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Evan Ma, Staff Attorney in the Civil Justice Practice testified before The New York City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings to advocate for a slate of proposed laws that would help to empower and protect New Yorkers in vulnerable housing situations.

As reported in the Queens Eagle: Michael Klinger, Senior Jail Services Attorney & Advocate, "alleged that entire housing units had been deadlocked at one time and that detainees had to yell out of windows to neighboring housing units in order to alert others that someone was in need of medical attention."

Michael Klinger, Senior Jail Services Attorney & Advocate in the Criminal Defense Practice testified before The New York City Council Committee on Criminal Justice regarding chronic sexual assault & harassment in NYC jails.

“On Saturday, early voting will begin in New York City, leading up to Election Day two weeks from today. While many New Yorkers will vote early, absentee, or in person on November 5th, people incarcerated in New York City jails face incredible and unnecessary barriers to casting their vote, putting thousands at risk of disenfranchisement,” said Michael Klinger, Jail Services Attorney with Brooklyn Defender Services.

Nila Natarajan Associate Director, Policy & Family Defense, in the Family Defense Practice testified on behalf of the Article 10 Family Defense Organizations in New York City to the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Children & Families on the subject of the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment.

"It is beyond appalling that people with mental illness are routinely locked into cells —in units that are supposedly specialized for mental health treatment— where they are isolated, denied access to essential medical care, and caused to decompensate."

Yung-Mi Lee, Director, Law & Appeals in the Criminal Defense Practice recently told Filter: “You can’t create a specialized unit that engages in dragnet policing where they stop everyone [and] violate their constitutional rights".