Video: Hope Is a Lawyer by My Side

March 24, 2016
1:36 pm

Our attorneys and paralegals spend months, sometimes years, working closely with individuals and families in crisis. We hear their stories and see their pain, but we also see the dignity, humor and hope that gives them the strength to fight, with their lawyers by their side, for justice and the chance of a better life.

This video was first shown at the NYLAG 2017 Gala, themed Hope Is a Lawyer by My Side, where more than 300 people attended to support NYLAG’s mission of providing high-quality, free civil legal services to low-income New Yorkers who cannot afford an attorney. The event honored New York State’s Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and Kevin McCarthy, General Counsel & Senior Vice President of BNY Mellon.

Share this post

Testimony: New York City Council Oversight Hearing Before the Committee on Public Housing RE: $78.34 Billion: NYCHA’s Physical Needs Assessment

September 22, 2023 No Comments

Public Housing Justice Project Director Anna Luft and Staff Attorney Sophie Cohen represented NYLAG at City Hall to testify that NYCHA’s Physical Needs Assessment is no excuse to forgo repairs or privatize public housing.

Statement: NYLAG Celebrates Venezuelan TPS Announcement

September 21, 2023 No Comments

We at NYLAG are thrilled that recent arrivals from Venezuela will now be protected and better able to pursue a path toward work authorization and asylum. Our full statement from our President and CEO Lisa Rivera and our Immigrant Protection Unit Director and Associate Director Jodi Ziesemer and Melissa Chua.

After Pressure, NYCHA Publishes Comprehensive Lists of Laws Governing Tenants

September 18, 2023 No Comments

After nearly 2 years of advocacy and push from lawyers at NYLAG, the housing authority has published a public document of all its regulations. NYLAG’s Anna Luft and Kate Fetrow spoke with CityLimits about this huge win.

NYLAG Brings “Secret Laws” Governing NYCHA Residents Out from the Shadows

September 13, 2023 No Comments

The New York Legal Assistance Group fought for and secured the publication of the nation’s largest public housing authority’s Admissions and Continued Occupancy Plan—and it’s finally here.

NYLAG OBTAINS FOIA RESPONSE ABOUT IMMIGRATION JUDGE COMPLAINTS IN NEW YORK CITY

September 7, 2023 No Comments

On March 24, 2023, NYLAG’s Special Litigation Unit (“SLU”) and Immigrant Protection Unit (“IPU”) submitted a Freedom of Information (“FOIA”) request to EOIR, seeking records relating to how EOIR, the Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility (“OPR”), and the immigration courts in New York City receive and process complaints submitted against immigration judges.

The City: Housing Agency Ignores Law Requiring Public Disclosure of NYCHA Code Violations

August 25, 2023 No Comments

NYLAG’s Jonathan Fox spoke to The City about a demand letter NYLAG sent to the Department of Housing Preservation and Development for its failure to publish code violations at NYCHA developments to its website.