Legislative Advocacy

Legal Aid staff meets with City and State legislators regularly to provide education about issues of importance to our young clients, and to advocate for needed legislative changes. We testify publicly on a range of topics.

• February 26, 2008 Testimony of The Legal Aid Society on “Examining DYCD’s and ACS’s Efforts to Prevent Youth Aging Out of Foster Care From Becoming Homeless”
• January 23, 2008 Testimony of the Legal Aid Society on “Oversight: Student Suspensions”
• January 10, 2008 Testimony of the Legal Aid Society on “Child Welfare and the Increased Demands on New York City Family Courts”
• December 14, 2007 Testimony of the Legal Aid Society on “The Needs of Youth Aging Out of Foster Care”
• October 23, 2007 Testimony of the Legal Aid Society on “The Role of Probation in Family Court”
• October 10, 2007 Testimony of the Legal Aid Society on “School Safety”
• February 14, 2007 Testimony of the Legal Aid Society on “Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Yoth in the Juvenile Justice System”
• January 11, 2007 Testimony of the Legal Aid Society on “The Juvenile Justice System in New York State”
• December 5, 2006 Testimony of the Legal Aid Society on “The Role of Education Officials and Staff in Identifying Early Indicators of Juvenile Delinquency and in Diverting Juveniles from the Juvenile Justice System”
• June 15, 2006 Foster care special immigrant status
• April 27, 2006 Health Services for Detained Youth
• March 23, 2006 DJJ budget
• February 16, 2006 City Council JJ Committee
• February 9, 2006 Juvenile Justice Advocacy