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3/20/20

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Mar 202020

 

• U.S. Orders Up To A Yearlong Break On Mortgage Payments
• State Policies Relating to NYS Legal Services Attorneys and Clients (Updated)
• ICE halts most immigration enforcement, more courts close amid COVID-19 pandemic
• NPR: Here’s What Is In The ‘Families First’ Coronavirus Aid Package Trump Approved

3/19/20

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Mar 192020

 

• President of the Legal Services Corp. reflects on his tenure
• 2nd Circ. Judges Go Fully Virtual As NYC Mulls Travel Curbs
• NY Adopts Paid Sick Time Plan For Workers Hurt By COVID-19
• New York waives mortgage payments for 90 days based on hardship
• Families First Will Strengthen States’ Ability to Address Rising Food Needs
• CRL: FDIC Opens Door for Online Lenders to Practice Abusive Lending, Drown Consumers in Debt

3/18/20

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Mar 182020

 

• Homeless New Yorkers at greater risk from COVID-19
• Coronavirus Threatens Strained Rural Health Care System
• Coronavirus Pandemic Prompts Lawmakers to Push Paid Leave
• GAO Report – Medicare and Medicaid: Alignment of Managed Care Plans for Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries

3/17/20

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Mar 172020

 

• State Policies Relating to NYS Legal Services Attorneys and Clients
• Grievance and Appeal Contacts for Managed Long Term Care Plans
• How to use a pooled SNT to eliminate the Medicaid spend-down
• Medicaid Alerts & Other Protocols published by the NYC HRA Medical Insurance and Community Services Administration (MICSA)

3/16/20

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Mar 162020

 

• Updated NYS Court Protocols
• Under Pressure: Legal Aid Attys Brace For Virus’s Impacts
• NYC Health: Interim COVID-19 Guidance for Homeless Shelters
• SCOTUS Blog: Holding oral arguments during the coronavirus pandemic (Updated)
• Office of Administrative Hearings Transmittal 20-02; 20 TA/DC014 – Hearings by Phone
• Governor’s Executive Order Dispenses with Personal Appearance in Criminal Trials and more
• Advocate’s Outline on Supplemental Needs Trusts and Rules for Impact of Lump Sums on Various Benefits
• HRA Anouncement – For individuals unable or unwilling to come for scheduled appointments, No Negative Case Actions Will Be Taken

3/13/20

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Mar 132020

 

• Female Renters Take on Predatory Landlords
• Supreme Court’s closure could be first disease-related shuttering in a century
• NPR: Rural Towns Insulated From Coronavirus Now May Take A Harder Hit Later

3/12/20

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Mar 122020

 

• SCOTUS allows remain-in-Mexico policy to continue during legal challenge
• NPR: As Missouri Clinic Awaits Its Legal Fate, Abortions In State Have Virtually Halted
• Federal courts are canceling proceedings and restricting visitors amid coronavirus concerns
• KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Managed Long Term Care – Fact Sheets, Live and Recorded Webinars (Updated)

3/11/20

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Mar 112020

 

• Harvard Law Review: The Roberts Court’s Assault on Democracy
• Jost on Justice: U.S.-Mexico Border More Dangerous After Court Ruling
• Talk Poverty: The Dirty Secret of New York’s Coronavirus Response: Prison Labor
• CBPP: Trump’s 2021 Budget Would Cut $1.6 Trillion From Low-Income Programs
• MLTC UPDATE: Nursing Home Disenrollment Statewide Notices in April for May 1st /Wellcare MLTC Closing