NY1: Long Lines and Hearing Delays Reflect a Broken Immigration System for Asylum Seekers
NYLAG’s Jodi Ziesemer spoke to NY1 about how asylum seekers are being impacted by delays and dysfunction in the immigration system, including unfair deportation orders ...
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Opinion: NYC’s ‘Right to Counsel’ program in dire need of funding life raft
"The time is now for City Hall to step up and make the Right to Counsel program a reality so that low-income tenants can get ...
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Joint Statement Applauding NYC Council Progressive Caucus’ Call for $351 Million in City Budget for ‘Right to Counsel’ so Tenants Facing Eviction Can Stay in Their Homes
"At a time of increasing rents, record level homelessness, and soaring eviction cases, the City must invest in protections that preserve affordable housing and keep ...
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Lack of Funding Continues to Jeopardize Right to Counsel Providers’ Ability to Represent Low-Income Tenants in NYC Housing Court
NYLAG, Legal Aid Society, Legal Services NYC, and others call for $351 million in increased funding in the City’s FY24 budget to save New York’s ...
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Testimony: Five Years On, Right to Counsel Program Faces Implementation and Funding Challenges
The Right to Counsel program has an immeasurable impact on families facing eviction, but significant challenges with its implementation have made it difficult for legal ...
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Testimony: The City’s System of Funding and Contracting with Nonprofit Legal Service Providers is Broken, but it Can be Fixed
The services NYLAG provides are supported by City initiatives and funding. Despite these investments, legal services providers have reached a tipping point, and our programs ...
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Civil Legal Services Providers and Public Defenders Call for Increased Funding to Ensure High Quality Representation and Other Critical Services for Low-Income New Yorkers
“The rights of New Yorkers are in jeopardy if civil legal services providers and public defenders are not adequately funded." - President and CEO Lisa ...
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Testimony: Now Is the Time to Recommit and Increase Funding to Legal Services
New Yorkers experiencing poverty are facing unprecedented civil legal issues. Now is the time to recommit and increase funding for legal services, so organizations like ...
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Joint Statement in Response to Council Speaker Adrienne Adams’ State of the City Address Remarks on Funding for Public Defender, Civil Legal Services Organizations
NYLAG and fellow legal services providers released the following joint statement in response to City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams’ State of the City address remarks ...
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Testimony: Maintaining and Strengthening the Right to Counsel Program for NYC Tenants is Essential
In recent years, there has been an increasing number of low-income people at risk of being evicted from their homes. However, data has proven tenants ...
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