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Queens DA Releases List of NYPD Officers with Adverse Credibility
Earlier this month, Kings County District Attorney Eric Gonzalez released a list of officers found incredible. In October, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark released a similar list, albeit heavily redacted, according to
Gothamist
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New York Tenants Benefit from New Rent Regulation Laws as Citywide Evictions Plunge
According to a new
Wall Street Journal
report, housing reforms enacted by the state earlier this year may already be paying off for tens of thousands of renters.
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LAS Calls for Transparency of City DNA Database
Earlier this year, a Freedom of Information Law disclosure revealed that OCME maintains a local DNA index system of at least 82,473 forensic DNA profiles, according to
The Appeal
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LTE: Abolish the NYPD’s Illegal Genetic Stop-and-Frisk Database
The Legal Aid Society and the Innocence Project joined for a letter to the editor in the
New York Daily News
in response to a recent op-ed from NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill in defense of the City’s rouge DNA database.
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LAS in the News 11.22.19
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.
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New York Times Features The Legal Aid Society’s Digital Forensics Unit
The Digital Forensics Unit assists attorneys in all five boroughs in interpreting and using evidence from personal computers, mobile devices, and social media accounts.
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LAS Files Amended Medicaid Dental Suit, Demands Dentures for Cancer Survivor
The amended class-action, filed with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, challenges New York State’s rules on reimbursing certain dental services that advocates deem medically necessary, according to
POLITICO
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Need for Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act Affirmed by NYPD Report
As communities of color are still disproportionately targeted by police, The Legal Aid Society calls on Albany to make the legislative change immediately in their new session, reports
POLITICO
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LAS in the News 11.15.19
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.
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Housing Voucher Discrimination Plagues LAS Client Facing Eviction
Landlords stop returning Mr. Hines’ calls once they learn he has a Family Homelessness & Eviction Prevention Supplement that is offered through the city’s Department of Social Services, according to the
Queens Daily Eagle
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