Immigration legal groups stretched thin in Queens
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Before last year, Immigration Law & Justice New York regularly offered free law clinics out of Queens churches to help immigrants find legal assistance.
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Former Queens Defender staffer pleads guilty to defrauding nonprofit
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Rashad Ruhani pleaded guilty to wire fraud on Thursday, after admitting to spending hundreds of thousands of dollars that belonged to Queens Defenders, the legal nonprofit where he worked alongside Lori Zeno, his wife and the organization’s executive director.
Read MoreAdvocates call for deportation status to be considered in guardianship cases
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As federal immigration agents continue their crackdown across the city and state, a new bill introduced by a Queens legislator seeks to streamline the process of keeping children of deported parents in the care of their family members.
Read MoreJudge declines to rule in Paladino case, questions Council’s harassment claims
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A Manhattan judge this week declined to rule from the bench on whether the City Council should halt its ethics case against Queens Republican Councilmember Vickie Paladino.
Read MoreAdvocates call on mayor to fully fund Right to Counsel
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Outside Brooklyn Housing Court on Monday morning, tenant organizers and legal aid attorneys led a rally on the courthouse sidewalk in support of expanding the city’s Right to Counsel program, as Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Comptroller Mark Levine toured inside.
Read MoreHip-hop journalist tied to Queens Defenders fraud case challenges FBI tactics
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Kimberly Osorio, the media personality who allegedly hid a cell phone for a Queens man accused of helping to steal $400,000 from legal nonprofit Queens Defenders, asked a judge to toss much of the evidence federal prosecutors plan to bring against her at trial.
Read MoreDepartment of Homeland Security sued for ‘illegal’ stops and arrests in New York
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Federal immigration agents have conducted thousands of unconstitutional stops and arrests on New Yorkers over the last year, targeting people based solely on race and without any probable cause, a new class action lawsuit claims.
Read MoreFormer Queens Defenders staffer to plead guilty in fraud scheme
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Rashad Ruhani, a former Queens Defenders employee, is expected to plead guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the public defender group with the help of his wife, the organization’s former executive director, Lori Zeno.
Read MoreRockefeller Drug Law reforms drove problem-solving court enrollment, new report finds
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New York’s problem-solving courts have seen massive increases in enrollment in the more than 15 years since the state implemented major drug sentencing reforms, according to a new report.
Read MoreQueens man acquitted of murder of police officer, convicted of manslaughter
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After eight tense hours of jury deliberations, Guy Rivera was found not guilty for the murder of NYPD officer Johnathan Diller, but guilty for several lesser charges that will still likely put him behind bars for the rest of his life.
Read MoreJudge rejects attempt to dismiss case against Queens man shot by cop during mental health crisis
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A Queens judge this week refused to throw out charges against Jabez Chakraborty, a 23-year-old shot by police while in the throes of a mental health crisis in January, ruling that prosecutors did not violate his rights by indicting him while he was shackled to a hospital bed recovering from his gunshot wounds.
Read MoreState immigration legal services can’t keep up with demand, new report finds
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Families racing to find legal documents while they’re detained, missing court appearances out of fear, getting deported to countries they have no ties to – immigrant New Yorkers regularly faced these situations this past year as legal aid services struggled to meet newfound demand, a new report shows.
Read MoreQueens students pitch constitutional amendments to borough’s judges
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It was a long grueling day of legal debate for a group of around a dozen Queens high school students last week, as they were given the unique chance to introduce and defend their own constitutional amendments before actively sitting judges in Queens Supreme Court.
Read MoreCouncil seeks to dismiss ‘meritless’ Paladino suit
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The City Council is asking a judge to dismiss Queens Councilmember Vickie Paladino’s suit against the legislative body.
Read MorePublic defenders say $100M boost needed to prevent attorney shortage
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Leaders 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.
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