Fighting for Human Rights – Yoko Kobayashi
July 12, 2023
“Follow your heart and instincts,” says NYLAG’s Yoko Kobayashi in this article in the Iroha. As a staff attorney in ...
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NYLAG’s LegalHealth Division Partners with Mount Sinai to Launch a Medical-Legal Program to Address Health-Harming Legal Needs Among Patients
August 19, 2022
Lucia Lee Mount Sinai Health System The Mount Sinai Health System announced today data from an innovative medical-legal pilot program ...
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Mount Sinai and Healthfirst launch program to help patients know when they need an attorney.
August 10, 2022
"Legal issues should never stand in the way of health.” Developed in collaboration with NYLAG, Mount Sinai launched a medical-legal program to proactively identify and ...
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6 Questions for NYLAG’s New President and CEO, Lisa Rivera
July 6, 2022
We sat down with Lisa Rivera, NYLAG’s new president and CEO, to learn about her passion for amplifying client voices and why she believes legal ...
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Fundamentals of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Income (SSDI)
June 24, 2022
On Thursday, June 16th, 2022, Julie Babayeva, Supervising Attorney in NYLAG’s LegalHealth division hosted a virtual training for the National ...
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LegalHealth’s Informational Town Hall on the Changes to Medicaid-Funded Home Care
May 2, 2022
On Monday, April 25, 2022, Coordinating Attorney of LegalHealth’s Home Care Project, Sarah Chappell, hosted a virtual informational session for ...
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