Thank you to @NYCCouncil and @NYCMayor for supporting NYLAG’s ability to provide free civil legal services and financial empowerment programs. Because of the City’s continued investment in our work, New Yorkers can strive for a life that is more affordable and more just.
NYLAG is a leading civil legal services organization combatting economic, racial, & social injustice by advocating for people experiencing poverty or in crisis.
- Tens of thousands of veterans who served on the frontlines have their disability benefits on the line as VA policy shifts. With @bwforg's support, NYLAG can help ensure resources and benefits for over a thousand veterans, servicemembers, and their families.
- "Algorithmic wage-setting is not the only modern menace fought with time-tested protections." 🔹algorithmic scheduling v predictable schedules 🔹algorithm management v just cause termination 🔹junk fees v consumer & small biz protections (1/3)Rejecting surveillance capitalism means insisting clearly and unapologetically that markets should serve the people — not the other way around, writes NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Commissioner @saalevine. jacobin.com/2026/05/survei…
- On July 1, roughly 450,000 New Yorkers on the Essential Plan will lose their health insurance due to disastrous federal health care cuts. NYLAG's Rebecca Wallach shares what you can do if you’re about to lose coverage. thecity.nyc/2026/04/07/ess…About 450,000 New Yorkers are set to lose their health insurance July 1. Here’s what experts say you should do to prepare now. buff.ly/pbzCWt0
- Dylan is coming home!! After 10 long months of ICE detention, nothing can undo the injustice Dylan endured, but his release is a step in the right direction. Thank you to @SenSchumer, @NYCMayor, so many others who offered unwavering advocacy and support.



