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May
05/31/24 Plaintiffs File Reply in Litigation to Appoint a Receiver Over NYC Jails 05/30/24 LAS Statement on OIG-NYPD’s Report on Adams Violating the POST Act 05/29/24 LAS Statement on the NYS Assembly Refusing to Advance Unfair Legislation 05/22/24 LAS Statement on NYS Senate Passage of Legislation That Prejudices New Yorkers 05/21/24 LAS Responds to Mayor’s Comments on Overhauling NYPD’s Policing of Protests 05/21/24 D.A. Bragg, LAS Call on Legislature to Increase Student Load Aid 05/20/24 LAS Files Brief in Support of Right to Record in Public Spaces of Police Precincts 05/14/24 LAS Statement on Adams’s Claim that the NYPD’s Policy Does Not Violate POST Act 05/13/24 LAS Celebrates its 47th Annual Servant of Justice Award 05/13/24 LAS Petitions to Intervene Against Lawsuit Attacking NYC Housing Courts 05/13/24 LAS: NYPD’s Draft Policy on Invasive Technology in Subway Violates the POST Act 05/10/24 LAS Submits Testimony on Practice Depriving Foster Children Financial Benefits 05/09/24 LAS Statement on Legislation that Would Unfairly Prejudice New Yorkers 05/09/24 LAS Statement in Response to Supreme Court Ruling in Case on Speedy Hearings 05/09/24 LAS, NYCLU Secure $500K+ for Clients Brutalized While Protesting Police Violence 05/08/24 LAS Statement on Probe Into the NYPD’s Unethical Use of Social Media Accounts 05/08/24 LAS Sues Over New Yorkers with Disabilities in Solitary Confinement 05/06/24 LAS Calls of Investigation Related to NYPD’s Violent Crackdown of Recent Protests 05/06/24 LAS, ALAA Call on NYS Assembly to Pass Legislation to Increase Loan Assistance 05/02/24 LAS Condemns NYPD for Unlawfully Detaining and Processing Demonstrators
April
04/30/24 LAS Condemns RGB’s Preliminary Vote to Increase Rents on Low-Income New Yorkers 04/29/24 LAS Calls for Rent Freeze to Protect Low-Income Tenants 04/23/24 ACS Kept Almost $19 Million in Survivors Benefits Meant for Children in Foster Care 04/19/24 LAS Replies to City’s Response in Litigation on CityFHEPS Reform, Expansion 04/18/24 LAS Statement on NYC Rent Guidelines Board’s Price Index, Mortgage Survey Report 04/18/24 LAS Files Lawsuit Seeking the Appointment of Private Administrator to Run Building 04/17/24 Renewed NYS Budget ‘Sweep’ of IOLA Funds Would be Disastrous 04/16/24 Advocates Demand Passage of Legislation to End the Lifetime Ban on Jury Service 04/16/24 LAS Files Lawsuit Against Landlord of Buildings with Over 600 Open Violations 04/15/24 Advisory: Advocates Call on Albany to Pass Legislation to End Ban on Jury Service 04/13/24 LAS Statement in Response to Housing Negotiations in NYS FY25 Budget 04/12/24 Advocates Laud Decision to Restore Fudnign to NYC Comision on Human Rights 04/11/24 LAS Statement on the NYC Rent Guidelines Board’s 2024 Income and Affordability Study 04/09/24 LAS Submits Comments on Policy that Fails to Protect Benefits for Children in Foster Care 04/08/24 LAS Condemns Proposed Policy Denying Foster Children Social Security Disability Benefits 04/04/24 Maimonides Tenants, Electeds, Advocates Call to Stop Mass Evictions 04/04/24 Advisory: Maimonides Tenants, Electeds to Hold Press Conference to Stop Mass Evictions 04/04/23 DOC and DOE Failing to Provide Mandated High School Education for Incarcerated Youth 04/03/24 LAS Condemns NYS for Denying Visits, Locking In Incarcerated People For Eclipse 04/02/24 Advocates Call for Hearing on Incarcerated New Yorkers’ Access to the Ballot 04/02/24 Advisory: Advocates Call for Hearing on Incarcerated New Yorkers’ Access to the Ballot
March
03/29/24 LAS, ALAA Call on Albany to Increase Student Loan Assistance 03/28/24 LAS Statement in Response to the City’s New Subway Gun Detection System Pilot 03/28/24 LAS Statement on the NYC Rent Guidelines Board’s 2024 Income and Expense Study 03/27/24 LAS Statement on City’s Reply in Litigation on CityFHEPS Reform and Expansion Laws 03/26/24 Defenders’ Joint Statement on Lawsuits Alleging Sexual Abuse on Rikers Island 03/25/24 LAS, ALAA Call on Albany to Ensure the Budget to Increase Student Loan Assistance 03/23/24 Video: Bronx Tenants Report Rainfall Pouring into the Lobby 03/22/24 LAS Calls on Adams to Keep Communities Safe by Restoring Funding 03/21/24 Legal Services Organizations Call on Lawmakers to Reject Sweep of $234 Million in Funding 03/21/24 LAS Files Motion to Reargue in Maimonides Hospital Mass Eviction Case 03/19/24 LAS Releases List of NYPD Members Most-Named in Lawsuits, with Highest Payouts 03/15/24 LAS Announce Settlement in Callahan v. Carey, Preserving NYC’s Right to Shelter 03/15/24 Advocates Call to Restore Funding to the NYC Commission on Human Rights 03/15/24 LAS Secures Landmark Settlement on Access to Critical Rental Vouchers 03/15/24 Advisory: LAS to Appear in Court on Right to Shelter Case 03/14/24 LAS, ALAA Laud Legislature for Prioritizing Legislation to Increase Student Loan Assistance 03/14/24 East Harlem Tenants Announce Lawsuit Against One of NYC’s Worst Landlords 03/14/24 Advisory: Advocates Gather to Save The NYC Commission on Human Rights 03/14/24 Advocates Condemn Deployment of National Guard, State Police into NYC Subway System 03/14/24 LAS Announces Spring Mobile Justice Bus Tour to Meet New Yorkers in Their Communities 03/14/24 Advisory: Press Conference Opposing Governor’s Safety Plan for Subway System 03/14/24 Advisory: East Harlem TenantsAlleging Landlord Stole Security Deposits 03/13/24 LAS Statement on Senate and Assembly One-House Budget Proposals 03/12/24 Transparency Advocates Urge Legislature and Governor to Strengthen FOIL 03/12/24 LAS Secures Federal Appeals Court Ruling in Final Two Rent Stabilization Law Cases 03/12/24 35 DAs, Public Defenders, More Support Legislation to Increase Student Loan Aid 03/11/24 LAS, ALAA Laud NY State Senate’s Passage of DALF Legislation 03/11/24 Attorneys for Children Providers Release White Paper on Family Court in Crisis 03/08/24 Civil Rights Organizations Respond to Community Engagement Plan 03/06/24 Worker Advocacy Organizations Outline One-House Budget Priorities 03/05/24 LAS Lawsuit Against Owners of Tax-Delinquent Bronx Building 03/05/24 Advisory: Announcement About Bronx Building with Decades-Long History of Neglect 03/04/24 LAS Statement on Adams Reducing Cash Assistance, SNAP Backlogs 03/01/24 LAS Call on NYPD to Adhere to Agreed-Upon Terms of Protest Settlement 03/01/24 Latest Report from Rikers Monitor Reflects NYC DOC’s Continued Non-Compliance
February
02/29/24 Payouts on Alleged NYPD Misconduct for 2023 Reach Almost $115 Million 02/27/24 NYC Public Defenders Respond to Mayor’s Call to Modify NYC’s Detainer Law 02/26/24 600+ Attorneys Call on Albany to Enact Legislation to Increase Student Loan Aid 02/21/24 LAS Statement on NYC Council’s Motion to Intervene on City FHEPS Litigation 02/20/24 LAS Statement on SCOTUS Decision Leaving NY Rent Stabilization Laws Intact 02/16/24 Civil Legal Service Community Applauds Governor’s Funding Support 02/14/24 LAS Sues to Force Adams to Fully Implement CityFHEPS Reform, Expansion 02/13/24 #Right2RemainSilent Coalition Holds Advocacy Day in Albany 02/13/24 NYC Jails Coalition Holds Rally in Support of Incarcerated Individuals’ Access to Polls 02/13/24 LAS Files Source of Income Discrimination Lawsuit Against NYC Landlords 02/13/24 NYIFUP Condemns Attacks on NYC’s Sanctuary and Detainer Laws 02/13/24 Advisory: #Right2RemainSilent Coalition to Hold Advocacy Day Today in Albany 02/12/24 Advisory: Rally in Support of Incarcerated New Yorkers’ Access to the Polls 02/07/24 Court Approves Overhaul of NYPD Protest Practices 02/05/24 Wage Gap is Driving an Employment Crisis in New York’s Civil Legal Services 02/05/24 LAS Files Lawsuit Against City and Landlords of Collapsed Bronx Building 02/05/24 Advisory: Tenants of Collapsed Bronx Building To Make Announcement 02/01/24 LAS Statement on NYPD Subway Robot No Longer Patroling Subway Station
January
01/30/24 LAS Lauds NYC Council for Overriding Mayor Adams’ Veto of the How Many Stops Act 01/25/24 Lawsuit Against NYSDOL On Behalf of 24-Hour Home Care Workers Moves Forward 01/24/24 LAS Files Amicus Brief in Support of Plaintiff Subjected to Deceptions by Police 01/19/24 Community Denounces Mayor for Vetoing Int 549A to End Solitary Confinement 01/19/24 LAS Condemns Mayor Adams for Vetoing the How Many Stops Act 01/18/24 Advisory: Exoneration of LAS Client Steven Ruffin 01/16/24 LAS Statement on State, City Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Unveilings 01/11/24 Data: City Marshals Executed 11,973 Evictions in 2023 01/09/24 LAS Responds to Governor Hochul’s 2024 State of the State Address 01/09/24 LAS Statement on the City Evacuating Families with Children from Floyd Bennett Field 01/09/24 LAS Statement on NYC DOI Report on PATH Intake Issues 01/09/24 LAS Announces Intention to File Litigation to Implement CityFHEPS Reform 01/08/24 NYC Public Defenders Release 2024 Statewide Legislative Priorities 01/04/24 LAS Releases 2024 Statewide Juvenile, Family Regulation Legislative Priorities 01/02/24 LAS Releases 2024 Statewide Civil Legal Services Legislative Priorities
December
12/22/23 LAS Statement on Governor Signing Legislation Banning “Frankensteining” 12/22/23 LAS Statement on BOC Report on Fire that Occurred on Rikers Island 12/22/23 LAS Lauds Pardon Granted for Kayode Oseni, Client at Risk of Deportation 12/22/23 NYC Public Defenders Urge Federal Lawmakers to Reject Immigration Reform Effort 12/21/23 Advocates Applaud NYC Council’s Passage of The Fair Chance for Housing Act 12/20/23 Advocates Laud City Council for Passing 549A to End Solitary Confinement 12/20/23 City Council Takes Historic Action by Passing the Fair Chance for Housing Act 12/20/23 #Right2RemainSilent Coalition Lauds City Council for Passing Resolution in Support 12/20/23 LAS Urges Mayor Adams to Sign the How Many Stops Act 12/19/23 LAS Files Contempt Motion Against City for Failing to Provide SNAP, Cash Assistance 12/19/23 LAS Statement on Resolution Adopted by the ALAA, UAW Local 2325 12/18/23 Advocates Call on NYC Council to Pass the Fair Chance for Housing Act 12/18/23 LAS Calls on Governor to Take Action on Hundreds of Pending Clemency Applications 12/15/23 LAS Lauds Voting Results on NYCHA Residents Joining Preservation Trust 12/14/23 Statement from Counsel for Plaintiffs in Nunez v. City of New York 12/14/23 LAS Statement on Integrity Issues Involving NYC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner 12/14/23 LAS Lauds Decision Upholding New York’s Common Sense Discovery Laws 12/14/23 361 Attorneys, Advocates Call on Governor Hochul to Sign Appeal Waiver Bill into Law 12/13/23 LAS Calls on Governor Hochul to Sign the Challenging Wrongful Convictions Act 12/13/23 LAS Calls on Governor to Sign Bill to Better Inform Immigrants of Deportation Risks 12/13/23 Organizations Call to Pass Bill Ensuring Young New Yorkers Have Access to an Attorney 12/12/23 LAS, RHI Conclude Second Annual Know Your Rights Ambassador Training Series 12/12/23 Families, Advocates Condemn Governor’s Veto of the Preserving Family Bonds Act 12/11/23 LAS, RHI To Host Final Workshop in Know Your Rights Ambassador Training Series 12/08/23 Advocates Secure Victory in Lawsuit Challenging Abusive Debt Collection 12/08/23 LAS Statement on the Appointment of Lynelle Maginley-Liddie 12/07/23 LAS Call on District Attorneys for a Full Audit of the NYPD Latent Print Section 12/05/23 Advocates Rally in NYC, Albany to Save Legal Right to Shelter 12/04/23 Advisory: Rallies in NYC and Albany to Defend the Right to Shelter
November
11/30/23 LAS Calls on Governor to Sign Bill on Access to Sealing and Expungement of Records 11/29/23 LAS Calls on Governor Hochul to Sign the Preserving Family Bonds Act 11/29/23 LAS Statement in Response to the City Failing to Ensure Shelter for New Arrivals 11/27/23 LAS Secures Exoneration for Client Wayne Gardine 11/26/23 Advisory: Press Conference Following a Motion to Vacate for Wayne Gardine 11/20/23 Lucy Newman Named Supervising Attorney of LAS Public Housing Unit 11/20/23 LAS Statement on Distribution of $95 Million In ERAP Funding to NYCHA Residents 11/20/23 Plaintiffs in Nunez v. City of New York File Motion to Appoint a Receiver Over NYC Jails 11/16/23 LAS Lauds Governor Hochul for Signing the Clean Slate Act Into Law 11/15/23 LAS Statement on Resolution from Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, UAW Local 2325 11/14/23 LAS Calls on Governor to Sign Bill to Create Black Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force 11/07/23 LAS Urges NYCHA Residents to Participate in Vote to Decide the Future of their Homes 11/06/23 LAS Condemns Housing of Children in Classrooms at Juvenile Detention Centers 11/06/23 Report Reveals NYC DOC’s Continued Failure to Ensure Safe Conditions in City Jails 11/01/23 LAS Calls to Abandon Plan to Shelter Families with Children at Floyd Bennett Field 11/01/23 Phil Desgranges Named Attorney-in-Charge of Law Reform for Criminal Defense Practice October
10/31/23 LAS Honors Key Partners at 2023 Pro Bono Publico Awards Ceremony 10/27/23 LAS Secures Ruling Requiring the NYPD to Disclose Budget Contracts 10/26/23 LAS Statement on Legislation to Expand Opportunities for Children in Foster Care 10/26/23 LAS Statement on Elimination of the Notary Requirement in Civil Court 10/25/23 LAS Statement on the City’s Plan to Shelter New Arrivals in Outdoor Tents 10/19/23 LAS Statement on the Court Directing Parties Into Mediation 10/19/23 Advocates Gather in Support of Critical Legislation to Serve Young New Yorkers 10/18/23 LAS Responds to State’s Support of the City’s Request to Gut the Right to Shelter 10/17/23 Advisory: Youth, Advocates, Gather in Support of Legislation to Serve Young New Yorkers 10/17/23 LAS Statement on Mayor’s Comments that LAS Failed to Propose Solutions for New Arrivals 10/17/23 Mass Eviction by Maimonides Hospital Threatens Dozens of Healthcare Workers 10/16/23 LAS Statement on Plan to Shelter Families with Children at Floyd Bennett Field 10/16/23 LAS Statement on Employees Constructing Secret Areas at Closed Jail on Rikers Island 10/13/23 LAS Statement on Limiting Shelter Stays for Families with Children to 60 Days 10/12/23 Advocates Urge Governor Hochul to Sign Three HSTPA Reform Bills into Law 10/12/23 Advisory: Advocates Launch Coalition to Support Right to Shelter 10/11/23 LAS Responds to Mayor’s Plan, Supported by Governor, to Get Right to Shelter 10/11/23 Advisory: Advocates Urge Governor to Sign Critical HSTPA Reform Bills into Law 10/11/23 Advisory: Lawmakers and Advocates Call for Statewide Right to Shelter 10/05/23 LAS Statement on Latest Nunez Monitor Report on New York City Jails 10/05/23 LAS Statement on the Passing of Manish Kunwar 10/04/23 Advisory: LAS to Hold Zoom Availability on Mayor’s Application to Gut Right to Shelter 10/03/23 LAS Statement on Mayor’s Revised Application to Gut Right to Shelter 10/02/23 LAS Launches Campaign on Rights During Police Encounters 10/02/23 LAS, ALAA Call to Increase Aid for Attorneys Servings the Public Interest
September
09/28/23 LAS Statement on BOC Regaining Access to NYC DOC’s Video Footage Systems 09/25/23 LAS Releases List of NYPD Members with Highest Lawsuit Payouts 09/22/23 LAS Statement on Plan to Limit Shelter Stays for Adult Migrants to Just 30 Days 09/21/23 LAS Statement on Governor Hochul’s and Deputy Mayor’s Remarks on Right to Shelter 09/20/23 LAS Statement on Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans 09/19/23 LAS Statement on City’s Proposal to Further Limit Shelter Stays for Single Adults 09/18/23 LAS Statement on City Failing to Timely Process Critical Benefits 09/08/23 LAS Statement on Governor Granting Clemency to Client Michael Martin 09/08/23 2023 Payouts on NYPD Misconduct Lawsuits Already Total Over $50 Million 09/07/23 LAS Statement on Mayor’s Remarks that the Influx of New Arrivals “Will Destroy NYC” 09/06/23 New Report Underscores Urgent Need to Establish Caseload Standard 09/05/23 Payne v. De Blasio Plaintiffs Respond to NYPD Protest Reforms 09/05/23 LAS Announces Agreement with NYPD to Reform Policing of Protests
August
08/30/23 LAS, Immigration Advocates Demand End to Policy that Violates Due Process Rights 08/30/23 LAS Statement on Xenophobic Rallies Protesting Temporary Shelters for New Arrivals 08/28/23 LAS Statement on White House Criticisms on Response to New Arrivals 08/28/23 LAS Files Lawsuit Against On Behalf of Hundreds of 24-Hour Home Care Workers 08/24/23 LAS Statement in Response to Governor’s Address on Asylum Seekers 08/24/23 LAS Statement on Statement on the Exoneration of Reginald Cameron 08/22/23 LAS Urges New Yorkers Whose Benefits Were Stolen Through Skimming to Submit A Claim 08/21/23 LAS Statement on Governor Providing City Additional Resources to Serve New Arrivals 08/16/23 LAS Statement on State and City’s Management of New Arrivals to New York City 08/14/23 100+ Organizations Demand Plan From Governor to Address Influx of New Arrivals 08/14/23 LAS Decries DOC for Failing to Conduct Fire Safety Inspections at Rikers Island 08/11/23 LAS Warns City Procurement Requests Will Gut NYC’S Tenant Legal Services 08/10/23 LAS Statement from Counsel for Plaintiffs in Nunez v. City of New York 08/10/23 City Data: City Marshals Have Already Executed 5,890 Evictions in 2023 08/09/23 LAS Statement on Mayor Adams’ Asylum Seeker Address 08/07/23 LAS Statement on the Latest Special Report from the Monitor in Nunez v. City of New York 08/04/23 LAS Statement in Response to Today’s Right to Shelter Emergency Court Conference 08/03/23 LAS Statement in Response to an Emergency Court Conference on Right to Shelter 08/03/23 LAS Secures Temporary Restraining Order Against Landlord For Predatory Scheme
July
07/31/23 LAS Secures Order Requiring City to Eliminate SNAP, Cash Assistance Delays 07/31/23 LAS Statement on the City Forcing New Arrivals to Languish on Local Streets 07/31/23 Attorney General, Advocates Call to Reverse Decision in Debt Collection Suit 07/19/23 LAS Statement on the City’s 60-Day Rule for Shelter Residents 07/18/23 LAS Statement on Governor Hochul’s Executive Order Handout to Real Estate 07/17/23 LAS Statement on U.S. Attorneys Calling for a Receivership of NYC Jails 07/17/23 LAS Statement on the Appointment of Edward Caban as NYPD Commissioner 07/13/23 LAS Lauds City Council for Voting to Override Mayor’s Veto of Key CityFHEPS 07/12/23 LAS, CSS Raise Serious Concerns About NYCHA’s Plan to Demolish Apartments 07/11/23 LAS Statement Statement on Mayor Adams’ CityFHEPS Announcement 07/10/23 LAS Statement on the Latest Special Report from the Monitor in Nunez v. City of New York 07/07/23 LAS on City Sheltering Multiple Families With Children in a Congregate Setting on Cots 07/07/23 LAS Urges Biden Administration to Re-Designate TPS to Venezuelan Asylum Seekers 07/07/23 LAS Statement on the Passing of Ricky Howell, the 5th New Yorker to Die in Custody in 2023 07/06/23 Latest Report from Rikers Environmental Conditions Monitor Reveals Gross Non-Compliance
June
06/30/23 LAS Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Striking Down Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Plan 06/29/23 LAS Files Amicus Brief in Support of Plaintiff’s Right for a Speedy Hearing 06/23/23 LAS Statement on Mayor Adams’ Veto of Recently Passed Reforms to CityFHEPS 06/23/23 Public Defenders, Civil Legal Services Providers Call on Mayor to Support Increased Funding 06/21/23 LAS Statement on Rent Guidelines Board Voting to Increase Rents on Vulnerable New Yorkers 06/21/23 LAS Lauds Passage of Bill to Preserve Bonds Between Children and Families 06/21/23 LAS Secures Tax Exemption for Bed-Stuy Headquarters of the United Order of Tents 06/21/23 LAS Lauds Passage of Bills to Strengthen Rent Stabilization Laws, Protect Tenants 06/20/23 LAS Empire Justice, NYLAG Launch “Fair Hearing Help NY” 06/20/23 LAS Calls for a Rent Freeze for All Tenants Living in Rent Stabilized Units 06/20/23 NYC Council Members Call to Fund Public Defenders, Housing Right to Counsel 06/15/23 LAS Calls on Mayor Adams to Prioritize the Funding Needs of Public Defenders 06/14/23 LAS Statement on Forthcoming Right to Shelter Court Conference 06/14/23 LAS Calls for Investigation of Adams Administration’s Rollout of Surveillance Technologies 06/13/23 LAS Statement from Counsel for Plaintiffs in Nunez v. City of New York et. al. 06/13/23 LAS Statement on NYS Assembly Reconvening Next Week to Resolve Unfinished Business 06/12/23 LAS Statement in Response on Adams Suspending the ‘90-Day Rule’ to Qualify for CityFHEPS 06/10/23 LAS Calls on Governor Kathy Hochul to Enact Clean Slate Legislation 06/08/23 LAS Condemns Governor, Legislature for Failure to Enact any Policy to Address Housing Crisis 06/08/23 LAS Statement on the Latest Special Report from the Monitor in Nunez v. City of New York 06/07/23 LAS Statement on City’s Lawsuit Against 30 Counties for Refusing to House Asylum Seekers 06/06/23 LAS Statement on DA Bragg Vacating 316 Convictions Involving Discredited NYPD Officers 06/05/23 Civil Rights Organizations Respond to Report on NYPD’s Controversial NST 06/01/23 LAS Statement on NYC DOC Abruptly Ending Public Notifications of Deaths in Custody
05/31/23 LAS Lauds Passage of Bill Eliminating the Notary Requirement in Civil Court 05/31/23 LAS Statement on Reports, Court Conference on Nunez Monitor’s Alarming Special Report 05/30/23 LAS Release Letter in Opposition to City’s Attempt to Eviscerate Right to Shelter Protections 05/26/23 LAS Statement on the Latest Special Report from the Monitor in Nunez v. City of New York 05/24/23 LAS Lauds NYC Council for Passing Needed Legislation to Reform and Expand CityFHEPS 05/23/23 LAS Statement on the City’s Application Regarding Critical Right to Shelter Protections 05/22/23 LAS Releases Letter on NYPD Commissioner Sewell’s Misrepresentations 05/18/23 Latest Report on NYC Rents Underscores Need for Albany to Enact “Good Cause” Legislation 05/17/23 NYC’s Public Defenders, Parental Defense Providers Call for Increased Funding 05/16/23 LAS Statement on Mayor’s Proposal to Slash Critical Jail Services for Incarcerated New Yorkers 05/16/23 LAS Statement on Mayor Adams Extending Executive Order 402 05/15/23 LAS Statement on the Tragic Death of Jordan Neely 05/15/23 LAS Celebrates 46th Annual Servant of Justice Awards 05/15/23 LAS Lauds SI Grand Jury for Declining to Indict 14-Year-Old Client in Case of Self-Defense 05/12/23 Public Defenders Condemn Mayor Calling for More Criminalization of New Yorkers in Need 05/10/23 LAS Condemn Mayor Over Order Which Suspends Protections of Right to Shelter Laws 05/08/23 Legal Providers Echo Call for Additional Funding for Right to Counsel Program 05/08/23 LAS Statement on City Sheltering Families with Children at Former Police Academy Building 05/05/23 LAS Statement on Mayor Adams’ New Program to Provide Shelter for Asylum Seekers 05/05/23 NYC Public Defenders Joint Statement on Investigation of Wrongly Recorded Calls in NYC Jails 05/03/23 New York City Public Defenders Joint Statement on New York’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget 05/03/23 LAS Condemns Hochul, Legislature for Failing to Include Housing Measures in Budget 05/02/23 LAS Condemns Rent Guidelines Board’s Preliminary Vote to Increase Rents 05/02/23 Four Borough Presidents Urge Adams Administration to Fully Fund Right to Counsel 05/01/23 LAS Secure Settlement Requiring NYS to Provide Expanded Dental Coverage 05/01/23 LAS Calls for Rent Freeze to Protect Low-Income Tenants
04/27/23 LAS Statement on NYC District Attorneys’ Position on Discovery Reform Budget Negotiations 04/27/23 Advisory: Hundreds of Workers to Rally for May Day in Washington Sq Park 04/27/23 Public Defenders Urge Lawmakers to Reject Proposals to Overturn Discovery Reform Law 04/25/23 LAS Files Court Papers on Lack of Progress in Nunez Rikers Island Reforms 04/25/23 Advocates Rally in Support of Critical Legislation to Serve Young New Yorkers 04/25/23 In Response to NYC’s Dire Affordability Crisis, LAS Demands Passage of “Good Cause,” HAVP 04/24/23 Defenders Laud NYC Council’s Progressive Caucus for Opposing Rollbacks to Discovery 04/24/23 Advisory: Advocates Rally in Support of Critical Legislation to Serve Young New Yorkers 04/21/23 LAS Statement on Governor Pushing Rollbacks to Discovery and Speedy Trial Statutes 04/20/23 Queens Family of Eight Faces No Cause Eviction from Their Home of Over Nine Years 04/19/23 LAS Celebrates Judge Rowan D. Wilson, First Black Chief Judge of NY’s Highest Court 04/19/23 Joint Statement Applauding Progressive Caucus’ Call for $351M for ‘Right to Counsel’ 04/18/23 LAS Statement on the NYPD Inspector General’s Audit of the NYPD’s Gang Database 04/17/23 Single Mother Faces No Cause Eviction from Brooklyn Home of Nearly 15 Years 04/17/23 LAS Calls on Legislators to Hold the Line Against Proposed Rollbacks to Bail, Discovery 04/13/23 LAS Statement on the Rent Guidelines Board’s 2023 Income and Affordability Study 04/13/23 Latest Report on Rising NYC Rents Underscores Need for “Good Cause” Legislation 04/12/23 NYC Right to Counsel Providers Echo NYC Council’s Request for $50 Million in Funding 04/12/23 LAS Urges Legislators to Resist Last-Minute Proposal to Overturn Discovery Reform 04/11/23 LAS Statement on Mayor, NYPD Deploying New Dystopian Surveillance Technologies 04/10/23 LAS Defeats City’s Motion to Dismiss in Litigation on NYPD Appearance Tickets 04/10/23 Lack of Funding Continues to Jeopardize Right to Counsel 04/05/23 LAS Files Suit Against City for Illegally Terminating Low-Income New Yorkers’ Rental Vouchers 04/03/23 LAS Urges Legislature to Continue to Reject Governor’s Proposed Rollbacks to Bail Reform
03/31/23 LAS Urges Lawmakers to Reject Governor’s Proposed Rollbacks to Successful Bail Reform 03/30/23 LAS Statement on NYC Rent Guidelines Board’s 2023 Income and Expense Study 03/30/23 LAS Releases Video Showcasing Importance of “Good Cause” Eviction Legislation 03/29/23 LAS, NYS Senator Jabari Brisport Launch Know Your Rights Workshops for NYCHA Residents 03/28/23 Defenders, Advocates Demand Answers on Warehouse Fire that Destroyed Evidence 03/28/23 Over 100 Law Professors Reject Governor’s Proposed Changes to Bail Reform 03/27/23 Formerly Homeless Family of 10 Facing No Cause Eviction from Bronx Home 03/27/23 LAS Statement in Response to Siena College Poll on Bail Reform 03/27/23 Organizations Providing Attorneys for Children in Family Court Demand Increased Funding 03/24/23 LAS Defeats the City’s Attempt to Moot Lawsuit Challenging DNA Collection and Storage 03/23/23 In Response to Data on Increased Eviction Filings, LAS Calls to Enact “Good Cause” Legislation 03/23/23 LAS Secures Ruling Overturning Murder Conviction of Michael Robinson 03/20/23 Public Defenders and Civil Legal Services Providers Call for Increased Funding 03/17/23 LAS Applauds Modification of Discriminatory Bar Admission Question, Calls For Further Reform 03/17/23 Advisory: Public Defenders, Civil Providers Hold Press Conference to Demand Fair Funding 03/16/23 City Data: NYPD Commissioner Sewell Flouted CCRB Discipline Recommendations 03/15/23 Attorneys for Children Providers Call on Governor, NYS Legislature for Increased Funding 03/15/23 LAS Attorneys Publish Article Calling for a Reduction in Family Separations 03/14/23 NYC Defenders Joint Statement on Senate, Assembly One-House Budget Proposals 03/14/23 LAS Statement on Statewide Housing Policy Proposals in One-House Budget Bills 03/13/23 LAS Client Faces Eviction from Brooklyn Home of 15 Years, Despite Being a Model Tenant 03/09/23 In Response to Rising Rents, LAS Calls on Albany to Enact “Good Cause” Legislation 03/08/23 Joint Statement on Speaker Adams’ Remarks on Funding Public Defender, Civil Legal Services 03/01/23 LAS Brings Additional Legal Action to Stop Illegal Apartment Conversions
02/28/23 LAS Condemns the City for Refusing to Disclose Relocation Plans for Hotel Residents 02/27/23 LAS Statement on HPD Evicting Hotel Residents Displaced by Hurricane Ida 02/27/23 Defenders Call on Albany to Codify the Treatment Not Jail Act 02/27/23 LAS Exposes Landlord’s Practice of Evicting Tenants who Protest Deplorable Conditions 02/27/23 City Still Refusing to Release Demographic Data of New Yorkers Ensnared in DNA Database 02/23/23 LAS, Guns Down, Life Up Launch Know Your Rights Ambassadorship Training in The Bronx 02/23/23 Judges, Law Enforcement Call on Albany to Prohibit InvasiveInterrogations of Children 02/22/23 LAS Files Lawsuit to Secure Replacement of Stolen Food Benefits 02/16/23 LAS Statement on Reporting of Collusion Between ICE and NYC Correction Officers 02/16/23 Housing Rights Initiative Scores Major Victory in Federal Fair Housing Lawsuit 02/16/23 LAS Lauds City Council Resolution in Support of Statewide “Good Cause” Eviction Legislation 02/15/23 Joint Statement on Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Testimony Before the NYS Legislature 02/14/23 LAS Statement on BOC Resolution to Decrease Annual Meetings, Cap Public Comments 02/10/23 In Response to Rising Rents, LAS Calls on Albany to Enact “Good Cause” Legislation 02/08/23 Statement From Counsel for Randy Jones 02/08/23 13th Forward Coalition Calls on Legislature to Finally End Modern-Day Slavery 02/08/23 LAS Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Homeless Youth Denied Housing Based on Source of Income 02/06/23 LAS Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Bronx Tenants Displaced After Fire 02/06/23 Advisory: 13th Forward Coalition to Call on Legislature to Finally End Modern-Day Slavery 02/06/23 LAS Secure Ruling Upholding 2019 Tenant Protection and New York’s Rent Stabilization Law 02/06/23 LAS, NYCLU Respond to CCRB Report on NYPD Misconduct During the 2020 Demonstrations 02/02/23 #Right2RemainSilent Coalition Applauds Resolution Calling on Albany to Pass Legislation 02/02/23 City Data: Payouts on NYPD Misconduct Lawsuits for 2022 Balloon to Over $121 Million 02/01/23 LAS Statement in Response to Governor Kathy Hochul’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget
January 2023
01/30/23 LAS Statement Ahead of NYS Joint Legislative Hearing on Criminal Legal System Data 01/30/23 LAS Files Federal Lawsuit Against City for Failing to Process SNAP and Cash Assistance 01/30/23 Los Angeles Codifies “Good Cause” Eviction Protections, LAS Calls on Albany to Follow Suit 01/27/23 LAS Statement on the Murder of Tyre Nichols 01/27/23 LAS Respond to Remarks Suggesting Asylum Seekers Are Not Entitled to Right to Shelter 01/26/23 LAS Statement on Mayor Eric Adams’ State of the City Address 01/26/23 LAS Files Contempt Motion Against DOC Overs Issues with Rikers Intake Processes 01/25/23 LAS Responds to Mayor’s Suggestion that Asylum Seekers Are Not Entitled to Right to Shelter 01/24/23 Whistleblowers Warn of Growing Transphobia in Local Jails Under DOC Commissioner Molina 01/21/23 LAS Statement on the City’s Plan for New Relief Center at Brooklyn Cruise Terminal 01/18/23 LAS Statement on Reporting the City is Again Considering Sheltering Migrants on Cruise Ships 01/28/23 LAS Statement in Response to the NYC DOC Revoking Access to Jail Video Footage 01/18/23 NYC Executed Evictions Continue to Climb – Nearly 4,400 in the Last Year 01/17/23 LAS Calls for Reforms to Aid New Yorkers Facing Eviction, Already Experiencing Homelessness 01/16/23 LAS Statement on Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 01/13/23 LAS Statement on NYC’s Right to Shelter Obligations and the Mayor’s Mutual Aid Application 01/11/23 LAS Statement on Arguments Concerning the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act 01/10/23 LAS Statement in Response to Governor Kathy Hochul’s State of the State Address 01/09/23 FOIL: NYCHA Utility Outages Still Plague Residents Citywide 01/05/23 LAS Condemns DOI NYPD for Failing to Release Report on Gang Database 01/04/23 Statement from Counsel for Trevor Bickford
December 2022
12/29/22 LAS Statement on Governor Vetoing Legislation to Reform Medicaid 12/23/22 LAS Lauds Governor for Signing Legislation on Homeless and Runaway Youth 12/23/22 LAS Statement on DHS’ Public Charge Final Rule Which Goes into Effect on Dec. 23 12/21/22 LAS Secures Pardon for Lesly Parfait, Client who Faced Deportation 12/21/22 Advocates Pen Joint Letter Urging Lawmakers to Adopt Plan Safety, Pretrial Justice 12/21/22 LAS Calls on Governor Hochul to Sign the Foreclosure Prevention Abuse Act 12/20/22 LAS Calls for Answers Following Fire that Destroyed NYPD Brooklyn Evidence Center 12/20/22 LAS Files Motion to Hold NYC Department of Correction in Contempt 12/17/22 LAS Calls on Governor to Sign Legislation on Reforms to Medicaid’s Overpayment Processes 12/17/22 LAS Calls on Governor to Sign Legislation on Homeless and Runaway Youth 12/16/22 LAS Secures Settlement Overhauling NYPD’s Illegal Warrant Search Practices 12/16/22 NYPD is More Intimately Involved in Placement of ShotSpotter Sensors than Previously Known 12/15/22 Advocates Rally in Support of Critical Legislation to Serve Young New Yorkers 12/14/22 Court Ruling Secured by Legal Aid Protected 136,607 Households from Eviction 12/14/22 Advisory: Rally in Support of Critical Legislation to Serve Young New Yorkers 12/13/22 LAS Calls on Governor Hochul to Take Action on Hundreds of Pending Clemency Applications 12/12/22 Over 1K Incarcerated New Yorkers Each Month Performed Hundreds of Jobs, Some Dangerous 12/07/22 New York Immigrant Family Unity Project Statement on Massive ICE Data Leak 12/05/22 13th Forward Coalition Calls on Lawmakers to End Slavery For All Incarcerated New Yorkers 12/05/22 LAS Calls on Governor to Sign Legislation on For-Profit Immigration Bond Industry 12/05/22 Advisory: 13th Forward Coalition Calls on NY Lawmakers to End Slavery for Incarcerated 12/05/22 LAS Urges State Agency to Compensate Low-Income New Yorkers Whose Benefits were Stolen 12/01/22 Updated Statement on Mayor Adams’ Plan to Address NYC’s Mental Health Crisis
November 2022
11/29/22 Joint NYC Defender Statement in Response to Mayor’s Address on NYC’s Mental Health Crisis 11/22/22 LAS Calls on Queens District Attorney to Improve Her Office’s Evidence Sharing Practices 11/17/22 Statement from Counsel for the Plaintiffs on Nunez v. City of New York et. al 11/17/22 LAS Statement on DA Bragg Vacating 188 Convictions Involving Discredited NYPD Officers 11/15/22 LAS Applaud Proposed Regulations That Would Increase Protections for Rent-Stabilized Tenants 11/14/22 LAS, Advocates and Elected Officials Call to Release Audit of the NYPD’s Gang Database 11/14/22 LAS Statement on Mayor Adams’ Housing Announcement 11/14/22 LAS Informs Court that City Has Failed to Comply with Orders to Protect Incarcerated People 11/14/22 S.T.O.P., LAS Reveal Nearly $3 Billion In Secret NYPD Surveillance Contracts 11/10/22 Advisory: Advocates Call for Release of Audit on NYPD’s Gang Database 11/01/22 LAS Calls on NYC BOE to Ensure Access to Early Voting for Incarcerated New Yorkers
October 2022
10/31/22 LAS and Red Hook Initiative Launch Inaugural Know Your Rights Ambassador Training Series 10/28/22 LAS Statement on Latest Nunez Independent Federal Monitor Report on New York City Jails 10/28/22 Advisory: LAS, Advocates, Elected Officials Rally to Demand Early Voting Access in NYC Jails 10/27/22 LAS Calls on DOC to Immediately Remedy Outages As Colder Weather Approaches 10/26/22 LAS Honors Key Partners at 2022 Pro Bono Publico Awards Ceremony 10/26/22 LAS Files Lawsuit Against State, City, and Landlords to Stop Illegal Apartment Conversions 10/25/22 LAS Calls on the State to Fight Housing Instability and Hunger 10/24/22 LAS Calls on NYC to Save Headquarters of the Brooklyn Chapter of the United Order of Tents 10/23/22 Joint Defender Statement in Response to Mayoral Summit on Criminal Justice 10/22/22 LAS Statement on the Death of Erick Tavira, the 17th New Yorker to Die in DOC Custody 10/17/22 Documents Reveal that DOC Staff Altered Data Tracking Violations of Court Order 10/12/22 LAS Statement On the City’s DHS Shelter Census Reaching a New Single-Day Record 10/11/22 LAS Files Second Lawsuit Against City for Displacing Longtime Harlem Tenants 10/07/22 LAS Statement on Mayor Eric Adams’ Declaration of State of Emergency 10/06/22 LAS Statement on DACA Decision from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas v. U.S. 10/06/22 LAS Statement on Report Showing Gap Between NYC Wage Growth and Rent Growth 10/05/22 LAS Statement on Biden Administration’s Blueprint for an Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights 10/04/22 Leading Legal Services Organizations File Brief in Support of “Good Cause” Eviction Law 10/04/22 LAS Statement on the City’s Relief Center Moving to Randall’s Island 10/03/22 LAS Lauds Reallocation of Roughly $100 Million to Replenish New York’s ERAP 10/03/22 LAS Unveils NYC’s Most Comprehensive Database on Law Enforcement Misconduct
September 2022
09/30/22 LAS Statement on Reporting the City will Contract with Cruise Line to Shelter Asylum Seekers 09/27/22 LAS Statement on Mayor’s Comments on Asylum Seekers and New York’s Right to Shelter 09/27/22 LAS Demands Answers Following Recent Deaths of Two More Incarcerated Clients 09/26/22 Munonyedi Clifford Named Attorney-in-Charge of LAS’ Citywide Housing Justice Practice 09/23/22 LAS Reaffirms Demand for Albany to Act on Key Protections for Tenants 09/22/22 LAS Statement on the City’s Response and Relief Centers for Asylum Seekers 09/22/22 New NYS Data Confirm Statewide Effectiveness of Bail Reform 09/22/22 LAS Secures Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal for Client Who Patted Giuliani 09/19/22 LAS Statement in Response to Reports City is Considering Sheltering Migrants on Cruise Ships 09/15/22 LAS Responds to City Hall’s Comments on Reassessing Right to Shelter Practices 09/14/22 LAS Responds to Mayor’s Statement on Violations of Law at the Shelter Intake Facility 09/13/22 LAS Statement on Violations of Law at the City’s Single Men Shelter Intake Facility 09/12/22 LAS Statement on NYC BOC Report on 2021 Suicide and Drug-Related Deaths in DOC Custody 09/08/22 LAS Statement on DHS’ Final Public Charge Rule 09/07/22 LAS Statement on DA Gonzalez Vacating Over 370 Convictions Involving Discredited Officers 09/02/22 LAS Releases List of NYPD Officers with the Highest Lawsuit Payouts, Most Cases Concluded
August 2022
08/31/22 LAS Statement on Michael Nieves, the 13th New Yorker to Pass in DOC Custody This Year 08/31/22 LAS Files Lawsuit Against DOCCS Over Abuses Suffered by Transgender Man While in Custody 08/29/22 LAS Demands Action For Johnnie Jackson, Client Who Fell Prey to Deed Theft Scam 08/29/22 LAS Calls for Transparency Regarding Monkeypox Vaccine Access in New York City Jails 08/25/22 LAS Statement in Response to Governor Hochul’s Remarks on “Dangerousness” 08/25/22 LAS Statement on Launch of Applications for NYS Marijuana Retail Licenses 08/24/22 LAS Statement on U.S Department of Homeland Security’s Advance Final DACA Rule 08/21/22 LAS’s Exploitation Intervention Project Surpasses 2,000 Convictions Vacated 08/18/22 LAS Statement on Additional Right to Shelter Violation Committed by the City 08/15/22 LAS Statement on City’s Inaccurate Shelter Report that Failed to Include Violations of Law 08/15/22 City Council Task Force Releases Report on Crisis Facing TGNCNBI people in NYC City Jails 08/12/22 LAS Statement in Response to Alleged Cover-Up at NYC Shelter Intake Facilities 08/12/22 LAS Calls for a Special Session to Enact “Good Cause” Legislation 08/11/22 Advocacy Groups Unveil “Roadmap to Eliminating Lead Poisoning in NYC” 08/11/22 LAS Demands Investigation into Violations at NYC Shelter Intake Facilities 08/10/22 LAS Hails Court Order: DOC to Pay Roughly $200K to New Yorkers Denied Medical Care 08/10/22 LAS Statement on the City’s Plan to End Youth Homelessness 08/09/22 LAS Demands Answers on the Surge in Shelter Applications, Calls for Adequate Capacity 08/08/22 Advisory: LAS, Advocates Hold Press Conference on Homeless Shelter Intake Process 08/05/22 Statement from LAS in Response to Texas Busing Migrants Seeking Asylum to New York City 08/04/22 Data: City Paid Out Almost $68 Million in Lawsuits Alleging Police Misconduct 08/03/22 LAS Statement In Response to Bail Reform Comments from Mayor and NYPD Commissioner 08/01/22 LAS Responds to City’s Emergency Procurement Declaration for Shelter and Services 08/01/22 LAS Receives $250,000 Grant to Expand Efforts to Prevent Foreclosures
July 2022
07/28/22 LAS Lauds NYC Council for Oversight Hearing on Homeless Shelter Intake Process 07/28/22 Julia McNally Named as Attorney-in-Charge of LAS Queens Neighborhood Office 07/26/22 As NYC Evictions Continue to Grow, LAS Calls on Albany to Enact “Good Cause” Legislation 07/25/22 NYIFUP Providers Condemn Dangerous Transfers from Orange County Correctional Facility 07/25/22 LAS Calls on Local DAs to Better Hold Accountable Those Who Commit Deed Theft 07/22/22 LAS, Coalition for the Homeless Release Letter Regarding Information on Shelter Intake 07/21/22 LAS Responds to Mayor’s Misleading and Problematic Remarks on Local Homeless Shelters 07/20/22 LAS Condemns City Denying Homeless Families With Minor Children Shelter Placements 07/20/22 Amid Heatwave, LAS Demands Answers on Measures to Protect Incarcerated New Yorkers 07/19/22 LAS Decries Mayor’s Comments on Asylum Seekers Adding to Homelessness Crisis 07/15/22 LAS Statement from Counsel for Michael Lopez, 11th to Die in DOC Custody This Year 07/14/22 LAS Calls on Albany to Convene a Special Session to Enact “Good Cause” Legislation 07/12/22 LAS Statement on Albany Appealing Decision Which Struck Down Local “Good Cause” Law 07/11/22 LAS Statement on the Resignation of NYS Court of Appeals Chief Judge Janet DiFiore 07/08/22 LAS Files Lawsuit Demanding Repairs in Bronx Building with Nearly 500 Violations 07/08/22 Lawyers: DOC Continues to Be in Contempt of Court 07/01/22 NYC Council Testimony: Mayor Adams’ Housing Plan
June 2022
06/30/22 LAS Statement on Court Decision Striking Down “Good Cause” Eviction Protection in Albany 06/30/22 LAS Statement on SCOTUS Ruling in Biden v. Texas 06/27/22 LAS Statement from Counsel for Daniel Gill 06/24/22 LAS Statement on SCOTUS Ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization 06/24/22 Data: DOC Still in Contempt for Failing to Ensure Incarcerated New Yorkers’ Access to Care 06/23/22 LAS Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in NYS Rifle & Pistol Association v. Kevin P. Bruen 06/22/22 LAS Statement on Mayor Adams’ Correction-Related Announcement 06/21/22 LAS Condemns Rent Guidelines Board Vote to Increase Rents on Vulnerable New Yorkers 06/21/22 LAS Statement on the Death of Albert Drye, 8th New Yorker to Pass in DOC Custody this Year 06/21/22 Newark Repeals “Needy Person Ban” in Wake of Litigation Brought By Lowenstein, LAS 06/21/22 LAS Calls for a Freeze on All NYC Rent Increases 06/19/22 LAS Statement on Juneteenth 06/17/22 Report: DHS Delays Its Plan to Add Burdensome Requirements for Homeless New Yorkers 06/16/22 LAS Lauds Publication of Prison Labor Report from ACLU, University of Chicago Law School 06/16/22 LAS Lauds Governor Hochul for Signing the Public Housing Preservation Trust into Law 06/16/22 LAS Announces Distribution of Over $22 Million in a Class Action Settlement 06/15/22 LAS Lauds SCOTUS Vote to Dismiss Effort to Defend Trump-Era Public Charge Rule 06/14/22 LAS Statement on Mayor Eric Adams’ Housing Plan 06/09/22 Defenders and Legal Services Organizations Call for Increased Resources 06/08/22 LAS Launches Campaign to Educate New Yorkers on their Parole Rights 06/07/22 LAS, 70+ Organizations Call for Greater Access to Early Voting in NYC Jails 06/07/22 City Data: DOC Failed to Facilitate Almost 40K Medical Appointments 06/06/22 LAS and Advocates Rally for Greater Access to Early Voting in NYC Jails 06/04/22 LAS Lauds Passage of Debt Collection Protections, Calls on Governor to Sign 06/03/22 Advocates Applaud Legislation to Premitting Health Care Consent for Minors 06/02/22 LAS Condemns City for Moving Elder and High Risk Homeless New Yorkers 06/02/22 LAS Lauds Passage of the Public Housing Preservation Trust and Calls on Governor to Sign it 06/01/22 LAS Secures Historic Reforms to Port Authority Police Department’s Discriminatory Practices
May 2022
05/26/22 LAS Urges Albany Lawmakers to Pass Good Cause Eviction Protection 05/25/22 LAS, Milbank LLP Secure Working WiFi for 11,000+ Homeless Students at 240+ City Shelters 05/25/22 LAS Statement on the Two-Year Anniversary of George Floyd’s Murder 05/24/22 Statement from Counsel for Andrew Abdullah 05/23/22 New Poll Shows Support for “Good Cause” Eviction Protection in Every Region of NYS 05/23/22 NYPD Neighborhood Safety Team Trainees Have Documented Histories of CCRB Complaints 05/17/22 Statement from Counsel for the Plaintiffs on Nunez v. City of New York et. al. 05/17/22 NYS Supreme Court Holds NYC Department of Correction in Contempt of Court 05/16/22 LAS Celebrates 45th Annual Servant of Justice Awards 05/16/22 Advisory: Vigil in Honor of Those Who Have Died in DOC Custody Since 2021 05/16/22 Zachary Carter Calls for Legislation Ensuring Young New Yorkers Have Access to Counsel 05/13/22 LAS Announces Twyla Carter as Attorney-In-Chief and Chief Executive Officer 05/11/22 Statement From Counsel for Rameek Smith 05/11/22 LAS Lauds Committee Passage of Legislation to Create the Public Housing Preservation Trust 05/10/22 Investigation Leads to Landmark Lawsuit Against 28 Real Estate Brokers and Landlords 05/09/22 LAS Statement on BOC Report Concerning Recent Deaths of New Yorkers in City Custody 05/09/22 LAS Statement on New Poll Showing Continued Support for Good Cause Eviction Legislation 05/06/22 Coalition: Enact Legislation Ensuring Young New Yorkers Have Counsel Prior to Interrogation 05/06/22 LAS, Gibson Dunn Secure Ruling Striking Down Law Enforcement’s Use of Familial Search 05/05/22 LAS Condemns Rent Guidelines Board’s Preliminary Vote to Increase Rents 05/05/22 Ahead of Rent Guidelines Board Preliminary Vote, LAS Calls for a Freeze on Rent Increases 05/04/22 SI District Attorney Used Federal Asset Forfeiture Funds for Facial Recognition Software 05/03/22 NYC Council Testimony: Oversight: Unsheltered Homelessness in New York City 05/03/22 LAS Releases Know Your Rights Guide for New Yorkers Protesting SCOTUS on Roe v. Wade 05/03/22 Advisory: Advocacy Day, Press Conference Demanding Passage of the Treatment Not Jail 05/02/22 Ahead of NYC Rent Guidelines Preliminary Vote, LAS Calls for a Freeze on All Adjustments
April 2022
04/27/22 LAS Calls for Legislation to Ensure Young New Yorkers Have Counsel Prior to Interrogation 04/26/22 Legal Services Providers, More Call on Court Administration to Reopen Harlem Housing Court 04/26/22 Statement from Counsel for the Plaintiffs on Nunez v. City of New York et. al. 04/26/22 LAS NYC Defenders Call on Albany to Pass Critical Criminal Legal System Reforms 04/25/22 LAS Releases Statewide Child Welfare, Juvenile Legal System Legislative Priorities 04/22/22 LAS Releases Post-Budget 2022 Statewide Legislative Priorities for Civil Legal Services 04/20/22 Legal Services Organizations Create Amicus Brief in Support of the Good Cause Eviction Law 04/18/22 NYC Council Testimony: COVID-19 Impact on Health of Immigrant New Yorkers 04/18/22 LAS: OCA Must Limit the Calendaring of Housing Court Cases 04/14/22 LAS Condemns the NYC Rent Guidelines Board’s Recommend Rent Increases 04/14/22 LAS Statement on the Appointment of Adán Soltren to NYC’s Rent Guidelines Board 04/12/22 LAS Condemns Adams Administration Continued Sweep of Homeless Encampments 04/09/22 LAS Statement on Health-Related Issues in the FY 2023 New York State Executive Budget 04/09/22 LAS Statement on Housing Issues in the FY 2023 New York State Executive Budget 04/07/22 NYC Defenders Urge Lawmakers to Reject Hochul’s Mass Incarceration Plan in Budget 04/07/22 LAS Celebrates Confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to U.S. Supreme Court 04/06/22 Housing Rights Initiative Announces Agreement in Source-of-Income Discrimination Lawsuit 04/06/22 Child Advocates File Lawsuit Seeking to Terminate the New York State Host Homes Program 04/05/22 LAS Calls on OCA to Slow the Calendaring of Housing Court Cases 04/04/22 City Data: DOC Continues to Deny Incarcerated New Yorkers Access to Critical Medical Care
March 2022
03/31/22 Ahead of NYS Budget Deadline, LAS Calls on Albany to Prioritize Tenants Over Politics 03/31/22 LAS Condemns NYS Senate’s Proposed Changes to Bail and Discovery Reforms 03/30/22 Defender Survey Details Widespread Successes of Discovery Reform 03/30/22 LAS Report: Broken Windows Policing Overwhelmingly Targets Communities of Color 03/23/22 LAS Statement on Mayor Adams, NYPD Reinstatement of Broken Windows Policing 03/23/22 LAS Secures Release Hearings for Incarcerated Clients Who Were Denied Due Process Rights 03/22/22 LAS Files Lawsuit Against the City’s Illegal and Orwellian DNA Collection and Storage Practices 03/20/22 LAS: Governor’s Crime Plan Takes NYS Backward, Undoing Pretrial Reforms, Raise The Age 03/20/22 LAS Statement on the Passing of Herman Diaz, the Third Person to Die in City Custody in 2022 03/18/22 Advisory: People’s Public Safety Rally 03/18/22 LAS Condemns Governor Hochul’s Proposed Regressive Changes to Raise The Age 03/17/22 Defenders Decry Governor’s Proposed Regressive Changes to Bail, Other Reforms 03/17/22 LAS Statement on Reporting of Governor Hochul’s Proposed Changes to Bail Reform 03/16/22 LAS Statement on Federal Monitor Special Report Concerning Abuse in New York City Jails 03/15/22 LAS to Albany: Lawmakers Must Ensure that FY23 Budget Includes at Least $1 Billion for ERAP 03/14/22 LAS Statement on NYPD’s Neighborhood Safety Teams 03/14/22 New York’s Leading Unions Call on Albany to Enact Good Cause Legislation 03/14/22 LAS Lauds Proposed Allocation of $250 Million to Create the Housing Access Voucher Program 03/14/22 LAS Statement on One-House Proposal Which Would Sunset Costly Real Estate Tax Breaks 03/10/22 LAS Lauds News that Those with Marijuana Convictions will be Prioritized for Retail Licenses 03/07/22 49 National BigLaw Firm Leaders Call On Legislature, Governor to Pass Clean Slate NY Act 03/02/22 LAS Files Mass Release Petition on Behalf of Clients Denied Rights Under the Less Is More Act 03/01/22 LAS Statement on the First Day of Implementation of the Less Is More Act
February 2022
02/28/22 LAS Statement on Appointment of Deanna Logan to Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice 02/28/22 Defenders, Advocates Call on Judges, DAs, Officials to Immediately Decarcerate Local Jails 02/28/22 Report Underscores The Need for “Good Cause” Evicitona and HAVP to Protect Black Renters 02/28/22 NYIFUP, Detained Immigrants Testify on Inhumane Conditions and Abuses in ICE Facilities 02/25/22 LAS Statement on the Supreme Court Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson 02/24/22 Advisory: Housing Justice is Racial Justice Press Conference 02/24/22 NYIFUP Statement on the Removal of Two Corrections Officers from the ICE Detainee Unit 02/24/22 Advisory: Defenders, Advocates to Rally at Rikers Demanding the Decarceration of Local Jails 02/23/22 Advocates Demand Passage of “Good Cause” As Over a Hundred Bronx Tenants Face Eviction 02/22/22 Advisory: Electeds, Housing Advocates, Tenants Rally for “Good Cause” in The Bronx 02/22/22 LAS Calls on Mayor Adams to Rescind the Administration Appointment of Erick Salgado 02/17/22 NYC Public Defenders Call for ICE to Release All Immigrants in Orange County Detention 02/16/22 LAS Agrees With Chief Judge DiFiore: Court System Must Be Simplified, Effective, Just 02/16/22 Shervon Small Named as Attorney-in-Charge of LAS Civil Practice Bronx Neighborhood Office 02/15/22 LAS Statement on Assembly Committee Passage of the Housing Access Voucher Program 02/14/22 LAS Statement on Legislature Leaders Rejecting Changes to Bail Reform, Raise The Age 02/14/22 City Data: DOC Still Denying Incarcerated New Yorkers Access to Medical Care 02/09/22 NYC Defenders Call on Lawmakers to Reject “Dangerousness” Provision to NY’s Bail Statute 02/09/22 LAS Legal Aid Condemns Mayor Adams’ Support of Gov. Hochul’s 421-A “Reform” 02/09/22 FOIL: NYCHA Utility Outages Still Plague Residents Citywide 02/04/22 In Response to Report on NYC Family Court in Crisis, LAS Calls for Critical Reforms 02/03/22 Advocates Condemn Procedural Issues in NYC Immigration Court 02/02/22 LAS Statement on Appointments of DSS Commissioner, HRA Administrator, DHS Administrator 02/01/22 City Admits Failure to Ensure Access to Medical Services for People in NYC Jails 02/01/22 LAS and Empire Justice Center Urge Albany to Enact Package that Reforms Cash Assistance
January 2022
01/31/22 LAS Files Civil Complaint Against NYPD Officers Over Treatment of Brooklyn Mother 01/30/22 LAS Statement on the Appointments of Jessica Katz, Adolfo Carrion Jr. 01/27/22 LAS Lauds Governor’s Request for $1.6 Billion in Additional Federal Funding for NYS ERAP 01/27/22 Advocates Demand the Passage of the Treatment Not Jail Act 01/27/22 NYIFUP Statement on Reports of COVID-19 Outbreak Impacting Immigrants in ICE Detention 01/27/22 Defenders Call On President Biden to Visit Rikers Island During Visit to New York City 01/26/22 LAS Statement on Calliana S. Thomas’ Appointment to Office of Gun Violence Prevention 01/26/22 Advisory: Press Conference Demanding the Passage of the Treatment Not Jail Act 01/25/22 LAS Secures Release Pending Appeal for Client Reginald Randolph 01/24/22 NYC Defender Joint Statement in Response to Mayor Adams’ Remarks on Gun Violence 01/24/22 LAS Calls on Governor to Allocate Additional Tax Relief, Funding to Communities of Color 01/21/22 LAS Calls on Governor to Allocate Additional Funding to the Homeowner Protection Program 01/21/22 LAS Announces Alan Levine as Incoming Board President 01/20/22 LAS Statement on DA Clark Dismissing 133 Cases Involving Corrupt Former NYPD Detective 01/19/22 LAS Statement on Governor Hochul’s Costly and Ineffective “Reform” Budget Proposal to 421-A 01/19/22 LAS Calls on Hochul to Allocate $2 Billion to Fund Critical Homeless Protection Measures 01/17/22 LAS Statement on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 01/15/22 LAS Calls for Long-Term Solutions to Housing Crisis as Eviction Moratorium Expires 01/13/22 LAS Statement on Mayor Adams’ Housing Announcement 01/12/22 With New York’s Rental Relief Portal Now Reopen, LAS Urges Tenants to Apply 01/12/22 LAS Calls for Compassion from DA on Tragic Mental Health, Substance Abuse-Related Case 01/06/22 LAS Lauds Decision Ordering Reopening of New York’s Emergency Rent Relief Program 01/06/22 LAS Releases 2022 Statewide Child Welfare and Juvenile Legal System Legislative Agenda 01/05/22 LAS Statement on Governor Hochul’s State of the State Address 01/05/22 LAS Congratulates Adrienne E. Adams on her Historic Election as NYC Council Speaker 01/05/22 NYC Defenders Demand that City Stop Recording Calls Made by Incarcerated New Yorkers 01/04/21 LAS Statement on New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s Day-One Policy Memo 01/04/22 LAS Releases 2022 Statewide Civil Legal Services Legislative Agenda 01/04/22 LAS Calls for Decarceration as the COVID-19 Infection Rate Skyrockets in New York City Jails 01/03/22 LAS Lauds Governor Hochul for Signing Into Law the Fair Consumer Judgment Interest Act
December 2021
12/30/21 LAS Statement on Incoming NYC Administration for Children’s Services Commissioner 12/30/21 LAS Statement on Gov. Hochul Signing Bill Ends Arrests and Prosecutions of Children Under 12 12/27/21 Community Leaders Urge Gov. Hochul to Grant Clemency to LAS Client Reginald Randolph 12/24/21 LAS Calls for Immediate Action to Protect New Yorkers at Risk of Losing Heat or Electricity 12/22/21 LAS Calls on Governor Hochul to Sign the Fair Consumer Judgment Interest Act 12/22/21 DOC Commissioner: COVID-19 Infection Rate Skyrocketing in Local Jails 12/21/21 LAS and Kasowitz Secure $600,000 Settlement for Six Personal Care Aides 12/21/21 LAS Calls on Governor Hochul to Sign the Preserving Family Bonds Act ASAP 12/20/21 NYC Defenders Release 2022 Statewide Criminal Legal System Reform Priorities 12/20/21 LAS Calls on Mayor to Sign Legislation on Psychiatric Medication for Children in Foster Care 12/20/21 LAS, ACNY Commend NYC DOE for Announcing New Team to Serve Children in Foster Care 12/16/21 LAS Hosts 38th Annual Community Holiday Gift Giving and Celebration 12/16/21 LAS Statement on Adams Administration’s Plan to Expand Solitary Confinement in City Jails 12/16/21 LAS Calls on Governor to Act on Dozens of Pending Clemency, Pardon Applications 12/16/21 LAS Announces 2021 Pro Bono Publico Award Honorees 12/15/21 LAS Statement on New York City Council Adopting Good Cause Resolution 12/15/21 LAS Statement on Appointment of Daniel Tietz as Commissioner of OTDA 12/15/21 LAS Statement on Passing of Client William Brown, 16th New Yorker to Die this Year in City Jails 12/15/21 Children, Family Advocates Urge Governor Hochul to Sign the Preserving Family Bonds Act 12/14/21 LAS Statement on Appointment of Keechant Sewell as NYPD Commissioner 12/14/21 LAS Files Lawsuit to Reopen New York’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program 12/10/21 NYC Defenders’ Statement on the Death of Malcolm Boatwright in DOC Custody 12/10/21 LAS Commends Governor for Signing Bill Raising the NYS FHEPS Housing Voucher Amount 12/09/21 LAS Calls on City Council to Pass Good Cause Resolution to Protect Tenants in New York City 12/07/21 Advocates Call on City Council to Pass Legislation for Families and Children in Foster Care 12/06/21 LAS Statement on Latest Nunez Independent Federal Monitor Report on Abuse in City Jails 12/06/21 LAS, BDS and Milbank Secure Ruling to Ensure Incarcerated Clients’ Access to Medical Care 12/05/21 LAS, Electeds Call on Hochul to Grant Clemency for Reginald Randolph 12/03/21 LAS Calls on Albany to Enact Key Measures to Serve NYS Tenants
November 2021
11/23/21 Advocates Applaud Passage of City Council Legislation to Expand Rental Assistance Programs 11/22/21 Court Issues Order to Address NYC Correction Failure to Impose Discipline in Use of Force Cases 11/22/21 LAS Files Lawsuit Against DOC Seeking Records on Lack of Staff Escorts 11/18/21 City Jail Federal Monitor Report Shows Work Stoppage in City Jails Continues 11/17/21 LAS Statement from Counsel for Christopher Ransom 11/16/21 LAS Condemns DA Clark’s Call to Rollback New York’s Historic Raise The Age Law 11/16/21 Housing Justice For All Coalition Launches 2022 NYS Legislative Campaign with Day of Action 11/16/21 LAS Statement on Governor Hochul Signing the START Act into Law 11/15/21 Advisory: Housing Justice For All Coalition To Launch #HouseNY 2022 NYS Legislative Campaign 11/11/21 LAS Condemns Hochul Administration for Prematurely Closing New York’s Rent Relief Portal 11/10/21 National Advocacy Groups: End Plans to Transfer Women, Trans New Yorkers to Upstate Prisons 11/10/21 LAS Files Suit To End Practices that Deny Children Foster Placement with Relatives 11/08/21 LAS Statement on DA Katz Vacating Convictions in Cases Involving Corrupt NYPD Officers 11/08/21 Housing Justice for All Echoes Attorney General James’ Call to Enact Good Cause Legislation 11/05/21 LAS Secures Dismissal for Jason Serrano, Client Targeted by NYPD Marijuana Planting Scheme 11/04/21 Wells Fargo Provides Funding to Promote Outreach, Access to Emergency Rental Assistance 11/03/21 LAS Statement on Election of Eric Adams as New York City Mayor 11/02/21 LAS: Mayor Abandons Reform, Imposes Draconian Solitary Confinement and Lockdown Regime 11/02/21 LAS Statement on Governor Signing Legislation on Retroactive Youthful Offender Status 11/01/21 LAS Secures Vacatur for Client Targeted by NYPD Marijuana Planting Scheme
October 2021
10/31/21 LAS Asks Court to Hold City in Contempt for Violating Court Order in City Jails Conditions Case 10/28/21 LAS Moves to Intervene Against Landlords’ Lawsuit Attacking State’s Eviction Moratorium 10/22/21 Advisory: Advocates Rally to Demand Stop to Transfer of Women, Trans People to State Prisons 10/22/21 LAS Calls to Reform the Bar Admission Process to Reduce Racial Injustice in Legal Profession 10/21/21 Lawyers Welcome Ruling in Suit Challenging NY’s Prison-to-Shelter Pipeline 10/21/21 NYC Defenders Decry Commencement of Upstate Transfers of Women, Transgender People 10/20/21 70+ Organizations Call on Albany to Enact “Good Cause” Legislation to Prevent Evictions 10/20/21 LAS Statement on Passing of Anthony Scott, Who Attempted Suicide While in City Custody 10/20/21 NYC TGNCNBI Task Force Demands Stop to Transfers of Women, TGNCNBI New Yorkers 10/18/21 70+ Women, Transgender New Yorkers at Rikers Release Petition Protesting Upstate Transfers 10/15/21 NYC Defenders Statement on Planned Transfer of Women, Transgender People on Rikers 10/14/21 LAS Statement on Nunez Monitor Status Report Concerning Rikers Island Crisis 10/14/21 LAS: Don’t Believe NYPD Commissioner’s Fearmongering on Bail, Discovery Reform 10/14/21 Advisory: Senator Schumer, Electeds, Tenants to Rally Against Predatory Landlord Tactics 10/13/21 LAS Statement on Transfers of Incarcerated Women from New York City Jails to State Prisons 10/07/21 LAS Praises Governor for Signing Legislation to Provide Medication to Incarcerated People 10/07/21 Defender Statement on Mayor’s Comments Concerning New York’s Court System 10/06/21 NYIFUP Statement on Begen County’s Exit From ICE Detention Contract 10/06/21 Legislators, Impacted People Demand DAs End Cash Bail Practices to Curb Rikers Crisis 10/05/21 Advisory: Elected Officials, Impacted People Demand That DAs End Cash Bail Practices 10/04/21 LAS, BDS, and Milbank File Lawsuit to Secure Incarcerated Clients’ Access to Medical Care 10/01/21 LAS Appoints Zachary Carter to Chair of the Board of Directors
September 2021
09/30/21 LAS Calls on Governor Hochul to Sign Two Critical Bills to Advance Juvenile Justice in NYS 09/30/21 LAS Echoes Legislature’s Call For Hochul Administration to Lift Parole Warrants 09/29/21 Court Issues Emergency Order to Address the Ongoing Humanitarian Crisis in City Jails 09/27/21 After Mayor Finally Tours Rikers Island, LAS Calls on de Blasio to Decarcerate City Jails 09/21/21 LAS Calls on Federal Court to Address Humanitarian Crisis at Rikers Island and other City Jails 09/20/21 LAS Decries Death of Isaabdul Karim, 11th to Pass Away this Year While Incarcerated at Rikers 09/17/21 LAS Statement on Gov. Kathy Hochul Signing the Less Is More Act 09/16/21 LAS Files Two Suits Demanding Transparency Over Dangerous Conditions at Local Jails 09/14/21 LAS Statement on Mayor de Blasio’s Emergency Rikers Relief Plan 09/14/21 S.T.O.P., LAS Reveal Secret NYPD Surveillance Contracts Now Exceed $277 Million 09/14/21 NYIFUP Statement on Hudson County’s Imminent Exit From ICE Detention Contract 09/13/21 Elected Officials Detail Illegal, Deadly Conditions Inside Rikers Island Following Visit 09/10/21 Advisory: Amid Jail Crisis, Elected Officials to Visit Rikers Island, Demand Decarceration 09/09/21 LAS Statement on Commissioner Schiraldi’s Comments on Rikers Island 09/07/21 LAS Statement on the Death of Client Esias Johnson on Rikers Island 09/01/21 LAS Applauds NYS Legislature for Passage of New Eviction Moratorium 09/01/21 LAS Statement in Support of Senator Schumer’s Recommendations for Federal Judgeships
August 2021
08/30/21 Advisory: Advocates, Allies Call For Urgent Decarceration to Prevent More Deaths on Rikers 08/30/21 NYC Defenders’ Statement on Death of Segundo Guallpa at Rikers Island 08/26/21 NYC Defenders Urge Mayor, Governor, More to Address the Humanitarian Crisis in NYC’s Jails 08/24/21 LAS Calls on Governor Hochul to Sign Essential Legislation 08/20/21 LAS Calls on the NYS Legislature to Reconvene to Amend, Extend Eviction Moratorium 08/18/21 LAS Statement on Governor Cuomo Granting Clemency to Ten Deserving New Yorkers 08/16/21 NYC Defenders Demand Courthouse Safety as the Delta Variant of COVID-19 Surges 08/13/21 NYC Defenders Statement on Death of Brandom Rodriguez in DOC Custody 08/12/21 LAS Statement on Supreme Court Blocking a Portion of New York’s Eviction Moratorium 08/12/21 LAS Calls on Governor to Review Clemency Applications, Grant Relief Before Leaving Office 08/11/21 LAS Testifies Before NY State Assembly on Issues Hobbling Emergency Rental Assistance Plan 08/10/21 NYIFUP Urges Governor to Sign Legislation Prohibiting Future NJ ICE Detention Contracts 08/10/21 S.T.O.P., LAS Condemn $159 Million in Secret NYPD Surveillance Contracts 08/09/21 LAS Secures Dismissal for Wrongfully Convicted Client James Davis 08/05/21 LAS, Jenner Win Emergency Motion to Protect Disabled Homeless New Yorkers 08/04/21 Advisory: Coalition Calls on Dept of Health to Fully Implement Workplace COVID Safety Law 08/04/21 LAS, Jenner File Emergency Motion to Ensure Due Process For Disabled Homeless New Yorkers 08/02/21 LAS Calls on Albany to Renew Eviction Freeze to Prevent Widespread Homelessness
July 2021
07/30/21 LAS Praises City Council’s Extension of Title 8 Protections to Domestic Workers 07/29/21 Stop-and-Frisk Plaintiffs Ask Court to Make Changes to Monitorship to Include Community 07/28/21 Advisory: Press Conference and Rally to End Stop-and-Frisk Abuses 07/27/21 LAS Files Article 78 Petition to Get Access to NYPD’s “SPEX Budget” Contracts 07/27/21 Advisory: Coalition Calls on Inspector General for NYPD Gang Database Investigation 07/21/21 LAS Secures $567,500 Settlement in Case Challenging NYPD Use of Chokeholds, Tasers 07/16/21 LAS Statement on Federal Court Ruling Concerning DACA 07/13/21 LAS, Jenner & Block Secure Temporary Halt to Transfers of Homeless Disabled New Yorkers 07/09/21 LAS Statement in Response to Report on Deplorable Conditions at Local Courthouses 07/09/21 Survivors of Human Trafficking, Advocates Call on Governor Cuomo to Sign START Act 07/08/21 LAS, Jenner & Block File Motion to Halt City’s Transfer of Disabled New Yorkers From Hotels 07/07/21 LAS Statement on NYC Ticker Tape Parade for First Responders 07/06/21 LAS Calls on NYS to Release Information on Emergency Rental Assistance Program Applicants 07/01/21 NYC Defenders’ Statement on the City’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget
June 2021
06/29/21 NYIFUP Calls on ICE to End Transfers, Release Those in its Custody 06/25/21 LAS Statement on Derek Chauvin Sentencing 06/25/21 Immigration Advocates Reaffirm Call on ICE to Cease Sudden Transfers 06/23/21 LAS Statement on Tonight’s Final NYC Rent Guidelines Board Vote 06/21/21 Ahead of Rent Guidelines Board Vote, LAS Calls for a Zero Increase on All Leases 06/19/21 LAS Statement on Juneteenth 06/16/21 LAS Statement on DOJ Overturning Trump-era Rules Limiting Asylum 06/16/21 LAS Releases Report Detailing Early Intervention and Community Engagement Work 06/14/21 LAS and Loeb & Loeb Secure $400,000 in Employee Sexual Harassment Case 06/12/21 LAS Aid to Albany: Reconvene to Pass Critically Important #CleanSlateNY Legislation 06/11/21 LAS Calls on Cuomo to Enact Legislation to End Majority of Arrests, Prosecutions of Children 06/11/21 LAS Calls on Governor Cuomo to Enact The Less Is More Act into Law Immediately 06/10/21 LAS Analysis: NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk Continues to Plague Communities of Color 06/08/21 LAS Statement on BOC Vote Relating to City Solitary Confinement Practice 06/07/21 Immigration Advocates Condemn “Disappearance” of Detained Clients After Sudden Transfers 06/07/21 LAS Urges Action on Comprehensive Parole Reforms, Clean Slate Legislation 06/03/21 Charges Against George Bell, Rohan Bolt And Gary Johnson Dismissed After 24 Years In Prison 06/03/21 Juvenile Justice Advocates Renew Push to End the Arrest and Prosecution of Children 06/01/21 LAS, Partners Launch Housing Helpline to Assist Immigrant Renters with NYS ERAP 06/01/21 LAS Statement on Pride Month 2021
May 2021
05/26/21 LAS Lauds Passage of Legislation to Provide Life-Saving Medication to Incarcerated People 05/25/21 LAS Calls on Cuomo to Immediately Enact Critical Bill for Survivors of Human Trafficking 05/25/21 LAS Statement on the One-Year Anniversary of George Floyd’s Murder 05/24/21 LAS Condemns SI Landlord Attorney for Using Racist Language in Eviction Filings 05/20/21 NYIFUP Urges Enactment of the Dignity Not Detention Act in New York State 05/20/21 National Coalition Calls on Officials to Protect Young People at Risk of Deportation 05/17/21 LAS 44th Annual Servant of Justice Awards Celebrated Resilience of Staff, BIPOC Communities 05/13/21 LAS Calls on DA Candidates to Overturn Convictions Involving Corrupt NYPD Officers 05/12/21 LAS, Defenders Call for Review of Cases Made by Three Recently Indicted NYPD Officers 05/12/21 LAS Statement on Vincent Schiraldi Becoming the next NYC DOC Commissioner 05/12/21 LAS Statement on Latest Nunez Independent Federal Monitor Report on Abuse in NYC Jails 05/11/21 LAS Analysis: NY is One of Only a Few States Without an Operational Rent Relief Program 05/10/21 LAS Wins Writ Securing Release of Wrongfully Convicted Client James Davis 05/05/21 LAS Statement on Albany Enacting the NY HERO Act 05/05/21 LAS Statement on Rent Guidelines Board’s Preliminary Vote 05/05/21 LAS, Advocates, Candidates Call on Albany to Pass “Good Cause Eviction” Legislation 05/04/21 Ahead of Rent Guidelines Board Preliminary Hearing, LAS Calls for Rent Rollback 05/04/21 Advocates Call for DOE Office to Support Students in Foster Care 05/04/21 LAS Calls on DAs to Vacate Convictions Where Corrupt NYPD Officers Played Essential Roles 05/03/21 LAS Statement on Statewide Residential Eviction Moratorium Legislation
April 2021
04/27/21 Advisory: Defenders Call to End Practices Depriving Black & Brown New Yorkers of Property 04/27/21 NYS Defenders, Advocates Reaffirm Call on Albany to Enact Comprehensive Parole Reforms 04/24/21 LAS Statement on Legislation to Extend New York State’s Residential Eviction Moratorium 04/22/21 LAS Wins Reversal for Brooklynite James Davis in 2006 Murder Conviction 04/22/21 LAS Announces 750,000 Settlement for Client Illegally Shackled During Labor by NYPD 04/22/21 LAS Statement on Reporting that DOCCS has Suspended Prison Vaccinations Efforts 04/21/21 LAS Statement on DA Vance Announcement to Dismiss Prostitution, Massage Cases 04/20/21 LAS Statement in Response to Derek Chauvin Verdict 04/20/21 LAS Shares Crucial #KnowYourRights Protest-Related Information for New Yorkers 04/20/21 LAS Calls on Albany to Extend Protection to Prevent Widespread Evictions and Homelessness 04/19/21 LAS Calls on Governor Enact the HERO Act That Would Codify Critical Workplace Protections 04/19/21 LAS Statement on NYS Senate Committee Passing Bill to Abolish NYC’s Rogue DNA Database 04/17/21 LAS Response to Reports of OCA Suspension of Family Court Clerk who Used Racial Slurs 04/16/21 Defenders Respond to Reports that NYC Court Clerk Used Racial Slurs to Refer to 15-Year-Old 04/16/21 LAS To Albany: Renew Eviction Freeze Ahead of Expiration, Prevent Widespread Homelessness 04/15/21 Advocates to City Hall: Incarcerated New Yorkers Need Greater Voting Access Immediately 04/15/21 Joint Statement on DA Announcement to Vacate Convictions in Cases of Corrupt Detective 04/14/21 LAS Statement on Dismissal of Landlord Lawsuit Attempting to End NY Eviction Moratorium 04/14/21 Legal Aid, PA Williams and Advocates to Call for Greater Access to Voting in Local Jails 04/14/21 LAS and Debevoise File Lawsuit Against City, NYPD For Illegal Arrest of New Yorkers 04/14/21 LAS and BronxConnect Urge Lawmakers to Enact #Right2RemainSilent Legislation 04/13/21 LAS Flags May 31 Deadline for Immigrant Youth Denied Special Immigrant Juvenile Status 04/12/21 Advisory: Workers, Supporters and Legislators Call for the SWEAT Bill so Workers are Paid 04/08/21 LAS Secures Dismissal for Client Who Was Arrested, Placed in a Knee-on-Neck Hold by NYPD 04/07/21 LAS Statement on $2.1 Billion Fund for Excluded Workers in NT State’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget 04/07/21 LAS Statement on DA Vacating Convictions for Clients Whose Cases Involved Corrupt Cop 04/06/21 FOIL Documents Reveal Extent of NYPD’s Use of Clearview AI Facial Recognition Technology 04/06/21 LAS Statement on Rent Relief Package in New York State’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget 04/06/21 LAS Secures Settlement Ensuring Homeless Students Have Access to Working WiFi at Shelters 04/06/21 LAS Calls on Albany to Transition to Video Hearings for all Parole Matters or Face Litigation 04/05/21 Defenders Call on Albany to Enact the Less Is More Act Immediately 04/02/21 LAS and 35+ Organizations Call for Greater Access to Voter Registration in NYC Jails 04/01/21 LAS Statement on the Governor Signing the HALT Solitary Confinement Bill Into Law 04/01/21 60+ Organizations Call on DHS Secretary to End ICE’s Discriminatory Gang Prioritization 04/01/21 LAS Statement From Counsel for Brandon Elliot
March 2021
03/31/21 LAS Statement on International Transgender Day of Visibility 03/31/21 LAS Statement on the Passing of Justice Paul Feinman 03/31/21 LAS Celebrates Signing of MRTA Into Law, Urges Albany to Enact Additional Reforms 03/29/21 NY Supreme Court Rules Incarcerated People Must be Offered COVID Vaccine Immediately 03/28/21 LAS Statement on NYS Marijuana Legalization 03/25/21 LAS Statements on the Mayor’s Police Reform Plan, Qualified Immunity Legislation 03/24/21 LAS: City Council Should Reject Mayor de Blasio’s Policing Plan 03/23/21 LAS Calls on Albany to Advance Key Housing Priorities to Help Struggling Tenants 03/23/21 LAS Renews Demand for Citywide Audit of all Privileged Attorney-Client Phone Recordings 03/22/21 Defenders Call for an End to All Recordings of Phone Calls by New Yorkers Incarcerated in Jails 03/21/21 NYC Defenders Decry Breach of Attorney-Client Privilege in Wrongly Recorded Phone Calls 03/19/21 Advisory: Mayoral Candidates to Debate Economic and Housing Insecurity Issues 03/18/21 LAS Response to the Gendered and Racist Asian Violence Near Atlanta, Georgia 03/18/21 LAS Calls on Governor to Enact the HALT Solitary Confinement Act Immediately 03/18/21 LAS Files Lawsuit to Secure New Yorkers in NYS Prisons Access to The COVID-19 Vaccine 03/16/21 LAS Statement in Support of the Black Freedom Project’s Marijuana Legalization Advocacy Day 03/16/21 LAS Lauds Tenfold Increase in Anti-Eviction “Hardship Declarations” Submissions in NYC 03/16/21 NYS Agrees to Waive Onerous “Lawsuit Requirement” for Eviction Prevention Supplement 03/15/21 LAS Statement on Likely Deal Between Albany Lawmakers on Marijuana Legalization in NYS 03/15/21 LAS Files Federal Suit Challenging Housing Voucher Discrimination 03/15/21 Advisory: Advocates Announce Fair Housing Investigation, Legal Action 03/12/21 Statement on Criminalization Bars in the U.S. Citizenship Act, American Dream and Promise Act 03/12/21 LAS Demands City Take Action to Remedy Dangerous Conditions in Courthouses 03/11/21 LAS Calls on Albany to Enact the Less Is More Act Immediately 03/11/21 NYIFUP Demands Answers on Vaccination Plan for Detained Immigrants 03/10/21 NYPD Data: New Yorkers of Color Were Subjects of More Than 94% of Marijuana Arrests 03/09/21 LAS, BronxConnect Applaud Committee Passage of #Right2RemainSilent Legislation 03/09/21 Trump Administration’s Public Charge Rule Blocked 03/08/21 LAS Statement on the City’s Solitary Confinement Practices 03/08/21 Advisory: Officials Join Advocates in Demand to Address Dangerous Jails and Prisons 03/08/21 Officials Must Address the Deadly COVID-19 Conditions That Persist in Jails and Prisons 03/05/21 Three Innocent Queens Men to Be Released From Prison Following Wrongful Convictions 03/04/21 Advisory: Hearing to Rule on Release of Three Innocent Queens Men After 24 Years 03/04/21 #Right2RemainSilent Campaign Aims to Protect Youth Interrogated by Police 03/03/21 Advisory: Youth, Parents, Advocates, More to Announce #Right2RemainSilent Campaign 03/01/21 U.S. Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest in Lawsuit M.G. v. Cuomo 03/01/21 LAS Implores Lawmakers to Enact The COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program
February 2021
02/25/21 Public Defenders Ask Court to Force State to Offer Vaccine to Incarcerated People 02/25/21 LAS Condemns Increase in Violence Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders 02/25/21 LAS Condemns NYC DOC for Placing Young People in Enhanced Supervision Housing 02/25/21 LAS Calls on City to Fire NYPD Officer Fabio Nunez 02/24/21 As Vaccine Eligibility Expands, Incarcerated New Yorkers Must Be Included 02/24/21 Broken Promises: City Makes Little Progress on Expunging Rogue DNA Index 02/23/21 LAS Secures Decision in Holden v. Port Authority Allowing Claims to Proceed to Trial 02/23/21 LAS Calls on NYS to Pass Legislation to Stop Unethical Medicaid Collection Practices 02/22/21 Immigrant Rights Groups React to SCOTUS Taking Up Public Charge, Call on Biden to Rescind 02/18/21 Officials, Advocates Urge Tenants to Submit “Hardship Declaration Forms” to Prevent Eviction 02/17/21 Advisory: Press Conference Urges Tenants to Submit “Hardship Declaration Forms” 02/16/21 LAS Statement on Ruling in Uniformed Fire Officers Association, et al. v. Bill de Blasio 02/11/21 LAS Urges New York Tenants to Submit Anti-Eviction “Hardship Declarations” 02/10/21 New Yorkers Incarcerated in City Jails on Technical Parole Violations Hits Nine-Month High 02/09/21 LAS Files Lawsuit to Temporarily Waive “Lawsuit Requirement” for FHEPS Program 02/08/21 LAS Lauds Senate Committee Passage of the Less Is More Act, Urges Legislature to Act 02/05/21 Cuomo’s Prison Vaccination Announcement Offers Little Change for Incarcerated New Yorkers 02/04/21 Public Defenders Sue NY, Claim Vaccine Denial Violates Rights of Incarcerated People 02/04/21 Advocates Call on Albany to End the Arrest and Prosecution of Children Under 12 Years Old 02/04/21 Immigration Advocates Demand Release of People in Detention After New ICE Guidance 02/04/21 Trailblazing Litigants Respond to the Repeal of New York’s “Walking While Trans” Statute 02/02/21 Immigrant Advocates Welcome President Biden’s Executive Order on “Public Charge” Rule 02/02/21 LAS Statement on Governor Cuomo Repealing New York’s “Walking While Trans” Statute 02/02/21 LAS Lauds Passage of Legislation to Repeal New York’s “Walking While Trans” Law 02/01/21 LAS Condemns State & City for Failure to Ensure Equitable Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccine 02/01/21 5,000 Incarcerated New Yorkers in DOCCS’ Custody Have Now Tested Positive for COVID-19
January 2021
01/29/21 NYIFUP Condemns ICE for Heat Outage at Bergen County Jail 01/28/21 Defenders to Gov. Cuomo: Stop Blocking COVID-19 Vaccinations for Our Incarcerated Clients 01/28/21 LAS Announces Town Halls to Ensure Input From Those Historically Affected by Over-Policing 01/27/21 LAS Secures Critical Due Process Protections for Homeless Clients in Fair Hearings 01/25/21 LAS, Milbank Call on City to Established Reliable Internet Service for Shelter Residents 01/22/21 LAS Cautions Against Phishing Phone Calls and Scam Money Requests 01/21/21 FOIL: SI District Attorney Employs Controversial Facial Recognition Technology 01/21/21 LAS, Pro Bono Co-Counsel Secure COVID-19 Vaccine for Client in DOCCS’ Custody 01/20/21 LAS Decries Governor’s Refusal to Offer Incarcerated New Yorkers the COVID-19 Vaccine 01/20/21 LAS Statement on President Biden’s Steps Toward More Humane Immigration Policies 01/19/21 LAS Statement in Response to Governor’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Address (Civil) 01/19/21 LAS Statement in Response to Governor’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Address (CDP) 01/15/21 Over 4,000 New Yorkers in DOCCS’ Custody Have Now Tested Positive For COVID-19 01/14/21 LAS, NYCLU Joint Statement on Attorney General Lawsuit Condemning NYPD Protest Violence 01/13/21 Public Defenders Nationwide Announce Plan for Immigration Justice; Provide Ten-Point Plan 01/12/21 Governor Refuses to Permit Vaccinations at Prisons, Jails as COVID-19 Claims More Lives 01/12/21 LAS Testifies at City Council Hearing on COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Accessibility 01/11/21 LAS Calls on Gov. Cuomo to Advance Key Housing Priorities for Struggling New York Tenants 01/11/21 LAS Statement in Response to Gov. Cuomo’s State of the State Address 01/11/21 LAS Urges President-Elect Biden to Enact Housing Policies to Benefit Low-Income New Yorkers 01/08/21 NYIFUP Statement on Egregious Treatment of Immigrants on Hunger Strike in ICE Detention 01/08/21 LAS Files Suit to Protect New Yorkers Incarcerated at Adirondack Correctional Facility 01/07/21 LAS Condemns Governor for Excluding Incarcerated New Yorkers from Vaccine Distribution 01/06/21 LAS Releases 2021 Statewide Civil Law Reform Priorities 01/06/21 LAS Calls on State, City to Vaccinate Incarcerated New Yorkers Immediately 01/06/21 Video: NYPD Officer Employs Knee-on-Neck Hold – Same Technique That Killed George Floyd 01/06/21 NYC Public Defenders Call on Legislature to Pass Critical Criminal Legal System Reforms 01/06/21 LAS Education Advocacy Project, Homework Helpers Provide Tech to NYC Students 01/04/21 LAS Calls on City to Immediately Fix DOC Inmate Lookup 01/04/21 As Two More Succumb to COVID-19 in DOCCS’ Custody, LAS Calls for Meaningful Release
December 2020
12/30/20 Federal Court Rejects City’s Attempt to Derail Litigation Seeking to Equip Shelters with WiFi 12/30/20 LAS, Crowell & Moring LLP File Suit Regarding Jail Conditions During 2019 Heat Emergency 12/29/20 NYIFUP Statement on New COVID-19 Outbreak, Hunger Strike in Hudson County Jail 12/28/20 LAS Statement on Passage of COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act 12/28/20 LAS Calls on Governor to Act on 100+ Virus-Related Clemency Applications 12/26/20 LAS Statement on NYS Eviction Moratorium Legislation 12/24/20 LAS, Blank, Rome LLP Secure Pardon for Natasha Joseph, who Risked Deportation 12/24/20 LAS, Kasowitz Secure Pardon for Rosario Pena, a Victim of Human Trafficking 12/20/20 LAS Hosts Holiday Toy Distribution for Homeless and Other Vulnerable Children 12/18/20 LAS Sues DOCCS for Critical Facility-Level Virus Testing Data as COVID-19 Rates Rise 12/18/20 LAS Statement on DOI Investigation Into NYPD’s Response to George Floyd Demonstrations 12/17/20 COVID-19 Rates Explode in NYS Prisons, Advocates Demand Transparency, Action From DOCCS 12/17/20 LAS Honors Staff at 144th Annual Meeting 12/17/20 NYC Defenders Release 2021 Statewide Criminal Legal System Reform Priorities 12/16/20 Report: NYS Eviction Moratorium has Saved the Lives of Over 10,000 New Yorkers 12/15/20 LAS Statement on Governor Cuomo Enacting the Protect Our Courts Act Into Law 12/15/20 Advisory: LAS, Milbank to Argue in Case to Secure Internet Access at Homeless Shelters 12/14/20 New Data Confirms That NYPD Continues to Add New Yorkers’ DNA to Rogue City Database 12/13/20 NY Prisons Reach Shameful Milestone: 2,000 New Yorkers Have Tested Positive for COVID-19 12/10/20 LAS Statement on City Council Vote to Pass the Fair Chance Act 2.0 12/10/20 LAS Analysis: 14 Different NYS Prisons Across NYS Saw an Increase in Positive COVID-19 Cases 12/09/20 LAS Calls on Cuomo to Lift Warrants, Release Vulnerable New Yorkers Held on Parole Warrants 12/08/20 LAS: Arrest Involving Daniel Presti, Mac’s Pub Owner, Illuminates SI’s two Tier “Justice” System 12/08/20 Following Report on New York’s Broken Parole System, LAS Calls for Comprehensive Reform 12/07/20 LAS Calls on Cuomo to Enact Landmark Protect Our Courts Act Immediately 12/07/20 LAS to de Blasio, Local DAs: Decarcerate City Jails now or Risk Innocent Lives to COVID-19 12/07/20 LAS Calls on City to Dissolve Troubled NYPD Vice Squad Unit Immediately 12/04/20 Amid a Second COVID-19 Outbreak at Local Jails, LAS Calls to Release Vulnerable New Yorkers 12/03/20 LAS Statement on Governor Relaxing Eligibility Standards for NY’s Rent Relief Program 12/02/20 LAS Calls on Cuomo, DOCCS to Release Medically Vulnerable Clients as COVID Rates Climb 12/02/20 LAS Calls on the City for Answers Following Tragic Death of Ryan Wilson in DOC Custody 12/01/20 LAS Secures End of Prone Restraint Practice Used on Youth in OCFS Overseen Facilities
November 2020
11/30/20 LAS Statement on DA Vance Dismissing Remaining Charges Pending Against Joseph Troiano 11/30/20 Federal Judge Approves Class Action Settlement in LAS’s Landmark Homeless Youth Lawsuit 11/30/20 LAS Calls on Albany to Amend New York’s Rent Relief Program to Serve More Families 11/25/20 Governor Cuomo’s Early Release Initiative Failing to Free Vulnerable New Yorkers on Time 11/24/20 LAS, Milbank Sue City for Failing to Provide Students at Shelters Access to Remote Schooling 11/23/20 NYC Defenders Renew Call for Urgent Reforms of the Criminal Legal System 11/20/20 LAS Calls on Governor, Legislature to Amend Rent Relief Programs to Benefit More New Yorkers 11/18/20 Elected Officials, Advocates, Tenants Condemn Landlord Who Refuses Boiler Repairs, More 11/17/20 NYIFUP Statement About Hudson County’s Contract with ICE 11/16/20 After LAS Urging, HRA Suspends Billing Until January 21, 2021 11/13/20 LAS, Lowenstein Sandler File Lawsuit to Require Newark to Accept NYC SOTA Program 11/10/20 LAS Statement on the Exoneration of Emmanuelle Cooper 11/10/20 LAS Statement After SCOTUS Signals Support for the Affordable Care Act 11/09/20 FOIL: DOC Increases Density Levels at Local Jails to Dangerous Levels 11/09/20 LAS, Lowenstein Sandler LLP Win Petition to Intervene on Behalf of Homeless New Yorkers 11/07/20 LAS Statement on the Election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to the White House 11/02/20 LAS Calls on Governor Cuomo to Extend Executive Order Pausing Default Judgments 11/02/20 LAS, Milbank Issue Final Warning to Expedite Internet Installation at Shelters or Face Litigation
October 2020
10/29/20 Federal Monitor Report: After Seven Years, NYPD Still Failing to Make Court-Ordered Reforms 10/29/20 City Hall: Most Homeless New Yorkers Will Have to Wait for Working WiFi Until Next Summer 10/29/20 Ahead of Election, LAS Re-Releases Know Your Rights Information for Protestors 10/27/20 LAS Wins Appellate Court Victory in Velasco Lopez v. Decker 10/27/20 LAS Calls for Detailed Plan on How City Will Install WiFi at All NYC Homeless Shelters 10/26/20 NYCLU and LAS Sue Mayor, NYPD for Police Brutality During Protests 10/23/20 LAS Statement on Latest Nunez Independent Federal Monitor Report on Abuse in NYC Jails 10/23/20 LAS Files Suit Against NYC for Failing to Provide Adequate Shelter for Homeless Single Adults 10/23/20 LAS Calls on Cuomo, DOCCS to Release Vulnerable New Yorkers at COVID-19 Hotspot Prisons 10/21/20 LAS Mourns the Loss of Another Incarcerated New Yorker to COVID-19, Condemns DOCCS 10/20/20 LAS Decries Piecemeal Response From City to Address Systemic Internet Issues at Shelters 10/16/20 LAS Statement on OCA Report Examining Court System’s Racial and Other Biases 10/15/20 LAS Warns of Second Surge Within NYS Prison System as COVID-19 Cases Skyrocket 10/15/20 LAS Calls on City Council to End Genetic Stop-And-Frisk 10/14/20 LAS, Milbank Threaten Lawsuit for Neglecting to Provide Homeless Children Internet Access 10/14/20 LAS Statement on Legislation Prohibiting NYPD Collection a Child’s DNA Without Consent 10/13/20 LAS Urges Halt to Plan Resuming Collections on SNAP, Public Assistance, Medicaid Recipients 10/13/20 Defenders Decry 16% Rise in Jail Population as Second Wave of COVID19 Threatens NYC 10/10/20 LAS Statement on the Passing of Christopher Cruz, Client Held Pretrial on Cash Bail at Rikers 10/09/20 LAS Statement on New OCA Memo Concerning Residential Eviction Proceedings 10/09/20 LAS to Wall Street NIMBY Group: Fund Affordable Housing Instead of Vilifying Homeless 10/08/20 LAS Calls on DOC/DOCCS to Assist with Stimulus Applications From People in Custody 10/08/20 As Washington Debates Stimulus Package, LAS Calls for Direct Rental Assistance for Tenants 10/05/20 LAS, Advocates, Community Members to Hold Webinar on the NYPD’s Rogue Gang Database 10/04/20 LAS Advises Incarcerated Persons of Restored Eligibility for Stimulus Payments 10/01/20 LAS Files Appeal in Case to Exonerate Wrongfully Convicted Brooklynite James Davis 10/01/20 LAS Calls for Permanent and Meaningful Regulation of City DNA Index Policy
September 2020
09/30/20 Court Grants LAS Motions to Dismiss Lawsuits Attacking Rent Laws, Housing Reforms 09/29/20 LAS Statement on Executive Order No. 202.66, Issued Today by Governor Andrew Cuomo 09/29/20 Court Rules LAS, Cleary Gottlieb Lawsuit Against ICE Courthouse Arrests Will Proceed 09/28/20 LAS Statement on New York’s Residential Eviction Moratorium 09/26/20 LAS Statement on Tonight’s Vigil in Support of New Yorkers Residing at the Lucerne Hotel 09/25/20 LAS Statement on Harmonia Shelter, Flatlands Shelter, LIC Plaza Hotel and the Lucerne Hotel 09/25/20 Harmonia Shelter Residents to Mayor: Don’t Uproot us to Appease Upper West Side NIMBYists 09/24/20 Advisory: Harmonia Residents to Hold Press Conference Calling for Answers From City Hall 09/24/20 LAS, Partners Win Petition in Federal Court to Intervene in Landlord Lobby Lawsuits 09/22/20 LAS Condemns Proposed Rule by Labor Department Which Would Strip Workers’ Rights 09/21/20 With Less Than Ten Days Before NYS Eviction Moratorium Expires, LAS Implores Albany to Act 09/19/20 LAS Statement on Passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, United States Supreme Court Justice 09/18/20 LAS Calls on Governer Cuomo to Act After OTDA Removes Eviction Moratorium Guidance 09/17/20 LAS Launches Fundraising Campaign to Help Families Afford Immigration Application Fees 09/16/20 LAS Calls for Ban on Use of Controversial DNA Testing 09/16/20 LAS Calls on Governor, Legislature to Act Immediately to Prevent Unprecedented Evictions 09/14/20 LAS Statement in Response to City Pausing Transfers From Lucerne, NYS Homeless Shelters 09/14/20 LAS Condemns DOC Staff for Failing to Wear Masks, Practice Social Distancing 09/12/20 LAS Statement in Response to Reported Plans to Move Families at Flatlands Family Residence 09/10/20 LAS Prepares Lawsuit Against City Over Plan to Move Homeless New Yorkers With Disabilities 09/09/20 OCME Identified 20k to Remove From City Databank, Instead the Number Increased 09/08/20 LAS Statement on City’s Decision to Relocate Homeless New Yorkers From UWS Hotel 09/04/20 LAS, Partners Bring New Claims to Abolish New York’s Prison-to-Homeless Shelter Pipeline 09/01/20 LAS Statement on CDC Regulation Extending Eviction Relief Through End of 2020 09/01/20 LAS Calls on NY Legislature to Reconvene to Extend Eviction Moratorium Indefinitely
August 2020
08/31/20 LAS Statement Concerning NYPD Disciplinary Matrix 08/27/20 Criminal Justice Reform Groups Call to Publish Correction Officer Disciplinary Information 08/27/20 LAS to Mayor: Force Homeless New Yorkers From Hotels And We’ll See You In Court 08/26/20 LAS Calls on Governor Cuomo, Legislature to Implement Indefinite Eviction Moratorium 08/26/20 LAS Reaffirms Need For City to Enact Sweeping DNA-Related Reforms 08/24/20 LAS Statement on Staten Island DA Disclosure of NYPD Officers With Credibility Issues 08/21/20 LAS Additional Statement in Response to Uniformed Fire Officers Association v. Bill de Blasio 08/20/20 LAS Statement in Response to Ruling in Uniformed Fire Officers Association v. Bill de Blasio 08/19/20 LAS Calls on OCME to Issue Progress Reports on Effort to Reduce DNA Database Profiles 08/18/20 Advisory: Officials, Workers, Community Leaders Rally for Workplace COVID Protections 08/18/20 LAS Statement on the 100th Anniversary of the Ratification of the 19th Amendment 08/17/20 LAS Files Amicus Brief Against Police Union Efforts to Deny Access to Disciplinary Records 08/12/20 LAS Statement on OCA Revised Procedure for Addressing Eviction Proceedings 08/10/20 LAS Decries COVID-19 Outbreak At Four Upstate DOCCS Prisons 08/07/20 LAS Calls on Governor Cuomo to Extend Eviction Moratorium Indefinitely 08/06/20 LAS Statement on Agreement to Address Issues with Rikers Island Consent Judgment 08/05/20 LAS, Faith Leaders Call on Governor Cuomo to Extend Eviction Moratorium 08/05/20 LAS and Uptrust Launch Court Date Reminder Text Message Service 08/05/20 Public Advocate, LAS Call On Cuomo to Extend Eviction Moratorium 08/05/20 LAS, Proskauer Secure Victory to Provide Retroactive Guardianship Subsidies 08/04/20 Appellate Court Blocks “Public Charge” Immigration Rule 08/04/20 14,000 Households Across NYC Face Likely Eviction as Statewide Moratorium Expires
July 2020
07/30/20 Statement In Response To Report Debunking Mayor’s Claim Connecting Courts to Shootings 07/29/20 Judge Issues Nationwide Injunctions Blocking “Public Charge” Rules Amid Covid-19 Pandemic 07/29/20 Legal Aid Statement on NYPD Abduction of 18-Year-Old Trans Activist Nikki Stone 07/28/20 NYC Defenders Blast Decision Allowing Dangerous Resumption of In-Person Court Hearings 07/27/20 LAS Statement on Need to Acknowledge White Fragility, Organizations to Become Anti-Racist 07/27/20 Attorneys for Detained Immigrants Demand Release from Bergen County Jail Amid Heat Wave 07/24/20 LAS Response To Staten Island DA Refusal To Prosecute Officers Violating NYC Diaphragm Law 07/23/20 LAS Statement in Response to Mayor’s Comments Faulting Courts For Uptick In Shootings 07/22/20 Legal Aid Lauds The Historic Passage of The Protect Our Courts Act 07/22/20 LAS Calls On NYC DOCCS To Protect The Incarcerated From Summer Heat-Related Dangers 07/21/20 Legal Aid Society Unveils 2020 NYS Black Youth Justice Agenda 07/20/20 Legal Aid Decries Death of Another Client, Hector Rodriguez, at Rikers Island 07/20/20 Statement from Counsel for Tyrese Haspil 07/18/20 Legal Aid Statement On The Passing Of Congress Member John Lewis 07/17/20 Joint Defender Letter Regarding Lawsuit To Halt Non-Emergency Court Matters 07/17/20 Statement from LAS Staten Island Office On the Anniversary of the Death of Eric Garner 07/16/20 LAS Lauds Ruling That Finds That NYPD’s Ballistics Method Riddled With Significant Flaws 07/16/20 Legal Aid Files Lawsuit to Challenge Systemic Discrimination by the NYS Justice Center 07/15/20 Legal Aid Calls On NYPD To Immediately Fire NYPD Officers Involved In Brutal Attack On Client 07/14/20 NYC Public Defenders File Federal Lawsuit to Halt Rushed Decision to Reconvene Courts 07/10/20 Plaintiffs Groups Dismayed by Court’s Decline To Order Investigation Into NYPD’s Practices 07/09/20 NYC Defenders Call on NY Court System to Delay Opening for Safety of Staff and Clients 07/08/20 Statement In Response To AG’s Report On The NYPD’s Response to Demonstrations 07/08/20 NYC Defenders and NLG-NYC to DAs: Dismiss Social Distancing and Protest-Related Arrests 07/08/20 LAS Calls On Cuomo, OCFS: Prohibit Face-Down Restraints On Children At Treatment Centers 07/06/20 Despite Promises To Expunge Profiles, City Adds Innocent New Yorkers To DNA Index 07/02/20 LAS Launches Clinic To Assist Protesters in Filing Notice Of Claims, CCRB Complaints 07/02/20 Legal Aid Statement On Bail Reform Rollback Implementation 07/01/20 LAS Condemns NYPD Violence Against Queer Liberation March
June 2020
06/30/20 LAS Condemns DOCCS For Refusing To Test Incarcerated People, Ignoring CDC Guidelines 06/30/20 Legal Aid Statement On Albany Enacting The NYS Tenant Safe Harbor Act Into Law 06/30/20 LAS Secures Retrial From NYS Appellate Division For Client, Brian Mitchell 06/29/20 LAS, NYS Legislators, Advocates Urge Gov. to Sign the NYS Tenant Safe Harbor Act into Law 06/29/20 LAS Statement On Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Solitary Confinement Announcement 06/26/20 NYC Public Defenders Demand At Least $1 Billion Cut to NYPD Budget 06/25/20 LAS Files Motion To Vacate Conviction For Client Ensnared In Marijuana Planting Scheme 06/24/20 Statement On NYC DOHMH Report Concerning Underreported NYPD Involved Deaths 06/22/20 Home Health Care Advocates Call on Cuomo to Protect Workers During Pandemic 06/22/20 LAS Statement on Statewide Day of Action to Resist Evictions 06/19/20 LAS Statement in Recognition of Juneteenth 06/18/20 LAS Statement On City Council Vote To Pass the POST Act 06/18/20 Legal Aid Lauds SCOTUS Decision To Allow DACA To Continue 06/17/20 LAS Statement On Rent Guidelines Board’s Vote To Freeze Rents On Low-Income Tenants 06/17/20 LAS Statement On Governor Cuomo Granting Clemency To Client Juan Serrano 06/17/20 Statement On City’s Announcement To Post NYPD Disciplinary Records Online 06/17/20 Legal Aid Urges Rent Guidelines Board to Roll Back Rents Ahead of Final Vote Tonight 06/16/20 LAS Statement From Legal Aid On Gun Violence Awareness Month 06/16/20 LAS to Mayor and Johnson: Make NYPD Disciplinary Records Accessible to Public 06/15/20 LAS Statement On NYPD Disbanding Its Controversial Anti-Crime Unit 06/15/20 LAS Lauds Historic Victory for LGBTQ+ Workplace Protections 06/12/20 LAS Statement On New York Repealing Police Secrecy Law 50-a 06/11/20 LAS and Immigrant Rights Advocates Laud Win in NYAG ICE Out of Courts Lawsuit 06/10/20 Housing Attorneys and Advocates Urge NYC Civil and Housing Courts to Halt Reopening 06/09/20 LAS Lauds Passage Of 50-A Repeal, Urges Governor Cuomo to Enact Legislation Immediately 06/09/20 LAS Statement on Arrest of Officer who Assaulted Protester at George Floyd Demonstration 06/09/20 LAS Condemns Governor Cuomo For Ignoring 100+ Emergency Clemency Applications 06/08/20 LAS Commends NYS Legislature for Advancing 50-A Repeal Bill 06/08/20 Joint Statement In Support Of Today’s Public Defender March For Black Lives 06/07/20 LAS Urges Albany To Enact Newly Introduced Comprehensive 50-A Repeal Bill 06/07/20 Civil Rights Organizations’ Statement on Lifting NYC Curfew 06/05/20 Civil Rights Organizations Threaten to Sue if de Blasio Extends Curfew 06/05/20 LAS Files Notice Of Appeal In Case to Free New Yorkers Illegally Detained Pre-Arraignment 06/04/20 LDF, The Legal Aid Society Demand that Officers Stop Concealing Their Shield Numbers 06/04/20 Joint NYC Defender Statement On Efforts to Circumvent Law and Detain Protestors 06/04/20 LAS Condemns Mayor’s NYPD Crackdown on Peaceful Protesters, Offers CCRB Assistance 06/04/20 Attorneys Ask for Investigation into NYPD’s Social Distancing Enforcement to Include Curfew 06/04/20 As Videos Surface of NYPD Brutality, LAS Demands Full Repeal of Police Secrecy Law 50-A 06/02/20 LAS Files Emergency Lawsuit to Free 108 New Yorkers Detained Pre-Arraignment By NYPD 06/02/20 LAS Statement in Response to Report NYS Legislature Will Debate Police Secrecy Law 50-A 06/01/20 LAS Statement in Response to Citywide Curfew in NYC and Doubling of NYPD Enforcement 06/01/20 Joint NYC Defender Statement On NYPD Brutality 06/01/20 LAS Releases Know Your Rights Information For New Yorkers Protesting NYPD Brutality 06/01/20 As Lawmakers Conference Police Secrecy Law 50-a, LAS Urges Full Repeal 06/01/20 Independent Federal Monitor Reports on Abuse in New York City Jails Shows Dismal Progress
May 2020
05/30/20 LAS Statement in Response to Governor Cuomo’s Call to Repeal Police Secrecy Law 50-a 05/29/20 LAS Statement On NYS Anti-Mask Legislation (S8415/A10446) 05/28/20 LAS and Paul, Weiss Launch Litigation Campaign to Free TGNCNBI New Yorkers 05/28/20 LAS, Advocates Urge Albany to Pass “Good Cause” Eviction Bill Amid COVID-19 Crisis 05/26/20 Stop-and-Frisk Attorneys Ask Court to Investigate NYPD’s Social-Distancing Enforcement 05/26/20 Advisory: Video Press Conference Tuesday: NYPD Social-Distancing Enforcement Practices 05/26/20 LAS Urges Passage Of Key Bills to Protect Those Disproportionately Affected By COVID-19 05/22/20 Legal Advocates Urge Mayor and HRA to Improve Application Process During COVID-19 05/21/20 New Yorkers of Color Continue to Shoulder Brunt of NYPD COVID-19 Related Enforcement 05/18/20 Advocates Ask District Court to Block Public Charge Rule Amidst Pandemic 05/14/20 LAS Urges Albany to Defend New Yorkers Disproportionately Impacted by COVID-19 05/14/20 LAS Condemns Governor, DOCCS for Delaying Release of Six Incarcerated Pregnant Women 05/14/20 LAS Renews Call to Cease Enforcement of Social Distancing Rules After Release of New Video 05/13/20 LAS to Hold Virtual Press Conference to Urge Protection of COVID-19 Impacted New Yorkers 05/12/20 LAS Statement in Response to “COVID-19 Related” Arrest Data 05/08/20 LAS Sues to Free Medically Vulnerable Clients From Otisville Prison 05/07/20 LAS Statement on Rent Guidelines Board’s Preliminary Vote to Freeze Rents 05/07/20 LAS Statement on Eviction Moratorium Extension Amid COVID-19 Crisis 05/06/20 LAS Urges Rent Guidelines Board to Postpone Final Vote Ahead of Preliminary Hearing 05/05/20 LAS Secures The Release Of Eight Pregnant Women Currently Incarcerated At Bedford Hills 05/04/20 LAS Demands the Immediate Release of Ten Incarcerated Pregnant Women 05/04/20 Defenders, LGBTQ+ Advocates, More Request the Immediate Release of TGNCNBI New Yorkers 05/03/20 LAS Condemns NYPD For Violent Social Distancing-Related Arrests 05/01/20 LAS and Kasowitz File Mass Writ to Free Five Incarcerated Clients
April 2020
04/29/20 LAS Statement on Increased Policing of Homeless New Yorkers on the Subway 04/28/20 Seven Medically Vulnerable Immigrants in ICE Detention Seek Release Amid Pandemic 04/27/20 LAS Files Clemency Applications on Behalf of 40 Incarcerated New Yorkers 04/17/20 LAS Files Two Lawsuits to Release 76 Incarcerated New Yorkers at a high risk of COVID-19 04/16/20 LAS and Kasowitz File Lawsuit to Free 9 Clients Incarcerated at NYS Prisons 04/15/20 LAS Calls on Mayor and NYPD to Modify Policing Practices Putting Communities at Risk 04/15/20 LAS Files Clemency Applications on Behalf of 20 Incarcerated New Yorkers 04/14/20 LAS Demands Immediate Release of Incarcerated New Yorkers After Death of Second Client 04/13/20 LAS Wins Release of 51 Incarcerated New Yorkers At High Risk of COVID-19 04/13/20 Immigrant Rights Groups Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Temporarily Halt “Public Charge” 04/13/20 LAS, Bronx Defenders, ACLU Win Immediate Release of Five Medically-Vulnerable Immigrants 04/09/20 LAS Wins Release of 28 New Yorkers Illegally Incarcerated at Rikers Island 04/07/20 LAS Calls on Gov. Cuomo, DOCCS to Release Over 100 Incarcerated New Yorkers 04/06/20 LAS Statement on Michael Tyson, LAS Client who Died from COVID-19 04/04/20 NYCLU and LAS Sue for Release of People Jailed for Alleged Parole Violations 04/03/20 LAS Files Fourth Lawsuit to Free 100 Incarcerated New Yorkers at a High Risk of COVID-19 04/03/20 NYC Defenders Statement on Legislative Rollback of Bail and Discovery Reforms 04/02/20 LAS Statement on NYS Senate Vote Passage to Roll Back Bail Reform 04/02/20 LAS Calls on Gov. Cuomo to Release Four Incarcerated People At High-Risk of COVID-19 04/01/20 NYC Defenders Condem Effort to Gut Progressive Bail Reform in Emergency Budget
March 2020
03/31/20 LAS Statement Condemning Governor’s Attempt to Cut Medicaid Funding for Essential Care 03/30/20 LAS Demands Transparency from City on COVID-19 Data at Rikers Island and Other Local Jails 03/30/20 LAS Calls on City Hall and State to Ensure All Homeless New Yorkers Have Access to Shelter 03/27/20 LAS Secures Release of 106 Incarcerated New Yorkers at High Risk of COVID-19 From Rikers 03/27/20 LAS and Bronx Defenders Win Immediate Release of 4 Immigrants in ICE Detention 03/26/20 LAS Wins Release of 16 Incarcerated New Yorkers at a High Risk of COVID-19 From City Jails 03/26/20 LAS Launches Online Hub for COVID-19 Resources for Clients and Communities in NYC 03/26/20 LAS Files Lawsuit to Release Incarcerated Young New Yorkers at a high risk of COVID-19 03/25/20 NYC Jails – Including Rikers Island – Lead Nation in Terms of COVID-19 Infection Rate 03/25/20 LAS Files Third Lawsuit to Release 110 Incarcerated New Yorkers at a high risk of COVID-19 03/24/20 NYIFUP Statement on First Detainee Testing Positive For COVID-19 at Bergen County Jail 03/24/20 LAS Files Second Lawsuit to Release 32 Incarcerated New Yorkers at a high risk of COVID-19 03/23/20 LAS Requests Temporary Restraining Order to Free Clients at High Risk of COVID-19 03/22/20 LAS Echoes Call from NYC BOC to Release Incarcerated New Yorkers Vulnerable to COVID-19 03/22/20 Joint Statement Calling for Increased Support and Guidance for Runaway and Homeless Youth 03/20/20 LAS, Bronx Defenders Sue for Release of High Risk Clients From Immigrant Detention 03/20/20 NYIFUP Reports Immigrants Organize Second Hunger Strike in NJ Detention Center 03/20/20 Advisory: Council Member Lander, Worker Justice Advocates to Hold Virtual Press Conference 03/20/20 LAS Files Lawsuit to Release 116 Incarcerated New Yorkers at a High Risk of COVID-19 03/19/20 NYIFUP Statement on Bergen County Corrections Officer Testing Positive for COVID-19 03/19/20 LAS Urges ACS to Ensure Children in ACS Custody Have Technology to Access Family, Services 03/18/20 LAS Statement Responding to Reports of Positive COVID-19 Tests in New York City Jails 03/18/20 LAS Calls to Fire Officers in Marijuana Planting Scheme at Routine Traffic Stop 03/18/20 Immigrants in NJ Detention Organize Hunger Strike; NYIFUP Condemns Jail Conditions 03/18/20 NYC DOI Halts City Marshalls From Commencing Evictions Indefinitely 03/17/20 LAS Calls for Release of All Held at Rikers on Parole Violations, Use of Video Conferencing 03/16/20 LAS Calls for Immediate Moratorium on NYPD Arrests 03/16/20 NYC Defenders Call for Hearing on NYPD’s Manipulation of Stats to Undermine Bail Reform 03/15/20 Statement On First Confirmed COVID-19 Case Among NYC Department Of Correction Staff 03/15/20 LAS Statement on OCA Housing and Civil Court Closures Amid COVID-19 Crisis 03/15/20 Joint Defender Statement Condemning Gov. Cuomo’s Attempt to Roll Back New Bail Laws 03/15/20 Civil Legal Services Providers Call on Albany, City Hall to Stay Evictions 03/13/20 NYIFUP Demands ICE Release Immigrants in Local Jails and Halt All Arrests 03/13/20 Incarcerated Clients Report Absence of Basic Measures to Prevent the Spread Of COVID19 03/13/20 Emery Celli, Legal Aid File Lawsuit on Behalf of Client who was Illegally Shackled During Labor 03/12/20 Joint Defender Statement on Immediate Release of Vulnerable Incarcerated New Yorkers 03/12/20 Despite Over $340 Million in Revenue Corcraft Continues to Pay Pennies on the Dollar 03/09/20 LAS Condemns Governor for Exploiting Incarcerated New Yorkers to Produce Hand Sanitizer 03/09/20 LAS Calls on BOC to Address Plans to Protect Incarcerated From Potential COVID-19 Spread 03/09/20 NYIFUP Demands Answers from ICE on How Detention Centers Will Respond to Coronavirus 03/06/20 FOIL Disclosure Reveals Tens of Thousands of NYCHA Residents Suffered Outages 03/05/20 Joint Defender Statement on Citywide Decrease In Docketed Cases of Grand Larceny Auto 03/03/20 Joint Defender Statement Ahead of NYPD Monthly Crime Briefing 03/02/20 LAS Releases 2019 List Of NYPD Police Officers Most Frequently Sued For Alleged Misconduct 03/02/20 LAS Announces Class Action Settlement in Landmark Homeless Youth Lawsuit
February 2020
02/27/20 Advisory: Immigrant Rights Advocates Urge Court to Block Latest “Public Charge” Rules 02/26/20 Statewide Criminal Defense Organizations Set The Record Straight On Bail Reform Fact Sheet 02/25/20 Advisory: Statewide Criminal Defense Organizations Set the Record Straight on Bail Reform 02/24/20 New Edition of Public Charge Screening Tool for Community-Based Advocates Now Available 02/20/20 LAS Statement on NYPD Proposal to Amend DNA Collection, Storage Practices 02/20/20 Assemblymember Pichardo, LAS and More Call on City to Save Rent-Stabilized Building 02/19/20 Advocates, Tenants to Call on City to Save Deteriorating Rent-Stabilized Building in the Bronx 02/14/20 LAS Statement on New Trump Decision to Deploy BORTAC to Sanctuary Cities 02/12/20 Legal Aid, Cleary Gottlieb in Court to Continue Fighting Against ICE Courthouse Arrests 02/12/20 Statement on NYS Senate Majority Proposal to Roll Back Bail Reform 02/11/20 Executed Evictions Continue to Plunge Since Rent Laws Enacted in June/Right to Council 02/10/20 Legal Aid Decries 22 Percent Spike In Racially Biased Stop-And-Frisk Procedures 02/07/20 NYPD Data Reaffirms Need For Albany to Enact the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act 02/06/20 Joint Statement on Misinformation by Law Enforcement Regarding Nassau County Tragedy 02/06/20 NY Leaders Demand Passage of “Good Cause” Eviction Legislation in New Video 02/05/20 LAS Statement on NYS DOS Guidance Which Will Require Landlords to Pay Broker Fees 02/05/20 LAS & Weil, Gotshal & Manges Secure Due Process in Hearings for Domestic Violence Survivors 02/04/20 LAS Statement on NYPD Monthly Crime Briefing 02/03/20 Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Advocates Call on Albany to Combat NYS Housing Crisis 02/02/20 Council Speaker, Advocates and Tenants to Call On Albany to Fund Public Housing
January 2020
01/31/20 New Yorkers Filed Roughly 1,400 Lawsuits Against The NYPD For Alleged Misconduct in 2019 01/28/20 LAS Statement on Prosecutorial Misconduct Commission Court Ruling 01/28/20 NYCHA Residents Filed Almost 32,000 Work Orders To Address Mildew Complaints 01/27/20 Attorneys Condemn Supreme Court Ruling Temporarily Allowing “Public Charge” Rule 01/23/20 LAS Applauds Governor for Condemning Requirement That Judges Predict Future Crimes 01/22/20 Motion Filed in U.S. Supreme Court to Continue Blocking “Public Charge” Immigration Rule 01/22/20 NYS Appeals Court Reverses City’s Motion To Dismiss NYCHA Rent Abatement Case 01/22/20 Immigrant Rights Advocates File Petition to Block Three Interrelated “Public Charge” Rules 01/21/20 LAS Statement on Statement on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 2020 Budget Address 01/21/20 LAS Statement in Response to NYPD Whistleblower Letter on “Subway Diversion Program” 01/21/20 Housing Maintenance Violations Decrease Following Historic Rent Reforms 01/15/20 NYCHA Residents Have Filed Over 130k Heat/Hot Water Outage Complaints this Season 01/14/20 NYC Defenders Applaud Speaker Heastie’s Support of Pretrial Reforms 01/14/20 Response to Trump’s “Desperate” Appeal to Lift Order Blocking “Public Charge” Rule 01/13/20 NYCHA Residents Filed Nearly 60k Insect Complaints in Nine Months Data File .xls 01/10/20 LAS Applauds Newly Adopted Reforms to NYS Juvenile Parole System 01/09/20 Joint Statement on State of the State, Defenders Urge Criminal Justice Reforms 01/08/20 Court Denies Trump Request to Lift Last Remaining Nationwide “Public Charge” Injunction 01/07/20 LAS Statement on Proposal to Ban New Yorkers with Past Conviction from Mass Transit 01/06/20 LAS Statement on NYPD Monthly Crime Briefing 01/06/20 Evictions in NYC Down Over 18% Since Rent Laws Enacted in June 01/02/20 Corey Stoughton Joins LAS as Head of Criminal Defense Special Litigation 01/01/20 Joint Statement from NYC Defenders on First Day of Historic Criminal Justice Reforms
December 2019
12/20/19 LAS Calls on NYCHA to Prevent Heat and Hot Water Outages During Holidays 12/19/19 LAS Statement on City Council Vote to Extend J-51 Tax Credit Program for Landlords 12/19/19 Immigrant Rights Advocates File First Federal Lawsuit to Block “Public Charge” Rules 12/17/19 LAS’s Worker Justice Project Expands to Queens 12/17/19 Statement from Counsel Representing Accused 13-Year-Old in Tessa Majors Case 12/13/19 LAS Hosts 36th Annual Holiday Party for Homeless and Other Vulnerable Children 12/11/19 Advisory: Press Conference and Rally to Announce “Erase the Database NYC” Campaign 12/05/19 LAS Urges Immigrants in Need of Vital Government Benefits to Continue Accessing Them 12/04/19 NYS DOCCS Cancels Warrant for Nicholas Feliciano 12/04/19 LAS Calls on City to Lift Visiting Limitations on Family of Nicholas Feliciano 12/04/19 LAS Statement on Nicholas Feliciano 12/03/19 LAS Praises NYS Attorney General for Supporting Litigation to Secure Rent Abatements 12/02/19 LAS Hosts American Bar Association President Judy Perry Martinez for Staff Visit 12/02/19 Defenders Urge Passage of Key Criminal Justice Reforms
November 2019
11/27/19 LAS Statement on Queens DA’s List of NYPD Officers with Adverse Credibility Findings 11/22/19 LAS Announces Jerome Greco as Supervising Attorney for Digital Forensics Unit 11/20/19 LAS Statement on Transgender Day of Remembrance 11/18/19 Data From NYPD Report Reaffirms Need for Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act 11/15/19 LAS Statement in Response to Staten Island Press Conference on Bail Reform 11/13/19 LAS Secures Destruction of Illegal Juvenile Fingerprint Database 11/12/19 LAS Calls on Bronx DA to Dismiss Charges Against Client Destin Burgess 11/06/19 Joint Statement on Trump’s False Dog-Whistle on People in Pre-Trial Detention 11/06/19 LAS Calls on DA-Elect Katz to Fulfill Campaign Promises 11/04/19 LAS Statement on NYPD Commissioner O’Neill Retirement, Appointment of Chief Shea
October 2019
10/30/19 LAS Statement on NYC BOC Proposed Rules to Regulate Housing Units at City Jails 10/29/19 LAS, Exonerated Five, Innocence Project, More Announce Reforms to Criminal Justice System 10/29/19 LAS Wins Case Upholding Right to Challenge Unfairly Inflated Misdemeanor Charges 10/29/19 LAS Honors Key Partners at 2019 Pro Bono Publico Awards Ceremony 10/28/19 LAS Statement on Latest Nunez Independent Federal Monitor Report 10/28/19 LAS Demands Vacatur for Michael Robinson, Client Exonerated by DNA Test 10/23/19 LAS Welcomes Fall 2019 Criminal Defense Practice Class 10/22/19 LAS Wins Appeals Reversal on Overcharge Case Involving Mailbox Fishing 10/22/19 LAS Statement on Delayed Vote Concerning Rules on Isolated Housing at Local Jails 10/21/19 LAS Wins Stay for Client with Terminal Cancer in NYCHA Eviction Case 10/21/19 LAS Calls for End to OCME DNA Index After Wrongful Arrest 10/17/19 LAS Urges Comprehensive Change to Treatment of People in Solitary and Lock Down 10/17/19 NYC Defenders Joint Statement on Rikers Island 10/16/19 Housing Justice for All Launches 2020 NYS Legislative Campaign With Statewide Day of Action 10/15/19 LAS Urges Immigrants in Need of Public Assistance Benefits to Continue Seeking Benefits 10/11/19 Judge Blocks “Public Charge” Immigration Rule From Going Into Effect 10/11/19 LAS Files Suit Against NYPD Officer Who Tased, Used Banned Chokehold on Client 10/10/19 LAS Launches Newly Redesigned Website to Better Serve Clients 10/09/19 LAS Calls on NYCHA to Terminate Eviction Proceedings Against Client with Cancer 10/08/19 LAS Calls on Albany to Enact Automatic Expungement Legislation 10/07/19 Immigrant Rights Groups in Court to Halt Public Charge Rule 10/06/19 LAS Statement on Trump’s Suspension of Immigrant Entry on Premise of Healthcare 10/05/19 Hundreds of Immigrant Youth at Risk of Deportation Due to Government Failure 10/04/19 LAS Praises Ruling That Highlights Flawed In-House DNA Software 10/03/19 LAS Lauds Court Decision in Ciaramella et al v. Zucker 10/03/19 LAS & Davis Polk Move to Exonerate Client Wrongfully Incarcerated for 26 Years 10/01/19 LAS Statement on Raise the Age Phase II Implementation 10/01/19 LAS Calls for Fast-Tracking of Capital Funding for NYCHA Utility Needs
September 2019
09/25/19 LAS Statement on Proposal Aimed at Simplifying New York Court System 09/25/19 LAS, AG James and DA Gonzalez Seek to Halt ICE Arrests in Courthouses 09/24/19 Ahead of Hearing, Plan Requiring Working Homeless to Save 30% of Earnings Critiqued 09/23/19 Court Grants Motion to Intervene Allowing NYS Tenants to Join Baseless Lawsuit 09/18/19 LAS Statement on Gregory Edwards, Staten Islander who was Shot and Killed by NYPD 09/16/19 LAS Decries City’s Failure to Comply with Disclosure Laws on Alleged NYPD Misconduct 09/12/19 NYC Community Groups Ask Judge to Halt “Public Charge” Immigration Rule 09/10/19 LAS Urges BOC to Deny Use of “Separation Status” at City Jails 09/09/19 NYIFUP Joint Statement on Opening of a New Immigration Court 09/09/19 LAS, Partners File Motion to Protect Housing Reforms 09/07/19 LAS Statement on Raise the Age Implementation Progress Report 09/05/19 LAS, Willkie File Appeal Against NYCHA Over Rent Rebates 09/03/19 LAS Secures $285,000 Settlement for Client’s Unpaid Wages
August 2019
08/29/19 LAS Statement on NYPD Reinstating Officer Darryl Schwartz 08/27/19 NYC Community Groups File “Public Charge” Lawsuit Over Trump Immigration Rule 08/27/19 Eric Garner’s Family and Police Accountability Advocates File for Judicial Inquiry 08/26/19 LAS Calls on DAs to Review All Cases Involving Disgraced NYPD Officer Darryl Schwartz 08/23/19 LAS Decries New Solitary Confinement Practice Implemented in City Jails 08/19/19 LAS Statement on NYPD Firing of Daniel Pantaleo 08/19/19 LAS Statement on New NYPD ICE Detainer Statistics 08/15/19 FOIL: OCME DNA Database Grows by 19,000 Samples in Two Years 08/12/19 Class Action Seals Hundreds of Old Marijuana Possession Convictions 08/12/19 LAS FOIL Disclosure on NYCHA Unplanned Heat/Hot Water Outages 08/12/19 LAS Statement on Trump Administration’s New Public Charge Regulations 08/09/19 LAS Statement on NYPD Disproportionately Targeting People of Color for Fare Evasion 08/08/19 LAS Statement on Attempted ICE Raid at WIN Homeless Shelter in East New York 08/02/19 LAS Calls for Firing of NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo
July 2019
07/31/19 LAS Statement on Legislation to Make Splashing Police Officers with Water a Felony 07/31/19 LAS Statement on the Biannual Report of Civil Allegations Against NYPD 07/30/19 LAS Statement on Layleen Polanco 07/29/19 LAS Statement on NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo Enacting Marijuana Decriminalization 07/27/19 LAS Calls on City to Provide Cold Water, Ice, Cooling to Protect Incarcerated New Yorkers 07/25/19 LAS Statement on NYPD Water Splashing Policy Memo 07/24/19 LAS Statement on Trump Policy to Fast-Track Deportations for Undocumented Immigrants 07/22/19 LAS Announces $13.1 Million Public Assistance Class Action Settlement 07/19/19 LAS Lauds Ruling Streamlining Custody Process for Children with Out of State Relatives 07/17/19 LAS Statement on Newly Discovered DNA Evidence in Michael Robinson Case