The Legal Aid SocietyVerifizierter Account

Last October, we launched @CaseClosedNYC - an initiative to help New Yorkers seal dated convictions to prevent against employment discrimination. The @nytimes covered our efforts in this July feature:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/04/nyregion/criminal-conviction-records-sealed.html …

Our #TenantsRightsCoalition serves New Yorkers in every borough, and we're helping more tenants thanks to recent #RightToCounsel legislation. Here is a story from July on a case filed by our Brooklyn TRC unithttp://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-brooklyn-landlord-bushwick-housing-violations-20180704-story.html …

We represented over 70 children who were separated from their parents at the southern border by Trump's "zero tolerance' policy. This lawsuit afforded us more time to work with clients and their families to better plan for reunification.https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2018/07/17/legal-aid-wins-restraining-order-against-ice-for-separated-kids-513865 …

Here's coverage of a class-action lawsuit we filed against NYS over Medicaid's categorical ban on dental implants and limits on replacement dentures. This suit is also pending.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/nyregion/nyc-medicaid-low-income-ban.html …

We stayed the imminent deportation of a father of two and longtime New York City cab driver just hours ahead of his expected removal to Ecuador.http://gothamist.com/2018/08/17/judge_halts_deportation_queens_cab_driver.php …

More from the @NewYorker on our Rikers re-enfranchise drive. Cc: @CommJusticeLAS @Posada_Ant33https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/09/03/voter-registration-day-at-rikers-island …

After the federal government started arbitrarily denying fee waiver requests from low-income immigrants, including those fleeing domestic violence, we launched a @gofundme drive and raised almost $15,000 to help families in need.http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-legal-aid-immigration-fundraiser-20180906-story.html …