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LAS: City Failing to Provide Education for Incarcerated Youth

Legal Aid has filed a motion to appoint a new monitor who will bring the DOC and DOE into compliance with their legally mandated duties.

Advocates Rally to Ensure Access to Voting for Incarcerated New Yorkers

The Vote in NYC Jails Coalition is calling on the NYC Council to hold an immediate oversight hearing on efforts to ensure access to the ballot box.

LAS in the News 03.29.24

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.

LAS in the News 03.22.24

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.

LAS: City Must Restore Funding for Community-Oriented Violence-Prevention

Legal Aid's Community Justice Unit is facing a $1.5M funding cut which would severely undermine its work to reduce gun violence.

Op-Ed: The Harmful Impact of Invasive Child Welfare Investigations

The aggressive and coercive tactics used by the Administration for Children’s Services must be reformed.

LAS: NYPD’s Worst Cost Taxpayers Over $64 Million

Despite racking up double-digit misconduct complaints and millions in payouts, many of these officers are still on the job.

LAS Launches Five Borough Bus Tour

Legal Aid's Community Justice Unit will travel throughout New York City to meet New Yorkers in their communities to provide free legal resources.

Q&A: Sasha Fisher and Sarah Zarba, Women’s Pretrial Release Initiative

Leading Legal Aid’s efforts to get women off Rikers Island is a small but mighty team of two: attorney Sasha and social worker and mitigation specialist Sarah.

LAS in the News 03.15.24

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.