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LAS Condemns DOC Staff for Failing to Wear Masks, Practice Social Distancing

Legal Aid Attorneys who have participated in videoconferences and in-person legal visits to Department of Correction facilities describe a persistent failure to follow COVID-19 protocols, according to the Queens Daily Eagle.

LAS Threatens Lawsuit Against City to Protect Families at Brooklyn Shelter

The City plans to move families with children from Flatlands Family Residence to make room for single women currently scheduled to move from the Long Island City Plaza Hotel in Queens, according to Gothamist.

LAS Preps Lawsuit Over City’s Plan to Move Homeless New Yorkers with Disabilities

Mayor de Blasio’s knee-jerk reaction has created a housing crisis for hundreds of families forced to relocate to facilities that lack necessary accommodations, according to the New York Daily News.

NYC Braces for Increase in Homeless Population Once State Eviction Freeze Expires

The Legal Aid Society and other advocates expressed concern that New York’s homeless population will skyrocket if Albany allows the statewide eviction freeze to lapse, reports The Wall Street Journal.

LAS Condemns City’s Decision to Relocate Homeless New Yorkers From UWS Hotel

The de Blasio Administration capitulated to Upper West Side not in my back yard-ism by announcing plans to move individuals from the Lucerne Hotel to a family shelter, according to The New York Times.

LAS Signals Caution Over CDC Eviction Moratorium

The Federal Government has announced a moratorium on evictions for certain tenants who are unable to pay rent because of the COVID-19 crisis, reports Gothamist.

Listen: LAS Talks Federal Eviction Moratorium, NYS Housing Crisis on The Brian Lehrer Show

The federal policy extends eviction moratorium for certain tenants through the end of the year but many New Yorkers will not benefit.

Listen: LAS Slams Cuomo, DOCCS for Mismanagaing COVID-19 Crisis at NYS Prisons

Since the pandemic first broke this past March, COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 17 New Yorkers in DOCCS custody and infected hundreds more.

LAS Decries Senseless Jailing Over Parole Violations

Draconian policy sends New Yorkers back to COVID-19 filled facilities on non-criminal matters, reports THE CITY.

LAS Calls on New York Legislature to Reconvene and Extend Statewide Eviction Moratorium Indefinitely

The moratorium expires in exactly one month, leaving hundreds of thousands of families vulnerable to losing their homes, reports the Queens Daily Eagle.