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Advocates Rally Against Upstate Transfer of TGNCNBI New Yorkers

The Legal Aid Society joined protesters who are demanding the Governor and Mayor reconsider an ill-convinced plan to move people from Rikers to facilities outside of the City, reports News 12 Bronx.

LAS in the News 10.22.21

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 Demands Transparency on Cops with Credibility Issues

For ten years, the Bronx district attorney has kept a secret list of "no fly" officers whose conduct would undermine their credibility should they be called to testify, as reported by THE CITY.

LAS Calls for Bar Admission Reform to Address Racial Injustice

Advocates are asking the Administrative Board of the Courts to revise a question that unlawfully mandates disclosure of juvenile and sealed arrests from the bar application, reports the New York Law Journal.

Advocates: Albany Must Enact “Good Cause” Legislation to Prevent Evictions

Similar laws have already proved effective in Hudson and Albany and these protections should apply statewide to all residents in unregulated units, according to City Limits.

TGNCNBI Task Force Demands Full Stop on Planned Transfers From Rikers

The City Council appointed group of advocates opposes the proposed upstate transfers and is calling for immediate decarceration, as reported by The Nation.

Vincent Paolo Villano Joins LAS as Chief Communications Officer

Villano brings over a decade of experience in government, campaigns, and advocacy using communications to advance racial, social, and economic justice, reports POLITICO.

LAS Mourns Passing of Client Anthony Scott

Mr. Scott is at least the fourteenth person to die this year due to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in City jails, according to The New York Times.

LAS: Brooklyn Housing Court Unfit for In-Person Return

141 Livingston is a former commercial space with narrow hallways that will not be safe for a high volume of in-person appearances, reports Law360.

Women, Transgender New Yorkers Protest Transfers to Upstate Prisons

Over 70 incarcerated individuals signed a petition condemning a plan to transfer them from Rikers Island to facilities outside of the City, as reported by NBC 4 New York.