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NYC Tenant Attys Urge State, Courts To Prevent Default Spike
Law 360
"You've lost your case simply by virtue of the fact that you didn't file an answer," said Marika Dias, attorney and director of the Safety Net Project at the Urban Justice Center. "That's not irreversible, but that's not a strong position to be in. You have to show both that your case has merit and that you have an excusable reason for the default."
Surveillance and the City: Online Bar Exam, Remote Learning Fuel In-Home Surveillance
Gotham Gazette
Standardized testing has never been fun for students, but in the age of COVID-19, it’s positively nightmarish. As the pandemic forces students and teachers around the globe to stay home, every part of education has suffered, but test administration has completely collapsed.
The Bronx Social Justice and Anti-Violence Forums with Freedom Agenda
Bronx Net
Host Daren Jaime sits down with the Co-Director of Freedom Agenda, Darren Mack discussing the work the Freedom Agenda does, Systemic Decarceration, Closing of Rikers Island, and the dismantling of the new Jim Crow practices.Atty Gaps, Case Backlogs Set Stage As NY Eviction Hold Lifts
Law 360
Outside of New York City, said Safety Net Project of the Urban Justice Center attorney Marika Dias, most tenants do not. The available defenses "are very complicated and are going to be difficult for tenants to argue," she said.
Chase Strangio’s Victories for Transgender Rights
The New Yorker
While still in law school, in 2008, Strangio moved to New York City, where he interned at the Urban Justice Center’s Peter Cicchino Youth Project, working with homeless queer and transgender young people.
Members of De Blasio’s Small Business Advisory Council Frustrated by Lack of Communication, Progress
Gotham Gazette
Mohamed Attia, director of the Street Vendor Project at the Urban Justice Center, similarly said he was excited to be included on the council to represent the interests of street vendors. But his excitement later turned to disappointment as well.
