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2,000 New Yorkers in Custody Have Tested Positive for COVID-19

The shameful milestone is the result of inaction by the Governor and DOCCS, who have failed to protect vulnerable individuals, as reported by the Staten Island Advance.

LAS in the News 12.11.20

We have an intrinsic connection to the daily lives of New Yorkers. Here are a few of the places we made a difference, provided context or added valuable perspective this week:

Watch: LAS Talks COVID-19 and the NY Prison System

Stefen Short, an attorney in The Legal Aid Society's Prisoners' Rights Project, joined a round-table discussion with Lisa Evers’ Street Soldiers.

Cuomo’s Early Release Program Continues to Fail LAS Clients

The Legal Aid Society has long called on the Governor to use his powers to release more New Yorkers vulnerable to COVID-19 as the state grapples with a second wave of the virus, as reported by the New York Daily News.

LAS Again Debunks NYPD Claim Connecting Modest Rise in Shootings to Bail Reform

Criminal justice advocates say claims attributing increased crime to reform measures are spurious, according to the New York Daily News.

LAS Urges Cuomo to Release Vulnerable New Yorkers Held on Parole Warrants

As COVID-19 rates continue to rise in local jails, many individuals are still being held solely on parole warrants, many of which are predicated on non-criminal technical violations, according to the Queens Daily Eagle.

LAS: Arrest Involving Staten Island Pub Owner Illuminates Two-Tier “Justice” System

In yet another example of a legal system that benefits white New Yorkers with means, Daniel Presti has been charged with second-degree assault but was released on his own recognizance, according to Gothamist.

LAS Demands Comprehensive Reform of New York’s Broken Parole System

New York reincarcerates more people for technical parole violations than any other state in the country except Illinois, according to a new report by The Intercept.

Legal Aid’s Sabrina Talukder Featured on CNN’s This is Life with Lisa Ling

Talukder argues that decriminalization will afford sex workers the basic economic rights enjoyed by other Americans, and warns of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the ability of sex workers to survive.

Op-Ed: Joe Biden & Kamala Harris, Rebuild the Economy: Decriminalize Sex Work

Sabrina Talukder - an immigration attorney at The Exploitation Intervention Project - penned an op-ed for CNN calling on the incoming Biden administration to form a national task force to decriminalize sex work.