Politics Legal Aid Society calls for freeze on rent stabilization adjustments ahead of preliminary vote by the Rent Guidelines Board Posted on May 5, 2022
Health NYC’s Legal Aid Society reminds vulnerable tenants to apply for funding before the statewide eviction ban ends Posted on January 12, 2022
Coronavirus COVID-19 surge in New York City jails leads to pause on all in-person visits Posted on December 22, 2021
Police & Fire Violence down in NYC jails, Corrections Department says — but justice advocates say improvements are minimal at best Posted on December 6, 2021
Politics Emergency plan aims to help inmates, NYC ‘get the hell’ off Rikers Island: de Blasio Posted on September 14, 2021
Police & Fire Study finds that NYPD’s stop-and-frisks in 2020 were 91% people of color Posted on June 10, 2021
Lower Manhattan Formerly incarcerated push back against DOC plan to hire 400 more officers Posted on May 13, 2021
Education DOE needs an office solely for students in foster care, advocates say Posted on May 5, 2021
Manhattan NYPD settles suit with Manhattan woman whom they shackled during and after she gave birth to child Posted on April 22, 2021
Coronavirus ‘Guilty on all counts’: Chauvin verdict brings precarious sense of justice to New Yorkers Posted on April 20, 2021
Coronavirus People of color made up 94% of marijuana arrests by NYPD in 2020, data and Legal Aid says Posted on March 10, 2021
Coronavirus New York prisons and jails remain COVID-19 death traps, advocates say Posted on December 14, 2020
Education Advocates sue city for failing to provide homeless students with access to remote learning Posted on November 24, 2020
Police & Fire Mayor, NYPD sued by protesters arrested and assaulted during George Floyd protests Posted on October 26, 2020
News City failed to hold Corrections responsible for Rikers Island brutality, monitor’s report finds Posted on October 26, 2020
Coronavirus Eviction ban in New York to be extended for rest of 2020, but rent crisis still unresolved Posted on September 28, 2020
Coronavirus Cuomo zeroes in on COVID-19 spikes in Brooklyn and Queens while looking long-term at crisis Posted on September 28, 2020
News City to remove homeless from Lucerne Hotel at behest of Upper West Side ‘NIMBYism’ Posted on September 9, 2020
Coronavirus Legal Aid data shows COVID-19 enforcement impacting mostly minority groups Posted on May 21, 2020
Police & Fire Legal Aid Society dubious of new NYPD facial recognition provision Posted on March 15, 2020
Real Estate Bronx tenants demand foreclosure as last resort to combat mold and safety violations Posted on February 21, 2020
Politics New York City legal aid lawyers seek to stop ICE arrests at courthouses Posted on February 12, 2020
Politics After Cuomo omits public housing funds from budget, advocates speak out Posted on February 3, 2020
Bronx Nearly 32,000 mildew complaints filed by NYCHA tenants in 9 months: report Posted on January 28, 2020
Health Data shows that nearly 60,000 bug complaints were sent to NYCHA in 2019 Posted on January 14, 2020
Chinatown Alleged Chinatown killer faces murder charges after deadly rampage on six homeless men: DA Vance Posted on October 28, 2019
Chinatown Alleged Chinatown killer faces murder charges after deadly rampage on six homeless men: DA Vance Posted on October 28, 2019