Joining with Low-Income People to Fight for Fairness National Center for Law and Economic Justice 2014 - 2015 Report

2014 - 2015 REPORT

JOINING WITH LOW-INCOME PEOPLE TO FIGHT FOR FAIRNESS NATIONAL CENTER FOR LAW AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE 2014 - 2015 REPORT

Mission From the CHAIR and Advancing the cause of economic justice for low-income families, individuals, and EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR communities across the country.

Values Jennifer M. Marc Selendy Cohan Because NCLEJ’s Board and staff believe that this nation should strive to ensure that no one lives in poverty or is denied basic human rights, we subscribe to the We are pleased to share this report on the significant accomplishments of the National following values: Center for Law and Economic Justice (NCLEJ) in 2014 and 2015.

Income Security: Income security is a basic goal and fundamental In 2015, NCLEJ celebrated its 50th anniversary. Honoring that legacy, NCLEJ’s skilled defense against poverty. attorneys continue to work collaboratively with low-income people and their advocates across the country. We have made important progress on a wide range of issues facing Access to Employment: Low-income people should have full opportunity those in need, using a combination of groundbreaking litigation, policy advocacy, and to participate in all forms of education, training, support for community organizing. Key accomplishments have included: and services to help them secure and retain living wage jobs. • fighting in court to protect access to food stamps so that families and individuals across the country do not go hungry; Access to Health Care: All low-income people should receive affordable, • advocating for fair pay, safe working conditions, freedom from discrimination, access to comprehensive, high-quality health care. workers compensation, and prevention of wage theft for low-wage workers; • ensuring that low-income New Yorkers who are blind or visually impaired can get Fair Treatment: Fairness must be the foundation of government information about food stamps and Medicaid in formats they can use; administration. • enforcing Americans with Disabilities Act protections for residents of public housing suffering from asthma, which is exacerbated by unaddressed moisture and mold in Public Accountability: Governmental decision-making and administration their homes; should be open, accessible, and responsive to constituents. • combatting abusive debt collection practices that target low-income people; and • increasing access to needed health care and child care. Access to Justice: Low-income people must have effective access to the justice system to challenge violations of their These efforts reflect NCLEJ’s unyielding commitment to its core mission – increasing hope, rights, secure effective relief, and gain greater public opportunity, and dignity for those at the bottom of the economic ladder. As we look to accountability. the future, NCLEJ staff will continue to use their legal skills with imagination and tenacity, joining with low-income people nationwide to fight for fairness for those in need. Fair and Safe Workplace: All workers should be assured a safe workplace, Thank you to everyone who has made this vital work possible: our generous financial a living wage, and full protection from supporters, an extraordinarily dedicated staff, a committed Board of Directors, law firms discrimination. that have provided invaluable pro bono assistance, our fellow public interest and legal services advocates, and our dinner honorees and sponsors. Many are listed in this report, Community Action: Community action and coalition building should and we thank them all. be encouraged at the local, state, and national level as powerful strategies for social change. With gratitude,

Civic Participation: Low-income individuals and their communities should have a voice in shaping the public policies that affect their lives. Jennifer M. Selendy Marc Cohan Chair, Board of Directors Executive Director

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Louisiana restored $4.3 National Advocacy Reaches 25 States million in lost food stamps to more than 24,000 low- income adults without dependents effective January 2016. NCLEJ and the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice had filed suit to challenge VERMONT MAINE Workers’ Rights Advocacy ADA an unlawful new policy Technical that cut food stamps Assistance to this population. The WASHINGTON, D.C. NEW HAMPSHIRE new Governor credited National Advocacy ADA Advocacy Access to Benefits the lawsuit as driving WISCONSIN Technical Assistance ADA NEW YORK the decision to restore (see next page) Technical MASSACHUSETTS assistance. Assistance Race-Based Lawyering Training In Georgia, we challenged NEBRASKA OHIO Leiting-Hall v. Phillips ADA Advocacy CONNECTICUT a system-wide failure Systems Failure & Technical Briggs v. Bremby Assistance Systems Failure to process food stamp WEST COLORADO applications and renewals. MISSOURI VIRGINIA Davis v. Birch SNAP Thanks to our class-action SNAP Delays Public Benefits Advocacy CALIFORNIA Modernization KENTUCKY MARYLAND lawsuit, Melanie K. v. Thompson v. Donald ADA Technical Technical Assistance Technical Assistance Assistance Magee v. Kern Horton, nearly 48,000 low- NORTH CAROLINA Application Delays ADA Technical income Georgia families NEW MEXICO TENNESSEE ADA Advocacy Binta B. v. TN Dept of Health Assistance who were wrongly Greigo v. N.M. Workers ARIZONA Medicaid Access ADA Advocacy Compensation deprived of food stamps Commission Farm/Ranch GEORGIA are benefitting from a $22 Worker Issues Melanie K. million settlement. ADA Advocacy v. Horton SNAP Delays TEXAS Support for Syrian Refugees Low-wage workers nationwide face systemic violations of their LOUISIANA most basic rights. We FLORIDA Workers’ are collaborating with Rights worker centers and other Romain v. Sonnier Advocacy HAWAII SNAP Access organizations to combat Booth v. McManaman widespread wage theft, SNAP Delays discrimination, dangerous working conditions, and lack of access to workers’ – Board advocate working in this state compensation.

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New York State Advocacy In New York: In Rafferty v. Doar, we secured the right Reaches 22 Counties for food stamp and Medicaid applicants and recipients who are blind or seriously visually impaired to JEFFERSON ADA receive notices, forms, Advocacy and other written communications in alternate formats, such MONROE CAYUGA Workers’ Rights Cordway v. Throop as Braille, large print, NIAGARA Advocacy Child Care and audiotape. McCoy v. Restaino Application Delays In collaboration with the New Economy Project, NCLEJ staff ERIE helped to secure a Martin v. Weiner ONONDAGA $59 million settlement Application Delays Workers’ Emergency Shelter Rights benefitting more Advocacy Advocacy ALBANY (Statewide) than 350,000 people OSTEGO Richard C. v. Proud in Sykes v. Mel S. Food Stamps ADA Technical Harris & Associates, Assistance ADA Advocacy a federal class action challenging COLUMBIA widespread abusive STEUBEN Travis v. Mossman Kari C. v Mullen Application Delays consumer debt Application Delays collection practices in NY State courts. ULSTER Access to NEW YORK CITY LITIGATION: SULLIVAN Benefits New York City Housing Advocacy Baez v. NYCHA – Mold and Moisture Problems in Public Housing ADA SUFFOLK Authority (NYCHA) Carver v. State Department of New York – FLSA Protections for Workfare Workers Advocacy Maryann C. v. DeMarzo tenants with asthma Application Delays (Amicus - Statewide) Torres v. Blass will breathe easier as a Davila v. Eggleston – Failure to Approve Education and Training ORANGE Child Care result of a settlement Doe v. Doar – Underpayment of Assistance to People with HIV/AIDS ADA ADA Technical Assistance Advocacy approved by the court Fishman v. Davies – Medicaid Due Process (Amicus) WESTCHESTER Juan v. Doar – Cash Assistance for Older Adults Simmons v. Astorino in Baez v. NYCHA, Morel v. Giuliani – Failure to Continue Beneﬁts Pending Fair Hearing ROCKLAND Child Care filed by NCLEJ and Piron v. Wing – Fair Hearing Decision and Compliance Delays ADA Technical Galvez v. City of Yonkers Natural Resources Assistance Child Care Rafferty, et al. v. Doar, et al – Accessible Formats for the Blind or Visually Impaired BRONX Defense Council. A Reynolds v. Giuliani – Deterrence of Beneﬁt Applications special master was Sykes v. Mel S. Harris and Associates LLC – Debt Collection Abuses in New York State Courts (Statewide) NEW YORK Williston v. Eggleston – Food Stamp Application Delays appointed to help NASSAU oversee NYCHA’s RICHMOND Dowdell v. Imhof ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF: Application Delays remediation of mold Homeless Individuals and Families People Harmed by Unfair Debt Collection Practices KINGS QUEENS ADA Advocacy and excess moisture in Low-Income People with Disabilities People in Need of Public Benefits its apartments. Low-Wage Workers, including Pregnant Workers Tenants of Public Housing Parents in Need of Child Care

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Board of Directors* Damaris Reyes 2015 Interns Good Old Lower East Side Jennifer M. Selendy, Chair & Externs Financial Information Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Shannon Rose Selden Julia Currie Sullivan, LLP Debevoise & Plimpton LLP The George Washington University 2014 2015 Cassandra Barham, Jeffrey I. Shinder Law School Public Support and Revenue Vice-Chair Benefits Rights Advocacy Group Constantine Cannon LLP Public Support Ryan MacDonald City University of New York Jill Shinn Contributions – unrestricted $ 290,182 $ 193,719 Douglas F. Curtis, Vice-Chair Law School Northeast Missouri Clients Council Dodyk Fellowship Support 4,200 32,650 WeWork for Human Needs Russell Silver-Fagan Sandra D. Hauser, Secretary The Freedman Fund for Due Process 317,359 8,642 New York University School of Law Grants 371,500 383,567 Dentons US LLP John A. Shutkin CliftonLarsonAllen LLP Naoufal Zouak Steven M. Edwards, Special Events, net of direct costs 851,246 647,733 Brooklyn Law School Treasurer Jonathan D. Siegfried Donated Services 171,450 97,270 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & DLA Piper LLP (US) Riley Keenan Sullivan, LLP Total Public Support 2,005,937 1,363,581 Cornell Law School Mary Lu Bilek George B. Yankwitt Summer Associate at Sullivan & Revenue City University of New York School Cromwell LLP of Law (effective August 15, 2016) Ofelia Zapata Attorney Fees 458,195 736,592 Texas Clients Council Adam Yefet Interest and other 6,357 3,564 Carmen B. Ciparick Brooklyn Law School Greenberg Traurig, LLP Summer Associate at Fried, Frank, Total Revenue 464,552 740,156 Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Paul M. Dodyk Staff* Annette Vera Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Marc Cohan Total Public Support and Revenue 2,470,489 2,103,737 (retired) SUNY New Paltz Executive Director Andrew R. Dunlap Expenses Greg Bass Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & 2014 Interns Program Services 1,440,774 1,527,147 Sullivan, LLP Senior Attorney & Externs Management and General 283,941 259,286 Stacey R. Friedman Katie Deabler Fundraising 241,355 318,050 JPMorgan Chase & Co. Staff Attorney Otis Comorau New York University School of Law Total Expenses 1,966,070 2,104,483 Mary E. Gerisch Francisca Fajana Increase (decrease) in net assets 504,419 (746) Vermont Workers Center Senior Attorney Laura de las Casas The George Washington University John DeWitt Gregory Net assets, beginning of year 1,779,641 2,284,060 Vicki Henderson Law School Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Director of Development and Hofstra University (retired) Net assets, end of year $2,284,060 $2,283,314 Communications Caitlin Gillies David Gruenstein Northeastern University School Peter Kendall Full report may be viewed on NCLEJ’s website (www.nclej.org) or by request from the State of New York, Office of the Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz of Law Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271. Systems Administrator Henry B. Gutman Sophia Mire Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Leah Lotto Loyola University New Orleans (retired) Paul M. Dodyk Fellow/Staff Attorney College of Law

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Edward P. Krugman Emerie Snyder Katherine Garceau Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP Financial and Administrative The University of Chicago Manager Law School Nancy A. Lieberman Summer Associate at Fried, Frank, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Sarah Starr Flom LLP Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Development and James I. McClammy Communications Associate Precious Eboigbe Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Boston College Law School Claudia Wilner Summer Associate at Sullivan & Bruce Rabb Senior Attorney Cromwell LLP 8 *As of July 2016 Joining with Low-Income People to Fight for Fairness

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