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Report: New Yorkers of Color Continue to Shoulder Brunt of NYPD COVID-19 Related Enforcement

The Legal Aid Society released an analysis of social distancing enforcement conducted by the New York City Police Department including COVID-19 related 311 complaints, summonses and arrests, as reported by the New York Daily News.

LAS Condemns Staten Island DA’s Call to End Decarceration Efforts During Pandemic

Christopher Pisciotta, Attorney-in-Charge of the Staten Island Trial Office at The Legal Aid Society, penned a letter to the editor in today’s New York Daily News in response to a recent op-ed by District Attorney Michael McMahon.

LAS Attorneys Back in Court to Stop “Public Charge” Rule Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

A District Judge highlighted how the legal landscape has changed during the pandemic as he pushed the government to explain why he shouldn't issue a new injunction, according to Law360.

LAS Urges Albany to Defend New Yorkers Disproportionately Impacted by COVID-19

Together with legislators, The Legal Aid Society is calling on State government to enact key measures to protect New York's most vulnerable communities, reports Patch.

LAS Calls for Expansion of Unemployment Benefits for All New Yorkers

New legislation aims to revamp the state's archaic and confusing laws amid the COVID-19 health crisis, reports City and State.

LAS Renews Calls to End Social Distancing Enforcement After Shocking Arrest Video

The new video shows NYPD officers violently arresting a young mother in front of her child, according to the Brooklyn Paper.

LAS Condemns Governor, DOCCS for Delaying Release of Six Incarcerated Pregnant Women

The women remain incarcerated at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility despite promises from Governor Cuomo that they would be released, according to the New York Daily News.

Op-Ed: Policing the Pandemic: This is Nothing New

Attorney's from The Legal Aid Society's Criminal Defense Practice explain the NYPD's inequitable social distancing enforcement is part of a larger pattern of discrimination in today's BKLYNER.

Listen: LAS Addresses Unemployment Concerns on The Brian Lehrer Show

The Legal Aid Society's Richard Blum, part of our Employment Law Unit, takes questions from listeners on WNYC.

LAS Warns Eviction Moratorium Does Not Protect Tenants Enough

An extension of the moratorium still does not quell concern that some will be left unprotected, reports Law 360.