Call 212-577-3300

Projects, Units & Initiatives

Showing -2 — -4 of 43.

Projects, Units, Initiatives

Juvenile Rights Practice Special Litigation and Law Reform Unit

The Juvenile Rights Special Litigation and Law Reform Unit (SLLRU) addresses systemic issues affecting children in the child welfare and juvenile legal systems through impact litigation in State and federal courts, as well as policy...

Projects, Units, Initiatives

Juvenile Rights Practice Trial Offices

Our five trial offices represent 90% of children and youth in New York City’s Family Courts. Inter-disciplinary teams of attorneys, social workers, and other professionals deliver a client-driven model of advocacy in neglect, abuse, juvenile...

Projects, Units, Initiatives

LGBTQ+ Law and Policy Unit

The LGBTQ+ Law and Policy Unit seeks to create, support, and sustain affirming and safer spaces, practices and policies for LGBTQ+ clients within the organization and throughout New York City and New York State. Unit...

Projects, Units, Initiatives

Low Income Taxpayer Clinic

The Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) provides direct legal services to taxpayers who have personal income tax disputes with the Internal Revenue Service or the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance. Our work...

Projects, Units, Initiatives

MICA Project

Since 2002, the Legal Aid Society’s Enhanced-Defense MICA Project has provided legal and community support services to some of the most vulnerable defendants in New York City’s criminal justice system (CJS). These individuals, struggling to...

Projects, Units, Initiatives

Parole Revocation Defense Unit

For thousands of low-income New Yorkers who have been detained at Rikers Island after being accused of violating state parole and post-release supervision, the Legal Aid Society stands alone in its knowledge, abilities and commitment...

Projects, Units, Initiatives

Public Housing Unit

The Public Housing Unit (PHU) continues to build on the decades-long work that The Legal Aid Society has been doing throughout the five boroughs on behalf of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) public housing...

Projects, Units, Initiatives

The Cop Accountability Project

The Cop Accountability Project (CAP) of the Criminal Defense Practice’s Law Reform and Special Litigation Unit empowers organizations and communities across New York City to hold police accountable for human rights violations. CAP focuses on...

Projects, Units, Initiatives

The Prisoners’ Rights Project

The Prisoners’ Rights Project is a leading advocate of humane and constitutional conditions in the New York City jails and State prisons. The Project seeks to dismantle the oppression and racism of the carceral system...

Projects, Units, Initiatives

The Women’s Pretrial Release Initiative

In the fall of 2017, The Legal Aid Society launched The Women’s Pretrial Release Initiative (The Initiative). The Initiative is devoted to securing the release of women who are detained pretrial in New York City...