Publications
Empire Justice Center recent annual reports, brochures, manuals, reports, and periodicals including the Legal Services Journal and the DAP News, are posted here. To view older version of these sections please follow the links in the menu on the left.
ANNUAL REPORTS
Annual Report 2008 - 2009 :
We are proud to release our 2008-09 Annual Report, which illustrates the powerful impact of our work. Please take a few moments to read client stories and to see the amazing results our staff achieve for low-income families in New York.
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REPORTS
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New York’s Exchange Portal: A Gateway to Coverage for Immigrants Health Insurance Exchanges have the potential to eliminate many existing barriers to health insurance coverage for low-income workers facing reductions in salaries and benefits. Immigrant families, whose incomes tend to be lower to begin with, have been particularly hard hit by escalating health care costs. National figures from 2010 indicate that 75% of workers in noncitizen families were in traditional blue collar jobs, as compared to 60% of workers from citizen families. The average median annual income for noncitizens was $25,000, roughly half the amount for citizen households. In New York, home to 4.3 million immigrants, noncitizens are over three times as likely as citizens to lack health insurance. Read More |
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The Long Island Foreclosure Crisis: Stabilizing the communities most impacted by foreclosures in Nassau and Suffolk Counties Study identifies hardest hit towns and strategies to keep families in their homes and limit damage to the local tax base. Read More |
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 MANUALS
The Affordable Care Act: Impact on New York State :
An overview of the Affordable Care Act's approach to reforming the health care system.
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Tool Kit for Community Health Centers- Helping Patients Access Medicaid :
This tool kit provides fact sheets and forms on ten different topics related to helping patients access Medicaid coverage or other help with paying for health care services.
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NEWSLETTERS
Disability Law News - March 2013 Issue :
The Disability Law News is a quarterly newsletter published for DAP advocates. Featured in this issue are details on the new Social Security Ruling (SSR) 13-2p Evaluating Cases Involving Drug and Alcoholism (DAA). Additional articles include an analysis of the Court of Appeals decision on the treating physician rule. Also in this issue you will find articles on regulations, additional Court Decisions and many helpful websites listed in Web News.
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Policy Matters - February 2013 :
As we draft this issue of Policy Matters, we are about to begin the sprint to a final state budget - possibly earlier than ever before. As you may have guessed, much of our work since our last email has been focused on budget issues. However, as you can see, we have other irons on the fire as well!
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