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 @NYGovCuomo eventually rescinded it indefinitely.http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/care-packages-inmates-afford-article-1.3751038 …
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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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