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    Chief Administrative Judge Issues Statewide Moratorium on Eviction Proceedings in Wake of Corona Crisis

    Coronavirus  •  Statewide

    NYS Unified Court System Logo Image Credit: NY Courts

    REBNY, Legal Aid and all parties united against evictions during Corona outbreak. On March 15, 2020, the New York State Court System issued an indefinite moratorium on eviction proceedings, effectively allowing many people and families throughout the state to stay in their homes and off the streets or in shelters. Tenant advocates and numerous elected officials argued housing insecurity and homelessness will only exacerbate the COVID-19 threat. The proceedings which a New York City Housing Court might now hear, will be limited to landlord lockouts, serious housing code violations and repair orders. Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks’ memorandum also limits other types of “non-essential” proceedings to assure the operation of the courts in the safest possible manner for the public and court employees.

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    Tags : Corona Virus, coronavirus, COVID-19, Housing Justice for All, Janet Sabel, Legal Aid Society, NYS Courts, REBNY, State Courts
    Date:03/19/2020
    Category : Housing Court
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    COMPLETE VIDEO: 166th CityLaw Breakfast with Janet Sabel, CEO, The Legal Aid Society

    CityLaw Breakfast  •  New York Law School

    CEO and Attorney-in Chief of Legal Aid Janet Sabel speaking at the 166th CityLaw Breakfast

    On Friday, February 14, 2020, Legal Aid Society CEO, Janet Sabel, spoke at the 166th CityLaw Breakfast at New York Law School. Ms. Sabel was introduced by New York Law School Professor Alvin Bragg. Professor Ross Sandler, Director of the Center for New York City Law and Dean Anthony W. Crowell gave opening remarks. This Breakfast was sponsored by ConEdison, GreenbergTraurig, and Verizon. The Impact Center for Public Interest Law also co-sponsored the event. Attorney-in-chief Sabel spoke on “Working Towards Justice One Case at a Time.”

     

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    Tags : 166th CityLaw Breakfast, Center for New York City Law, CityLaw Breakfast, Janet Sabel, Legal Aid Society, New York Law School
    Date:02/14/2020
    Category : Events
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    EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: 166th CityLaw Breakfast with Janel Sabel, Attorney-in-Chief and CEO, The Legal Aid Society

    CityLaw Breakfast  •  New York Law School

    Dean Anthony W. Crowell and

     Professor Ross Sandler, Director 

    cordially invite you to the 166th CityLaw Breakfast

    Featuring Speaker

    Janet Sabel, Attorney-in-Chief and Chief Executive Officer, The Legal Aid Society

    Date

    Friday, February 14, 2020

    Time

    8:15 AM (read more…)

    Tags : 166th CityLaw Breakfast, CityLaw Brealkfast, Impact Center for Public Interest Law, Janet Sabel, Legal Aid Society
    Date:01/20/2020
    Category : Events
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    Herb Sturz: The Legal Aid Society And Criminal Justice

    Cover Article

    Scale of Justice. Image credit: Laobc.

    The Legal Aid Society’s Annual Gala brought more than 800 people to Cipriani’s on 42nd Street in Manhattan on May 10, 2018. At the end of the evening the Legal Aid Society bestowed its Servant of Justice Award on Richard Davis, the chair of the Legal Aid Society and a longtime member of its Board, and on Herb Sturz. (read more…)

    Tags : Bail, Legal Aid, Legal Aid Society, Prison, prison reform movement, Rikers Island
    Date:07/03/2018
    Category : CityLaw
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    Prison Reform: The Monitor’s First Report in the Nunez Case

    Cover Article by Ross Sandler & David Schoenbrod
    Prison Reform

    Image Credit: CityLaw

    Recently the City got some good news about Rikers Island, a change from the bad news of recent years. On August 2, 2016, Mayor Bill de Blasio, together with Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte, announced that for the first six months of 2016 the frequencies with which staff used serious force on inmates and inmates seriously assaulted staff dropped by nearly half over the past year. Overall uses of force and assault numbers were also down over 2015, but not by as much. The mayor trumpeted the improvement although the frequency of the use of force and assaults in 2016 remained far higher than had been experienced from 2011 to 2014. Still, the improvement in 2016 over 2015, the most violent year, was a welcome step in the right direction.

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    Tags : Department of Correction, Ed Koch, Legal Aid Society, Nunez, Rikers Island
    Date:09/14/2016
    Category : CityLaw
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    City Relying on 1962 State Law to Combat Irresponsible Landlords

    Public Housing Assistance  •  Citywide
    From left to right: Don Schacknai, First Deputy Commissioner of HPD, Miguilania Rincon, tenant, Mayor de Blasio, Public Advocate James, Commissioner Steven Banks, HRA/DSS, Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez. Image Credit: Anna Bower.

    From left to right: Don Schacknai, First Deputy Commissioner of HPD, Miguilania Rincon, tenant, Mayor de Blasio, Public Advocate James, Commissioner Steven Banks, HRA/DSS, Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez. Image Credit: Anna Bower.

    City forces eight landlords to fix building code violations in twelve buildings by threatening to stop paying rent for tenants on public assistance. On May 26, 2016, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Public Advocate Letitia James announced the use of the 1962 New York State Spiegel Law as a tool to compel landlords to fix violations for tenants receiving public assistance. Landlords who do not complete repairs quickly will lose out on rent payments. (read more…)

    Tags : Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Edward Josephson, Human Resources Administration, Judith Goldiner, Legal Aid Society, Legal Services NYC, Mayor Bill de Blasio, NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, Spiegel Law, Steven Banks, Urban Justice Center, Vicki Been
    Date:06/02/2016
    Category : Office of the Mayor
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