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LAS: Fund Affordable Housing Instead of Vilifying Homeless New Yorkers

The Legal Aid Society condemned a Wall Street NIMBY group for its plan to raise nearly $1 million to fuel a racist campaign against New Yorkers being relocated from the Lucerne Hotel, reports Patch.

Op-Ed: Do Right by Homeless People

Josh Goldfein, from The Legal Aid Society's Homeless Rights Project, is the co-author of an op-ed in today's New York Daily News which calls for a well-reasoned approach to sheltering homeless New Yorkers safely during the COVID-19 crisis.

LAS Urges Direct Rental Assistance From Federal Government

As Washington debates a stimulus package, The Legal Aid Society called on the Trump Administration and Congress to enact measures to protect tenants who are struggling to pay rent, according to Univision.

LAS Lauds Move to Continue Housing Homeless in NYC Hotels

The City announced that homeless New Yorkers will be sheltered in hotels for at least another six months, reports Gothamist.

LAS Advises Incarcerated Persons of Restored Eligibility for Stimulus Payments

As an October 15th deadline looms, The Legal Aid Society called on officials to provide meaningful access to applications for those funds, according to El Dario.

LAS in the News 10.02.20

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.

LAS Files Appeal to Exonerate Wrongfully Convicted Brooklynite James Davis

Davis was convicted of murder in 2004 and has spent 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, according to the New York Daily News.

LAS Calls for Permanent and Meaningful Regulation of City DNA Index Policy

Recently announced policy changes by the OCME do nothing to address the removal of tens of thousands of New Yorkers who are in the City’s index unjustly and illegally, according to the New York Daily News.

Listen: LAS Talks New Application to Destroy Marijuana Conviction Records

Emma Goodman, from The Legal Aid Society's Case Closed Project, appeared on The Capitol Pressroom to break down a new option for New Yorkers to request the destruction of their expunged low-level marijuana convictions.

LAS Condemns Cuomo’s Hollow Executive Order for Tenants

A new executive order signed by the Governor does little to bolster eviction protections for tenants, according to Law 360.