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The Takeaway: Happy Thanksgiving From The Takeaway!
This Thanksgiving The Takeaway brings you some great conversations from the last year and an hour of pioneering female voices. First, a conversation between Supreme…
Emma Ketteringham in The Huffington Post’s The Blog: Lighting a Candle Is Not Abuse
The deaths of three young children in a Bronx fire last month exposed the harsh living conditions of many impoverished New Yorkers, but the family’s…
Bronx Net Today’s Verdict: Stop and Frisk
Watch Molly Kovel, Civil Action Practice Attorney, discuss Stop & Frisk on “Today’s Verdict”. “Today’s Verdict” is a live, half-hour television talk show that provides…
The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK): Nedgang i ran I London
Watch Scott Levy and Molly Kovel on Norwegian Broadcasting. Watch here.
El Diario: El Bronx pide a De Blasio mayor vigilancia a NYPD
Activistas y vecinos de los edificios de vivienda pública Betances Houses buscan difundir una encuesta bilingüe relacionada con prácticas policiales como “Stop & Frisk.” Por:…
PR Newswire: Video and Panel Explores the Drug War’s Impact on Pregnant Women and Families
NEW YORK, Nov. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Open Society Foundations are proud to host National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) for a groundbreaking event on…
New York Times: A Marijuana Stash That Carried Little Risk
LAST year, the Bronx Defenders, which represents poor people in criminal court, tried to have suppression hearings in 54 cases involving marijuana possession. In such…
Latin Times: NYC Unveils Pilot Program To Give Legal Defense To Detained Immigrants Facing Deportation
Like the other 13 detainees set to appear before an immigration judge on Wednesday afternoon, Maximiliano Ortiz had been roused in the wee hours of…
Press Release: Launch of First-in-the-Nation Public Defender System for New York’s Immigrant Families
New York, New York, November 7, 2013 — Now, for the first time in the United States, detained immigrants who cannot afford attorneys of their…
New York Times: New Help for Poor Immigrants Who Are in Custody and Facing Deportation
The new initiative, called the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project, emerged from several years of study and lobbying among immigration lawyers and immigrants’ advocates.…