The Legal Aid Society further calls for immediate oversight from the City Council and passage of the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology Act, reports The Intercept.

A Federal court could rule that the Trump administration acted within its power to end Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from some nations, according to THE CITY.

The proposed legislation would help workers recoup stolen wages, according to the New York Daily News.

Destin Burgess says this kind of misconduct from the officers is neither unique nor even unusual, according to NowThis News.

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In a letter sent to Queens District Attorney-Elect Melinda Katz, The Legal Aid Society urges support for needed measures to reverse the punitive approach to law enforcement that the Brown/Ryan Administration employed for decades, reports Patch NYC.

The Bar Association also announced its support to increase the New York State Parole Board commissioners from 19 to 30 to address a backlog of cases, according to THE CITY.

"This will be more of the same, and our clients – New Yorkers from communities of color – will continue to suffer more of the same from a police department that prioritizes arrests and summonses above all else."

Local district attorneys are already instructing fellow prosecutors and police officers on ways to work around newly enacted criminal justice reforms – bail, criminal discovery, and speedy trial - that will finally overhaul New York’s antiquated pretrial laws come January 2020, according to the New York Daily News.

The Legal Aid Society called on the Queens District Attorney’s Office to immediately consent to a recently filed vacatur motion regarding the case of Michael Robinson, according to NY1.