DOGE’s Expanded Social Security Access Raises Fresh Privacy Fears: ‘The Stakes Are Very High’

2025-06-16T15:01:50-04:00June 10th, 2025|

Morningstar

“Ann Biddle, a litigation supervisor at [Mental Health Project of] the Urban Justice Center, who specializes in Social Security disability law, said while Americans may be used to hearing that their credit-card data and name may have been hacked in a data breach, that's quite different from sensitive medical information being revealed broadly."

Everything Is Changing in Social Security Disability Benefits – It Will Affect SSDI

2024-08-05T13:17:53-04:00August 4th, 2024|

La Grada

"As Ann Biddle, litigation supervisor at the Urban Justice Center’s Mental Health Project, explained in an SSA blog post, applicants must prove that their disability has prevented them from performing substantial work for at least one year or is expected to result in death."

NYC Mayor Adams Insists Solitary Confinement Doesn’t Exist in Jails; Watchdogs Disagree

2024-08-05T13:16:18-04:00July 31st, 2024|

NY Daily News

Jennifer Parish, director of the Mental Health Project at the Urban Justice Center, said she visited men being held in the ESH unit at the Rose M. Singer Center on Tuesday. “Some reported being out of their cells no more than four hours a day and some less than that."

Disability Benefits: Major Change Makes it Easier to Apply

2024-07-29T14:18:49-04:00July 24th, 2024|

AL.com

"People seeking SSDI and SSI benefits must complete a multi-step application process in order to be approved, including showing their disability prevented them from doing substantial work for at least a year or is expected to result in death, Ann Biddle of UJC's Mental Health Project wrote in an SSA blog post."

NYC Announces $7 Billion Design and Construction Contracts for Two Borough-based Jails

2024-05-29T13:38:17-04:00May 21st, 2024|

Archinect

Jennifer Parish of the Urban Justice Center told the Daily News: "Delaying completion of the Queens and Bronx jails is shameful and unlawful. Mayor Adams is failing in his responsibility to advance the plan to close Rikers."

New York City’s $7 Billion Jail Construction Project Delayed Beyond 2027 Deadline

2024-07-22T11:35:08-04:00May 19th, 2024|

Digital Chew

“On the Mayor’s watch, 31 people have died and countless others have experienced abuse, neglect, and violence at the Rikers Island penal colony,” commented Darren Mack, co-director of Freedom Agenda.