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LAS: Monitor Report Reaffirms Need for Independent Leadership at City Jails

Despite claims of progress, the use of force continues against incarcerated New Yorkers and serious staffing issues plague the Department of Correction.
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LAS in the News 04.21.23

We have an intrinsic connection to the daily lives of New Yorkers. Here are a few of the places we made a difference, provided context or added valuable perspective this week.
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LAS: Audit Makes Strong Case to Abolish NYPD Gang Database

A new report confirms what advocates have long known: the database is overtly racist, procedurally indefensible, and makes little to no contribution to public safety.
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LAS in the News 04.14.23

We have an intrinsic connection to the daily lives of New Yorkers. Here are a few of the places we made a difference, provided context or added valuable perspective this week.
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Connie Park Joins LAS as Chief Human Resources Officer

Park will lead a team dedicated to retaining, recruiting, and supporting the people who deliver on the mission for justice in every borough.
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LAS: NYS Legislatures Must Defend Discovery Reform

Legal Aid is calling on lawmakers to reject a last-minute proposal to undo New York’s transformative and successful evidence sharing laws that were enacted in 2019.
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LAS Decries NYPD’s Latest Surveillance Overreach

The Mayor and the NYPD have reintroduced their controversial robot canine and unveiled new surveillance measures without adequate input from the community.
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City’s Landmark Eviction Defense Program in Dire Need of More Funding

Right to Counsel providers have launched a City funding campaign to ensure that low-income New Yorkers facing eviction have access to an attorney.
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LAS in the News 04.07.23

We have an intrinsic connection to the daily lives of New Yorkers. Here are a few of the places we made a difference, provided context or added valuable perspective this week.
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LAS Sues City for Illegally Terminating Low-Income New Yorkers’ Rental Vouchers

Thousands of families are at needless risk of eviction and homelessness due to New York City's failure to sustain FHEPS and CityFHEPS rent subsidies.
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