News & Press

6.03.24

MFJ 2024 Gala Celebration

6.01.24

Mobilization for Justice – A Voice for Justice for all of New York City (Video)

5.22.24

MFJ, LSSA Agree to New 3-Year Contract, Ending Strike

Earlier this week, after months of bargaining, both MFJ and LSSA voted to ratify a previously reached Memorandum of Understanding to settle contract negotiations and end a strike, ratifying a new three-year contract. MFJ staff returned to work on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. MFJ and LSSA successfully reached numerous agreements – contract amendments, listed below …

4.16.24

MFJ Director of Litigation for Economic Justice Carolyn Coffey’s op ed in The Daily News about Amending New York’s Notoriously Weak Consumer Protection Law

Consumer advocates across New York State were thrilled when Gov. Hochul unveiled the first plank of her 2024 State of the State agenda at a press conference in January. She announced her goal of amending New York’s notoriously weak consumer protection law and catching us up to 42 other states with stronger statutes. New York …

4.02.24

MFJ Update to staff Union strike

NEW YORK – Since December 2023, Mobilization for Justice (MFJ) has been consistently engaged in good faith efforts to address the legitimate requests made by LSSA Local 2320, the union representing MFJ’s staff, while also prioritizing MFJ’s ability to continue serving underprivileged New Yorkers in need of free legal representation. MFJ is a nonprofit largely …

12.15.23

MFJ Statement in Response to Union Statement

The union of Mobilization for Justice (MFJ) staff (members of LSSA 2320) recently issued a public statement regarding events in Israel and Gaza. We want to make clear that the statement was not made by MFJ. MFJ is heartbroken by the many tragedies and injustices throughout the world, including the loss of so many Israeli …

5.04.23

MFJ Statement on Killing of Jordan Neely

There is no reason to equivocate about it: there is no justification whatsoever for the brutal killing of Jordan Neely. Nearly a decade since the police killing of Eric Garner in a chokehold, and three years since the police murder of George Floyd, Mr. Neely’s death at the hands of a white man on a …

4.18.23

NYCDOE’s Systemic Failure to Provide Timely Special Education Evaluations Targeted in Newly-Filed Class Action

NEW YORK, April 17, 2023 – Today, Mobilization for Justice and Simpson Thacher &Bartlett LLP filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of a group of New York City students with disabilities and their families, aiming to remedy the New York City Department of Education’s (“NYCDOE’s”) systemic failure to provide special education evaluations to students …

4.18.23

Statement on shooting of Ralph Yarl

Mobilization for Justice is appalled by the shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager in Kansas City who rang the wrong doorbell to pick up his siblings. The white male who answered the door took one look at Yarl and shot him twice in the head and arm. Days after the shooting, the shooter has …

3.09.23

Mobilization for Justice Statement on the Murder of Tyre Nichols

Mobilization for Justice mourns the senseless loss of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man murdered by five Memphis Police Department officers earlier this month. We send our sincerest condolences to Nichols’ family, friends, and community. The images released are harrowing, agonizing, and defy humanity with 23 minutes passing by before Nichols received medical attention. This …