LSNYC’s Margaret Becker Receives NYC Bar Public Service Award

The New York City Bar Association last night honored the recipients of the
25th Annual Legal Services Awards, which give recognition to attorneys
and non-attorneys who provide outstanding civil legal assistance to New
York’s poor. Among the honorees was Margaret Becker, Director of LSNYC's Staten Island Disaster Recovery Unit. (Above, Margaret Becker, 4th from left, with LSNYC colleagues)

The Awards were presented at a reception at the Association.
This year’s other recipients were:
Alan Canner, The Legal Aid Society, Harlem Community Law Office;
Bernadette Jentsch, MFY Legal Services;
Liz Markuci, Immigration Project, Volunteers of Legal Service; and
Leander McRae, Preserving Affordable Housing Program, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A
. The Awards were presented by Hon. Jenny Rivera, Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

The Legal Services Awards, which are sponsored by the City Bar’s Committee on Pro Bono and Legal Services and administered by the Legal Services Awards Committee, are endowed by a generous contribution from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation.