Two NYCHA tenant associations are suing to block a plan connecting nearly 20,000 public housing cameras to the NYPD surveillance system.

Advocates warn the Securus system could funnel intimate detainee call details into the company’s AI tools.

New tools allow law enforcement agencies to track us at an unimaginable scale.

Multiple judges have ruled that there’s little evidence that the Venezuelan man is a member of the notorious gang, but he remains in ICE custody nonetheless.

Former Judge Barry Cozier, who served 20 years on the bench, called the right to counsel “the most fundamental right a defendant has,” but said the Department of Correction has been fal…

Defense lawyers testified that systemic failures deny thousands of jailed New Yorkers their constitutional right to meet with attorneys as deaths in custody continue to climb.

The move will save the loved ones of the state’s more than 30,000 prisoners over $13 million a year, advocates say.

The Bronx Defenders, Brooklyn Defender Services, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, and New York County Defender Services— represented by pro bono counsel Selendy Gay PLLC — commend Monday’s New...

Brooklyn Defender Services (BDS) today announced that, as of July 1st, 2025, it has officially assumed the responsibilities of the criminal defense contract previously held by Queens Defenders with th...

New legislation will require callers to the state child abuse hotline to identify themselves. ProPublica’s reporting in 2023 found that many anonymous callers made false allegations that led to intrus...

New legislation will require callers to the state child abuse hotline to identify themselves. ProPublica’s reporting in 2023 found that many anonymous callers made false allegations that led to intrus...

Today, the New York State Assembly passed the Anti-Harassment in Reporting Act, which would reduce false and malicious reports of abuse and neglect made by anonymous callers to New York’s State Centra...

The Daily News investigative series “Big Money, Little Victims,” published 50 years ago, set in motion a cascade of city actions, philanthropic investment and advocacy that changed the course of ch…

A new report finds that low-income Black and Hispanic New Yorkers are disproportionately targeted in child welfare investigations, with long-term financial implications for those under scrutiny.

Yesterday, the Mayor’s Office signed an executive order that would authorize Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) and other federal law enforcement agencies to establish an office on Rikers Island. Brooklyn Defenders issued a statement in response.

Hochul's proposed rollbacks are one of the last sticking points in this year’s budget negotiations. One prosecutor’s support rested on a faulty anecdote.

Prosecutors’ concerns about unwarranted case dismissals may be reasonable, but the governor’s proposed changes to the discovery law are not.

Brooklyn Defenders thanks the New York City Council and Speaker Adrienne Adams for recognizing the urgent need for investment in public defense and immigration legal services in their response to the ...