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LAS Calls for Passage of NYC Council Essential Workers Bill of Rights

The legislation would create protections for essential workers and their families amid the COVID-19 outbreak, reports Kings County Politics.

Corey Stoughton Lauded for Helping to Free Hundreds of Incarcerated New Yorkers

Stoughton, the Attorney-in-Charge of The Legal Aid Society's Special Litigation Unit for the Criminal Defense Practice, was recently profiled by the New York Law Journal.

LAS Slams NYPD for Selective Enforcement of Social Distancing Policies

Black and Brown communities continue to be disproportionately targeted by police, according to the The Washington Post.

LAS Secures the Release of Eight Pregnant Women Incarcerated at Bedford Hills

The Legal Aid Society continues to call for the release of two additional pregnant clients from the same correctional facility, according to CBS News.

LAS Demands the Immediate Release of Ten Pregnant Women From State Prison

All of these women are serving sentences for non-violent crimes, and some are held as a result of technical parole violations, according to the New York Daily News.

LAS Calls Subway Closure During Pandemic ‘Outright Disaster’ for NYC Homeless

Mayor Bill de Blasio's late-night shuttering of MTA system drives vulnerable homeless population into harm's way and may further spread the virus, reports ABC News.

Op-Ed: ICE Detention Facilities Have Failed to Protect People From COVID-19

The organizations that comprise the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project penned a joint op-ed in City Limits condemning the many documented failures of Immigration Customs & Enforcement.

LAS Condemns NYPD for Violent Social Distancing Related Arrests

Multiple violent social distancing-related arrests occurred over the weekend in the East Village, reports the Associated Press.

LAS in the News 5.01.20

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, LGBTQ+ Advocates Request the Immediate Release of TGNCNBI New Yorkers

In a letter to the Governor, The Legal Aid Society together with advocates, elected officials and more called for the release of transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and intersex people and all other vulnerable populations, according to POLITICO.