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Legal Services NYC Bargaining Updates
Below are updates on contract negotiations between Legal Services NYC and LSSA 2320 (Legal Services Staff Association) beginning October 8, 2024 to bargain a successor agreement to the 2021-2024 agreement. October 8, 2024 In advance of this session, the first in…
Legal Services NYC Bargaining Updates
Below are updates on contract negotiations between Legal Services NYC and LSSA 2320 (Legal Services Staff Association) beginning October 8, 2024 to bargain a successor agreement to the 2021-2024 agreement. October 8, 2024 In advance of this session, the first in…
Statement from Legal Services NYC on the Erasure of Transgender and Queer from the Stonewall National Monument Website
New York, NY – In their latest attack against transgender and non-binary communities, the Trump Administration, through the National Park Service, removed references to transgender and queer individuals from the Stonewall National Monument website. The move follows a series of attacks…
Statement from Legal Services NYC on Mayor Eric Adams’ Updated ICE Policy
After Mayor Adams’ Office issued alarming guidance to migrant shelter staffers and other city employees telling them to let ICE officers in if they felt “reasonably threatened,” the administration previewed new guidance this week omitting the controversial language that sent widespread…
Legal Services NYC Requires NYC Department of Education to Provide Language Access to Non-English Speaking Residents in Recent Settlement
Legal Services NYC announced today a settlement with the New York City Department of Education (DOE) requiring the nation’s largest school system to address critical gaps in language access for families with limited English proficiency (LEP). The settlement is the result…
Statement from Legal Services NYC on the Passage of the Laken Riley Act
New York, NY – Today, President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law, a bill that directs immigration authorities to detain and deport immigrants who lack legal status and who are accused (not convicted of) certain crimes, including misdemeanor offenses…
NYC’s Leading Civil Legal Service Providers Submit Joint Testimony Ahead of NYC Office of Civil Justice’s Hearing on Programs to Provide Universal Access to Legal Services for Tenants Facing Eviction
The Legal Aid Society, BronxWorks, The Bronx Defenders, Brooklyn Legal ServicesCorporation A, CAMBA Legal Services, Housing Conservation Coordinators, Legal Services NYC, Mobilization for Justice, Neighborhood Association for Inter-Cultural Affairs, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, New York Legal Assistance Group, and NMIC…
Statement from the Homeowner Protection Coalition on Governor Hochul’s 2025 State of the State Address
New York, NY – Homeownership is critical to building equity, stabilizing neighborhoods and strengthening communities across New York State and Governor Hochul has made important commitments to support homeowners. But more is needed to address the scale of our affordability crisis…
In Response to Mayor Eric Adams’ State of the City Address, New York’s Leading Civil Legal Service Providers Call on City Hall to Correct City’s Fraught Contract and Payment Process
Longstanding Payment Issues Continue to Jeopardize New Yorkers’ Access to Critical Housing and Immigration Representation (NEW YORK, NY) – Legal Services NYC, The Legal Aid Society, The Bronx Defenders, New York Legal Assistance Group, The Children’s Law Center, Lawyers For Children,…
Homeowner Protection Program (HOPP) Releases Statement in Response to Gov. Hochul’s Veto of Program’s Codification Bill
Below is a statement from the Homeowner Protection Program (HOPP) in response to Governor Kathy Hochul’s veto of SS7297A/A7636A, a bill sponsored by State Sen. Brian Kavanagh and Assemblymember Michaelle Solages, that would have enshrined HOPP into state law: “The 92…
New Report: NYCHA Traps Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Danger by Delaying Emergency Transfers
New York, NY – NYCHA is putting survivors of gender-based violence lives at risk by making them wait years for emergency transfers, trapping them and their children in dangerous environments or forcing them into homeless shelters to wait for a transfer,…
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