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LAS Decries New York’s Floundering Unemployement Insurance System

Crucial unemployment benefits for the jobless are being bottlenecked by a convoluted review process, writes Gothamist.

LAS Calls for Automatic CARES Act Benefits for SSI and Veterans

The #CARESAct requires millions of vulnerable recipients of SSI and Veterans benefits to complete complex and confusing online forms, unnecessarily impeding their receipt of desperately needed relief.

New York City Jail Population Drops 20% During COVID-19 Epidemic

The Legal Aid Society's nationally recognized mass writ litigation caused the City and State to release over 1,000 people.

Watch: LAS Attorney Mathew Finston Featured in NYT Video on COVID-19 and City Jails

Finston, a staff attorney in The Legal Aid Society's Parole Revocation Defense Unit speaks to the dire situation faced by incarcerated New Yorkers.

LAS Demands Release of Incarcerated New Yorkers as COVID-19 Exposure Rate Soars

A new report issued by the NYC Board of Correction reveals that 60% of the city's detainees have been exposed to COVID-19, according to the New York Daily News.

LAS Secures Release of 28 Clients Denied Transfer to Drug Treatment Program

Although their parole cases had already been adjudicated, these individuals were stuck on Rikers Island because all transfers to state custody have been suspended due to the COVID-19 epidemic, reports The Appeal.

LAS Joins the Fight to Protect Uber Driver Benefits

A proposed "legal category" of employees would allow Uber to treat it's workers as contractors while affording them only partial employee benefits, reports the Los Angeles Times.

LAS Supports Legislation That Would Extend Eviction Moratorium Through End of Year

The new legislation would protect tenants who have been economically devastated by the COVID-19 outbreak, reports Gothamist.

LAS Calls on Gov. Cuomo, DOCCS to Release Over 100 Incarcerated New Yorkers

Many of these individuals have imminent release dates or are especially vulnerable to COVID-19, according to Slate Magazine.

Op-Ed: Fear Prevailed in the Crusade to Undo New York’s Bail Reforms

Attorneys from The Legal Aid Society's Criminal Defense Practice penned an op-ed in City Limits decrying the new state budget, which was used by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to force a rollback of bail reform.