A 61-year-old inmate died over the weekend at one of the New York prisons where National Guard troops were deployed to ...

Solicitors with 196 cases, abusive clients, rows over pay and a creaking system. Is Legal Aid failing? Kit Roberts ...

Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer created the Immigrant Legal Defense Program in 2021. It’s now helping thousands of people ...

Handcuffing an 11-year-old Syracuse girl was an example of sheriff's deputies violating her constitutional rights out of an ...

The Legal Aid Society said the city paid out $206 million to settle police misconduct lawsuits last year, the most since 2018 ...

The analysis, involving thousands of settlements since 2018, found that the total price tag to the public is more than $750 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Melanie Shakarian, a key player in growing The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland’s budget and impact for more than two decades, will leave the agency at the end of the month. Legal Aid ...

Corrections officers in New York say their working conditions are dangerous and they are forced into overtime. They have ...

Ramon Rivera, accused in a Manhattan stabbing spree, may be unfit for trial based on a psychiatric evaluation.

A single mother of four in Roselawn faces eviction after receiving contradictory notices. Legal aid advocates say it's a mistake, blaming the housing authority's miscommunication.

A Manhattan guidance counselor sued the Education Department for refusing to transfer her after having severe allergic ...