Brooklyn A and the Broadway Triangle: Fighting for What's Right

By Shekar Krishnan

"THE BROADWAY TRIANGLE case marks the beginning of my education after law school. I graduated in May 2009 from the University of Michigan Law School where in some of my most memorable classes, we studied the momentous Brown v. Board of Education litigation and other civil rights cases. I could not have grasped as a law student how the discrimination I learned about in school was playing out so forcefully on the ground in Williamsburg..."

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Cypress Hills Goes Verde and Skadden Fellow to Join Brooklyn A

By Dan Hafetz

"CYPRESS HILLS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT Corporation (CHLDC), a client of Brooklyn A for over twenty-five years, is launching a brand new green initiative. Called “Cypress Verde” (Green Cypress in Spanish), CHLDC is planning a comprehensive redevelopment of the Cypress Hills neighborhood, focusing on green jobs, buildings and combating pollution..."

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RADIO INTERVIEW

Do you need information on government programs available to the sick or disabled?

Listen to a broadcast on WBAI radio with Victor Torres, Director of the Disability Advocacy Program that summarizes two government programs available to individuals who get sick or become disabled:  SSI (supplemental security income) and SSD (social security and disability).