This issue provides analysis addressing the connection between domestic violence and a victim's increased need, not only for physical protection, but also for privacy safeguards. Also featured in this issue are articles on immigration, language access in hospital care, Medicaid, Food Stamps, foreclosure prevention services program and look at wage theft and the impact on communities and forging a path to wage justice. Thanks to all of our authors for their contributions to this issues of the Legal Services Journal. Read More