Noah Powelson

City’s public defenders join national protest, call for more funding / By Noah Powelson The city’s largest criminal legal aid organizations joined a national protest on Thursday, warning the constitutional right to counsel is being “systematically dismant... See more

St. John’s faces unfair labor practice charge after cutting ties with unions / By Noah Powelson St. John’s University is facing a new allegation from two faculty unions the school cut ties with earlier this year, escalating a labor conflict the university... See more

Immigration legal groups stretched thin in Queens / By Noah Powelson Before last year, Immigration Law & Justice New York regularly offered free law clinics out of Queens churches to help immigrants find legal assistance. The nonprofit ran six or seve... See more

Former Queens Defender staffer pleads guilty to defrauding nonprofit / By Noah Powelson Rashad Ruhani pleaded guilty to wire fraud on Thursday, after admitting to spending hundreds of thousands of dollars that belonged to Queens Defenders, the legal nonpr... See more

Advocates call for deportation status to be considered in guardianship cases / By Noah Powelson As federal immigration agents continue their crackdown across the city and state, a new bill introduced by a Queens legislator seeks to streamline the process ... See more