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The Port Authority, hip (Heightened Independence and Progress, Inc.) and the United Spinal Association reached a settlement in a 7-year-old lawsuit over disabled access to the Grove Street PATH station.The two groups, hip, represented by the Community Health Law Project; and the United Spinal Associ...

Lawyer grew into his strong suit: Protecting rights of disabled Posted by Bob Braun/The Star-Ledger November 17, 2008 12:05AM Hal Garwin has become New Jersey's most prominent legal advocate for the disabled. That's not what he intended. "I never thought it would be the focus of my ...

On June 1, 2005, the New Jersey Division of Family Development (DFD), in the Department of Human Services, issued a comprehensive program directive (DFDI No. 05-6-1/GAPI No. 05-6-1), which applies to all assistance programs administered by county and municipal welfare agencies and boards ...

Comments to Notice of Proposed Rule Making Docket No. SSA-2007-0044 Amendments to the Administrative Law Judge, Appeals Council andDecision Review Board Appeals Levels Community Health Law Project 185 Valley Road South Orange, N.J. 07079 (973) 275-1175 INTRODUCTION ...

by Stuart H. Weiner, Managing Attorney, Community Health Law Project On November 20, 2009, a law was signed by former Governor Jon Corzine preventing the general public from seeing institutional lien records that had been recorded against former patients of our state and county psychi...

On January 12, 2006, Governor Codey signed into law A-3892/S-2696/2725, which amends the New Jersey Fair Housing Act. The Act governs Mt. Laurelaffordable housing. The new amendment requires that newly constructed Mt. Laurel housing be adaptable for use by people with mobility impairment...

Director Tel (609) 588-2000 June 1, 2005 TO: COUNTY WELFARE AGENCY DIRECTORS COUNTY WFNJ DIRECTORS COUNTY INCOME MAINTENANCE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISORS COUNTY CASE MANAGEMENT SUPERVISORS COUNTY FOOD STAMP SUPERVISORS COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISORS...

After two years, the efforts of the Community Health Law Project and other organizations have finally paid off. On December 13, 2004, the state Assembly passed A-779, and on February 14, 2005, the Senate passed its version of the same bill, S-880, which reforms the way liens are placed on...

On December 20, 2004, new rules adopted by the Council on Affordable Housing, the agency responsible for administering New Jersey's Fair Housing Act, went into effect. Notable among the new substantive rules is N.J.A.C. 5:94-4.21(a), which requires that ten percent of all affordable town...

May 7, 2008 David Fish, Regulatory Officer Office of Legal and Regulatory Services Department of Labor and Workforce Development P.O. Box 110, 13th Floor Trenton, N.J. 08625-0110 By ordinary mail and fax to: (609) 292-8246 Re: Comments on Proposed S-RAP Rules and Amend...

On December 1, 2005, the New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed a 2004 appellate court decision that had in turn reversed two Middlesex County trial court decisions. The trial courts had dismissed claims on statute of limitations grounds. David Popiel, senior managing attorney of the Community...

On February 17, 2004, the New Jersey Appellate Division decidedBurns v. Edwards, Jr. (A-2683-02T5), reversing a lower court order establishing a child support obligation on the part of the defendant, whose sole source of income is Supplemental Security Income (SSI). The court accepted the...

New Jersey's wheelchair lemon law, which has been in effect since 1996, is an underutilized tool for those with motorized wheelchairs or scooters that are not functioning properly. If you own or lease a motorized wheelchair or scooter and notify the manufacturer or lessor of the problem w...