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LAS Demands Reform After Deluge of NYPD Misconduct Complaints From Protesters

Complaints have skyrocketed during the George Floyd-inspired protests in New York City, reports ABC 7.
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LAS Condemns NYPD for Disrupting New Yorkers’ Due Process Rights

The police department has refused to participate in preliminary hearings during the George Floyd protests, impacting those held pretrial and awaiting possible release, according to The Appeal.
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LAS Decries the Enormous Financial Burden of Police Misconduct

Data reveals the high cost taxpayers pay to settle lawsuits brought against the NYPD, reports ABCNews.
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LAS Warns NYPD Tactics May Increase COVID-19 Spread

Mass arrests of protesters and a cavalier attitude towards safety measures displayed by officers are putting people at greater risk of infection, writes VICE.
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LAS Applauds Full Repeal of Police Secrecy Law 50-A

“Finally, after years of advocacy, New York has struck down one of the nation’s most secretive laws, a law that shielded police misconduct from public scrutiny," The Legal Aid Society's Tina Luongo tells AM New York.
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LAS Secures Release of Essential Worker Caught in NYPD’s Bronx Protest Crackdown

An NYC essential worker was held in jail for a week and hit with parole violations over participation in peaceful protest, reports Gothamist.
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NYC Curfew Placed Undue Burden on Homeless Population

As reported in The Appeal, many unsheltered people used fliers created by The Legal Aid Society to inform the NYPD of their exempt status.
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LAS Lauds NYS Senate Repeal of Law 50-A, Urges Cuomo to Enact Immediately

"A comprehensive repeal of Police Secrecy Law 50-A and advancement of other needed police reforms are now just one pen stroke away," ​The Legal Aid Society's Tina Luongo tells Rolling Stone.
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LAS Demands Accountability for NYPD Officer Who Assaulted a 20-Year-Old Protester ​

Officer D'Andraia was caught on video at last week's George Floyd demonstration, the latest of many recorded encounters that depict aggressive, violent tactics, according to the New York Daily News.
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LAS, Civil Rights Organizations Threaten to Sue if de Blasio Extends Curfew

The curfew, which is set to expire Monday morning, has effectively prohibited New Yorkers from safely being outside between the hours of 8 p.m. and 5 a.m., according to POLITICO.
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