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14,000 Households Across NYC Face Likely Eviction as Statewide Moratorium Expires

The Legal Aid Society calls on Gov. Cuomo to extend the freeze, which is set to expire on Wednesday night, to avoid an unprecedented wave of evictions, as reported by The Real Deal.

LAS Decries Incarceration of New Yorkers for Technical Parole Violations During Pandemic

Advocates point to a broken parole system as more are jailed for minor parole transgressions, reports The New York Times.

LAS Calls on New York to Support Vital Home Care Industry

State health committees are meeting to discuss COVID-19 related needs this month, according to POLITICO.

LAS Working to Free Clients with Help From COVID-19 Whistleblower

Riker's Island social worker detailed incompetence and indifference in a revelatory affidavit, reports the Huffington Post.

LAS Slams NY Prisons for Concealing Extent of COVID-19 Infection

Advocates say lack of testing hides true extent of spread, reports Business Insider.

Op-Ed: When Courts Become Superspreaders

Resuming proceedings in the city's court buildings will needlessly put vulnerable New Yorkers in danger.

NYC Public Defenders File Federal Lawsuit to Halt In-Person Non-Emergency Court Matters

OCA’s Proposal Violates the Americans With Disabilities Act, Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, and Rehabilitation Act of 1973, reports the New York Law Journal.

LAS Slams False Narrative Peddled by NYPD to Undermine Reforms

Newly released data contradicts claims from the NYPD that crime increases have any relation to bail reforms, mass release efforts, reports Gothamist.

LAS, Advocates to AG James: Support the Release of Incarcerated TGNCNBI New Yorkers

Advocates point out that TGNCNBI people are more vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19 due to higher risk of weakened immune systems due to discrimination in healthcare, employment, education, and housing, reports Gay City News.

New State Law Expands COVID-19 Protections for Homeowners

A new state law now provides options for recoupment of the suspended payments that are affordable for homeowners.