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What You Need to Know About Foreclosure “Rescue” Scams

Foreclosure rescue and loan modification scams are on the rise. They target and exploit home owners with false promises to reduce or even eliminate mortgage payments, repaid their credit or trick homeowners into signing over...
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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...
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Events

The Fight For Trans+ Lives in Our Prisons and Jails

The Legal Aid Society’s LGBTQ+ Law and Policy Unit will host a virtual event on November 16th to raise awareness of the inhumane and life-threatening treatment of the trans+ community in the criminal law system.
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News

Twyla Carter: Movement Lawyering Requires Engaging Those Who Don’t Agree

Carter has written a "Wish I'd Known" column for the American Bar Association's Student Lawyer magazine.
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What You Need to Know About Right to Shelter As a Single Adult or Adult Family New Arrival

If you are a single adult New Arrival or part of an adult family of New Arrivals, you have a right to shelter in New York City if you have no other safe place to...
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New York State Enacts Comprehensive Criminal Discovery Reform

As part of a transformative criminal justice reform package included in the New York State budget, Governor Cuomo signed into law a complete overhaul of New York’s Discovery law, often referred to as the “Blindfold Law.”
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What You Need to Know About Addressing Bad Shelter Conditions

You have the right to a clean and sanitary shelter unit, which means the unit should be in good repair and not have a problem with mice, rats, or bugs.
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What You Need to Know About Unemployment Insurance

Unemployment insurance is an assistance program for temporarily unemployed workers run by the New York State Department of Labor. You do not have to be a U.S. citizen or hold a Green Card to qualify...
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News

LAS, Attorney General and District Attorney Sue to Halt ICE Arrests in Courthouses

Two separate lawsuits filed against Immigration and Customs Enforcement challenge the legality of the agency’s practice of making civil immigration arrests without a judicial warrant or court order in and around New York State courthouses.
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LAS Mourns Michael Nieves, 13th New Yorker to Pass in DOC Custody This Year

Reports that uniformed correction officers stood idly and watched Mr. Nieves end his life are infuriating and heartbreaking, but not surprising.
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