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Lawmakers Join Call to Immediately Decarcerate Rikers Island

After a tour of the facility, elected officials described a jail in deadly disarray and joined New York's defender organizations in their demands to address the unfolding crisis, reports Reuters.

Listen: The Case for Legalizing Sex Work

The Legal Aid Society's Abigail Swenstein appeared on the Finding Humanity podcast to discuss decriminalizing sex work.

Elected Officials to Tour Rikers Despite City Pushback

Lawmakers are alarmed over the humanitarian crisis unfolding in City jails, where at least ten individuals have died this year, according to the New York Daily News.

LAS in the News 09.10.21

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.

Crisis on Rikers: Tenth New Yorker Dies in Custody

Esias Johnson, a 24-year-old client of The Legal Aid Society, is the tenth person to die in DOC custody in 2021, as reported by CBS 2 New York.

LAS Advises Tenants on Next Steps Following Eviction Moratorium

The Legal Aid Society's Ellen Davidson appeared on Spectrum News to discuss what tenants can do now to stay in their homes.

NYC Defenders Decry Another Senseless Death on Rikers Island

Segundo Guallpa is the most recent casualty in an increasingly dangerous situation tied to a mass wave of absenteeism by Department of Correction employees, as reported by the Queens Daily Eagle.

LAS in the News 09.03.21

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.

Listen: Pandemic Benefits Are Ending. How Will The Job Market Change?

The Legal Aid Society’s Richard Blum joined The Brian Lehrer Show to discuss expiring federal unemployment benefits and what that means for New Yorkers.

LAS Praises State’s New Eviction Moratorium

By returning to work and passing this legislation, New York lawmakers have avoided the disaster of widespread eviction during a surge of COVID-19.