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MASS DEFENSE

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SUMMONS & APPEARANCE TICKETS

SUMMONS OR MIDTOWN COMMUNITY COURT

Summons court = JUDICIAL HEARING OFFICER Midto idtown C Communit ity C Court = CR CRIMINAL CO COURT J JUDG DGE.

JUDICIAL HEARING OFFICER = “JHO”

Summons Court is presided over by a Judicial Hearing Officer

If you received a PINK Ticket

• In AN

ANY borough:

• The National Lawyers Guild-NYC Chapter:

(212) 679-6018 The Legal Aid Society-Criminal Practice: (212) 577-3303

• In the Bronx:
• The Bronx Defenders: (347) 778-1266
• In Brooklyn:
• Brooklyn Defender Services: (240) 531-1971 or

(718) 254-0700

• In Manhattan:
• Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem:

Ariel Tejada: (212) 876-5500; or

• New York County Defender Services: (212) 803-

5100

• In Queens:
• Queens Defenders: (844) 783-3673

DESK APPEARANCE TICKET “DAT”

DESK APPEARANCE TICKET = “DAT”

DATs are arraigned in CRIMINAL COURT, presided over by a criminal court judge

CRIMINAL COURT

If you received a DAT

• In ANY

NY borough:

• The National Lawyers Guild-NYC Chapter:

(212) 679-6018; or

• The Legal Aid Society-Criminal Practice:

(212) 577-3300

• In the Bronx
• The Bronx Defenders: (347) 778-1266; or
• The Legal Aid Society: (718) 579-3000

Caroline McGrath (646) 647-7600

• In Brooklyn
• Brooklyn Defender Services: (240) 531-1971 or (718)

254-0700

• The Legal Aid Society: (718) 237-2000
• Marty Gorfinkel: (917) 301-4265
• In Manhattan
• Legal Aid Society: (212)-732-5000
• Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem:

Ariel Tejada: (212) 876-5500

• New York County Defender Services, (212) 803-5100
• In Queens
• Legal Aid Society: (718) 286-2000
• Queens Defenders: (844) 783-3673

Typical Charges

• Viol
• lation

ion – an offense punishable by a fine or r up to fifteen days jail. Lease serious type of proscribed activity.

• Disorderly Conduct
• VTL 1156(a)
• Misdemeanor – an offense that is less serious than

felony, but more serious than a violation or infraction. Can create a criminal record. Generally punishable by a fine , probation, and or jail time

• Obstructing Governmental Administration
• Resisting Arrest
• Felony
• ny – most serious class of offenses. Generally

punishable with probation for less serious felonies, and

• r incarceration for more serious felonies.
• Assault in 2nd
• Grand Larceny

Typical Dispositions

• If there is an offer, it will depend on
• Nature and severity of the charges
• Criminal history
• Prosecutor (criminal court) or JHO (summons court)
• ”ACD” = ADJOURNMENT IN CONTEMPLATION OF

DISMISSAL

• Disorderly Conduct
• Fines & court surcharges
• Community Service
• CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY ABOUT ELIGIBILITY FOR SEALING

CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY ABOUT POTENTIAL COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES

Immigration Housing Licensures Employment Student Loans

Immigration Consequences

• If you have a pub

public de c defende der, tell your criminal defense lawyer right away if you are not a US

• citizen. Public Defender offices have

immigration attorneys on staff to advise.

• If you have an NLG

G lawy wyer, tell them if you are not a US citizen.

• NLG-NYC is partnering with the Immigration

Defense Project to provide immigration consequence-related advice.

• Immigrati

ation Defen ense e Projec ect 212-725-6422

• Leave your name & phone number. You will

receive a call back within 1-2 business days

INDIVIDUAL ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION IN CIVIL LEGAL CLAIMS

• •NLG-NYC Chapter’s George Floyd/ BLM Affirmative Litigation Taskforce is

available to provide comprehensive advice and possible representation to people who may have potential civil claims. If you believe the NYPD violated your rights, including to protest free from police abuse and violence, please send an e-mail to NYCCivilrights@NLG.org. Include ONLY your name, phone number, e-mail, and the date, time, and location of the occurrence.

• •The Legal Aid Society’s Cop Accountability Project Complaint Clinic will support

community members who were arrested and/or experienced police misconduct or brutality with hands-on legal advice and assistance with filing a Civilian Complaint Review Board Complaint, a Notice of Claim to sue the city, and much more information. A volunteer lawyer will guide you through the overall legal landscape. Please send your name, pronouns, and reliable contact information to NYCProtests@legal-aid.org or (212) 298-3303 to be contacted.

INDIVIDUAL ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION IN CIVIL LEGAL CLAIMS

• •The Bronx Defenders can assist with filing notices of claim through their virtual

clinic and also provide information, advice and other services for other options, including filing or participating in a Civil Complaint Review Board, Internal Affairs Bureau or NYS Attorney General Complaint if you were injured as a result of police violence in the Bronx, . Send your name and contact number, confidentially, to force@bronxdefenders.org or calling (347) 778-1266.

• Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem provides individual advice and civil

legal representation to residents of any New York City borough who have experienced violence or other misconduct by the NYPD. To access their services, visit neighborhooddefender.org/police-misconduct or call (212) 876-5500.

LEGAL SOLIDARITY AND MASS DEFENSE

• Protest jail support is on the same continuum as

long-term abolitionist jail and prison support.

• All prisoners are political prisoners and all arrests

are political, whether they’re for a protest or not.

• We’re much stronger together, both before arrest,

and after.

• To learn more:
• https://bit.ly/LegalSolidarityLearnMore
• To read in the meantime:

https://uppingtheanti.org/journal/article/18- collective-action-behind-bars