#legal-aid-society

#legal-aid-society

Mayor Adams' remarks on sanctuary city laws were condemned as xenophobic and detrimental to protecting law-abiding immigrants.

Mayor Eric Adams reached a deal to modify NYC's "right to shelter" mandate for asylum seekers.

Legal Aid Society advocates for homeless New Yorkers regardless of citizenship, opposing the modification.

Rikers inmate denied medical care while incarcerated, eventually dying shortly after release.

Repeated denial of medical treatment led to the death of an inmate with suspected scarlet fever at Rikers Island.

Free legal resources available through Legal Aid Society's Mobile Justice Bus Tour at NYCHA complexes in Brooklyn.

The Legal Aid Society condemns police conduct at a pro-Palestine march in Bay Ridge, urging the mayor to enforce the terms of the settlement agreement from the Black Lives Matter protests.

The Legal Aid Society and NYCLU reached a $512,000 settlement against NYPD for brutalizing peaceful protesters in 2020.

Brooklyn police officer causes $12 million payouts

Concerns about officers with multiple allegations and large payouts

Maintaining the NYPD costs $29M a day

NYPD misconduct lawsuits have cost $548M since 2018