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LAS Urges Albany to Defend New Yorkers Disproportionately Impacted by COVID-19

Together with legislators, The Legal Aid Society is calling on State government to enact key measures to protect New York's most vulnerable communities, reports Patch.

LAS Calls for Expansion of Unemployment Benefits for All New Yorkers

New legislation aims to revamp the state's archaic and confusing laws amid the COVID-19 health crisis, reports City and State.

LAS Fights to Uphold Rights of Detained Immigrants Facing Removal Proceedings

A federal prosecutor is seeking to invalidate a 2019 ruling shifting the burden of justifying detention to the government at bond hearings, Law360 reports.

LAS Renews Calls to End Social Distancing Enforcement After Shocking Arrest Video

The new video shows NYPD officers violently arresting a young mother in front of her child, according to the Brooklyn Paper.

LAS Condemns Governor, DOCCS for Delaying Release of Six Incarcerated Pregnant Women

The women remain incarcerated at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility despite promises from Governor Cuomo that they would be released, according to the New York Daily News.

Op-Ed: Policing the Pandemic: This is Nothing New

Attorney's from The Legal Aid Society's Criminal Defense Practice explain the NYPD's inequitable social distancing enforcement is part of a larger pattern of discrimination in today's BKLYNER.

Listen: LAS Addresses Unemployment Concerns on The Brian Lehrer Show

The Legal Aid Society's Richard Blum, part of our Employment Law Unit, takes questions from listeners on WNYC.

LAS Warns Eviction Moratorium Does Not Protect Tenants Enough

An extension of the moratorium still does not quell concern that some will be left unprotected, reports Law 360.

LAS Condemns NYPD Over Disparate “COVID-19 Related” Enforcement

The Legal Aid Society also called for greater transparency as to the New York City Police Department's internal guidance to officers on social distancing enforcement, according to AM New York.

LAS in the News 5.08.20

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.