ACP coordinates the assignment of attorneys to represent individuals who cannot afford to retain an attorney in various Criminal and Family Court matters.
Between 1990 & 2022, the total number of violent crimes in NYC declined by 71% and murders declined by 82%. These massive reductions in violent crime and murders were about twice the decline for the nation during the same time period. ... See MoreSee Less
The Congressional Judiciary Committee last month held a four-hour hearing on “Victims of Violent Crime in Manhattan." The hearing itself was not a bad idea. The problem was the Committee held its he...
Only prosecutors and the judges who oversee them are supposed to give legal guidance to grand jurors. Court officers doing so was unusual, unethical and possibly even illegal, according to a law school professor and a defense attorney who learned about these allegations from THE CITY. ... See MoreSee Less
Jordan Neely was choked to death on a New York City subway car. Mentor and fellow Michael Jackson enthusiast Moses Harper recalls who he was in life. ... See MoreSee Less
Kazigo’s case was one of the first to test and to be granted sentencing relief under New York’s Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act, which allows the court more discretion when sentencing crimes that have been precipitated by domestic abuse. ... See MoreSee Less
CONTINUING COVERAGE NOW OF A BILL WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS SESSION.HOUSE BILL 1639 WOULD GIVE ADDED PROTECTIONS TO MEN OR WOMEN WHO FIGHT BACK AGAINST AN INTI