2025-02-13T16:40:13-06:00 2024-03-31 812950760 SAX LLP 389 INTERPACE PARKWAY STE 3 PARSIPPANY NJ 07054 990 2023-04-01 132756320 LEGAL ACTION CENTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC LEGA 2122431313 225 VARICK STREET NO 402 NEW YORK NY 10014 PAUL SAMUELS PRESIDENT 2122431313 2025-02-13 1 0 MARQUS WHITE P00053187 9734726250 2025-02-13 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z PAUL N SAMUELS 225 VARICK STREET NO 402 NEW YORK NY 10014 7383451 0 X WWW.LAC.ORG X 1973 NY LEGAL SERVICES - THE LEGAL ACTION CENTER ("LAC") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT LAW AND POLICY ORGANIZATION WITH OFFICES IN NEW YORK CITY AND WASHINGTON, D.C.. LAC IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTRY WHOSE SOLE MISSION IS TO FIGHT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST AND PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS, DRUG OR ALCOHOL HISTORIES, AND/OR HIV/AIDS. WE HAVE A MULTI-FACETED APPROACH THAT INVOLVES DIRECT CLIENT LEGAL SERVICES AND IMPACT LITIGATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING TO AGENCIES THAT SERVE OUR CLIENTELE, AND POLICY ADVOCACY TO CREATE SYSTEMIC CHANGES THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR CLIENTS. WE PROVIDE FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE; MANY OF OUR CLIENTS HAVE ISSUES CROSSING ALL THREE OF OUR SUBJECT AREAS. 27 27 58 68 0 0 8626497 6832548 65866 63689 217996 356406 94603 68376 9004962 7321019 0 0 0 0 5993663 6346225 0 63720 574984 2193686 2242076 8187349 8652021 817613 -1331002 16885110 15891543 2069439 1692202 14815671 14199341 X THE LEGAL ACTION CENTER IS THE ONLY NON-PROFIT LAW AND POLICY ORGANIZATION IN THE U.S. WHOSE SOLE MISSION IS TO FIGHT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE WITH HISTORIES OF ADDICTION, HIV/AIDS, OR CRIMINAL RECORDS AND TO ADVOCATE FOR SOUND PUBLIC POLICIES IN THESE AREAS. 0 0 3105891 2803 LAC'S POLICY INITIATIVES PROMOTE LAWS, REGULATIONS, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMMING THAT INCREASE WORK, HOUSING, EDUCATION, AND HEALTH CARE ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH CONVICTION RECORDS, WHO USE DRUGS AND/OR HAVE SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS, AND PEOPLE WITH HIV OR AIDS. WE FOCUS ON 1) SHIFTING CRIMINAL LEGAL POLICY PRIORITIES FROM INCARCERATION AND PUNISHMENT TO HARM REDUCTION, TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION; 2) ELIMINATING EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, HOUSING, INSURANCE, AND HEALTH CARE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST OUR CONSTITUENCIES; AND 3) DRAMATICALLY EXPANDING SUBSTANCE USE, HIV/AIDS AND MENTAL HEALTH PREVENTION, HARM REDUCTION, TREATMENT, RECOVERY AND REHABILITATION, INCLUDING IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. INTEGRAL TO THESE PRIORITIES IS A FOCUS ON DISMANTLING THE HISTORIC AND PERSISTENT IMPACT OF SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT HAS FUELED MASS INCARCERATION AND DISPARATE COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS. WE PURSUE THESE GOALS AT LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVELS. LAC'S POLICY ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE LAST QUARTER CENTURY INCLUDE: HELPING SECURE STRONG COVERAGE OF ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. ORCHESTRATING ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS THAT HELPED OVER TWO DOZEN STATES OPT OUT OF OR MODIFY THE FEDERAL LIFETIME BAN ON FOOD STAMPS AND CASH ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE CONVICTED OF DRUG FELONIES. PARTICIPATING IN ADVOCACY THAT RESTORED PELL GRANT ELIGIBILITY TO INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATING WITH THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) TO ESTABLISH DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW STATES TO USE FEDERAL MEDICAID FUNDING TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES LEAVING INCARCERATION AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR OLDER ADULTS ON PAROLE, PROBATION, OR LEAVING THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM TO ENROLL IN MEDICARE. HELPING LEAD CAMPAIGNS IN NEW YORK THAT: 1) WON ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAW REFORM, 2) CREATED AN OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM TO HELP NEW YORKERS NAVIGATE COVERAGE AND FIND TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, 3) FULLY DECRIMINALIZED SYRINGE POSSESSION, 4) CREATED AN AUTOMATIC CIVIL SEALING (CLEAN SLATE) PROCESS FOR ALL MISDEMEANOR AND MANY FELONY CONVICTIONS AFTER A WAITING PERIOD, AND 5) CREATED PERMANENT, SCALABLE FUNDING STREAMS FOR ALTERNATIVE TO INCARCERATION AND RE-ENTRY PROGRAMS. CREATING GROUNDBREAKING LEGAL THEORIES TO COMBAT DISCRIMINATION AND ACCELERATE REFORMS TO I) PROVIDE MEDICATIONS FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND II) DELIVER EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT TO PEOPLE WHO USE(D) DRUGS IN HOSPITALS, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS, SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES, RECOVERY, HOUSING AND OTHER SETTINGS. HELPING NEW YORK STATE ESTABLISH GROUNDBREAKING MEDICAID ENROLLMENT POLICIES FOR INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS AND PILOT INNOVATIVE CARE COORDINATION STRATEGIES FOR PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS RETURNING TO THEIR COMMUNITIES FROM PRISONS AND JAILS. 3157915 60886 LAC'S LEGAL-SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 1973, WE HAVE HELPED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW YORKERS OVERCOME LEGAL BARRIERS TO ACCESSING JOBS, HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, GOVERNMENT BENEFITS, AND OTHER SERVICES CRITICAL TO THEIR BECOMING PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, MAINTAINING THEIR DIGNITY, AND GETTING AND STAYING HEALTHY. IN 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR ALONE, LAC HELPED 972 NEW YORKERS RESOLVE 2,110 CIVIL LEGAL CASES. THESE CASES CONCERNED THREE PRIMARY ISSUES: 912 CLIENTS HAD LEGAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO A CONVICTION RECORD, 38 HAD LEGAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (THAT USUALLY LED TO A CONVICTION RECORD), AND 22 HAD LEGAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO HIV/AIDS. AMONG OTHER VALUABLE SERVICES, WE HELP INDIVIDUALS OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING AND BENEFITS DESPITE PAST CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES, INCLUDING ASSISTING OUR CLIENTS TO OBTAIN AND CLEAN UP THEIR NEW YORK STATE RAP SHEETS, SEEK AND OBTAIN CERTIFICATES OF GOOD CONDUCT OR RELIEF FROM DISABILITIES THAT ARE OFTEN ESSENTIAL TO FINDING JOBS OR ACQUIRING PROFESSIONAL LICENSES, PREPARE AND FILE EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS WITH THE NEW YORK STATE HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION, AND GATHER LETTERS OF REFERENCE AND OTHER EVIDENCE OF REHABILITATION. TO BROADEN OUT IMPACT AND EMPOWER OUR CLIENTS, WE ALSO AUTHOR AND DISSEMINATE A WIDE VARIETY OF FREE PUBLICATIONS THAT HELP PRO SE INDIVIDUALS (INCLUDING INCARCERATED PEOPLE) AND OTHER ADVOCATES UNDERSTAND AND ENFORCE THEIR CIVIL AND PRIVACY RIGHTS.IN ADDITION TO OUR HIGH VOLUME LEGAL SERVICES PROJECT, LAC CONDUCTS IMPACT LITIGATION THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE. WE LITIGATE EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION, PRIVACY AND CIVIL RIGHTS MATTERS IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS AND BEFORE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES SUCH AS THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION AND NEW YORK CITY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES CHARGED WITH ENFORCING FEDERAL ANTI-DISCRIMINATION AND HEALTH PRIVACY LAWS. OUR LITIGATION GENERALLY INVOLVES NOVEL ISSUES OF LAW AND IS DESIGNED TO IMPACT GROUPS OF PEOPLE. WE LEVERAGE OUR RESOURCES TO PRO BONO PARTNERSHIPS WITH LAW FIRMS WHOSE ATTORNEY'S EITHER CO-COUNSEL MATTERS WITH LAC STAFF OR HANDLE THEM UNDER OUR SUPERVISION. LAC PROVIDED TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON LEGAL ISSUES TO LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDERS AND SOCIAL SERVICES AND HEALTHCARE AGENCIES SERVICING PEOPLE LIVING WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND/OR HIV/AIDS. IN FY 2023-2024, OUR LEGAL AND POLICY STAFF PROVIDED 92 TRAININGS/PRESENTATIONS TO STAFF AND/OR CLIENTS OF AGENCIES THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE, INCLUDING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT PROGRAMS, GROUPS THAT ASSIST FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE, AGENCIES PROVIDING HIV PREVENTION AND CARE, AND HOSPITALS. TOPICS WE HAVE A TRAINED ON INCLUDE EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION (FACED BY PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, AND HIV/AIDS) CONFIDENTIALITY OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT AND HIV RECORDS, AND MINORS' RIGHTS TO ACCESS CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR HIV/AIDS, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND OTHER SENSITIVE HEALTH ISSUES. OUR TRAINING COMPLEMENTS OUR LEGAL SERVICES WORK: WE KEEP TRAINEES ABREAST OF LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS, SOME OF WHICH WE HAVE ACHIEVED THROUGH LITIGATION AND POLICY ADVOCACY, AND WE LEARN ABOUT ISSUES PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY (AND THEIR ADVOCATES) FACE AND TRY TO DEVISE LITIGATION AND POLICIES SOLUTIONS. THROUGH OUR HOTLINE IN FY 2023-2024, LAC ATTORNEYS GAVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO 116 AGENCIES THROUGHOUT NEW YORK ON AN ARRAY OF LEGAL ISSUES CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, AND HIV. MANY OF THESE AGENCIES AVAIL THEMSELVES OF OUR PUBLICATIONS ON RELEVANT TOPICS THAT WE BOTH DISTRIBUTE AT TRAINING AND PROVIDE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD FROM OUR WEBSITE. 439148 ALL OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW (LAC) TO FIGHT DISCRIMINATION, BUILD HEALTH EQUITY, AND RESTORE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WITH ARREST AND CONVICTION RECORDS, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, AND HIV OR AIDS. 6702954 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 0 1 58 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 NY X X ADELA PRIGNAL CHIEF FINANCIAL 2122431313 225 VARICK STREET NO 402 NEW YORK NY 10014 BRAD S KARP ESQ BOARD CHAIRMAN 0.40 X X 0 0 0 MARY BETH FORSHAW VICE CHAIR 0.30 X X 0 0 0 KAMRAN MASOOD FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR 0.20 X X 0 0 0 ELAINE H MANDELBAUM DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 MARK C MORRIL DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 MARY E MULLIGAN DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 DANIELLE NICOSIA DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 DEBRA PANTIN DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH M SACKSTEDER DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 SHARON L SCHNEIER DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 JOHN J SUYDAM ESQ DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 HARYA TAREKEGN ESQ DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 HON JAMES YATES DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 LYMARIS ALBORS DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 GERALD JAY BALACEK DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 ERIC D BALBER ESQ DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 PROFESSOR ELIZABETH BARTHOLET DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 SUZANNE B CUSACK DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 JASON FLOM DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 ALEXIS GADSEN DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 JEFFREY D GRANT ESQ DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 TONY LEE DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 DOUG LIMAN DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 ANN-MARIE LOUISON DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 VIRGINIA SLOAN DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 ROSS LOVERN DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 DR H WESTLEY CLARK DIRECTOR 0.20 X 0 0 0 PAUL SAMUELS DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT 40.00 X 318167 0 41051 TRACIE GARDNER SR. 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TO BROADEN OUT IMPACT AND EMPOWER OUR CLIENTS, WE ALSO AUTHOR AND DISSEMINATE A WIDE VARIETY OF FREE PUBLICATIONS THAT HELP PRO SE INDIVIDUALS (INCLUDING INCARCERATED PEOPLE) AND OTHER ADVOCATES UNDERSTAND AND ENFORCE THEIR CIVIL AND PRIVACY RIGHTS. IN ADDITION TO OUR HIGH VOLUME LEGAL SERVICES PROJECT, LAC CONDUCTS IMPACT LITIGATION THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE. WE LITIGATE EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION, PRIVACY AND CIVIL RIGHTS MATTERS IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS AND BEFORE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES SUCH AS THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION AND NEW YORK CITY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES CHARGED WITH ENFORCING FEDERAL ANTI-DISCRIMINATION AND HEALTH PRIVACY LAWS. OUR LITIGATION GENERALLY INVOLVES NOVEL ISSUES OF LAW AND IS DESIGNED TO IMPACT GROUPS OF PEOPLE. WE LEVERAGE OUR RESOURCES TO PRO BONO PARTNERSHIPS WITH LAW FIRMS WHOSE ATTORNEY'S EITHER CO-COUNSEL MATTERS WITH LAC STAFF OR HANDLE THEM UNDER OUR SUPERVISION. LAC PROVIDED TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON LEGAL ISSUES TO LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDERS AND SOCIAL SERVICES AND HEALTHCARE AGENCIES SERVICING PEOPLE LIVING WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND/OR HIV/AIDS. IN FY 2023-2024, OUR LEGAL AND POLICY STAFF PROVIDED 92 TRAININGS/PRESENTATIONS TO STAFF AND/OR CLIENTS OF AGENCIES THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE, INCLUDING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT PROGRAMS, GROUPS THAT ASSIST FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE, AGENCIES PROVIDING HIV PREVENTION AND CARE, AND HOSPITALS. TOPICS WE HAVE A TRAINED ON INCLUDE EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION (FACED BY PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, AND HIV/AIDS) CONFIDENTIALITY OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT AND HIV RECORDS, AND MINORS' RIGHTS TO ACCESS CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR HIV/AIDS, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND OTHER SENSITIVE HEALTH ISSUES. OUR TRAINING COMPLEMENTS OUR LEGAL SERVICES WORK: WE KEEP TRAINEES ABREAST OF LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS, SOME OF WHICH WE HAVE ACHIEVED THROUGH LITIGATION AND POLICY ADVOCACY, AND WE LEARN ABOUT ISSUES PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY (AND THEIR ADVOCATES) FACE AND TRY TO DEVISE LITIGATION AND POLICIES SOLUTIONS. THROUGH OUR HOTLINE IN FY 2023-2024, LAC ATTORNEYS GAVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO 116 AGENCIES THROUGHOUT NEW YORK ON AN ARRAY OF LEGAL ISSUES CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, AND HIV. MANY OF THESE AGENCIES AVAIL THEMSELVES OF OUR PUBLICATIONS ON RELEVANT TOPICS THAT WE BOTH DISTRIBUTE AT TRAINING AND PROVIDE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD FROM OUR WEBSITE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED IN DETAIL BY THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND THE DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT. AFTER THE FORM IS REVIEWED, IT IS FORWARDED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THEN TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR COMMENTS BEFORE FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY FISCAL YEAR CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORMS ARE SENT TO ALL MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MANAGEMENT STAFF INSTRUCTING THEM TO SIGN AND RETURN THEM. LAC STAFF KEEP A LOG RECORDING THE RETURN OF THE FORMS AND FOLLOW-UP WITH REMINDERS TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET SUBMITTED THEM UNTIL ALL SIGNED FORMS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. LAC MANAGEMENT REVIEWS SIGNED FORMS FOR COMPLETENESS AND TO NOTE ANY DISCLOSED CONFLICTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE ORGANIZATION USES THE FOLLOWING TO DETERMINE THE COMPENSATION OF ITS CEO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS: 1) COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY 2) APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.