The city’s public defender strike officially ended last week after the final striking legal aid union reached a tentative agreement over a new contract with their employer, ending a labor struggle that saw over 1,000 union members strike at various points throughout the past month.
Read MoreAs the city’s public defender strike entered its second week, both sides of the picket line pointed the finger at one another for refusing to compromise on deals that would bring around 500 attorneys and legal staff back to work.
Read MoreThe labor fight at several public defender organizations continued over the weekend after a third group of unionized attorneys went on strike on Monday, bringing the total number of lawyers and legal staff on the picket line back up to 500.
Read MoreLabor contracts for some of the city’s largest public defender organizations expired at midnight on Tuesday, raising the possibility for over 1,000 attorneys to walk off the job if a deal isn’t reached soon.
Read MoreLeaders of some of the city’s largest public defense organizations warned last week that without at least $100 million in additional city funding, they’ll risk an exodus of attorneys that would leave low-income New Yorkers struggling to secure legal representation.
Read MoreAs the threat of a mass public defender strike continues to loom over the city, one of the largest union shops already on strike struck a tentative deal with their employer on Sunday.
Read MoreThe threat of massive disruptions to the city’s courts grew Friday as the ongoing mass strike of public defenders and legal services attorneys doubled in size.
Read MoreThe prospect of the largest public defender strike in 30 years grew likelier Tuesday as hundreds of attorneys across a trio of organizations walked out of their offices and took to the picket line.
Read MoreThe largest public defender strike the city has seen in 30 years may start sooner than later, as a small group of legal services attorneys went on strike last week and as unions representing thousands of attorneys issued impending strike deadlines.
Read MoreAs the June 30 deadline for the city budget approaches, lawmakers and legal advocates gathered on the steps of City Hall on Thursday demanding more funding for immigrant legal services.
Read MoreThe New York State attorney general, a top bar association, scores of public defense organizations, several former New York City officials and a criminal justice nonprofit all called on a federal judge to strip control over Rikers Island away from the city and hand it over to a court-appointed receiver.
Read More“While there are other contributing forces to this shameful situation…there is no doubt that the driving cause behind it remains the decision of your offices to seek bail recklessly and in virtually every eligible case.”
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