Press Room
For press inquiries, contact:
Pat Bath
Communications Director
The Legal Aid Society
pbath@legal-aid.org
212-577-3346
Redmond J. Haskins
Deputy Communications Director
The Legal Aid Society
rhaskins@legal-aid.org
929-441-2384
Current Press Releases and Statements:
October 2019
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