Category: Press Statements

A Decade After Kicking ICE Off Rikers, Mayor Adams Is Reopening the Door to Deportation. The City Council Must Stop Him.

Ahead of Critical State Budget Hearing, Discovery Alliance to Legislators: “Don’t Turn Back the Clock on Justice: Protect Kalief’s Law”

Statewide Coalition Urges Legislature to Reject Governor’s Proposal to Repeal Discovery Law in the Next Fiscal Budget

The Governor is Wrong: Evidence Sharing Does Not Drive Recidivism, and Repealing Discovery Reform Won’t Make Us Safer

The Bronx Defenders Responds to Governor Hochul’s 2025 State of the State Address

Exonerees, Impacted New Yorkers, Public Defenders, and Advocates Launch the “Alliance to Protect Kalief’s Law” to Defend New York’s Common-Sense and Successful Discovery Statute and to Correct Misleading Data from Electeds and Law Enforcement

In Response to Mayor Eric Adams’ State of the City Address, New York’s Leading Civil Legal Service Providers Call on City Hall to Correct City’s Fraught Contract and Payment Process

New York City Public Defenders File Amicus Brief in Support of the New York City Council and Public Advocate’s Lawsuit to Invalidate Mayor’s Suspension of Ban on Solitary Confinement

City Council & Public Advocate File Lawsuit and PA, Council Members & Community Members Rally to Urge DOC to Implement Local Law 42 to End Solitary Confinement

NYC’s Leading Legal Service Providers Urge City to Correct Contract Payment Issues that Jeopardize Critical Housing and Immigration Representation for New Yorkers in Need

The Bronx Defenders and Unionized Staff Finalize New Collective Bargaining Agreement, Strengthening Zealous Representation in the Bronx