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New Yorkers Support Waste Zones Plan
December 12, 2018
New Yorkers showed up in force for a hearing, in support of a new plan to create exclusive commercial waste zones in New York.
Fair Play Lobby Day Brings New York City Public School Students to City Hall to Demand Equity in Access to Sports Teams
December 10, 2018
Students will demand an end to racially discriminatory sports team allocations by the Public School Athletic League.
NYLPI Opposes the Department of Homeland Security’s Proposed Changes to the Public Charge Test
December 10, 2018
NYLPI urges DHS to withdraw the proposed policy because it would have a devastating impact on immigrant communities.
New York Times Publishes NYLPI Letter on Health In Immigration Detention
December 10, 2018
The New York Times published a letter on health in immigration detention this morning, written by NYLPI’s Director of Health Justice, Laura F. Redman.
NY1 Covers Council Testimony on Sports Equity
December 7, 2018
The network covered NYLPI’s testimony at a city council hearing on sports equity issues.
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RT @adrien4ej: "Electrification matters especially for communities of color. Children are breathing in toxic fumes from buses and vans. We…
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@rebdlyn @WorkingFamilies @TeamsterNYC @cmenchaca @ALIGNny @NYCEJAlliance This is so true. And sanitation - either private or public - can and should be a creating thousands of safe, living wage *green* jobs recycling organic waste, paper, and plastics to mitigate the huge climate impact of our waste stream.
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@NYPD19Pct ticketing @CrownWasteCorp for texting while driving a deadly 25-ton private garbage truck - a dues paying member of the anti-reform group "New Yorkers for Responsible Waste Management." @NYRWMInc @REBNY @donttrashnyc @TransAlt https://t.co/tfCcnn7zmd
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NYLPI senior attorney Christine Appah was there at the mayor's "Green New Deal" press conference this morning. Here's what she had to say... https://t.co/dHZ2aDDrCr
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NYC’s schools use a fleet of over 10,000 school buses to transport students around the city—and thousands of these are outdated, highly polluting diesel buses. A majority of the NYC Council have signed on to a bill to require the DOE to use zero-emissions electric vehicles!