Earlier this week, the New York State Office of Court Administration suspended all eviction proceedings statewide but this moratorium did not include cases that were recently disposed of and transmitted to a marshal to execute, according to the Queens Daily Eagle.

The Legal Aid Society called on the New York State Department of Correction and Community Supervision today to immediately suspend all parole hearings pending the installation of video conferencing technology - DOCCS currently only has one open video room, according to THE CITY.

Clients in several facilities in the borough jails and on Rikers Island reported that they do not have access to soap (or hand sanitizer, which is treated as contraband) in their housing units, according to The Appeal.

As the COVID-19 continues to spread across New York, The Legal Aid Society called for a moratorium on arrests and reaffirmed the need for the immediate release of all New Yorkers held on parole violations or in pretrial detention, reports City Limits.

This request comes after an analysis of data that revealed docketed cases have plummeted by almost 20 percent throughout the city in the first two months of 2020, according to POLITICO.

The policy will most likely still disproportionately impact New Yorkers of color, reports AM New York. 

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NYPD officers handcuffed and shackled the 22-year old during and after the delivery of her newborn son, according to the New York Daily News.

Despite generating $30-$40 million in revenues annually in sales from other state agencies, Corcraft pays as little as $.26 cents per hour, according to THE CITY.

Jason Wu, a Housing Attorney at The Legal Aid Society, makes the case for an immediate eviction moratorium in today’s Gotham Gazette.