As the city’s public defender landscape heads toward a potential crisis, the city this week announced plans to create a new ...

Brooklyn Defender Services replaces Queens Defenders on a $34 million contract after its founders plead not guilty to fraud ...

Domestic violence advocates and attorneys say ongoing vacancies at the Domestic Violence Action Center contribute to the ...

At NYLAG, where the largest unit is the tenants’ rights division, a strike could hinder low-income people’s access to free ...

The lawyers who represent the city’s poorest defendants want to be paid on par with their federal counterparts. They last ...

The qualification for most legal aid services is an income 125 percent of the poverty line or less — roughly $16,000 for an individual and $33,125 for a family of four. Before the pandemic, that ...

The Montebello City Council has unanimously voted to create an emergency fund for families who have been affected by the ...

March 22, 2018; Legal-Aid Services Are Being Starved Legal-Aid Services Are Being Starved Law schools are trying to address this chronic underfunding, but there needs to be a broader rallying cry.

The goal was to see what effect integrating civil legal aid services into the care of high-using patients like Mr. Jackson would have on health care use, cost, ...