# class action cases lawsuits

Impact Litigation - The Bronx Defenders » Attorneys in our Impact Litigation Practice collaborate with all other practice areas at The Bronx Defenders to identify, develop, and litigate challenges to systemic violations and… Bronxdefenders.org

Bronx Independent Living Services (BILS) v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) - Disability Rights Advocates » Disability Rights Advocates filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“MTA”) and New York City Transit Authority (“NYCTA”) on June 28, 2016 challenging their failure to install an elevator when they completed a $21.85 million rehabilitation to the Middletown Road … Continue reading » "Bronx Independent Living Services (BILS) v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)" Dralegal.org

Encarnacion v. City of New York - The Bronx Defenders » Filed on January 8, 2016, this federal class action challenges the NYPD Property Clerk’s policy and practice of retaining personal property seized in connection with an arrest long after the criminal case is over. Bronxdefenders.org

NYC to increase Bronx special education services » The settlement requires the education department to make a series of changes to how it provides services such as occupational therapy and mental health counseling. Chalkbeat.org

Class Action Lawsuit: New York Prisons Violate Restrictions on Prolonged Solitary Confinement » Apr 5, 2023… "I don't meet the HALT criteria to be sent back there, yet DOCCS has sentenced me to another 120 days in the box." “I was sentenced to 730 … Nyclu.org

Ligon v. City of New York (Challenging the NYPD’s aggressive patrolling of private apartment buildings) » 12 CIV 2274 (direct) This class-action lawsuit… Bronx Defenders, LatinoJustice PRLDEF and civil rights… Other attorneys on the case are NYCLU Associate Legal … Nyclu.org