Advocates Launch Driven by Justice Coalition To End Discriminatory Practice...
New York – A partnership of grassroots, economic justice and civil rights organizations, public defenders, and directly impacted people today announced the launch of the Driven by Justice Coalition to...
View ArticleLetter to Mayor de Blasio: Safeguarding Children at the Time of Arrest
February 1, 2019 Dear Mayor de Blasio, We, a diverse group of human service providers, faith-based leaders, and advocates call on the leadership of New York City to immediately adopt a city-wide policy...
View ArticleDefending Dignity Annual Gala
Save The Date! We are thrilled to invite you to Defending Dignity: The Bronx Defenders Annual Gala to be held on Thursday, October 10, 2019 at Tribeca Three Sixty° in New York City. In recognition of...
View ArticleNYC Defenders Call On Albany To Enact Revised Marijuana Regulation and...
May 28, 2019 ***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** NYC DEFENDERS CALL ON ALBANY TO ENACT REVISED MARIJUANA REGULATION AND TAXATION ACT (NEW YORK, NY) – The Legal Aid Society, New York County Defender Services,...
View ArticleNYIFUP Statement On Reporting That Over 200 Individuals Who Were Arrested...
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** May 28, 2019 NYIFUP STATEMENT ON REPORTING THAT OVER 200 INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE ARRESTED CROSSING SOUTHERN BORDER ARE NOW DETAINED AT LOCAL ICE FACILITIES (NEW YORK, NY) – The...
View ArticleGrass is Greener Film Screening
Weed. Marijuana. Grass. Pot. Whatever you prefer to call it, America’s relationship with cannabis is a complicated one. The Bronx Defenders invites you to Grass is Greener Film screening and panel...
View ArticleSarah Deri Oshiro Awarded Association’s Legal Services Award
Sarah Deri Oshiro, our Managing Director of the Immigration Practice, was awarded the Association’s Legal Services Award. She will be receiving her award at the Thirtieth Annual Legal Services Award...
View ArticleRuna Rajagopal Selected As Wasserstein Fellow
Runa Rajagopal, our Managing Director of the Civil Action Practice, was selected as a Wasserstein Fellow -The Program recognizes exemplary lawyers who have distinguished themselves in public interest...
View ArticleBxD Happy Hour
Join The Bronx Defenders for a happy hour to raise support for our Client Emergency Fund which provides assistance to our clients in moments of crisis. Four in ten Americans are unable to cover $400 in...
View ArticleNYC Defender Caseload Analysis: Hundreds Of New Yorkers Are Still Being...
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** NYC DEFENDER CASELOAD ANALYSIS: HUNDREDS OF NEW YORKERS ARE STILL BEING TARGETED FOR MARIJUANA POSSESSION (NEW YORK, NY) – The Bronx Defenders, The Legal Aid Society, New...
View ArticleNYC Defenders Demand True Marijuana Justice, Call Recently Introduced Bill...
June 17, 2019 Contact: Redmond Haskins, The Legal Aid Society (RHaskins@legal-aid.org) Lupe Todd-Medina, New York County Defender Services (Lupe@effectivemediastrategies.com) Jared Chausow, Brooklyn...
View ArticleOn Juneteenth, NYC Defenders Call for Legislature to Deliver Justice to...
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** ON JUNETEENTH, NYC DEFENDERS CALL FOR LEGISLATURE TO DELIVER JUSTICE TO COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY MARIJUANA LAWS, SAY RECENTLY PROPOSED LEGISLATION FALLS SHORT (NEW YORK, NY)...
View ArticlePress Release: Family Advocacy Initiative Funding
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2019 CONTACT Ryan Karerat, The Bronx Defenders, rkarerat@bronxdefenders.org, (347) 842-1251 Daniel Ball, Brooklyn Defender Services, dball@bds.org (347) 592 -2579 Sam...
View ArticleThe Bronx Defenders Celebrates Transition of Still She Rises Tulsa to...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2019 TULSA – Still She Rises, Tulsa announced today their official transition from its parent organization, the Bronx Defenders, to its new status as an independent...
View ArticleNYIFUP Statement On Reports that Quarantine for Mumps at ICE Bergen County...
July 8, 2019 ***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** NYIFUP STATEMENT ON REPORTS THAT QUARANTINE FOR MUMPS AT ICE BERGEN COUNTY JAIL HAS BEEN EXTENDED (NEW YORK, NY) – The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn Defender...
View ArticleNYIFUP Statement On Continued Air Conditioning Issues At Bergen County Jail...
July 10, 2019 ***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** NYIFUP STATEMENT ON CONTINUED AIR CONDITIONING ISSUES AT BERGEN COUNTY JAIL AMID NYC AREA HEAT WAVE (NEW YORK, NY) – The Bronx Defenders, The Legal Aid...
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The Road Ahead
Over the last two decades, our advocates have radically transformed the landscape of public defense: from representing people facing criminal prosecution when we first opened our doors to standing with...
View ArticleThe Bronx Defenders Oppose ABA Resolution 114
The Bronx Defenders is a public defender nonprofit that is radically transforming how low-income people in the Bronx are represented in the legal system. Every year, we defend thousands of New Yorkers...
View ArticleBronx Defenders’ Revised Statement on the Closing of Rikers Island and the...
The Bronx Defenders strongly supports closing Rikers Island and the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center (“the Boat”). The conditions within these facilities are inhumane and there is no solution but to...
View ArticleHuge Class Certified in Case Against NYPD Sets Up Mass Reforms to...
Huge Class Certified in Case Against NYPD Sets Up Mass Reforms to Surveillance Databases Decision Means That NYPD will have to turn over information on how it uses millions of sealed arrest records...
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