NYCLU and Bronx Defenders Statement on Preliminary Injunction in No-Release Lawsuit Federal Court: ICE Must End Secret “No-Release Policy,” Many People in ICE Detention to be Promptly Evaluated for Release For Immediate Release: March 30, 2020 Media contact: Ben Schaefer, bschaefer@nyclu.org, (212) 607-3372 Ryan Karerat, rkarerat@bronxdefenders.org, 917-635-4326 NEW YORK – A federal judge today issued| The Bronx Defenders - Redefining Public Defense
Lawsuit: ICE Office in NYC Has Secret No-Release Policy Exclusive Data Shows ICE's New York Field Office Denies Release in Virtually All Cases FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 2, 2020 CONTACT: Ben Schaefer, bschaefer@nyclu.org, 212-607-3372; Ryan Karerat, rkarerat@bronxdefenders.org, (347) 842-1251 NEW YORK – The New York Civil Liberties Union and The Bronx Defenders today announced a| The Bronx Defenders - Redefining Public Defense
NEW YORK - In papers filed Friday evening, the New York Civil Liberties Union and The Bronx Defenders requested court enforcement in Velesaca v. Wolf, their case challenging the ICE New York Field Office’s use of a secret policy to jail virtually all of the thousands of people they have arrested over the last three| The Bronx Defenders
NYCLU and BxD win motion ordering ICE to comply with prior settlement New York, NY – A federal judge in the Southern District of New York has ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to comply with a prior settlement requiring ICE’s New York agents to give everyone they arrest a fair chance at release| The Bronx Defenders
Policy Reversal on Dispensary Distancing Threatens to Destroy Livelihoods and Dismantle Equity Goals NEW YORK, NY – The Bronx Cannabis Hub today condemned the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) for its abrupt and destructive reversal of the long-defended standard for measuring distance between cannabis dispensaries and schools. The policy change threatens the viability of nearly 200... The post The Bronx Cannabis Hub Condemns the Office of Cannabis Management’s Stunning Betrayal of C...| The Bronx Defenders
Bronx, NY – On Sunday, July 20, The Bronx Defenders and members of ALAA-UAW Local 2325 within the organization reached a tentative contracting deal on wages and benefits. As of Monday, July 21, union members at The Bronx Defenders will return to work. A formal vote by union members is pending. Juval O. Scott, Executive| The Bronx Defenders
Bronx, NY – Juval O. Scott, Executive Director of The Bronx Defenders, issued the following statement following the organization’s local union chapter’s decision to strike: “As public defenders in the Bronx, we defend nearly 20,000 people every year from incarceration, eviction, family separation, and deportation in one of the most policed, surveilled, and under-resourced counties| The Bronx Defenders
Bronx, NY – The Bronx Defenders and the Bronx Leadership & Organizing Center (BLOC) issued the following statement in response to the Rent Guidelines Board’s vote on Monday to increase rents for rent-stabilized New Yorkers: “For the fourth year in a row, Mayor Adams’ appointees to the Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) voted to raise rents... The post The Bronx Defenders and BLOC Condemn the Rent Guidelines Board’s Vote to Increase Rents first appeared on The Bronx Defenders.| The Bronx Defenders
(New York, NY) — The Bronx Defenders, Brooklyn Defender Services, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, and New York County Defender Services— represented by pro bono counsel Selendy Gay PLLC — commend Monday’s New York State Supreme Court’s decision affirming the City Council’s authority to pass and implement Local Law 42 of 2024 (LL42), which bans... The post New York City Public Defenders Applaud Court Decision Upholding the Ban on Solitary Confinement and Commend City Counc...| The Bronx Defenders
BRONX, NY — On Tuesday night, a standing-room-only crowd at The Bronx Museum of the Arts witnessed something rare: a stage filled with young people leading a conversation about what it means to grow up in the crosshairs of broken systems—and surviving. The event marked the launch of The Bronx Writes Back: The Cradle to... The post The Bronx Writes Back: Bronx Youth Reclaim Their Stories in New Book on the Cradle to Prison Pipeline first appeared on The Bronx Defenders.| The Bronx Defenders
Bronx, NY – The Bronx Defenders commends the New York State Assembly for its passage of two crucial pieces of legislation this session: the Promoting Pre-Trial (PromPT) Stability Act and the Right to Remain Silent Act. We are especially grateful to Assemblymember Amanda Septimo for her leadership in sponsoring the PromPT Stability Act (A.6455), a... The post The Bronx Defenders Applauds New York State Assembly’s Passage of the “Promoting Pre-Trial (PromPT) Stability Act” and the “Ri...| The Bronx Defenders
Bronx, NY – Today, the New York State Legislature officially ended its current legislative session. And while it took an important step toward justice by passing the Anti-Harassment in Reporting Act – a bill that ends anonymous reporting to government agencies, which if signed into law, will protect thousands of families from the threat of family surveillance... The post On the Eve of Juneteenth, A Small Step Toward Justice, But Lawmakers Largely Failed to Meet the Moment first appeared...| The Bronx Defenders
Albany, New York — As the state legislative session came to a close, leaders faced an urgent choice: put their words condemning the federal administration’s onslaught against immigrant New Yorkers into action, or let their talk be just that — talk. By failing to pass the New York For All Act, they chose the latter,| The Bronx Defenders