About Priorities Work Resources Get Involved News Search Donate Need Legal Help? English Español Français 中文 Breaking Barriers. Defending Dignity. OUR MISSION POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION The Legal Action Center (LAC) uses legal and policy strategies to fight discrimination, build health equity, and restore opportunity for people with arrest and conviction records, substance use disorders, and HIV or AIDS. OUR PRIORITIES Fighting Discrimination LAC works to protect and enhance the legal rights of individuals with arrest and conviction records, substance use disorders, HIV, and AIDS and defend them against discriminatory policies and practices. READ MORE Building Health Equity LAC works to ensure that health care is accessible and affordable and end the criminalization of substance use disorders and mental illness. READ MORE Restoring Opportunities LAC works to eliminate unjust barriers to employment, housing, legal benefits, and other life essentials that individuals in reentry and recovery need to support themselves, their families, and our shared communities. READ MORE Support Our Mission with a Donation Take Our Virtual Rap Sheet Workshop Participate in One of Our Training Sessions RECENT HIGHLIGHTS ACTION Share Your Story: Help Us Improve Medicare Coverage of Substance Use Disorder Treatment October 2021 LAC IN THE PRESS How to close Rikers more quickly (by Tracie Gardner) NEW YORK DAILY NEWS October 29, 2021 NY Has $1.5 Billion To Fight Opioid Overdoses—And 3 Weeks To Decide How To Spend It (featuring Christine Khaikin) GOTHAMIST October 9, 2021 Amid Rising Overdose Deaths, Hochul Urged to End Two-Tiered Addiction Treatment System in New York (featuring Christine Khaikin) GOTHAM GAZETTE September 30, 2021 South Jersey AIDS Alliance, residents file lawsuit to stop Atlantic City needle exchange closure (featuring Sally Friedman) THE PRESS OF ATLANTIC CITY September 29, 2021 Literature Review: Legal Action Center’s Emergency ADA UPDATE September 21, 2021 BLOG POST LAC's 2021 Arthur Liman Public Interest Awards Benefit November 18, 2021 On November 8, 2021, over a hundred LAC supporters including partners, board members, clients, staff, and more gathered virtually... PRESS RELEASE LAC Launches New Medicare Addiction Parity Project October 15, 2021 Having long advocated for enforcement of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act to improve insurance coverage for... PRESS RELEASE LAC Praises Governor Hochul for Signing into Law Key Legislation to Combat Opioid Crisis in NYS October 7, 2021 Having long advocated for legal and policy change in New York State to protect and increase access to treatment and recovery... SEE MORE CONTACT US General For general inquiries and questions, please reach out to our New York office at: lacinfo@lac.org (212) 243-1313 Media Press or other media can reach out to our communications team at: communications@lac.org (212) 243-1313 Training For information about upcoming trainings, please contact our Training Coordinator at: ascott@lac.org (212) 243-1313 Development To learn about supporting LAC, please reach out to our development staff at: development@lac.org (212) 243-1313 If you live in New York State and need help from LAC’s legal staff, please give us a call at (212) 243-1313. You can also visit our Legal Help page or FAQs for more information. LEGAL HELP FAQS New York Office 225 Varick St, 4th Floor New York, NY 10014 T (212) 243-1313 F (212) 675-0286 Washington DC Office 810 1st Street, NE, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20002 T (202) 544-5478 F (202) 544-5712 Need Legal Help Donate Join Our Team Contact Us Online Shop FAQs Follow Newsletter Stay up to date on the latest in health and justice and get the inside scoop on what LAC is doing to make a change by subscribing to our newsletter today. Email By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from: Legal Action Center, Legal Action Center, 225 Varick Street, Suite 402, New York, NY, 10014, US, http://www.lac.org. You can revoke your consent to receive emails at any time by using the SafeUnsubscribe® link, found at the bottom of every email. Emails are serviced by Constant Contact. SUBSCRIBE © 2020 Legal Action Center. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy. Credits. Reproduction & Distribution Policy. Financials.