We've been VERY busy this past year working to advance justice for NYers. So here's a thread w/ some highlights starting w/ our op-ed calling on Albany to scrap a new prohibitive prison care package pilot. @NYGovCuomo eventually rescinded it indefinitely.http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/care-packages-inmates-afford-article-1.3751038 …
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A Brooklyn landlord was trying to drive out Latinx tenants, demanding they prove their legal immigration status and cooking up baseless eviction cases. We sued and won.http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/landlord-harassed-latino-tenants-demanded-immig-info-article-1.3775385 …
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@amNewYork: Sunset Park landlords settle lawsuit alleging discriminating, illegal rent deregulationhttps://www.amny.com/news/sunset-park-landlords-discrimination-1.20221140 …Diesen Thread anzeigen -
We launched a book drive to provide incarcerated clients copies of
@thenewjimcrow and received close to 100 donations. Cc:@DecarcerateNYChttp://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-prisoners-copies-new-jim-crow-article-1.3788808 …Diesen Thread anzeigen -
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@CommJusticeLAS unveiled a campaign to help NYers find out if they've been caught up in the NYPD's overzealous gang database. Cc:@Posada_Ant33http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/legal-aid-dicover-nypd-gang-database-article-1.3803816 …Diesen Thread anzeigen -
Here's a March op-ed from
@TMLuongo and@barryscheck calling for Albany to reform New York's broken criminal discovery statute. We're hoping that we finally get true reform next year.http://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Stop-the-fear-mongering-allow-disclosure-of-12556641.php …Diesen Thread anzeigen -
After increased ICE courthouse arrests targeting our clients, we walked out in protest starting in the Bronx. This received national coverage, and we're currently working on litigation to challenge the practice. Cc:
@alaa2325https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Aboubacar-Dembele-ICE-Immigration-Dreamer-DACA-Public-Defenders-Protest-NYC-473531313.html …Diesen Thread anzeigen -
New York overstepped its power and unilaterally authorized statewide familial search - genetic stop-ask-first - in February. We sued, and that lawsuit is pending as well. We're currently waiting for a decision.http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/legal-aid-lawyers-challenge-n-y-s-familial-dna-testing-article-1.3823989 …
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Here's a story we worked on with the
@nytimes about the#NYPD's "testilying" problem and how officers repeatedly purge themselves without much consequence. Cc:@ContiCookhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/18/nyregion/testilying-police-perjury-new-york.html …Diesen Thread anzeigen -
We held outreach events on the 55th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright, the landmark SCOTUS ruling that guaranteed a person's right to a lawyer.http://www.ny1.com/nyc/queens/news/2018/03/20/55-years-after-supreme-court-decision--legal-aid-society-reminds-residents-of-their-rights- …
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#JudithGoldiner, our housing guru, penned a@nytimes letter calling for more city and state funding to@NYCHA.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/opinion/new-york-city-public-housing.html …Diesen Thread anzeigen
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