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Current Press Releases and Statements:

December

12/11/24 LAS Ask Court to Hold Department of Correction in Contempt
12/11/24 LAS Calls on Landlords to Expedite Reconstruction on Collapsed Building
12/10/24 LAS Statement on Plan to Close Emergency Relief Center at Floyd Bennett Field
12/04/24 Letter Demands Student Loan Aid for Attorneys Serving the Public Interest
12/03/24 LAS Calls on Governor to Sign Legislation to Allow E-Filing in More NY Courts

November

11/27/24 LAS Secure Court Ruling Finding New York City in Contempt
11/26/24 LAS Responds to Mayor’s Comments on City’s Broken Contracting and Payment Process
11/25/24 LAS Statement Protections Included for Tenants in the “City for All” Plan
11/25/24 LAS Statement on Governor Signing Maintaining Criminal Record Confidentiality Act
11/21/24 LAS Statement on President-Elect Donald Trump’s Plan to Detain and Deport Immigrants
11/20/24 LAS Statement on Contraband Smuggling by Corrections Officers
11/20/24 LAS Statement on Mayor Appointing Jessica Tisch as NYPD Commissioner
11/19/24 Rally to End Child Poverty Brings Hundreds to the NYS Capitol
11/19/24 Advisory: Rally to End Child Poverty at the New York State Capitol 
11/18/24 LAS Calls on Governor to Sign Maintaining Criminal Record Confidentiality Act
11/13/24 LAS Lauds Passage of the FARE Act to Protect Tenants from Broker Fees
11/13/24 Leading Legal Service Providers Urge City to Correct Payment Issues
11/12/24 LAS Secures SCOTUS Order in Final Two Rent Stabilization Law Cases
11/12/24 LAS Urges NYCHA Residents to Vote to Decide the Future of Their Homes
11/01/24 LAS Files Lawsuit on Indiscriminate Use of Handcuffs During Arraignments

October

10/29/24 LAS Statement on Legislation Decriminalizing Jaywalking Becoming Law
10/25/24 LAS Statement on Evolv Employees’ Misconduct During Business Deals
10/24/24 LAS Statement on Report on Impact of Raise the Age and Bail Reform
10/24/24 Youth, Advocates, More Gather in Support of Critical Legislation
10/24/24 LAS Statement on Mayor Adams’ Failed Subway Gun Detection System Pilot
10/22/24 Vote In NYC Jails Coalition Demands Polling Sites in Jails
10/22/24 Advisory: Youth, Parents, Advocates to Gather in Support of Critical Legislation
10/22/24 LAS Honors Key Partners at 2024 Pro Bono Publico Awards Ceremony 
10/22/24 LAS Files Amicus Brief to Defend Against Mistaken Eyewitness Identifications
10/21/24 Advisory: Vote In NYC Jails Coalition to Hold Rally 
10/21/24 LAS Statement Ahead of the City Council’s City of Yes Oversight Hearing
10/09/24 LAS Calls for Sweeping Reforms Ahead of Hearing on NY’s Central Register of Child Abuse
10/08/24 New Lawsuit Seeks to Help Students with School Avoidance Return to Class
10/08/24 LAS Statement on DOC Forcing New Yorkers into Makeshift Solitary Confinement
10/07/24 LAS Condemns NYPD for Chronic Underreporting of Civilian Police Stops
10/04/24 LAS Statement on Probe Into Subway Gun Detection System Contracting Process
10/01/24 LAS Files Appeal to Force Full Implement CityFHEPS Reform and Expansion Laws

September

09/30/24 Advisory: Announcement on Litigation to Implement CityFHEPS Reform Laws
09/27/24 Advisory: LAS To Host its Inaugural East Harlem Law Day
09/27/24 LAS Calls on the NYCC to Pass Bills to Strengthen Protections for TGNCNBI Individuals
09/26/24 LAS Statement on the NYC City Council Passing Legislation to Decriminalize Jaywalking
09/24/24 Civil Rights Organizations Response to Latest Report on NYPD’s Discipline Process
09/24/24 Dalourny Nemorin of LAS Announced as 2024-2025 Obama Foundation Leader
09/23/24 Advisory: Counsel for Plaintiffs to Argue Contempt Motion Against NYC DOC
09/21/24 LAS Statement on Footage of Sunday’s Mass Shooting in Brownsville
09/20/24 Coalition for the Homeless, LAS Unveil Housing Is The Solution Citywide Ad Campaign
09/16/24 LAS Named as Finalist in Robin Hood’s AI Poverty Challenge
09/16/24 LAS Statement on New, Watered-Down NYPD Disciplinary Matrix
09/12/24 LAS Files Lawsuit Against Solar Panel Companies for Deceptive, Predatory Practices
09/10/24 LAS Launches ‘Do NYC Justice’ Campaign
09/05/24 Civil Rights Organizations Condemn NYPD’s Violations of Court-Ordered Reforms

August

08/22/24 LAS Files Lawsuit Against NYPD for Illegally Using Juvenile Records
08/21/24 LAS Statement on Whether New Homes Could be Built on City-Owned Property
08/16/24 LAS Statement Ahead on City’s Planned Encampment Sweep of Randall’s Island
08/14/24 LAS Condemns Recent Calls from Mayor to Rollback NYC’s Sanctuary, Detainer Laws
08/13/24 NCLEJ, LAS Deliver Oral Arguments on Behalf of 24-Hour Homecare Workers
08/12/24 Advisory: NCLEJ, LAS to Deliver Arguments on Behalf of 24-Hour Homecare Workers
08/12/24 Payouts on Settlements Alleging NYPD Misconduct Already Total Over $82 Million
08/08/24 LAS Files Motion to Hold DOC in Contempt for Blocking Access to Medical Care
08/08/24 LAS Statement on DA Vacating 46 Convictions Involving Discredited NYPD Officer
08/06/24 LAS Statement on NYPD’s Latest Unhinged Attack on a Local Journalist
08/02/24 LAS Condemn Mayor’s Temporary Displacement, Search and Seizure of New Arrivals

July

07/29/24 LAS Statement on Mayor Suspending Parts of the New Solitary Confinement Law
07/26/24 LAS, NYCLU Preparing Litigation to Challenge Subway Surveillance Program
07/26/24 LAS, NYCLU Threaten Adams, MTA With Subway ScannerLawsuit
07/24/24 LAS: Adams Administration Continues to Violate the POST Act
07/24/24 LAS Statement on Two Probes into the Death of Charizma Jones
07/23/24 LAS Demands an Immediate Investigation Into the Death of Charizma Jones
07/22/24 LAS Statement in Response to the Resignation Arva Rice
07/18/24 LAS Files Amicus Brief on Police Use of Expired Warrants
07/17/24 LAS Statement on Gun Detection in Select NYC Subway Stations
07/17/24 Bronx Tenants Gather to Demand Immediate Repairs to Deplorable Conditions
07/16/24 LAS Statement on the Passing of Charizma Jones
07/16/24 Advisory: Bronx Tenants Demand Immediate Repairs to Deplorable Conditions
07/16/24 LAS Statement on President’s Proposal to Cap Annual Rent Increases
07/15/24 LAS Fights to Save Three Low-Income New Yorkers From Eviction
07/09/24 Statement from Counsel for Plaintiffs in Nunez v. City of New York
07/08/24 Latest Report Reveals NYC DOC’s Gross Non-Compliance on Rikers
07/02/24 LAS Statement on Legislation to Increase Protections for Tenants Facing Eviction

June

06/28/24 LAS Statement on Temporary Protected Status for Haitians
06/28/24 LAS Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision on Homeless Residents
06/26/24 LAS Continues Mobile Justice Bus Tour in Brooklyn
06/25/24 Advocates Hold Election Day Rally to Demand Polling Site on Rikers Island
06/24/24 Advisory: Rally in Support of Incarcerated New Yorkers’ Access to the Polls
06/18/24 LAS Statement on Biden’s New Protections for Undocumented Spouses
06/17/24 LAS Statement on NYC Rent Guidelines Board’s Vote to Increase Rents
06/17/24 NYIFUP Statement on ICE Severely Restricting Phone Access
06/17/24 LAS Secure $275,000 for Transgender Man Who Suffered Abuses While in Custody
06/17/24 LAS Calls for a Rent Freeze for All Tenants Living in Rent Stabilized Units
06/10/24 NYC Public Defender: Extend Special Pre-Sentencing Arrangements to All New Yorkers 06/07/24 LAS Lauds NY State Legislature for Passing Jury of Our Peers Act
06/07/24 LAS Lauds Passage of Legislation to Reform Commission on Forensic Science
06/06/24 LAS Lauds NYS Senate Passage of No Slavery in New York Act
06/04/24 LAS Continues Mobile Justice Bus Tour to Meet New Yorkers in their Communities
06/04/24 LAS Statement on President’s Action Severely Limiting the Ability to Seek Asylum
06/03/24 LAS and Cornell Law School Win Appellate Court Victory in Keisy G.M v. Decker
06/03/24 13th Forward Coalition Releases Letters from Incarcerated New Yorkers
06/03/24 LAS, ALAA Call on Assembly to Pass Legislation to Increase Student Loan Assistance