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“Gun regulation need not mean funneling low-income Black and brown people into the criminal legal system,” reads the statement signed by the Bronx Defenders, Brooklyn Defender Services, Black Attorneys of Legal Aid, and a handful of upstate county public defender organizations.

There are plenty of reasons why people who have been arrested might not want their community to know, said Jackie Gosdigian, senior policy counsel at Brooklyn Defenders.

“It’s clear there is no sense of urgency within this department, nor is this agency capable of keeping people safe,” [Kelsey De Avila, of Brooklyn Defender Services, said.

Many speakers of indigenous languages are unable to get the communication support they need, especially in immigration court cases.