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LAS Announces Juvenile Rights Practice Youth Leadership Board

Thanks to the generous support of the Arlene Libowitz Fund, the Board will facilitate a client-centered practice that will truly infuse JRP clients as partners and leaders in the process.

LAS Worker Justice Project Opens in Queens

The initiative will combat discrimination faced by workers with arrest or conviction records living in New York City, according to the Queens Daily Eagle.

Manhattan DA Releases List of NYPD Officers with Adverse Credibility

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. is the fourth local prosecutor to release such a list following the Bronx, Brooklyn, and most recently, Queens, reports Gothamist.

LAS Argues for Rent Rebates on Behalf of NYCHA Tenants Before NYS Appellate Division

The action would provide rent rebates to residents who went without heat or hot water during specific parts of the 2017-2018 winter, reports Fox 5 NY.

LAS in the News 12.13.19

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 Hosts 36th Annual Holiday Party for Homeless and Other Vulnerable Children

Toys and donations were distributed to over 500 children and their families.

New Campaign Seeks to Abolish NYPD Gang Policing Policies

The Legal Aid Society, fellow local criminal justice advocacy organizations, elected officials, and New Yorkers from over-policed communities unveiled the new campaign – Erase The Database NYC – today at City Hall.

LAS, Fellow Advocates, and Lawmakers Rally in Support of Historic Pretrial Reforms

These reforms will help to unravel a system that long criminalized poverty, fed mass incarceration, led to wrongful convictions, and contributed to court delays, according to the New York Daily News.

New Yorkers in Need to Receive Care Packages from LAS and Aetna

These packages will be distributed by Legal Aid Society social workers who work with attorneys as they provide critical legal defense in Manhattan criminal court and in post release matters.

Advocates Form Coalition to Enact Broad Automatic Expungement in NYS

In New York, an estimated 2.3 million individuals - 1 in 7 adults - have a criminal conviction on their record, according to the Times Union.