DAs and attorneys call on gov to expand atty loan forgiveness program

DAs and attorneys call on gov to expand atty loan forgiveness program

As the end of the year approaches, the New York legal community this week made their pitch to Governor Kathy Hochul for expanding student loan assistance for attorneys working in the public sector, who often get paid far less than their private sector counterparts.

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Pols call for immigration legal services boost as Trump builds deportation anxiety

Pols call for immigration legal services boost as Trump builds deportation anxiety

As fears of what a second Donal Trump presidency could mean for immigrants across the country grow, New York elected officials are using that anxiety to revitalize support for expanded immigrant legal representation and funding.

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Mayor defends his record on Rikers as federal takeover looms

Mayor defends his record on Rikers as federal takeover looms

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday defended his administration’s efforts to quell violence and disorder on Rikers Island, a little less than a week after a federal judge said she was leaning toward taking the jail complex out of the city’s hands for its failure to keep detainees safe.

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Mayor makes vague pitch to turn borough-based jail into mental health treatment facility

Mayor makes vague pitch to turn borough-based jail into mental health treatment facility

Mayor Eric Adams pitched a vague plan to turn one of the city’s proposed – and extremely delayed – borough-based jail facilities into a mental health treatment jail, confusing advocates and lawmakers who say the mayor has thus far resisted calls to support treatment facilities and programs for detainees.

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Monitor says Rikers remains dangerous as judge mulls federal takeover

Monitor says Rikers remains dangerous as judge mulls federal takeover

As a potential federal takeover of Rikers Island looms over the city, a court-appointed monitor said in a highly anticipated report that violence and dysfunction has continued to plague the jail complex and the agency that runs it over much of the past year.

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