Michael Bloch
@MichaelBloch15
Civil rights/criminal defense attorney, partner @blochandwhite, former public defender @bronxdefenders, sues Nazis. Father, husband, son, brother. Views my own.
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19-11-2017 13:55:59
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Great to have Eli Northrup join my class today at Columbia: chatting with students about law and organizing, and why we need to elect more public defenders to office!
Every tenant facing eviction deserves a lawyer protecting their rights in housing court. And the lawyers doing that essential work deserve fair pay, decent benefits, and manageable caseloads.
We must invest in legal services work. I stand with MFJ Union On Strike.
As the only progressive and NY Working Families Party and Sunrise Movement NYC 🌅-endorsed candidate in the #AD69 race, I will fight in Albany for:
☑️ Medicare for All/NY Health Act
☑️ Green New Deal
☑️ Universal childcare
☑️ Community safety
☑️ #GoodCause
☑️ Free SUNY & CUNY tuition
Today, Excessive Punishment: How the Justice System Creates Mass Incarceration was released by Columbia Univ Press. This anthology explores & reimagines the U.S. justice system: cup.columbia.edu/book/excessive…. In End Mandatory Minimums, I call for a paradigm shift rather than a pendulum swing:
So nice to run into Ana Maria Archila🦋🐺 while out canvassing today! Our communities deserve a government that works for ordinary people, not special interests.
Join me & NY Working Families Party next Sunday at 1pm to knock doors and talk with voters about our campaign!
RSVP: mobilize.us/elinorthrupfor…
Groundbreaking report on excessive sentences from Scrutinize finds (among other things) that two NY judges had 39 sentences deemed excessive by appellate courts that reduced those judges’ sentences by 684.5 years. That’s 684.5 years that humans shouldn’t have been in prison.
Groundbreaking report on excessive sentences from Scrutinize finds (among other things) that two NY judges had 39 sentences deemed excessive by appellate courts that reduced those judges’ sentences by 684.5 years. That’s 684.5 years that humans shouldn’t have been in prison.