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NBC 4 New York: Low-Level Suspects Seriously Hurt
An investigation by NBC 4 New York’s partners at WNYC shows that it’s not uncommon for low-level arrests to spiral dangerously out of control –…
WNYC: When ‘Broken Windows’ Leads to Busted Heads
WNYC’s Robert Lewis investigates the NYPD’s embrace of the “broken windows” theory in the wake of the recent death of Staten Island resident Eric Garner. The…
HuffPost Live: Kumar Rao interviewed on death of Eric Garner and police brutality
“We need to hold the police department as a whole accountable for the culture that allows for police officers to regularly profile people of color,…
The New York Times: Ill and in Solitary at Rikers
Read The Bronx Defenders’ Skylar Albertson’s “Letter to Editor” published in The New York Times in response to their recent article on mental illness among…
New York Daily News: Bronx Freedom Fund seeks to show other groups how to post bail for needy defendants
The difference between being saddled with a criminal record and keeping one’s profile clean often comes down to a person’s ability to come up with…
Bronx News 12: Bronx Defenders hold block party in Melrose
Bronx News 12 featured The Bronx Defenders 2014 Community Block Party. To see the article click here.
TimeOut New York: 26 awesome things happening in New York this week (July 7–10)
The Bronx Defenders 2014 Community Block Party was listed among TimeOut Magazine’s “26 awesome things happening in New York” in the week of July 7,…
Rise Magazine: ‘I Feel Good that I Never Gave Up!’: At National Reunification Month events, parents reflect on the long road home
For June’s National Reunification Month, organizations around the country celebrated the perseverance and resilience of parents reunifying with children from foster care and of the…
New York Times: New York City Council Expected to Approve 2 Plans Aiding Immigrants
Building upon the pilot project implemented by The Bronx Defenders, together with Brooklyn Defender Services, over the past year, The New York City Council announces…
New York Daily News: The city should continue to fund a program that offers legal representation to indigent immigrants facing deportation
Numbers don’t lie: More than 70% of immigrants, documented or not, who face deportation proceedings in New York City do not have legal representation, an…