The Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York (“LASSNY”) seeks proposals to assist the organization to provide the LASNNY with anti-racism/race equity training to create a common vocabulary and understanding amongst all staff prior to engaging in priority setting and … Read More …
Two-thirds of legal service providers in New York that offer free counseling on foreclosure prevention for struggling homeowners could be forced to stop offering that aid in April if Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers don’t set aside funds … Read More …
Ten years ago, New York State was experiencing one of the most widespread and devastating foreclosure crises in our history. Predatory lending practices flourished in the years leading up to 2008, with tens of thousands of homeowners refinancing mortgages at … Read More …
So far, the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York has two former hospital workers as clients, said Victoria Esposito, advocacy coordinator for the Albany-based not-for-profit group. Esposito said she will be investigating the troubled pension fund that … Read More …
More than 1,000 former St. Clare’s Hospital employees continue to fight to receive their pensions in full. Now, one of them has been able to secure a legal team. The pensioner, who wants to remain anonymous, is represented by … Read More …
St. Clare’s retirees who have seen their monthly pension payments reduced or eliminated have cleared a hurdle in their efforts to regain the money that was promised to them. One of the former employees of the long-defunct Schenectady … Read More …
The Permanent Commission was privileged as always to assist in the preparation of the public hearing on civil legal services, held at the Court of Appeals, at which you presided, along with the Presiding Justices of each of the Appellate … Read More …
Two women have filed a lawsuit in U.S. Northern District Court that claims they and their children were illegally evicted from their respective rental homes by their landlords this summer. The lawsuit alleges that town of Fine code … Read More …
The Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) at LASNNY held a Tax Problem Solving Day, Saturday, November 3, at 95 Central Avenue. Participants included L-R Sharen Moore, Local Taxpayer Advocate Greg Kiley, LITC Law Clerk Josh Komarovsky, LITC Law Graduate … Read More …
Susan Gagnon, a LASNNY Managing Attorney in our Plattsburgh office, is on the advisory committee for the New York State Crime Victims Legal Network. The Network is in the pilot stage of its website launch, which provides a Legal Help Directory and the Get Started tool that can only be … Read More …