This week, NDS Harlem's Sara Wolkensdorfer submitted written testimony to the New York City Council on the need to end discriminatory background checks in public housing.
New Yorkers need contact tracing, but for it to succeed we need to make sure police and ICE never have access to sensitive information.
New Yorkers who have experienced police misconduct can now use NDS as a resource in filing an action for police accountability.
Contact: Katie Schaffer, Center for Community Alternatives, [email protected] Sam McCann, Neighborhood Defender Service, [email protected] At Press Conference, [...]
Daniel Ball, Brooklyn Defender Services, [email protected] Ryan Karerat, The Bronx Defenders, [email protected] Redmond Haskins, The Legal Aid Society, [email protected] [...]
Brooklyn Defender Services, The Bronx Defenders, The Legal Aid Society, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, Queens Defenders, and New York County Defender Services issued the following statement on New York City Police Department (NYPD) brutality
This week, NDS Managing Director addressed a joint session of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate about how COVID-19 compounds the injustices our neighbors and clients in upper Manhattan face every single day.
This March, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem welcomed Managing Director Alice Fontier to helm our office. In her first [...]
Emily Ponder Williams, Managing Attorney of NDS' Civil Defense Practice, testified before the New York City Council's Committee on [...]
NDS Parent Advocate Ayami Hatanaka testified before the Progessive Caucus of City Council last week on the impact of [...]
(New York, NY) -- Neighborhood Defender Service, Brooklyn Defender Services, The Bronx Defenders, and New York County Defender Services [...]
By Amanda Anger, Social Worker, NDS Originally Published by Truthout My client’s 4-year-old son was locked away from her, [...]
A Manhattan Supreme Court justice has ordered the sealing of marijuana possession convictions for more than 300 people. Her order was the result of a successful class action petition brought jointly by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, the Legal Action Center, Community Service Society, The Legal Aid Society, New York County Defender Services, Neighborhood Defender Service and pro bono counsel Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. The case asked the court to seal these criminal records under New York Criminal Procedure Law § 160.59.
Last week The New York Times reported on the taxi industry’s deplorable practice of preying on low-income drivers by charging [...]
Last week, NDS traveled to Albany to fight for families alongside fellow defenders, activists and the people of our communities. [...]
