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NYC’s Leading Legal Service Providers Urge City to Correct Contract Payment...

City’s Fraught Contracting Process is Pushing Non-Profits to the Brink of Collapse (NEW YORK, NY) – The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A, NMIC, the New York Legal Assistance...

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City Council & Public Advocate File Lawsuit and PA, Council Members &...

Challenging the Mayor’s Illegal Executive Orders and With People Continuing to Suffer in Solitary Confinement, the Lawsuit and Rally Participants Urge DOC to Utilize Alternatives Proven to Reduce...

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New York City Public Defenders File Amicus Brief in Support of the New York...

(New York, NY) The Bronx Defenders, Brooklyn Defender Services, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, New York County Defender Services, and Queens Defenders, represented by pro bono counsel Selendy...

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In Response to Mayor Eric Adams’ State of the City Address, New York’s...

Longstanding Payment Issues Continue to Jeopardize New Yorkers’ Access to Critical Housing and Immigration Representation (NEW YORK, NY) – The Legal Aid Society, Legal Services NYC, The Bronx...

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Exonerees, Impacted New Yorkers, Public Defenders, and Advocates Launch the...

Albany Must Reject Efforts to Revert New York’s Discovery Laws to an Era that Fueled Mass Incarceration, Drove Wrongful Convictions, and Delayed Cases   Instead of Rollbacks, Lawmakers Must Focus on...

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The Bronx Defenders Responds to Governor Hochul’s 2025 State of the State...

Bronx, NY – Today, The Bronx Defenders – which represents nearly 20,000 people each year in criminal, civil, family, and immigration courts in the Bronx – issued the following statement in response to...

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The Governor is Wrong: Evidence Sharing Does Not Drive Recidivism, and...

Bronx, NY – In response to the Governor’s press conference today on her proposal to repeal New York’s evidence sharing laws, The Bronx Defenders issued the following statement: “The Governor claims her...

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Ahead of Critical State Budget Hearing, Discovery Alliance to Legislators:...

Statewide Coalition Urges Legislature to Reject Governor’s Proposal to Repeal Discovery Law in the Next Fiscal Budget New York, NY – On Thursday, February 13, 2025, the New York State Legislature will...

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A Decade After Kicking ICE Off Rikers, Mayor Adams Is Reopening the Door to...

Bronx, NY – Yesterday, Mayor Eric Adams, after meeting with Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan to discuss immigration enforcement in New York City, announced an Executive Order to allow ICE to return to...

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The Bronx Defenders Condemns Illegal Move to Suspend HALT Law

(New York) – On Wednesday, the same day that prosecutors unsealed indictments against the correction officers who brutally murdered Robert Brooks, New York State Department of Correction and Community...

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