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Current Press Releases and Statements:

February

02/10/26 LAS, Freshfields File Federal Appeal Seeking Replacement of Stolen SNAP Benefits
02/04/26 LAS Urges City to Protect Unhoused New Yorkers From Subzero Temperatures
02/04/26 Reporting: OCFS Staffers Blow the Whistle on Deplorable Conditions at Juvenile Facilities
02/03/26 LAS Applauds Opening of Pearl Street Safe Haven Shelter
02/03/26 Advocates Call on Albany to Enact Critical Legislation to Serve Young New Yorkers
02/03/26 LAS Secures Ruling Allowing Lawsuit on Barriers to Kinship Foster Placements to Proceed
02/02/26 Advisory: Press Conference in Support of Legislation to Serve Young New Yorkers
02/02/26 Advocates File Challenge Trump Admin’s 75-Country Visa Ban in Federal Court

January

01/31/26 LAS Statement on Mayor Appointing Stanley Richards as Commissioner of DOC
01/30/26 LAS Statement on Governor’s New Measures to Limit ICE Collaboration
01/27/26 LAS, Coalition for the Homeless Statement on Deaths of Unhoused New Yorkers
01/27/26 LAS Statement on Pinnacle Tenants Facing Dangerous Conditions After Summit Sale Approval
01/27/26 LAS and Emery Celli Applaud Appointment of Remediation Manager Over the City’s Jail System
01/20/26 Statement on the Hochul Declining to Include Regressive Changes to Raise the Age in Budget
01/16/26 LAS, UPT Statements on Court Ruling Allowing the Sale of Rent-Stabilized Apartments
01/14/26 LAS and Emery Celli Respond to Nunez Monitor’s Latest Status Report
01/14/26 Advocates Rally in Support of Raise the Age 
01/14/26 LAS Files Objection Calling for Halt to Sale of Neglected Buildings
01/13/26 LAS Responds to Governor Hochul’s State of the State Address
01/13/25 Advisory: Advocates Rally in Support of Raise the Age
01/09/26 LAS Secures Court Order Reopening Wage Claims for Hundreds of Home Care Workers
01/09/26 LAS Files Lawsuit Challenging Practice of Subjecting Youth to Solitary Confinement
01/06/26 LAS Statement on the Election of Julie Menin as Speaker of the New York City Council 
01/06/26 LAS Welcomes Steps Toward Ending Emergency Shelter Framework for New Arrivals
01/06/26 Plaintiff’s Defeat City’s Motion to Dismiss in Litigation Challenging the NYPD Gang Database