You’ve heard the old saying, “don’t shoot yourself in the foot“ — but that’s exactly what New Yorkers are doing by pouring state and local tax dollars into the Legal Aid Society.

Two years ago, with housing stability in mind, Lakewood City Council allocated $150,000 of American Rescue Plan Act funds to ...

The cuts specifically target “general civil legal services,” or legal aid outside of immediate eviction threat, immigration and gender-based violence. At least one affected organization, the Bar ...