For better government.
For fairness.
For you.
Sometimes, taxpayers are wronged by
government. But lawyers are expensive and
the court system can be too intimidating and
confusing for someone to go at it alone.
That’s where we come in.
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What We Do
NYC Health’s Bungled FOIL Response is a Symptom of a Larger Problem
The Government Justice Center filed a lawsuit against the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC Health) with the New York State Supreme Court in effort to reveal information pertaining to a controversial decision on distribution of COVID oral antivirals.
Stopping Unconstitutional Executive Pay Raises
In the flurry of budget bill voting during the early hours of the morning of April 1, 2019, the Legislature introduced and passed a compensation resolution increasing the Governor and Lieutenant Governor salaries effective January 1, 2019, the date their new elective terms began.
Defending a rape survivor’s right to free speech
In a blatant misuse of political power, New York’s Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE), which is tasked with regulating lobbying in New York, went after Kat Sullivan—a rape survivor who was pushing for the passage of the Child Victims Act.