Press Contact: Antonio Quesada
Director of Mission Advancement
Legal Services NYC
40 Worth Street, Suite 606
New York, NY 10013
(646) 442-3565 (tel & fax)
aquesada@ls-nyc.org
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Thursday, 16 May 2013 |
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We are
disappointed that the Legal Services Staff Association (LSSA) voted to strike
rather than accept our proposal to respond to a 50% drop in Federal funding ($8
million total) with necessary changes to healthcare and retirement programs.
Without those changes, we will be forced to lay off as many as 50 people by the
end of 2014.
Effective May
16, LSSA’s 220 members will be on the picket line instead of in the courts and
offices fighting for their clients.
A strike is
not good for our staff, our clients or their communities. We are very hopeful that
we can return to the bargaining table quickly and resolve this impasse to
restore programs like foreclosure prevention and immigration assistance for the
New Yorkers who depend on us.
In the interim, please know that all of our offices
will remain open. We have put into place very detailed plans to ensure
continued services to clients.
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Tuesday, 01 December 2009 |
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Legal Services NYC on December 4th honored the work of pro bono attorneys and other volunteers throughout the
Legal Services at our 2009 Pro Bono Recognition Awards Breakfast, held at
Reed Smith LLP. The event included a Special Address from the Honorable
Fern Fisher, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York City Courts. Above, LS-NYC Executive Director and President Andrew Scherer with John Aerni (Partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf, accepting a Visionary Award on the firm's behalf and a Leadership Award recipient himself) Jeffrey S. Trachtman (Partner at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, accepting a Visionary Award on the firm's behalf), LS-NYC Board President Mark G. Cunha, and LS-NYC Board Member and Reed Smith Partner John P. Hooper.
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009 |
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On June 15th, Legal Services NYC held its annual Jazz for Justice
benefit to celebrate our 42nd year helping improve the lives of
thousands of low-income New Yorkers.The Annual Benefit, which drew
some 400 attendees from New York City's leading law firms and
corporations, was held at the Allen Room at Frederick P. Rose Hall,
Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Jazz for Justice honored three
Visionary Leaders for providing crucial help to New Yorkers at a time
of economic crisis and soaring demand for legal services: Goldman Sachs
Gives, The New York Community Trust, and The New York Times Neediest
Cases Fund. Legal Services NYC Staff were awarded the Advocates of
Justice Award.
All Photos by David B. Smith
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Friday, 21 November 2008 |
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Legal Services NYC's 2008 Pro Bono Recognition Awards Reception, honoring the work of pro bono attorneys and other volunteers throughout the Legal Services NYC System, took place on Thursday, October 30 at Chadbourne & Parke LLP. The reception included a Special Address from Terryl Brown Clemons, Esq., then Acting Counsel to New York State Governor David A. Paterson. Ms. Clemons spoke on the Governor's behalf.
Pictured: Legal Services NYC Executive Director and President Andrew Scherer with Terryl Brown Clemons, Esq.
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Thursday, 13 November 2008 |
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The New York State Diversity Coalition held its annual Networking Event for Lawyers of Color in Legal Services, Legal Aid and Firms with a Public Interest/Pro Bono Practice on Monday, November 10th, at Ashford & Simpson's Sugar Bar. Nearly 160 attorneys attended to meet colleagues and hear remarks by the Honorable Diana Johnson and the Honorable Margarita Lopez Torres of Kings County Surrogate Court.
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Friday, 07 November 2008 |
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On November 17th, the Brooklyn Family Defense Project will celebrate its success in helping
more than a thousand families stay together since January 2007.
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