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LAS: Permanent Housing Critical to Accommodating Migrant Influx

The Legal Aid Society is calling on the city to move New Yorkers out of the overburdened shelter system and into apartments they can afford.

LAS: City Violates Law, Fails to Provide Beds for at Least 60 Homeless New Yorkers

Violations of right to shelter laws at an intake facility for single adult men in Manhattan are the latest example of the City's inability to handle the growing homelessness crisis.

LAS: Bank Must Return Client’s Deed, End Eviction Proceedings

The deed to Johnnie Jackson's family home was lost in a scam that defrauded more than 1,000 of homeowners, now Wilmington Trust Bank is trying to evict him.

LAS Demands Transparency on Alleged Violations at City Shelters

New reporting suggests that problems with shelter intake could be far more widespread than the City was initially forced to acknowledge.

LAS Calls for Increased Capacity, Support as Demand for Shelters Surges

Advocates are calling on the City to make real investments to address the City's homelessness crisis, including a commitment to affordable housing.

LAS Demands Lawmakers Reconvene to Pass “Good Cause” Eviction Protections

Record-breaking rents and a steady increase in evictions illustrate the need for these critical protections statewide.

LAS: Local DAs Must Hold Those Guilty of Deed Theft Accountable

Only 27 deed theft cases were brought in Brooklyn between 2014 and 2022 despite thousands of complaints, according to a new report by The New York Times.

LAS: City Fails to Place Homeless Families With Minor Children

The City must meet its legal and moral obligation to ensure that every family who comes through PATH intake, including asylum seekers, are provided with an appropriate shelter placement.

LAS Decries Mayor’s Claim Asylum Seekers Are Adding to Homelessness Crisis

Legal Aid is calling on the Mayor to focus on real solutions like long-term affordable housing and end his punitive policy of militarized encampment sweeps.

LAS Sues to Force Repairs in Bronx Building with Nearly 500 Violations

Tenants are suffering from gas and hot water outages, lead paint violations, persistent leaks, and mold and vermin infestations.