New York Lawyers For The Public Interest Inc

Through its Environmental Justice Program, NYLPI confronts environmental racism, works to eliminate the unfair burden of environmental hazards borne by low-income communities and Indigenous, Black, Brown, Asian, and other communities of color in an effort to create a more equitable and sustainable New York. Our Environmental Justice team builds campaigns, pursues strategic litigation, designs and develops community-led organizing initiatives, and shapes policy. NYLPI supports local, bottom-up leadership and strengthen communities' ability to assert their right to a healthy and sustainable environment.

NYLPI's Health Justice program brings a racial justice and immigrant rights focus to its advocacy to ensure healthcare for all. In close partnership with frontline communities, the program uses a wide range of advocacy tools - including community organizing, coalition-building, individual representation, impact litigation, and legislative advocacy - to advance four broad goals: combat the human rights crisis in immigration detention; promote immigrant access to healthcare; eliminate racial and ethnic discrimination and systemic and institutional barriers that limit New Yorkers access to healthcare; and address the social determinants of health so that all New Yorkers can live healthy lives.

Pro Bono Program