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LAS, Red Hook Initiative Launch Know Your Rights Ambassador Trainings

The training series will educate students about the New York City Police Department’s gang database, police encounters, and youth organizing.

LAS in the News 10.28.22

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: DOC Must Immediately Remedy Heat and Hot Water Outages

Two facilities on Rikers Island have been without functioning heat or hot water since Tuesday and cooler temperatures are expected in the coming days.

LAS Honors Key Partners at 2022 Pro Bono Publico Awards Ceremony

Jennifer L. Colyer of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP; Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP; and over 220 individual attorneys were honored at this year's ceremony.

LAS Sues to Stop Illegal Apartment Conversions, Prevent Tenant Displacement

Unscrupulous landlords are exploiting an easily correctable loophole to displace New Yorkers in rent-stabilized units.

LAS Calls on City to Save Bed-Stuy Headquarters of Black Women’s Benevolent Society

For 77 years, the United Order of Tents’ Brooklyn headquarters has served as a central hub from which they have provided support to local communities.

LAS Client Erick Tavira is the 17th New Yorker to Die in DOC Custody in 2022

Mr. Tavira was just 28 years old and had no prior convictions. Deaths in DOC custody have already exceeded the total from 2021.

LAS in the News 10.21.22

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.

Intake on Rikers Under Scrutiny Following Revelation Staff Altered Data

New documents reveal Department of Correction staff changed start times to show compliance with a court order aimed at eliminating lengthy stays at the intake areas on Rikers Island.

LAS in the News 10.14.22

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.