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News Archive for "Homelessness"

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LAS: Lack of Shelter Must Not Dictate Bail

Being unhoused should not influence the court’s decision to set bail, especially as a humanitarian crisis plagues the City's Jails, according to City Limits.

LAS Testimony Highlights Importance of Funding Civil Legal Services

The Legal Aid Society's work to secure wireless access for students in homeless shelters during COVID-19 illustrates why ongoing funding is so critical, according to the Queens Daily Eagle.

LAS Decries Lack of Proper Ventilation in Homeless Shelters

The timing is especially dangerous as New York is experiencing a surge in the highly transmittable Delta variant of COVID-19, according to Curbed.

LAS Wins Emergency Motion to Protect Disabled Homeless New Yorkers

The order will ensure the City follows proper protocols are before disabled individuals are moved from hotel rooms to congregate shelters, as reported by the New York Daily News.

LAS Files Emergency Motion to Ensure Due Process for Homeless New Yorkers

The City has repeatedly violated a preliminary injunction that safeguards disabled individuals from being transferred out of hotel rooms without first going through proper protocols, reports POLITICO.

LAS Demands Accountability as City Transfers Homeless New Yorkers

The Department of Homeless Services is unable and unwilling to confirm that people transferred from hotel rooms are actually arriving at shelters, as reported by AMNY.

Josh Goldfein Named City & State Winner of the Week

A suit filed by The Legal Aid Society halted the city's move of 8,000 homeless New Yorkers.

LAS Secures Temporary Halt to Transfers of Homeless Disabled New Yorkers

A judge blocked the Mayor’s recent order to move disabled individuals who have been living in hotel rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the New York Post.

LAS Motion Temporarily Halts Transfer of Disabled Homeless New Yorkers

The motion, filed in Butler v. City of New York, has stopped the City-mandated transfer of individuals from hotels to shelters, according to The New York Times.

LAS Files to Halt City’s Transfer of Disabled New Yorkers to Homeless Shelters

Filed with Jenner & Block, the motion challenges the Mayor's recent order to move disabled homeless New Yorkers who have been living in local hotels, as reported by the New York Daily News.