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- Student Loan Debt: It’s Personal and Professional for NYC Consumer Affairs Commissioner Salas
  
  Posted on April 10, 2018
  
  Lorelie Salas describes the heavy burden of student loan debt that haunted her for years after there was no other way to finance her education than to take out federal student loans.
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- The Human Face of Asylum Seekers
  
  Posted on April 3, 2018
  
  Elizabeth Gibson, attorney with our Immigrant Protection Unit, defends asylum against dangerous rhetoric from the Trump Administration.
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- Healthcare Landscape for Veterans
  
  Posted on March 18, 2018
  
  NYLAG LegalHealth Attorney Katie Ocampo wrote a piece on veteran’s healthcare for the ABA Journal.
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- Special Ed Reforms Give Kids Their Due
  
  Posted on February 16, 2018
  
  NYLAG reached a settlement with Achievement First Crown Heights to ensure that students with disabilities get the services they need to learn and thrive.
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- Outcry Grows over ICE in NY Courts
  
  Posted on December 28, 2017
  
  With a growing number of immigrants arrested in New York courthouses, NYLAG joined fellow legal service provider and advocates in signing a letter to Chief Judge DiFiore asking that all ICE agents be banned from NY courts.
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- NYLAG Releases 2016-2017 Annual Report
  
  Posted on December 13, 2017
  
  In our latest Annual Report you will meet some of the people we are honored to serve. It is our hope that their stories will inspire you.
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- VA Study Shows Legal Services Improve Health
  
  Posted on December 4, 2017
  
  NYLAG clients and attorneys participated in a study which shows the positive impact of legal assistance on the health of veterans. Veterans who benefit from medical-legal partnerships like NYLAG’s have higher incomes and run into fewer problems finding housing.
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- Daphne Schlick Honored with Public Service Award
  
  Posted on September 15, 2017
  
  “With a laser focus on leveling the playing field for our vulnerable clients, Daphne has been unfailingly creative and innovative — forging unique and invaluable partnerships with the courts and other members of the legal services community and inspiring a new generation of young lawyers and law students who share her passion for expanding access to justice.”
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- Summer Days
  
  Posted on July 13, 2017
  
  The jam-packed summer of 2017 featured a host of social gatherings — from a night of karaoke to movie screenings, a series of CLE training programs for summer interns and staff, a panel discussion on health care reform, and an incredible turnout at the NYC Pride march.
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- NYLAG 2017 Gala Honors Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and Kevin McCarthy
  
  Posted on May 17, 2017
  
  More than 300 people attended the NYLAG 2017 Gala, themed Hope Is a Lawyer by My Side, to support NYLAG’s mission of providing high-quality, free civil legal services to low-income New Yorkers who cannot afford an attorney. The event honored New York State’s Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and Kevin McCarthy, General Counsel & Senior Vice President of BNY Mellon.
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