VOCAL-NY partnered with TakeRoot Justice on a participatory action research project to document the lack of free, reliable Wi-Fi in single adult shelters and the impact that this has on the lives of homeless New Yorkers who live in those
Summary On Wednesday, October 23rd, Lead Dust Free NYC (LDFNYC), the New York City Coalition to End Lead Poisoning (NYCCELP), and TakeRoot Justice released a new report, “Left in the Dust: The Failure to Protect New York City Tenants from
Summary On November 14, 2023, TakeRoot and Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees released Humanitarian Parole Crisis: How Racist Policies and Practices Deny Haitian Refugees Work Authorization. The report was released at a community briefing hosted by Brooklyn College and speakers
Summary On January 11, 2022, TakeRoot, the Legal Action Center, and the NYC LGBTQI ATI/Reentry Working Group released Alternative to Incarceration & Reentry Services for the LGBTGNCNBQI+ Community: Research Findings, Best Practices and Recommendations for the Field. LGBTGNCNBQI+ people are overrepresented in the criminal
Summary On March 22, 2022, the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition (RTCNYC) and TakeRoot released “Organizing is Different Now: How the Right to Counsel Strengthens the Tenant Movement in New York City“. The report documents the impact of Right to
Summary On January 20, 2022, the Stand for Tenant Safety Coalition (“STS”) and TakeRoot released Unfinished Business at the Department of Buildings: The Gaps in Laws Intended to Protect Tenants from Construction as Harassment, and Our Community-driven Solutions. The report
Summary On September 29, 2021, TakeRoot and Rise released An Unavoidable System: The Harms of Family Policing and Parents’ Vision for Investing in Community Care. The report was co-authored by parent leaders at Rise with the support of TakeRoot and
Summary On June 30, 2021, TakeRoot and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project released It’s Still War in Here: A Statewide Report on the Trans, Gender Non-Conforming, Intersex (TGNCI) Experience in New York Prisons and the Fight for Trans Liberation, Self-Determination and
Summary On December 8, 2020, TakeRoot and African Communities Together (ACT) released Licensing a Legacy: African Hair Braiders’ Vision for Reforming Professional Licensure in New York City. Hair braiding is a profession largely by and for Black women. It represents an
Summary On September 14, 2020, TakeRoot and VOCAL-NY released “Vouchers to Nowhere: How Source of Income Discrimination Happens and the Policies That Can Fix It.” Source of income discrimination is the illegal practice by landlords, building owners and real estate
