Posts by Threespot Dev
IMPACTED PEOPLE, LABOR UNIONS, BUSINESSES, AND CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS CELEBRATE THE GOVERNOR’S SIGNING OF THE CLEAN SLATE ACT
Katie Schaffer, kschaffer@communityalternatives.org, 646-265-2044 Tanya Frable, tfrable@communityalternatives.org, 347-677-2463 NEW YORK – Today, Governor Hochul signed the Clean Slate Act, legislation that will help millions of…
The Bronx Defenders Response to its union’s October 20 Statement
Contact: media@bronxdefenders.org “The Bronx Defenders (‘BxD’) is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization whose central mission is to provide client-centered, holistic representation to low-income people in…
Written Testimony re: to examine issues in the New York State market related to consumer accessibility and retail sale of legal adult-use cannabis
New York State Senate Senate Subcommittee on Cannabis; Standing Committees on Agriculture, Finance, and Investigations and Government Operations To examine issues in the New York…
The Bronx Defenders Condemns the Mayor’s Assault on the Right to Shelter for Families with Children
Contact: media@bronxdefenders.org The Bronx, NY – The Bronx Defenders issued the following statement following a media availability yesterday where Mayor Adams announced a new 60-day…
Written Testimony re: the Child Welfare System and the Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse or Maltreatment in New York State
New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Children & Families The Child Welfare System and the Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse or Maltreatment in New…
ACS Agrees to Pay Bronx Mother Who Sued Agency for Racial Discrimination Against Black and Brown Families in NYC
Agreement resolves first-of-its-kind lawsuit to enforce New York’s cannabis legalization law, which ACS violated when it separated Ms. Rivers from her newborn baby Contact: Michael…
New York City Public Defenders’ Joint Statement on the Crisis on Rikers and the Need for Receivership
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (New York, NY) – New York County Defender Services, The Bronx Defenders, Brooklyn Defender Services, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, and Queens Defenders issued…
Written Testimony of The Bronx Defenders re: Improving the living conditions for asylum seekers staying in the DHS shelter system, HERRCs, and Respite Centers
New York City Council Committees on Immigration and General Welfare Improving the living conditions for asylum seekers staying in the DHS shelter system, HERRCs, and Respite…
Justine Olderman Stepping Down as Executive Director at The Bronx Defenders
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Anthony Chiarito, media@bronxdefenders.org (The Bronx, NY) – Today, Justine Olderman announced she will step down as Executive Director of The Bronx Defenders after six…
Client Emergency Fund 10th Anniversary Happy Hour
Our Work Defending New Yorkers Every day, The Bronx Defenders zealously defends people in court and fights to keep families together. But we know that…